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  1. Wow what a night and morning!!!! Snow settling in plymouth for a time (gone now) and thick thick snow on the moor on the 28th March. To those who say it can't snow in March you are talking rubbish!!! It was perfect conditions a pivoting front cold air no wind. Started raining at 3c just watched the temperature continuously falling. At 2c some thick looking rain. At 1.5c wet snow. At 1c the biggest flakes I've ever seen. Temperature eventually fell to -0.3c. Amazing evaporative cooling event!
    21 points
  2. Today was one of those incredibly rare magical moments when you draw the curtains on a normal day (expecting yet more rain) only to find everything is bright white. My 8 year daughter has been waiting all winter for some snow, and then this happens at the end of March! She actually cried with joy.
    18 points
  3. Pretty convinced this is rotating i just dont know ho to report it to torro
    17 points
  4. No chance to see structure, it was torrential before and then just changed to small hail, medium hail and then... 20240328_165520.mp4 20240328_165409.mp4
    15 points
  5. Best I managed Captured the backend of the cell here: Second March in a row now with a thunderstorm here which is decent going after none between March 2015-2022! YouCut_20240328_160548747~3.mp4 20240328_153626~4.mp4
    11 points
  6. Already some right-moving cells out in the channel. Looks like it will be an interesting day! This cell really kicking into gear after a storm merger and now getting "that look"
    11 points
  7. Decently sized hail earlier just east of Plymouth. Quite strong updraughts and wind shear in some of those intense thunderstorms, and over 100 3CAPE ahead of the storms on an AROME sounding forecast in the area.
    10 points
  8. I think the below would explain the sleet and snow reports for some of you in the South-West of the UK, even for lower levels. Using examples at both 10pm and 11pm on the 18Z GFS, it has places such as Devon just on the Western flank of the little circular disturbance/Low drifting North from the main Low to the South-West of Ireland. It also means some of you guys down South-West end up being under somewhat colder 850 hPa temperatures between -1*C to -3*C. That, along with the precipitation being particularly heavy towards Western/South-Western parts of the UK (as well as the fact that the temperatures at the 500 hPa level are very cold with those blues and purples - essentially a very deep upper trough) is likely aiding in dragging down freezing air to low levels in some places, thus the surprise sleet and snow some of you are getting. Especially over higher ground. Though I don’t consider myself to be an expert, that’s probably the reason for it.
    10 points
  9. Really coming down now and seems like it is growing on the radar. I don't think there is an end in sight, I think this will be it now. Just rain with the occasional moments of sunshine. I've never known a period of rain like it from pretty much last July.
    9 points
  10. Pea sized hail, possibly weakly marble sized here, loud thunder and rather frequent lightning. Left a deposit of hail on the ground. Weren't recording at the time but perhaps some weak rotation as it passed over. What a way to start convective season!
    9 points
  11. Looking east to that storm / possible supercell near Northampton about half an hour ago: Another shower passing here at the moment which looked very dark ahead of it. Jack got the best capture of the lightning and thunderclap which went through Coventry then Nuneaton:
    8 points
  12. Fen Wolf I don't think it'll get worse. Because we are heading towards warmer and longer days so even worst case scenario it'll be warmer, brighter rain lol. Either way, July 2023 to present has genuinely been the worst protracted spell of weather in my lifetime. Just woeful. People bemoan 2012 a lot but it was not this dull and wet for this long.
    8 points
  13. If you thought the weather couldn't get any worse then look at this mornings GFS, after a brief lull on Easter Monday the though out rest moves back over the UK as a new area of low pressure heads towards England and Wales, this sits around for days before another even more intense low arrives in FI. Meantime pressure builds stronyly to the North so the jet stream has nowhere to go except Western Europe. Meanwhile The Azores Ridge extends into Iberia so after some welcome rain the drought returns to Spain, which is something they don't need. When I watched last night as rain turned to heavy snow across South West England and Wales on a South Westerly airflow in late March I thought this is it, its the End of Days Andy
