South West England Cold Spell Discussion

[Nights King]

possible thuder shower's but I think you might be to far East.

Later as the rain become's heavier it should turn to snow according to Alex Deacon

I really hope your right but the temperature feels a little on warm side and i am starting to lose all hope in west country, not so bad for you on the ne outskirts of this county.

Temp 2.0c dew point -0.1c

[dogs32]

I really hope your right but the temperature feels a little on warm side and i am starting to lose all hope in west country, not so bad for you on the ne outskirts of this county.

Temp 2.0c dew point -0.1c

all this cold wasted rain going to waste...

I reckon its on the edge, but need the cold wind to cut in more and bring the temps down

edit temp still falling

Edited December 29, 2009 by dogs32

[twister2005]

morning all, very dark here this morning, think its raining outside, hopefully this will start to turn to snow as the temp drops, good to see warning out for gloucestershire, but hopefully not just on the high ground

EDIt temp is 3.9c and dropping

Edited December 29, 2009 by twister2005

[Lynxus]

4c here, sleety rain

Looks like we may miss out.

[aspire27]

4c here, sleety rain

Looks like we may miss out.

Sleety Rain! Straw clutching i think my friend!

Just been on the Welsh forum, plenty of rain in south wales. Usually in these events we get rain here and south wales gets hit by loads of snow.

Lets just hope this system slows and stalls and the cold air digs in today.

[twister2005]

still have some hope they said it will start as rain/sleet then turn to snow, i have seen it happen many times before and its settled

[Iceberg]

Taken from the latest UKMET NAE (which Ian posts up occasionally), this is produced every 6 hrs and goes out to 48 hrs.

It shows the best chance of snow for some SW areas at approx 18.00 today, so don't get disheartened yet. !

Ian should also have acecss to the UKV which is produced every 3 hrs and is their highest res model. Unfortunately I don't unless anyone has a link.

[Lynxus]

Sleety Rain! Straw clutching i think my friend!

Just been on the Welsh forum, plenty of rain in south wales. Usually in these events we get rain here and south wales gets hit by loads of snow.

Lets just hope this system slows and stalls and the cold air digs in today.

yeah, sleety. you can see it on the windscreen as i was driving. Melted quickly tho.

I cant see this turning to much fun unless these temps drop off soon. ( Although, wasnt it progged to be snow form midday onwards anyway ? )

[Nights King]

The front looks like it is already stalling and starting to rotate round slightly. Going to be along time to get that heavy ppn over us!

I wonder how it will continue to behave today because this is when surprises often pop up.

[Lynxus]

Ok, Temp is 3.8c and dropping.

Winds from east.

maybe the midday changeover will be as expected.

Edit: 3.6c

Edited December 29, 2009 by Lynxus

[Jaybe]

yeah, sleety. you can see it on the windscreen as i was driving. Melted quickly tho.

I cant see this turning to much fun unless these temps drop off soon. ( Although, wasnt it progged to be snow form midday onwards anyway ? )

Temp is dropping now so maybe...down to 3.5C from 3.9C

[Nights King]

Ok, Temp is 3.8c and dropping.

Winds from east.

maybe the midday changeover will be as expected.

Edit: 3.6c

I think that is more likely to be evap cooling?

[Jane Louise]

Morning everyone

Dark and cloudy here ,also the winds have picked up. Not very cold yet.weather station showing temp as 3.9c. Let's hope this event happens.I presume this will all start this afternoon! fingers crossed X good luck all.

Snow-Icy road-possible blizzards - Netweather Alert

Valid period: 28/12/09 2100 - 29/12/09 2359

Issued by: john holmes

Confidence: 80%

Alert for Snow-Icy roads-possible blizzards issued Tuesday 29 December 2009 This is an amendment and update to the Alert issued on Monday As the low south west of the UK pushes its moist and mild air north so the rain is going to turn to snow as it moves north. Areas most at risk of snow during Tuesday are roughly from the M4 northwards, to include much of central and eastern Wales, Herefordshire, Buckinghamshire, the Salisbury Plain area, along with the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, taking in the cities of Bath and Bristol and possibly Gloucester. Areas to the north west of London could also get a spell of snow. Other areas to be affected later in the day will be parts of the Midlands, especially the west and by evening into parts...

[Lynxus]

3.5c here now.

Going down good

[03jtrickey]

Currently light rain here.

Temp dropping rapidly, it has gone down 0.4C in about 10 mins. Must be the colder air coming in behind the warm front (at least I think it's a warm front).

[Lynxus]

Oh i really hope it changes to snow.

I dont think ill handle rain. And to proove my boss wrong, he insists because its not snowing on birdlip its not going to snow at all.

Grrrr

[artic*blizzard*]

Morning everyone

Dark and cloudy here ,also the winds have picked up. Not very cold yet.weather station showing temp as 3.9c. Let's hope this event happens.I presume this will all start this afternoon! fingers crossed X good luck all.

Snow-Icy road-possible blizzards - Netweather Alert

Valid period: 28/12/09 2100 - 29/12/09 2359

Issued by: john holmes

Confidence: 80%

Alert for Snow-Icy roads-possible blizzards issued Tuesday 29 December 2009 This is an amendment and update to the Alert issued on Monday As the low south west of the UK pushes its moist and mild air north so the rain is going to turn to snow as it moves north. Areas most at risk of snow during Tuesday are roughly from the M4 northwards, to include much of central and eastern Wales, Herefordshire, Buckinghamshire, the Salisbury Plain area, along with the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, taking in the cities of Bath and Bristol and possibly Gloucester. Areas to the north west of London could also get a spell of snow. Other areas to be affected later in the day will be parts of the Midlands, especially the west and by evening into parts...

its more than dark and cloudy, it's been raining for half a hour now and now just seen the first signs of sleet.

[dogs32]

Taken from the latest UKMET NAE (which Ian posts up occasionally), this is produced every 6 hrs and goes out to 48 hrs.

It shows the best chance of snow for some SW areas at approx 18.00 today, so don't get disheartened yet. !

Ian should also have acecss to the UKV which is produced every 3 hrs and is their highest res model. Unfortunately I don't unless anyone has a link.

yes it was for later mainly anyway,

wasnt expecting much this early morning

[03jtrickey]

We were always going to have rain to start off with. I think the heavier precipitation down south will be the main event later. Just hoping it will turn to snow soon 3.4C

[Nights King]

well I am waiting for that heavy ppn but its taking so long. Temperature is 2.1c so still cool enough if we get some heavy ppn.

[Lynxus]

I think thsi must be wrong:

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

Lets hope this rain doesnt get pushed back.

I dont want a clear dry night..

Worrying times. The streess i think will kill me today ( + work )

[dogs32]

temp shooting down faster but still high at around 3,8

got some burst's of sleety rain

Edited December 29, 2009 by dogs32

[Jayfromcardiff]

yes it was for later mainly anyway,

wasnt expecting much this early morning

Morning mate, rain here lol.

[dogs32]

temp shooting down faster but still high at around 3,8

got some burst's of sleety rain

hi Jay,,early days yet though :lol:

Edited December 29, 2009 by dogs32

[aspire27]

To be honest for my location hardly any rain. The roads are just damp with no puddles.

The first bank has seemed to push through now and the second looks like its breaking up a bit.

It all might just come to nothing.

OH, and did any of you see the local news about Gloucester preparing for severve snowy weather! It was so funny and probably put a curse on this weeks snow potential!