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Bucks to remain "in freezer" with Boxing Day blizzard possible
9:44am Monday 20th December 2010 in News By James Nadal
Amersham in the snow, taken Friday by a reader
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE will be “in the freezer all the way to Christmas Day” with a possible Boxing Day blizzard also looming, a forecaster warned this morning.
As the county shivers in the extreme cold the ground temperature in Amersham is minus 12 degrees Celsius, according to Hazlemere-based British Weather Services.
Any hopes the snow will melt this week look bleak, although most days are likely to be dry in the main.
Forecaster Jim Dale, from BWS, said: “Down in the Amersham area this morning a lot of ground area is getting to minus 12.
"It will be the same tonight, maybe even more.
“We are in the freezer all the way to Christmas day.
“These next few days I expect to be mainly dry. There's a threat we need to be watching on Thursday time but it will probably remain to the east to us, but we need to watch short term developments.”
The Met Office has predicted Wednesday snow showers, but Mr Dale believes it is likely Bucks will escape as it hits eastern areas.
He said: “There is a front out west which will try to move in later on Christmas Day and Boxing Day which might produce blizzards before we get into anything which is in any way shape or form milder.
“I think it will be a white Christmas in terms of what is on the ground but possibly not in terms of seeing a flake on the day.
“But these things can change and we need to be careful.”
The Met office has said there may be small flurries of snow today.
Beyond Christmas, Mr Dale expects a “messy mix” of snow and rain going into the New Year.
Gritting teams were out doing secondary routes in south Bucks and restocking salt bins and heaps about 9am, according to Transport for Buckinghamshire's twitter updates.
For the latest travel information visit the Transport for Buckinghamshire link below.
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demoness
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9:57am Mon 20 Dec 10
scrummy
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10:13am Mon 20 Dec 10
Would be much appreciated.
Lane-ender
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11:00am Mon 20 Dec 10
readerabc
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11:00am Mon 20 Dec 10
TorkingSense
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11:36am Mon 20 Dec 10
Little Miss
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11:37am Mon 20 Dec 10
jeni0
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11:43am Mon 20 Dec 10
Little Miss
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11:56am Mon 20 Dec 10
Slacker
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12:25pm Mon 20 Dec 10
demoness wrote:The incoming snow cloud keeps changing. It is heading our way for about 6pm tonight and yesterday it was predicted to be quite big reaching up as far as Herts. Todays outlook has it looking a little thinnner and possibly only scraping Wycombe.
Where are you reading that ? I am on the site now and it says nothing like that for High Wycombe :(
So really we just have to wait and see. If it does catch us it may be 4-5 hours of heavy snow.
flower56
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1:01pm Mon 20 Dec 10
scrummy
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1:20pm Mon 20 Dec 10
TorkingSense wrote:Thank you for that update - don't have to go anywhere today but tomorrow need to venture out. I think as long as no more snow comes we will be OK.
Downley is a nightmare! Thankfully I live on the lower slopes of Downley and managed to get out from the lower part of Plomer Hill. The Pastures and Plomer Hill itself are pretty much "no go" unless you're in a 4 x 4! The top part of Middlebrook Road is very bad ... no idea what Hughenden Avenue is like. Have to say that once you get out onto the main roads, things aren't too bad and the traffic is moving although you need to take extra caution everywhere. Most drivers seem to be going at sensible speeds and keeping a good distance. Unfortunately, I have had to go to work today but if you don't have to go out, then please don't!!!!!!
Hope you get home safely.
cezyboo
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1:27pm Mon 20 Dec 10
Trip
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2:07pm Mon 20 Dec 10
MisterH
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2:08pm Mon 20 Dec 10
Save Wycombe
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2:20pm Mon 20 Dec 10
MisterH wrote:Wycombe District Council are not responsible for roads!
