South West/Central Southern England Regional Discussion 18/01/13 16z ------>

[divadee]

Well we ended up with 5cm in total. Didn't beat our 2010 total but still more than happy. It was a fantastic day!

[Sungirl]

Snowing again here!

Not only that but looked at the netweather snow risk forecast and it is giving me 80% likelihood of snow at some point every day up to wednesday!

Mental!

[Mapantz]

NMM12z output is interesting for some of us, the hi-res output shows light to moderate snow pushing up from the South East to affect Wilts, east Dorset & Hampshire...as has been posted earlier, one to watch!

Could you post the chart please ajpoolshark? I'd like to have a gander at that, my full subscription ran out and i can't renew it just yet..

[suxer]

NMM12z output is interesting for some of us, the hi-res output shows light to moderate snow pushing up from the South East to affect Wilts, east Dorset & Hampshire...as has been posted earlier, one to watch!

Nice westward shift would be good for more of us..

[Severe Siberian icy blast]

I would say that the ppn that's gathering along the Bristol Channel is raising my eyebrow !! They don't seem to be extending east much at the minute though. One to watch.

[A.J]

Could you post the chart please ajpoolshark? I'd like to have a gander at that, my full subscription ran out and i can't renew it just yet..

your wish is my command...lol

2 hourly ppn grabs...9am & 11am

note the SE to NW push of the ppn!

[mitp]

Heavy hail showers in West Cornwall since darkness, is the colder air now starting to give us a visit, this is the most wintriness we have seen this winter!

[Argyle1980]

Absolutely fantastic day! Just love the snow! All arrived as forecast in fact the forecasting was spot on! Well done to the met men! and many thanks to all the clever and entertaining folk on here who seemed to produce the right charts at the right time and kept the anticipation going. Fingers crossed that the good people of Cornwall get a massive fall before the Winter's out. There is still so much to play (pray) for!

thank you for thinking of us. :-)

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I love the snow at night reflecting the light from the street lights.

[dec10snow]

depends what you're equating....snow = 10 cm?.....Whisky = a pleasant buzz?....lol

Haha, erm, I mean in snow terms

[chris55]

Just been up Cleeve Hill with my snowboard. Very strong winds have blown most of the snow away - few nice drifts to have a play on though.

What's it like in the rest of the Cotswolds? Anyone got a report...?

13cms at 70 meters up, more on the hills.

Went up the common early this morning (Rodborough) with the dog, 200 meters, blizzard conditions in a strong south easterly, drifts up to my waist in places, and this was at 8.30am. But as the snow was quite powdery it was blowing around a lot, so not a great base for snowboarding I would guess. Although on the west facing side accumulations were more uniform.

Brilliant day overall, have been out for most of it, am knackered now. Glass of red and a catch up on here is nice.

[Iceberg]

Ians forecast at 6.50 will be interesting for sunday imho.

I've just gone through the GFS ENS for Sunday Evening concentrating on the french low. Now i thought that the ops and nae had moved alot west. However most of the 20 ENS members go even further west giving snow for dorset and wilts. However totally to my surprise a fair few also bring it as far west as somerset and devon, included is the control run that takes it further west as well to effect us.

18 nae and gfs should take it further west than their ops runs, so tomorrows 00z will be crucial, but looking good, hoping ian can confirm some chances..

Edited January 18, 2013 by Iceberg

[Rustynailer]

Is there anymore snow due tonight in my area? Or will it all be gone by morning :-(

It is all a matter of cold now. How cold it gets tonight, could lead to lots of snow in the right circumstances meterologicaly speaking, of course, if any percipitation were to occure.

If everything gets influenced from France.... the east Beast thingy....

Edited January 18, 2013 by Rustynailer

[Ginkrots]

I love the snow at night reflecting the light from the street lights.

Definitely! Looking out my window and the world has turned orange for the night.

[Mark Burton]

Glad everyone in the Bristol area had a great snow day! It's also an experience to be relished if you have snow showers coming off the Bristol Channel - I lived in Bristol half my life and only saw this a few times!

My area (St Ives in Cambridgeshire) only saw a couple of inches of snow this afternoon - but it's powder snow, that's not bad for one of the driest places in the UK. Good luck for Sundays snow, looks like we are going to get alot in the East.

[chris55]

The wind didn't seem very significant either today, anyone else find that? Or did I have a generally calm spot?

I thought that this morning as I was walking up the sheltered side of the Common, when I got to the exposed top, it was blowing a gale!! I guess the winds were most prevalent on higher ground and with an open southerly/south easterly aspect.

Ians forecast at 6.50 will be interesting for sunday imho.

I've just gone through the GFS ENS for Sunday Evening concentrating on the french low. Now i thought that the ops and nae had moved alot west. However most of the 20 ENS members go even further west giving snow for dorset and wilts. However totally to my surprise a fair few also bring it as far west as somerset and devon, included is the control run that takes it further west as well to effect us.

18 nae and gfs should take it further west than their ops runs, so tomorrows 00z will be crucial, but looking good, hoping ian can confirm some chances..

Good work Ice, I'll have a flick through them now.

Darrent Bett on BBC news said it "may well be further west".

One to watch, or should i say "another" one to watch.

Edited January 18, 2013 by chris55

[Frosty_wsm]

Heavy shower here at the moment but the flakes are tiny, got that nice orange glow in the sky as well.

[chris55]

Also to add the Met forecasts/ NAE etc have been spot on with this front, a big well done to those guys.

[Wynn D Woo]

The wind didn't seem very significant either today, anyone else find that? Or did I have a generally calm spot?

Aye the wind was a key feature of this I was looking forward too but it seemed mostly calm for most of the time, with only a few bursts which caused some swirling of the snow.

[laplander]

Today was a day that will live long in the memory and makes you glad to be walking this earth! 5 inches of perfect powder snow. Went out at 10am with the wife and kids and have just come back. Was like walking in the Chronicles of Narnia.

[divadee]

Temp now 0.6c and dp of 0c.

Looking at the official met office figures from early morning it dropped from 4.3c to 0.6c in less than 2 hours!! That's impressive.

[DanDorsetUK]

Nice to see a bit of snow falling again in Kinson-Bournemouth, quite unexpected considering it turned to rainy/sleet earlier

[Rustynailer]

It has justed just jus started snowing here meteorically perfect snowflakes. Lovely.

How did I do that ?

Edited January 18, 2013 by Rustynailer

[Severe Siberian icy blast]

I don't wanto raise false hopes hear , but I THINK I'm seeing the beginning the first signs of back building on the radar , the ppn in the Bristol Channel is intense and moving east slowly, and the ppn towards Swindon is showing signs of growth.

Not saying its gonna be anything, but just an observation.

[DanDorsetUK]

Seems to be quite a few showers heading this way, not sure if they will keep precipitation though