South West & Central Southern England - Weather Chat, 6th December and Onwards...

[Ali1977]

Well, I may be wrong but the snow line would be pretty close to NE wilts looking at the animation till now - as per the BBC graphics I guess...Not sore if the DP or temps will be low enough here though.

[Singularity]

45 minutes ago, The Enforcer said:

BBC Weather's snowfall projections for this evening/tonight as today has progressed:

Hard to imagine why the latest update has returned west with the snow line and increased the overall precipitation amounts... recent observation data indicates the opposite trend at least with the positioning.

I do wonder if on Monday we can get enough of a SE flow (or at least E of S) to encourage a cold air undercut from the near continent. The more to the E the better if you're near the coast, of course.

ICON looks to deliver a flow just E of SE which is pretty decent. The flow then veers east during the night.

Edited January 16, 2016 by Singularity

[lfcdude]

Hope to get a dusting of the in coming band... 

[karlos1983]

Oherrr the blobs heading towards me are turning wintry 

Edited January 16, 2016 by karlos1983

[Dorsetbred]

11 minutes ago, karlos1983 said:

Oherrr the blobs heading towards me are turning wintry 

Overcast with temp of 1.7C and a WBDP 1.2, it's borderline to say the least.

[karlos1983]

2 minutes ago, Dorsetbred said:

Overcast with temp of 1.7C and a WBDP 1.2, it's borderline to say the least.

and almost as i typed it, they fizzle lol, almost as quickly as David Haye's opponent 

 

Edited January 16, 2016 by karlos1983

[Gibby]

Light rain arrived here now. 3.1C

[Dorsetbred]

Right, I've switched me lamp post OFF. Seen enough snow pictures posted on FB to get a snow fix. Enough is enough

[Ali1977]

V light sleet in Swindon

[festivalking]

Not sure weatherwise that a good week is upon us. Looks like this cold air will put a fight against the invasive mild air from the west. However in the southwest (Devon at least) we'll be in between the two. So not cold enough for snow not mild enough to be comfortable. If you love cold rain your luck is in!

[lfcdude]

Well all died out before got to devizes shame this winter has been non exsistant 

[nettie]

Very light sleet here. 

[Mapantz]

Rain here.

Temp 2.0°C - Dew 0.1°C

[karlos1983]

sleet 

quickly turned to plain rain

night 

Edited January 16, 2016 by karlos1983

[The Enforcer]

1.5C and rain. Crap again.

[khodds]

Yep. Appears to be rain here too... On the outside of frome 

[jethro]

Light rain here in the Mendips.

 

Can anyone remember what the synoptic set up was which led to the snow in early February 2009? It's by far the best snow event I've had in the 18 years of living here, a good 10 inches deep which hung around for days.

[nettie]

Rain here now!  Temp gone up now 1.4c. 

[*Stormforce~beka*]

I'm not even going to bother to look out the window ...

[Frosty hollows]

raining in Oxford

[birdman]

Tropical here. Thinking about firing up the BBQ  

Edited January 16, 2016 by birdman

[Catacol]

4 hours ago, karlos1983 said:

Amen to that. But if it's anything like this, then no thanks. So annoyed, I've been thoroughly engrossed by the models over the past 10 days, I'm shattered, and for what? 2 frosts and a maximum day time temperature of 6.2c. That's not a bleeping cold spell. Come February the sun will be higher, the days longer and it becomes much harder to get laying snow, especially in our neck of the woods. I want an easterly with deep cold uppers and channel low after channel low with us right on the northern flank or I'm not interested. I'd rather an early spring..

 

anyway back to the models 

Hehe - it's hard in the SW.... but bear in mind that February - for all the sun issues - is the best month in the uk for snow. Continental cold tends to be more embedded, seas are a little cooler, and the atlantic typically has slowed down a little. El Nino years in particular tend to have a colder second half - and this is day 1 of the second half...

So disappointing probably this week but a long way from game over. Go get some sleep...!

[Mapantz]

40 minutes ago, jethro said:

Light rain here in the Mendips.

 

Can anyone remember what the synoptic set up was which led to the snow in early February 2009? It's by far the best snow event I've had in the 18 years of living here, a good 10 inches deep which hung around for days.

Can you remember the date?

I have found this..

[BristolBaggie]

Damp and mild here in Bristol. When is this cold spell supposed to start? 

 

As Jim Royale would say "Cold spell my a@rse"

 

 

Edited January 16, 2016 by BristolBaggie

[karlos1983]

13 minutes ago, Catacol said:

Hehe - it's hard in the SW.... but bear in mind that February - for all the sun issues - is the best month in the uk for snow. Continental cold tends to be more embedded, seas are a little cooler, and the atlantic typically has slowed down a little. El Nino years in particular tend to have a colder second half - and this is day 1 of the second half...

So disappointing probably this week but a long way from game over. Go get some sleep...!

I no, but I felt entitled to a bit of a moan lol, a few days away from the models will see me right. Although I'll check them tomorrow morning as really for me, that's the last glimmer of hope in this cold(ish) spell for a change. 

I'm hopefull for Feb, but I'll leave at that for now. 

3 points for AFC tomorrow and this will be all forgotten.