    8 points
  14. Snow in Plymouth picture taken from Facebook 20minutes ago.
    8 points
  15. This thing has tracked for at least 120 miles now 12z GFS proximity soundings from 15z and 18z. Decent cape values, helping to maintain the cell although could well be starting to run out of instability as it tracks further north east. Im not surprised with the amount of lightning this things been producing, likely due to the steep lapse rates throughout the atmosphere. Interesting to note the bulk shear values, anything 30+ knots is good for supercells, not sure if this is a true supercell (unless anyone on here can confirm) but that level of bulk shear is certainly enough for updraft-downdraft separation though, could well be the reason this thing has been so long lived. Am surprised with the amount of hail this thing has been chucking out though. Really happy with today, not expecting anything here in Birmingham but still just nice to see proper convective weather return.
    7 points
  16. Shotgun thunder a few minutes ago, was getting ready to record when it happened. Edit: Another one but quieter just now Looks like it missed me by a mile, no hail here.
    7 points
  17. John88B I've been thinking / saying this for months. But here we still are lol.
    7 points
  18. 7 points
  19. Very little, well no mention of snow potential at low levels on any forecasts this eve, yet, areas close to the coast in balmy Devon are getting some.. are the forecasters asleep, caught out big time. I see the met has issued a snow warning for Wales, I think in past 10 minutes for 1am to 7am, what a nonsense, far too late for anyone to take notice, reminds me of the amber snow debacle here on 2 Dec when it was too late.
    7 points
  20. Big-time storms heading towards Northamptonshire and surroundings right now. Lightning frequency’s are great for March !!
    6 points
  21. Metwatch Slightly surprised with the hail to be honest, strong low-level winds with that low-level jet and modest deep-layer shear. That likely means that it's surface based and the low zero levels allows it to take up a lot of energy in the hail growth zone.
    6 points
  22. When is this country going to be able to maintain more than a single 24 hour period without rainfall? Just utter madness. Day after day after f-ing day. So sick of it. Godforsaken wet, cloudy rock. Why did my Saxon ancestors have to move here? Should've stayed in Germany abc.
    6 points
  23. This would usually be an amber warning and school closures poor show forecasting wise but a nice surprise This would usually be an amber warning and school closures poor show forecasting wise but a nice surprise
    6 points
  24. damianslaw it’s funny on the bbc pressure chart yesterday I noticed some snow on the graphics, but thought it was odd as the uppers weren’t that great, but there was no sight of it on the zoomed in forecast graphics.
    6 points
  25. cheshire snow If it was over NW England it would be heavy rain with a bit of sleet thrown in, Buxton buried In all seriousness though Spring hasn’t really arrived this March despite us not seeing a March 2018/13 style winter chill start of April looking wet & on the chilly side too.
    6 points
  26. Apologies, off topic, but what the ****??? Currently snowing heavily in various parts of Devon! See attached, I'm just 25m above sea level, 500m away from the water. Further updates on the South/SWest forum... 20240327_220454.mp4
    6 points
  27. Bit slow on updates, yesterday several wintry showers mostly of fine snow, just 100 foot lower in bottom field just rain. This morning started with a dusting of snow much to the annoyance of the ducks Hansel & Gretel, the ducks in first photo. Snow started again 10ish before quickly turning to sleet then sleety rain before somewhat surprisingly rapidly turning to heavy large flaked snow this afternoon. IMG_1477.MOV
    6 points
  28. torrential rain being blown sideways… luckily got back 45 minutes ago from errands in Denton & Stockport left 1130am… was lovely sunny morning but breezy and chill in wind…
    5 points
  29. Back in from a 3 miler Terriertime. A bit Mesh.
    5 points
  30. Proper cloud burst over S Cheshire at the moment cold torrential rain & a chilly wind not a pleasant start to the Easter Weekend ️
    5 points
  31. Had Worse Yes -- clouded over in last half hour - something black coming up from Cheshire.
    5 points
  32. Cold and wet yet again. I've said to the Mrs (and she's agreed) that if this summer is wet and chilly then we are selling the business and moving to Spain or the canaries. It's not good for my mental health this.
