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

[MrNooo]

Temp 2.9C, blowing a gale here, with 22.6mm in the rain gauge, rain is just turning to sleet as I type.

[karlos1983]

I'm in Upton heading to work, come out of costa coffee and it is snowing. 100% snowing

[jethro]

What a vile morning! There was heavy, driving snow earlier but it's just rain now and it's really windy. The dogs have been barking on and off most of the night due to the wind; as it's blowing across the top of the aga flue it's creating the noise you get when you blow across a bottle top - it's really loud in the kitchen. Any idea when this is supposed to die down?

 

[Dorsetbred]

I'm in Bournemouth, , 100% rain here and the beach is deserted 

[jtay]

Still driving rain here, but temps have dropped off from 10C at 6am, to 5.2C at 8am.

[A.J]

driving sleet in a howling gale, temps dropping...............very close to a change over to snow.........I've got to drive to bristol in an hour, wish me luck! 

[jethro]

1 minute ago, ajpoolshark said:

driving sleet in a howling gale, temps dropping...............very close to a change over to snow.........I've got to drive to bristol in an hour, wish me luck! 

Ditto. Not looking forward to the drive, far too many ancient trees lining the roads round here, they drop limbs with the slightest of breezes. Not looking forward to working outside in it all day either.

[karlos1983]

Wintry mix now. But was nice to see. So close to the coast as well and Upton isn't exactly the highest place in the country lol

Edited March 9, 2016 by karlos1983

[karlos1983]

Quite an impressive drop of in temperature after the low crossed and then wind changed direction, usually the sort of temperature change you would expect after a front has cleared and you get a clear spell. But this not the case. Probably need to take a degree of the temperature as my thermometer is not in an ideal position. 

 

[MP-R]

Rather hairy drive to work this morning - blowing an absolute hoolie. Could see snow in Wales looking west from the M5.

I didn't check how much rain had fallen overnight but the rain guage looks over 2/3 full and the direction it came in from has meant the kitchen was under water from rain blowing through the cat flap! 

[jtay]

Wet snow in the mix down here now @ 4.4C. You still wouldn't get me out in it.

 

[knocker]

Sunny intervals with small Cu racing across the sky with a northerly wind gusting 60mph

[ARTDEMOLE]

Brighter.  Light  rain. 4.4c. Breeze Northerly.   46-49  km/h.

[Fitzwis]

Morning all

Wild down here today with this updated warning from our local met dept making concerning reading, especially due to the duration of the storm with NW gales expected for 12 hours, peaking between 12 and 3 pm ...

 

 

Edited March 9, 2016 by Fitzwis

[Man With Beard]

Meanwhile, here in Portsmouth, we're in the eye of the storm. Cloudy, almost no wind, dry-ish, about 7C. What a weird storm!

[Singularity]

Violent gusts now, touching 60 mph at times, and driving rain. It's like being adrift at sea in a major storm... truly as harsh as I can recall at this location (I've not seen a blizzard here in case you're wondering).

Some sleet in the heaviest bursts. Watching with interest a more persistent area of very heavy rain that's moving through Andover.

For a combination of wind, rain and possible snow, this is the most ferocious storm in many years here. Even 2013/14 falls a little short.

[bellanite]

Next door just text me to let me know my fence and wood shed is in bits and flying down the garden! Grr

[knocker]

4 minutes ago, Singularity said:

Violent gusts now, touching 60 mph at times, and driving rain. It's like being adrift at sea in a major storm... truly as harsh as I can recall at this location (I've not seen a blizzard here in case you're wondering).

Some sleet in the heaviest bursts. Watching with interest a more persistent area of very heavy rain that's moving through Andover.

For a combination of wind, rain and possible snow, this is the most ferocious storm in many years here. Even 2013/14 falls a little short.

Without the 60 foot waves.

[Singularity]

1 minute ago, knocker said:

Without the 60 foot waves.

Admittedly, yes 

[karlos1983]

It's pretty unpleasant, glad I work indoors. The wind is howling, the rain/ice pellets smashing against the window, right old mish mash today. Love it. Shame it's not the same setup in January, could have been a snow storm  considering the wintry element to the ppn today?

@Mapantz what's your rain total so far? My rain gauge is dead

Edited March 9, 2016 by karlos1983

[knocker]

20mm here 18-06

[Mapantz]

25 minutes ago, karlos1983 said:

It's pretty unpleasant, glad I work indoors. The wind is howling, the rain/ice pellets smashing against the window, right old mish mash today. Love it. Shame it's not the same setup in January, could have been a snow storm  considering the wintry element to the ppn today?

@Mapantz what's your rain total so far? My rain gauge is dead

http://www.warehamwx.com/cu/gauges.htm

28.4mm so far. Most of the rain fell last night- 17mm in 2 and a half hours. I find it odd that the MetO would miss out a small section of a warning like that, there's reports of trees down and the roads are a mess. I've just got back from Poole, and there's floods all over the place coming back in to town.

I have to say, it is very strange having winds this strong from the Northwest..

[jethro]

Any one got any idea when the wind is supposed to die down? Given up on the idea of work, just spent the last half an hour desperately propping up the fence - three posts have snapped, the whole lot's currently holding up on a wing and a prayer.

[Singularity]

Went out for 10 mins, regretted it. Even with a hoot on, my face got so cold I could barely move my eyebrows.

Still mostly rain here, it can't seem to come down heavy for long enough at a time. I'm right on the eastern edge of what looks to be a powerful convergence line that has really got its act together now. Amazingly it's edging a little west with time, despite the low drifting SE.

The Net Weather 500 m radar keeps showing sleet just down the road from me with rain overhead despite there being no difference in terrain elevation. Suspicious or what?

[karlos1983]

11 minutes ago, Singularity said:

Went out for 10 mins, regretted it. Even with a hoot on, my face got so cold I could barely move my eyebrows.

Still mostly rain here, it can't seem to come down heavy for long enough at a time. I'm right on the eastern edge of what looks to be a powerful convergence line that has really got its act together now. Amazingly it's edging a little west with time, despite the low drifting SE.

The Net Weather 500 m radar keeps showing sleet just down the road from me with rain overhead despite there being no difference in terrain elevation. Suspicious or what?

I believe the ppn types on those radars is based on modeled conditions, so not overly accurate in marginal situations.

But I could be wrong. Sure I read that somewhere. 

Edited March 9, 2016 by karlos1983