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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!19 points
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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
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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.7 points
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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 Andy7 points
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.mp46 points
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John88B I've been thinking / saying this for months. But here we still are lol.5 points
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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
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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.MOV5 points
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Lightning then thunder in Warminster again! Mad 20 hours of conditions!4 points
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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!4 points
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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 community4 points
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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
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A good example of evaporative cooling over Devon yesterday4 points
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Extremely heavy hail shower to wake me up!!4 points
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Temperature down to freezing huge huge flakes best I've seen since 2018. Shame it will gone by morning! 20240327_214811_1.mp44 points
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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
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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
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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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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.3 points
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Love that radar. Screw the rain haters all over social media - this is an interesting little period of weather if you ask me - the sun can wait a little longer3 points
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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.3 points
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TEDUARDO Great stuff. That's what its all about. She'll remember this morning for ever.3 points
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Surprising snowy\sleety mess at 7am but did not last long. Cold but nice end to the day3 points
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Currently heavy wet snow here in Plymouth. It's settling on cars and roof-top's. I live just 500m from the waterfront, 25m above sea level. Has just been reported there's been 2 serious RTAs in the last half hour. No gritting. Completely caught out with this! 20240327_220454.mp43 points
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cheshire snow Yes, I must have seen the same forecast which looked interesting for tomorrow morning. I'm not sure that we're going to be affected by snow here in Crewe but areas around Chester and the hills around the city may certainly see a fall before it washes away with milder air taking its place. I shall peep through the net curtains with renewed interest tomorrow morning!.3 points
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And as quick as it came, it went again but it left a covering on its way.3 points
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Lightning on the West Pennine Moors recently. Just a bit too far away to hear from here.3 points
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A monumental cloud burst here around an hour ago, some sleet mixed in, left areas of standing water. Brighter skies again now.3 points