    5 points
  33. Last night we had our first lying snow in Plymouth since 2019 - incredible scenes and this late in the season!! The latest I can remember for sure. This morning there's a loud thunderstorm... an absolutely crazy 12 hours of weather that almost makes the rain worth it as an enthusiast. It was a very rapid rain to snow event that was completely unforecasted and surprisingly was so heavy it even settled! Can't wait for it to settle down and warm up but at least it's giving us some interesting conditions now!
    5 points
  34. Summer8906 if we do get anything warm, it'll be one day of 19c like last year. Then weeks of rubbish before dpring finally arrives in mid May. I hope we get 14 dry and sunny months in a row to restore the balance.
    5 points
  35. Penrith Snow yes it is “end of days” scenario lately ain’t it Let’s all chip in and live in the canaries and re establish there together as a community
    5 points
  36. Rain in the early hours here, but it's now dry with sunny skies. I think the rain has cleared through quicker than expected, should be a reasonable day.
    5 points
  37. 5 points
  38. Pressure rising a bit. No sign of snow on the tops here. Temp 5.4C. Only 3mm rain for the last 24hrs. We missed those big thundery deluges yesterday.
    4 points
  39. I opened the curtains half expecting to see some of the white stuff. Instead, we have blue skies and sun although evidence of heavy rainfall last night on the ground.
    4 points
  40. Better start to the day with a bit of sun and 3c. Yesterday was very bad with soaking very cold conditions and dampness everywhere. Fields waterlogged again.
    4 points
  41. TEDUARDO Great stuff. That's what its all about. She'll remember this morning for ever.
    4 points
  42. A good example of evaporative cooling over Devon yesterday
    4 points
  43. Temperature down to freezing huge huge flakes best I've seen since 2018. Shame it will gone by morning! 20240327_214811_1.mp4
    4 points
  44. Convective Outlook️ A complex system of showers and multi-cellular clusters of storms mainly for southern and central England moving NE throughout the day with lots of trailing showers. Strong surface energy forced onto surface-based buoyant airflow with high-level shearing, stretching the vorticity streamwise for strong low-level helicity. 100+ J/KG of 3CAPE will help aid strong forced bands of showers and storms capable of organised lightning but mostly sporadic, mainly in the SW, central south, southern Wales and parts of central England. Mainly in the early afternoon and lasting throughout into the evening though. Perhaps waning late evening to just weak showers overnight. Forcing bands will help with the momentum and buoyancy to allow these to form and also become the central potential for severe weather. These low-level vorticity forcings, where they are strongest can force taller towers with almost their own identity depending on the strength, along with where they crossover with the strongest 3CAPE for low-level energy that can go into working with the low-level shear and potentially form a tornado. Especially, with near surface storms with higher wind friction near the surface which can sometimes force the start to a tornado (apparently) and it's a very interesting case as to if and where these form if they do for future forecasting. Also a potential for coastal tornadic activity with the showers and storms with the friction. Isolated showers in Ireland and northern Ireland, mainly northern Ireland are possible. Perhaps a small chance of a lightning strike with those. As well as that, a band of rain that may have embedded towers looks to hit the SE in the day on a few forecasts and the main storms may hit the SE and the east and renew late evening with perhaps some re strengthening of the Theta-E in the region. Again, that may allow for some lightning to sporadically occur. Generally though, the main potential is for sporadic and then some fairly frequent lightning in the central south, up to central England, south Wales and south western parts of England. Along with tornadic potential with this, but what would likely be weak tornadic activity unless the energy increases further. Wind strength is also likely to be gusty with these. Both by the low placed over the UK and the storms themselves with all the low-level forcing.
    4 points
  45. First report from my new location and it’s not a happy one. Wet, cold and miserable about sums it up. I don’t have my weather station set up yet so no figures to go with that but it was 3c when I left for work and 7c when I got home. West Lomond had snow and East Lomond didn’t so locally the snow level was just above 400m.
    4 points
  46. Decent convective skies this afternoon. Rain/hail curtains and squally winds.
    4 points
  47. Temp has dropped markedly last couple of hours, 3.9 degrees..As said there is a pool of cold polar air aloft and would not be surprised to see snow at quite low-modest levels overnight.
    4 points
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