Wycombe council will be "in the doghouse" until the spring, unless they start improving conditions in the worst hit areas.
iyoung
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2:22pm Mon 20 Dec 10
cezyboo wrote:Oh how the rumours start!! So do I and there is certainly no blizzard here, in fact the few flakes we had have long since stopped
Just heard from someone that works in Bracknell and they are in a blizzard at the moment. So I guess its on its way!!
cezyboo
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2:45pm Mon 20 Dec 10
iyoung wrote:iyoung...I will have to talk to my dad about that. Maybe hes off for a drink and didnt want to tell my mum!!!!
cezyboo wrote:Oh how the rumours start!! So do I and there is certainly no blizzard here, in fact the few flakes we had have long since stopped
Just heard from someone that works in Bracknell and they are in a blizzard at the moment. So I guess its on its way!!
Thanks for update
iyoung
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2:51pm Mon 20 Dec 10
cezyboo wrote:ha ha an excellent weeze .......seems like he may have been rumbled.
iyoung wrote:iyoung...I will have to talk to my dad about that. Maybe hes off for a drink and didnt want to tell my mum!!!! Thanks for updatecezyboo wrote: Just heard from someone that works in Bracknell and they are in a blizzard at the moment. So I guess its on its way!!Oh how the rumours start!! So do I and there is certainly no blizzard here, in fact the few flakes we had have long since stopped
Trip
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2:55pm Mon 20 Dec 10
jeni0
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3:00pm Mon 20 Dec 10
678
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3:03pm Mon 20 Dec 10
Kids off sledging
678
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3:04pm Mon 20 Dec 10
Kids off sledging
mariejane1976
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3:05pm Mon 20 Dec 10
Melanie1
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3:12pm Mon 20 Dec 10
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I hope I'm wrong as the roads around here are dire!
Melanie1
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3:14pm Mon 20 Dec 10
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I hope I'm wrong as the roads around here are dire and it's not got above -1.5 all day.....
Melanie1
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3:18pm Mon 20 Dec 10
Slacker
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3:44pm Mon 20 Dec 10
jeni0
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4:31pm Mon 20 Dec 10
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r h
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7:07pm Mon 20 Dec 10
Me-T
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7:37pm Mon 20 Dec 10
Sully36
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8:35pm Mon 20 Dec 10
ershire. I live in one of the biggest cul-de-sacs in Europe which is the Gunthorpe Road Estate of Wiltshire Road in Marlow.And the main road out has 3inches of tightly packed snow!! I hope that nobody needs an ambulance or fire engine Mr Wycombe District Council!!
sidthesexist
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8:57pm Mon 20 Dec 10
Sully36 wrote:In Gwynedd they used to do a similar thing, they used to make sure all paths were gritted, roads were always gritted before the bad weather hit, even the country lanes and they never ran short of grit. And to top it off the council tax was half what they charge in this dump.
January last year I was in Chippenham Wiltshire and round the back roads of my mothers house the council were gritting all the paths and roads. It is now 8pm on Monday 20th Dec. and my father has just rung me to tell me the snow ploughs have gone past his house twice this evening and he lives in the smallest back road in the village of Mitcheldean,Gloucest
ershire. I live in one of the biggest cul-de-sacs in Europe which is the Gunthorpe Road Estate of Wiltshire Road in Marlow.And the main road out has 3inches of tightly packed snow!! I hope that nobody needs an ambulance or fire engine Mr Wycombe District Council!!
Slacker
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9:33pm Mon 20 Dec 10
Aramis
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9:58pm Mon 20 Dec 10
Me-T
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7:12am Tue 21 Dec 10
Tracyfry28
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8:14am Tue 21 Dec 10
And when I mean grit I mean proper grit not 90 % sand 10 % grit it does not work hence why the roads are not being cleared with that rubbish.
All stop paying council tax buy the grit ourselves and I am sure we could al work together and do one hell of a good job.
miccles
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10:01am Tue 21 Dec 10
Tracyfry28 wrote:Agree, i think their performance has been very poor so far this year, to me, they are not doing their job properley.
Bucks free press could you please tell me the reason why the gritter have been parked in the depot for the entire of the night and all this morning?? I thought that when temperatures fall was the time you was supposed to do this. And when I mean grit I mean proper grit not 90 % sand 10 % grit it does not work hence why the roads are not being cleared with that rubbish. All stop paying council tax buy the grit ourselves and I am sure we could al work together and do one hell of a good job.
up_the_gritter
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10:31am Tue 21 Dec 10
Little Miss says...
9:50am Mon 20 Dec 10