Snow in Bristol
People in Bristol are waking up to snow this morning, with light snowy showers reported in Clifton, Weston-super-Mare, Portishead and other areas of the city.
There was steady snow at Bristol Airport during the night, but it has not settled and there is no impact on flights with everything operating as normal this morning.
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Snow on rooftops over Bristol, in 2009 (Pic credit: James Morgan)
The snow showers are predicted to last until 6pm today, with wind speeds of up to 12mph.
Followers of This is Bristol on Twitter told us it was snowing in Brislington, Cotham, Portishead, Whitchurch, Oldland Common, Hengrove, Bradley Stoke and Long Ashton as well as many other areas of the city.
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@Warrs_LFC tweeted: "Yep snowing in Bedminster, it's not pitching though!"
While @JoshM_uk told us: "Snow in Redland too! Just put my skis away after Tignes. might have to get them out later if this continues."
Elsewhere in the UK snow up to 6cm of snow fell overnight on Dartmoor and Exmoor while around 10cm of snow fell on high ground in areas of Wales, according to the Met Office .
Parts of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire have also seen snow.
Arctic winds are set to send temperatures plummeting to as low as -0C across the UK this week.
Click here to see a five-day weather forecast for Bristol.
To see a gallery of snow on Quantock Hills, near Crocombe at the end of last year click here.
Is it snowing where you are in Bristol? Leave a comment and let us know!
Comments
by bgreen123
Monday, January 30 2012, 10:27PM
“It's great when it snows and car drivers have to find alternative means of transport. Makes the city so peaceful and quiet when there's no noisy cars.”
by SpinyHedgehog
Monday, January 30 2012, 3:22PM
“Surely it should be obvious that this story was written last night on the basis of the weather forecast?
BTW, I say 'stick'...”
by Pogo_T_Clown
Monday, January 30 2012, 3:05PM
“Settle. Mind you, I was brought up wrong, so you're probably best not to follow my lead.
I must admit that I'm quite excited! I've been staring at this computer monitor since I got in at 9 this morning. With no view of a window, I'm dying to see what it's like outside. A real winter wonderland, I'm sure. Only 2 hours until I find out!”
by Oddly
Monday, January 30 2012, 2:59PM
“Pitch”
by Pogo_T_Clown
Monday, January 30 2012, 1:56PM
“@Spiny
-0 means "no nothing"
+0 means "nothing"
no nothing is greater than nothing, so it's technically warmer. That's just maths, that is.”
by SpinyHedgehog
Monday, January 30 2012, 1:54PM
“Pitch, settle, lay? Which do you say when the snowflakes don't melt?”
by clv101
Monday, January 30 2012, 1:48PM
“Come on 'this is Bristol'! You use a 2009 photo because Bristol didn't look anything like that this morning. There was light, wet snow which didn't settle. This is not news or reason to run the headline "Snow in Bristol". :(”
by fairplay4u
Monday, January 30 2012, 1:44PM
“@dana25uk.
better inform met they are wrong then!
http://tinyurl.com/2eno2r”
by Pyronaught
Monday, January 30 2012, 1:39PM
“Gutted! I have a lovely new snow shovel at work but I have had to put it away again! Looking forward to the possibility of some real snow - haven't even been able to make a tiny snow elf yet this year - let alone a snowman!!!!”
by dana25uk
Monday, January 30 2012, 1:26PM
“I DONT AGREE that met said no snow for next 5-7 days as on yahoo weather was showing snow for today and weds light snow also”