Gritters out as snow forecast

By Ross Findon

Sunday, March 10, 2013

 

GRITTERS will be out this afternoon (Sunday) with snow forecast for the Isle of Wight this evening.
The Isle of Wight Council said gritters would be treating roads from 3pm.
The Met Office has issued yellow warning for snow for the south east.
The warning, which is valid from 7pm tonight to 11.55pm tomorrow (Monday), said: "Outbreaks of snow are expected, starting over the high ground of southwest England during Sunday, and affecting southern England more widely during Monday. 
"Snow will be accompanied by a strong easterly wind which will accentuate the very cold feel and cause lying snow to drift. 
"Accumulations of 2 to 4 cm of snow could occur quite widely over southern counties, with a risk of 5 to 10 cm for parts of southwest England.
"The public is advised to be aware of the risk of disruption to travel."
The chief forecaster warned of wind gusting up to 60mph in coastal and hilly areas.
"There remains uncertainty about how far north the snow will spread, along with the extent of snow showers in the east," the forecaster added.
According to local forecaster Wroxall Weather there is a 70 per cent chance of up to 8cms of snow during the day tomorrow (Monday) and a 50 per cent chance in the evening of up to 2cms of snow.

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by Phil New

12th March 2013, at 11:07:48

Many thanks to the guys at Lake Hill who helped myself and other motorists to get down the hill safely. Had to abandon car near Shanklin as was spinning all over the place.Some really helpful people out there and some idiots who still drive like maniacs in atrocious weather

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by david walker

11th March 2013, at 23:24:07

seems the morons missed the broadway in sandown, lots of entertainment watching car wheels spinning and people pushing cars up the hill. 11/03 gonna be be a lot cars with dents for sure.. well done i.w. council.

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by yan yan

11th March 2013, at 11:00:16

@jake & @lee. looks like there is snow.

Imagine the uproar if the gritters hadnt been out. Also, have you stopped to consider how many roads there are over here. There are a finite amount of gritters to do that work, so starting early in preperation is a must.

Fail to prepare. prepare to fail.

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by Mrs James

11th March 2013, at 10:40:12

Make sure you either keep your dogs off the roads or be sure to wash their pawa as soon as you get home as the Grit has Anti Freeze in it which dogs & Cats love but when they lick it off their paws it has serious health affects...

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by Mike Crowe

11th March 2013, at 08:37:28

according to the snow forecast we have 36 hours of this as it is now.

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by Pete Martin

11th March 2013, at 08:33:12

@jake and @Lee... Council wouldn't win.. If they didn't grit the road you would be complaining that they had notice of this weather coming in and they should have prepared.... least this time they didn't wait for the "it won't snow, its the Isle of Wight" attitude to set in.. :)

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by Jake Wallace

10th March 2013, at 17:17:05

Lol many thanks Lee,

I was going to say that anymore than a centimter of snow & buses don't run my way. Also i could never take it upon myself to blame any except myself for playing idiot on slippery surfaces.

You gotta admit early March is very late in the year for any kind of snowfall or sub-zero weather.

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by Lee Majors

10th March 2013, at 16:32:45

yan yan I agree with Jake, you can get up to the minute forecasts, so why send the gritters out the night before when everybody knows it will rain the following day!

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by yan yan

10th March 2013, at 15:43:32

@jake. So if it did snow tomorrow and you crash your car, or the bus you travel on crashes out on ice you will blame the council for not gritting enough.

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by Jake Wallace

10th March 2013, at 15:15:15

Can't see it only snowing on the isle of wight & parts of cornwall .. coucil obviously overreacting again

If i see more than 1 cm of snow .. well lets just not go there

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