mikeocarroll

70mph mean wind speed at Mumbles Head according to Mumbles Head - Live Weather Station - Magicseaweed MAGICSEAWEED.COM Mumbles Head - Live Weather Station - Magicseaweed Very nearly hurricane force on Beaufort Scale.

No real change. People just over-analyse every run ("50 miles north", "50 miles south"). Expect you will get snow in Blackwood. Down on the south coast it is much more marginal and there won't be any certainty over the rain / snow boundary other than looking out the window tomorrow.

Pity it's not snow really as there's an awful lot cold rain for Swansea today. Expect elevated areas will get a fair bit of snow later - looks like Mid Wales are already getting some.

There's am Amber warning for rain across much of South Wales tonight https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings#?date=2018-05-31 "good chance of as much as 60-80mm in 2-3 hours in some places" That would be pretty exceptional.

Mumbles Head 60mph sustained wind speed i.e. storm force 10. https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/observation/gcjjm7j5g It does seem pretty windy out but can't see any damage.

Agree that squall about half and hour ago was unbelievable. Well not quite unbelievable (it is Swansea after all), but interesting!

Plenty of precipitation here in Swansea - much more than I expected. If we could combine our precipitation rate with your precipitation type, we'd be sorted...

Woke up in the night with howling wind and hammering rain/hail, thought "that must be a squall line". Some disruption on the roads this morning: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-30824145

Got back to Swansea today and was just 6.0c in my flat (on the inside)! Took a long time to heat up. It's the coldest it's been in Swansea since I moved here in January and already sub-zero outside tonight.

Let's go for... 2.8C please.

Snow has turned back to rain/sleet in Presteigne. There was a dusting earlier but mostly washed away now.

Sleet turned to wet snow in Presteigne about 20 mins ago. Not settling at the moment (at approx 200m).

Steady drizzle for the last hour or so near Presteigne. Good vis of hill tops as well which suggests no snow higher up either at the moment - though the hills are only up to about 400m.

Perhaps overnight tonight as the wind direction turns NW then NNW, which should bring some showers to Wales, especially Pembs. Whether this will fall as snow is dubious but quite possible.

Charts starting to show a lot more interest for cold spell in the Christmas to New Year period. Too far out to have any certainty yet but the best charts that have been showing so far this winter. Even if doesn't come off it's good to have some eye candy on the charts.