Wales - Weather Chat

[Snowyowl9]

Had more falling snow today than the whole of winter heavy driving snow in gales earlier,so it gave a dusting which is the second most snow this year which for this winter oh dear,temp dropped lower than last night to 1.1c now 4.3c

[Clair_Witch]

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Edited March 2, 2016 by Clair_Witch

[Clair_Witch]

56 minutes ago, andymusic said:

Yellow Alert of Snow for Wales

 

Yellow Alert of Snow for Wales : Ceredigion, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Isle of Anglesey, Powys & Wrexham valid from 2100 Thu 03 Mar to 1500 Fri 04 Mar

 

Yellow Alert of Snow and Ice for Wales

 

Yellow Alert of Snow and Ice for Wales : Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Rhonnda Cynon Taff, Swansea, Torfaen & Vale of Glamorgan valid from 1500 Fri 04 Mar to 0900 Sat 05 Mar

Finally Cardiff get in on the warnings.

Edited March 2, 2016 by Clair_Witch

[bradymk]

1 hour ago, Clair_Witch said:

Finally Cardiff get in on the warnings.

The snow part mainly for ground 200m+ unfortunately Clair and then only 1-2cm. Ice the main hazard.

Heavy precip moving across Wales at the moment but probably too warm now for anything but rain/hail from this, we shall see. Higher mid wales could see quite a bit in a short time from this shower. Milder air associated with the band of precip.

Edited March 2, 2016 by bradythemole

[SnowStorm(Jamie)]

Plenty of hail showers overnight here in Swansea & very gusty. Some snow this morning to albeit short lived.

Looking at the Netweather radar there is a band of heavy precipitation moving south and east. It is giving rain to parts of SW Wales but appears to be wintry on the northern flank. As it edges further east id expect to see some snow falling around the Heads Of the Valley road, Dowlais, Tredegar where colder air is present + elevation.

[andymusic]

fronts arrived here - started as light rain - then some sleet - turning now more to snow - so the cold air is still about

Edited March 2, 2016 by andymusic

[Clair_Witch]

56 minutes ago, bradythemole said:

The snow part mainly for ground 200m+ unfortunately Clair and then only 1-2cm. Ice the main hazard.

Heavy precip moving across Wales at the moment but probably too warm now for anything but rain/hail from this, we shall see. Higher mid wales could see quite a bit in a short time from this shower. Milder air associated with the band of precip.

I think I'd be happy just to see a flake falling after the last few winters. It's definitely too warm to fall as snow though.

[bradymk]

2 minutes ago, Clair_Witch said:

I think I'd be happy just to see a flake falling after the last few winters. It's definitely too warm to fall as snow though.

Sleet here in north Cardiff Clair 

[Clair_Witch]

1 minute ago, bradythemole said:

Sleet here in north Cardiff Clair 

That sent me flying to my window!

Just rain here. 

[andymusic]

pen y fan looking a little more white after that one

 

[freeze for all]

Feels colder out there now than it has all day

[Carl46Wrexham]

After this morning's novelty of seeing falling snow (first time since Boxing Day 2014), a subsequent tedious return to the all too familiar strong winds, heavy rain, huge puddles (again) and surface water flooding (again). The good work of the recent relatively dry weather undone in less than a day. Sigh!

[keithlucky]

Another weather warning for Wales Friday into Saturday with snow above 200 meters ,this is borderline edge of the seat stuff A band of rain, sleet and hill snow is expected to cross Northern Ireland and southwest Scotland on Thursday afternoon, moving into northern England and north Wales during Thursday evening. Snow is not currently expected to be disruptive at low levels, but is expected to settle on high ground above 200 metres. Please be aware of the likelihood of difficult driving conditions, and that some moderate-level disruption is possible. There remains some uncertainty about the northern extent of the precipitation. The precipitation type is also finely balanced, with its intensity having a bearing on whether it falls as rain or snow to low levels. This warning will therefore be kept under review and be updated as necessary.

[Carl46Wrexham]

Currently stuck under a horrible wet and windy Cheshire Gap streamer. Fields will doubtless be waterlogged again in the morning. Any prospect of cutting my jungle grass delayed again.

[andymusic]

yep snow possibilities tonight

tomorrow

and newly highlighted as an upgrade for sunday now

into monday

[freeze for all]

All I can c is more cold rain with the odd sleet/ snow shower unless u live high up or North Wales so no difference to yesterday

[Liam Ellis]

22 minutes ago, freeze for all said:

All I can c is more cold rain with the odd sleet/ snow shower unless u live high up or North Wales so no difference to yesterday

Think I'll agree with you there. Hope we're wrong, but temperatures this evening looks too mild, we might get the odd sleety mix tomorrow morning as the rain moves away and temperatures drop. Currently 7C at Bute Park. And andymusic - I'd never trust those charts, they're never right. I hope I get proven wrong though!

Edited March 3, 2016 by Liam Ellis

[Ian Price]

Looking at the GFS charts....

The only hope (of sleet probably!!) here (NW Wales) at sea level would be the back end of the cold front tonight where dew points are below zero and cold uppers. But by then the precipitation will probably fizzle out!

when the colder pool of air digs in overnight, it should be dry.

Then when the occluded front follows tomorrow morning, it will be too mild (from the north) for any snow on lower ground...

 

Edited March 3, 2016 by Ian Price

[Carl46Wrexham]

3 hours ago, andymusic said:

yep snow possibilities tonight

tomorrow

and newly highlighted as an upgrade for sunday now

into monday

Brolly and wellies on standby then.

[Jayfromcardiff]

9 minutes ago, Carl46Wrexham said:

Brolly and wellies on standby then.

And boats.

[freeze for all]

Weather warnings have now gone from south Wales so says it all, more cold rain to come 

[andymusic]

Yellow Warning of Snow and Ice for Wales

 

Yellow Warning of Snow and Ice for Wales : Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Isle of Anglesey, Powys & Wrexham valid from 1900 Thu 03 Mar to 1500 Fri 04 Mar

[Liam Ellis]

Wow, this winter has really kicked us in the teeth. Let's hope for the hottest summer on record and some super thunderstorms.

[SP1986]

22 minutes ago, andymusic said:

Yellow Warning of Snow and Ice for Wales

 

Yellow Warning of Snow and Ice for Wales : Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Isle of Anglesey, Powys & Wrexham valid from 1900 Thu 03 Mar to 1500 Fri 04 Mar

Halkyn Mountain/Penmaenmawr/Great Orme might get a bit of sleet I guess 

[Carl46Wrexham]

1 hour ago, andymusic said:

Yellow Warning of Snow and Ice for Wales

 

Yellow Warning of Snow and Ice for Wales : Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Isle of Anglesey, Powys & Wrexham valid from 1900 Thu 03 Mar to 1500 Fri 04 Mar

At higher elevations. Lower down a rain fest. Huge puddles and surface water flooding await. 

Can we have an anticyclonic spell please???