South West/Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 15/12/13 18z ------>

[sherrie]

http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/1000hPa/orthographic=-16.29,34.39,304

Found the above link interesting

[ARTDEMOLE]

25.5mm Yesterday..Total 69.9mm for the month.

[ARTDEMOLE]

5,3c. Sunny. Light breeze. Pressure 990.4 hpa.

[Nights King]

Morning all.

 

Much chillier this morning at 4.4c and I see we have a few showers creeping across the region so will be interesting to see what falls from them

[gottolovethisweather]

I was woken at 11.30 and around 02.00, the latter to an incredible roaring sound nearby as wind presumably surged through the woodland on the nearby edge of Salisbury Plain.

 

I checked my weather records last night, my previous 24 hour highest is 47.5mm in August 2011 which means that from 19.00 last night I will have needed 17mm more to set a new record - the result will be known in 45 mins!

 

Yes Andy, at the time of my original report I was thinking there could be probable tornadic activity due to the shape of the hook on the radar. Likewise, the Poole area I think it was had a similar radar signature at one point. Given what was going on at the time, I didn't want to add to anybody's misery by mentioning tornados etc. Will be curious to hear of other reports. A crazy 24 hours for sure and yet more wind and rain due again before the week is out.

Edited December 24, 2013 by gottolovethisweather

[gottolovethisweather]

My highest wind gust was a mere 42mph but not bad for me with other gusts within my immediate vicinity likely to have been within the range of 50 to 60mph I imagine. Total storm rainfall was 42.6mm, 34mm of which fell from 0:01am to midnight yesterday. Not my highest day total but up there with the worst storm totals I believe.

[festivalking]

aye aye i see some wintry stuff on dartmoor looking at the radar!

[Bristawl Si]

What a contrast today, compared to yesterday. Calm and cool.

[Cleeve Hill View]

A bit late in the morning for this but a quite incredible squall came over us around 11pm last night with very heavy rain and gusty winds. Took out the fence,  the felt from the shed and several other panels and a brick pier attached. Much much more violent weather than the St Judes breeze here in our part of North west Gloucestershire.   Did not see that coming and been clearing up all morning

[AWD]

Who's ready for round 3 on Friday?

[festivalking]

Who's ready for round 3 on Friday?

 

I might be wrong but the MO don't give as strong wind as yesterday, hoping the rain will fly through a bit quicker I don't think dartmoor can take much more water!!

[Mapantz]

I might be wrong but the MO don't give as strong wind as yesterday, hoping the rain will fly through a bit quicker I don't think dartmoor can take much more water!!

The warnings have been updated, west coasts are still under a warning but much of our region is under one for rain. They think it won't be as intense as previous storms.

[AWD]

I might be wrong but the MO don't give as strong wind as yesterday, hoping the rain will fly through a bit quicker I don't think dartmoor can take much more water!!

It's currently not forecast to be as intense as what we have just experienced for our region but of course, just a quarter of what we have just had will still add insult to injury.

[AWD]

The football fields at Keynsham;

[Zephyr]

The football fields at Keynsham;

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Looks like they will have to take to water polo instead! 

 

On a more serious note that is a lot of water the amount of rain we have had is scary we could do with a dry spell now! 

[Nights King]

Looks like they will have to take to water polo instead! 

 

On a more serious note that is a lot of water the amount of rain we have had is scary we could do with a dry spell now! 

 

Or a snowy one...

 

Those showers seem to be heading towards wales though not much really penetrating the west country.

 

They could play ice hockey then 

Edited December 24, 2013 by mullender83

[Dorsetbred]

PAssing hail shower, with the corresponding drop in temperature..

[Lyn-M]

This is the river Yeo between Sherborne and Yeovil this morning.  The second one is where it has broken its banks in the village of Bradford Abbas.

 

Minor roads are mainly passable with care as there is a lot of standing water and some trees and big branches down.

 

 

[Beast of Plympton]

aye aye i see some wintry stuff on dartmoor looking at the radar!

Yes it was! This is the first chance I have had to post! We had a heavy burst of snow earlier today!

[Beast of Plympton]

We have heavy snow here now!!

[Nights King]

We have heavy snow here now!!

 

Nothing made it inland all day here could do with wind veering more to a westerly to use Bristol channel.

 

Maybe something xmas day.

[Beast of Plympton]

Nothing made it inland all day here could do with wind veering more to a westerly to use Bristol channel.

 

Maybe something xmas day.

 Here's hoping for you mate..... Nothing settled, was nice to see the snow though of course!!

[Cyclonic]

 

NOT having a round 3

The island would not cope thats for sure.

I ventured to work and what normally takes me 20 minutes to get to work took me 1hr 25 mins, roads flooded that never flood, uncountable amount of trees down, still no island trains running due to the railway tunnel at Ryde was completely submerged, Power cables down, holes appearing in roads

 

http://www.iwcp.co.uk/files/images/newsimg6d2b0e13deanraynerjpg.jpg?width=411&height=219

 

Railway tunnel

Edited December 24, 2013 by Cyclonic

[festivalking]

We have heavy snow here now!!

 

That was a heavy hail shower down here....mind you having been to the pub for the afternoon if it happened again i'd swear it was snow

[Beast of Plympton]

That was a heavy hail shower down here....mind you having been to the pub for the afternoon if it happened again i'd swear it was snow

Well the temperature is dropping now so you never know! I am relying on the missus for updates as I am in Plymouth for the night....