[South West and Central Southern England Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

Are we going to get lucky & experience thunderstorms on the first day of bst, possibly looking at the radar. 

[South West and Central Southern England Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

Just plain old rain here, mad when it's snowing virtually to sea level near the coast down in Devon. 

[South West and Central Southern England Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

Snowing here, just light but clearly visible falling past the street lighting. 

[South West and Central Southern England Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

Met office app has taken away my light snow shower at 8pm tonight, not happy lol

Who knows what will happen though, some in the region are bound to get lucky & see snow falling at least. 

[Met Office and BBC Weekly/Monthly Outlooks]

Don't like the mention of possibly heavy rain into parts of the south, classic 80s battleground scenarios always delivered down here in the west county, not so much anymore though. 

Would love a repeat of Dec 81 with multiple snowfall events as low pressure systems passed just to the south. 

[Model Output Discussion - Into Winter]

26 minutes ago, January Snowstorm said:

Your right there, re a bit of luck  

Something of note from a 50 year old, I've experienced 4 or 5 notable winter snow events in my life and 3 of them were in the last 14 years. So while global warming is heating the planet, without question it is ironically affecting our Winters re cold! Don't be fooled into thinking Winters were much better yonks ago, the facts are they were not!!

I'm 51 & I can remember a lot of snow as a kid even living in the south West of the uk, from my experience winters were better back then compared to nowadays sadly. 

[Model Output Discussion - Into Winter]

1 minute ago, That ECM said:

Why don’t you view and give us your opinion?

 

1 minute ago, TSNWK said:

Precisely… 

Well if I knew what I was looking at I probably would but seeing as I don't I stick to reading what others are saying. 

[Model Output Discussion - Into Winter]

33 minutes ago, bluearmy said:

Good continuity on that feature and the Canadian ridge (which is usual for gfs as it doesn’t generally flip run to run but it isn’t drifting towards the ec solution at all yet ) 

things a little further west compared to the 00z 

 

31 minutes ago, That ECM said:

And relax for 6 hours.  all tho a step to ecm.

So which is it then folks, two posts 1 minute apart, one says there's no movement at all from the gfs towards the ecm solution, the other posts says there is, you can't both be correct! 

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion]

2 hours ago, MP-R said:

You can bet the radar wouldn’t look like this if there was even the slightest chance of it being snow..!

You took the words right out of my mouth, was just about to say the same thing! 

[Winter 2023/24 Chat and Discussion]

What a wind up this cold spell has been snow wise, Thursdays low came in too far south after being forecast earlier in the week to be snow here & then the low coming in later today into tomorrow was originally forecast to have the far south in the sweet spot. 

Here's to the next chase which might not be too far off. 

[The Heat Haters Club 2023]

2 hours ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:

OMG IM DYING!!! The fan is doing nothing and it's 30c in our bedroom. My poohead husband has his computer on blasting out more hot air in our bedroom! The abcde!! THIS is the worst bit of hot weather for me! The bedroom ...

Not been gaming on my pc since this heat started, with the cpu running around 70c & the gpu around 65c you can literally see the air temp rising steadily in the room & it's 30c in here with it off!. 

[The Heat Haters Club 2023]

Honestly can't wait for it to cool off, weather like this just makes my hyperhidrosis (excess sweating) a million times worse, I feel sorry for everyone who suffers from that horrible condition! 

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion]

First thunder I've heard all summer,  torrential rain for a time too. 

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion]

Got lots of clouds going up  to the south east, certainly looks like something could develop from those. 

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion]

40 minutes ago, SteveB said:

We miss out again. Even worse things is, it looks like all we'll get is the crud from the storms. Might not even get any rain.

If that huge area of rain & storms is what the yellow warning over is for then they need to adjust that way further north east than they have it at the moment! 

Or is there more developments to the south east of us due later? 

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion]

11 minutes ago, Andy Bown said:

Funny you mention hedgehogs, we had one in our garden before 19.00 yesterday evening. Very surprised and quite concerned it should be active at that time. It, too, quickly took advantage of a plate of water.

At this time of year with the short nights it's not uncommon to see them out around that time, if you ever see one moving slowly, looking lethargic or just sat out in the open not moving at that time of the evening at this time of year then it's probably in trouble & needs help. I took one of my visitors to my local wildlife rescue a few weeks back

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion]

Looks like part of our region is in for heavy rain/possible storms tonight going by the warning & checking the radar prediction for later on. 

God I hope it does pour down, desperately need the rain, had a hedgehog drinking for 10 long minutes from one of the many shallow bowls of water I leave out in the garden the other night, poor thing was so thirsty! 

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion]

Feels cold out there in that wind with all the cloud & no sun. 

[Spring 2023 - Moans, Ramps & Chat]

Wish it would turn unsettled, so many hedgehogs arriving at rescues severely  dehydrated & starving the ground is baked & rock hard preventing them from foraging for a lot of what they eat :(

We're supposed to be a nation of animal lovers but I don't think the majority of people even think about leaving shallow bowls of water out in both front & back gardens for wildlife in long dry spells like we're currently experiencing. 

 

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion]

So gusty here, hate this kind of weather, can't wait for this wind to die down. 

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion]

Absolutely horrid out there now, still feels freezing cold and raining, I'm honestly looking forward to the 10c forecast tomorrow.

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion]

Still quite heavy snow here, just small sized snowflakes

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion]

Snow getting heavier again. 

[South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion]

Full on whiteout here now, large snowflakes. 

[It's snowing! Your reports & pics.]

Well some posts in the mod thread over the past week or so didn't age well, those saying it would be cold rain or sleet, full on snow here at sea level just a few miles from the Bristol channel.