the storm fisherman

i think a lot of members in the mad thread will be seeing stars of a different if this cold doesn't arrive

Just had a nice heavy shower with a rainbow on it pic does not do it justice

Looking through the Metoceil Charts last night a number of the runs were beginning to show signs of spring on the anomaly 850 charts a temp anom of + 8 c creeping into the east of the UK, on the ecmwf i know that it is out in Fantasy land but we should start seeing these types of charts instead of the over ramping cold ones being shown in the MAD thread. So perhaps spring is in the wings waiting to return.

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I just like to add some counterpoint to the MAD thread in here by mentioning the S word "It is only 26 days to meteorological spring"

just for once one of those channel lows just in the right spot right up the drain pipe channel

all in the south just below the M4 corridor

Just had a peak gust of 51MPH here in Gosport from my home weather station which is also a bit sheltered unfortunately i cannot tell what the wind is in the solent is as the bramblemet buoy is down but other buoys in the area are showing severe gale force 9 a stormy night to come.

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I just given my weather station a clean and new batteries and can confirm that it feels warm at 12.4c with very little wind and hints of this dreary cloud cover is very slowly breaking up .

I just spent the last 3 days on a snow chase all be it In Switzerland went to Andermatt full on blizzard with blowing snow will post pics later as I am on train home back to balmy Gosport

distant rumbling heard from the channel to south from here in Gosport

Just arrived back in Gosport crossing the and can see the front of the anvil cloud just crossing the channel

just starting to hear rumbles of thunder and the lightning map just showing strikes just off the se coast of the isle of wight just getting very dark. In coming storm

Yes head goring by sea rail station then head north to round about then west on A259 towards littelhamton for approx 500 yards to right up to highdown hill great view over the sea some height

Its Looks like a storm is heading towards the Solent and the IOW on the radar but it might just slide to east towards Selsey

Nice and sunny this morning got up to 16.5c and a small tree near to where I work is in full blossom

Just on bus last part of journey as suspected snow well now and slushy ice building up on the roads in fareham as suspected as nearly always happens this side of the downs if it comes in from a Northley quarter the downs have a hapbit of increasing the ppn giving a better snow chance seen it happen a couple of time now over the last 50 years

Just reached botley further 10 mins down the line and snow only now and settling fast big wet flakes see what fareham and Gosport have

Just got of the train a matter of 5 minutes and in Eastleigh now and the snow rain mix 80:20 to the snow with the wind picking up

Sleet in chandlers ford about 80:20 mix

i can hear the thunder from here in

Looking west up the Solent beginning to look a Bit grey and murky

Nope only very heavy torrential rain has eased for now looks like part 2 later on

This storm is really cranking up the rain is coming down in sheets and the Lightning was almost constant but has tailed off for now