Wales (Cymru) Regional Discussion 20/01/13 ----->

[whiskers]

Temp dropping slowly,mammoth clouds coming over,perhaps this is the start

[Pamela Davies]

i got a great big shiny thing out side my house anyone know what it is?????

[andymusic]

Temp dropping slowly,mammoth clouds coming over,perhaps this is the start

OH YES

[foggybrynna]

With all the warnings out i would say NO .

LOL

Amber weather warning dnt look like will hit the valleys

[benb]

Big snow flakes in the rain in Tenby! 2c.

A fresh covering around Red Roses- side roads looking tricky- half an hour ago... going to be an interesting evening!

[smithp34]

Snowing down by newport road so looking good for the rest of the afternoon

[whiskers]

Did they say anything about the wind,it seems to have picked up here

[Panayiotis]

Light snow here in Cardiff, band of heavy precipitation to the SE/SE of Wales should come our way, I can easily see +3inches if continues with the current intesity

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[Clair_Witch]

I woke up at 5am, looked out of the window and the snow was belting down. By the time I got up to ge tthe kids to school we had a fresh new convering, very wet and trning to slush in an instant though. Then just after 9am we had some huge flakes coming down and tiny ice pellets. It stopped by about 10.30am and has thawed very quickly. Seeing the odd flake trying to fall from the sky at the moment, but all quiet with lots of slush, puddles and wet pavements. It's going to take some heavy snow to settle on top of that. Even the roofs are thawing now and they've been white since Friday.

[marclt]

Update from Pembrokeshire Council.

Situation Update 2.30pm

Precipitation is falling as snow in central and northern parts of the county. The band of weather is currently travelling from South East to the North West. It is expected to have cleared the county by 5pm but may cause short term disruption.

Currently the following schools are closed:

Ysgol Preseli, Crymych

Ysgol y Frenni, Crymych

Ysgol Clydau, Tegryn

Tavernspite Partially Open

Also Whitland school is closed.

At present all main routes are open.

The A478 has snow settling but remains passable with care.

[Panayiotis]

I woke up at 5am, looked out of the window and the snow was belting down. By the time I got up to ge tthe kids to school we had a fresh new convering, very wet and trning to slush in an instant though. Then just after 9am we had some huge flakes coming down and tiny ice pellets. It stopped by about 10.30am and has thawed very quickly. Seeing the odd flake trying to fall from the sky at the moment, but all quiet with lots of slush, puddles and wet pavements. It's going to take some heavy snow to settle on top of that. Even the roofs are thawing now and they've been white since Friday.

It was wet last night when the rain came before the snow here in Cardiff but still got a 2inches...

[soupsurfer7]

Big thaw here today, though still snow lying on grassy areas. There was a cm or two extra overnight but now barely noticeable. Clouds looking very ominous to the south and the wind is picking up, are we about to enter round 2?

[Clair_Witch]

It was wet last night when the rain came before the snow here in Cardiff but still got a 2inches...

I'm in Grangetown, low sea level and it seems to melt away so quickly. Too quickly! it looked lovely this morning until the cars came and turned it all to grey slush. I've got my fingers crossed for another good pelting this evening.

[Wales123098]

Just started to snow here.

Gutted about how much the snow has thawed today but hopefully we can get it all back and more this evening:_)

Edited January 22, 2013 by Wales123098

[Ginkrots]

2 degrees in Newport, dropped from 4.5 degrees just an hour ago. Wind also picking up.

[impster]

Big thaw here today, though still snow lying on grassy areas. There was a cm or two extra overnight but now barely noticeable. Clouds looking very ominous to the south and the wind is picking up, are we about to enter round 2?

Round 2? Can you please arrange for some power to be put into Mynydd Gorddu wind farm at Bontgoch to blow some towards Machynlleth?

[Ginkrots]

Some reports of snow in Bristol now, radar loop shows a N-NW movement, could be a direct hit for S/SE Wales. NAE shows heaviest snow at midnight-6am so it looks like this PPN could be quite slow.

Edited January 22, 2013 by ginkrots

[bradymk]

Big snow flakes in the rain in Tenby! 2c.

A fresh covering around Red Roses- side roads looking tricky- half an hour ago... going to be an interesting evening!

cant see much here in Pembrokeshire this evening once this precipiation over us currently passes over. 1.5c rain here.

[Gavla]

will it reach swansea at all?

[willitbsunny]

wind really picked up here and temp dropped to 1.5 degrees. I think its on its way

[soupsurfer7]

Round 2? Can you please arrange for some power to be put into Mynydd Gorddu wind farm at Bontgoch to blow some towards Machynlleth?

Haha I used to live in Bontgoch would you believe!

[bradymk]

12z NAE is out and a slight change. Snow for Pembrokeshire this evening before this clears away (not sure about this). Snow for south east wales, strong signal for this on midnight chart. More fun and game for you down south east, cant you send this west this time

Edited January 22, 2013 by bradythemole

[Cymro]

One of the main problems of this cold spell has been the presistence of cloud and systems, which sounds silly in itself, but with the lack of true meaningful clear nights allowing temperatures to fall such as 2010 when we got down to -19 here which firmly embedded the surface temperature and kept snow crisp and powedry for a good fortnight, had our nights had been clearer over the weekend then we would have been looking at a similar situation.

Doesnt look that interesting for Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Swansea this evening unless some more convection fires up over the B Channel.

[benb]

cant see much here in Pembrokeshire this evening once this precipiation over us currently passes over. 1.5c rain here.

You're probably right, but I'm not sure the professionals have entirely got a handle on this one...

[Gavla]

oh well good luck to you in the east then