South West & Central Southern England Regional Discussion 11/1/2017 ---->

[Frosty hollows]

4 hours ago, Evening thunder said:

Late report, but we had light snow for a few hours yesterday morning. Was settling on some surfaces for a while (parts of cars, roofs, grass and the ground in a few places probably thanks to clear spells and frost the night before). However a nearby hill (East Hill) that reaches 247m had a much better small covering of around 1cm or so as it was around freezing.



Not especially amazing but nice to see and better than nothing.

Max was only 2.8C at home yesterday, today we've had surprise sunshine since 12pm which is better than the grey skies. Max so far 5.3C.

Lovely!

[khodds]

So is that it? Winter over? Can we move on.... 

[Dorsetbred]

4 minutes ago, khodds said:

So is that it? Winter over? Can we move on.... 

Surely after so many "Will it, won't it" moments the change in the season is due. There will of course be those that say March can still bring some surprises, don't disagree but look back over the last three months for surprises.....seen many? To answer your question I say "YUP"..

Edited February 12, 2017 by Dorsetbred

[knocker]

The cloud did eventually break here and the temp struggled to 6C. Much warmer tomorrow but windier as well

[festivalking]

Oh heck the easterly wind is set in now for 3 days. Hitting right against the daughters window. Making a right racket. Could be a long 3 nights 

 

But an interesting weather set up currently not often we get such a strong wind from the east.

Edited February 12, 2017 by festivalking

[karlos1983]

8 minutes ago, festivalking said:

Oh heck the easterly wind is set in now for 3 days. Hitting right against the daughters window. Making a right racket. Could be a long 3 nights 

 

But an interesting weather set up currently not often we get such a strong wind from the east.

Radar looks interesting there, any of the white stuff?

[Dorsetbred]

2 hours ago, knocker said:

The cloud did eventually break here and the temp struggled to 6C. Much warmer tomorrow but windier as well

Knocker, good to see you back in regular attendance..

[festivalking]

2 hours ago, karlos1983 said:

Radar looks interesting there, any of the white stuff?

Nothing going on here. Higher up always the chance!

We were predicted heavy rain but most of it has kept south and West of here. Happy with that as it will keep the windows from rattling. 

If though the conditions were better suited to snow I'd be singing blue murder that the prize has missed us..again.

 

Edited February 12, 2017 by festivalking

[fromey]

Well the temps are now rising, that lady's and gentlemen was winter 2016/17

roll on summer

fromey 

[karlos1983]

3 minutes ago, fromey said:

Well the temps are now rising, that lady's and gentlemen was winter 2016/17

roll on summer

fromey 

Yeah bring on Summer!!!! 

 

[fromey]

3 minutes ago, karlos1983 said:

Yeah bring on Summer!!!! 

 

I don't want to state the obvious but I think you might need a bigger BBQ 

[knocker]

40 minutes ago, Dorsetbred said:

Knocker, good to see you back in regular attendance..

Cheers Dorset.

[matt111]

The temperature's much higher now than it was during the day. Max during daylight hours was 3.9°C and now it's 6.2°C. Quite windy now as well.

[Frosty hollows]

5.6C here now. Can I declare spring officially open?

[knocker]

Cloudy, much warmer and breezy. temp 8C and an easterly wind 30mph gusting 50.

[warmintim]

OK, I know it's not the end of winter (although it may well feel like spring later this week). I just want to say that personally its not been too bad a winter. I would love a repeat of Dec 2010, or Jan 2013 etc etc but at least I have seen snow falling on four days (in two spells) and had settled snow (ok not much, but def there) on two mornings. We have also had a lot of epic frosts (down to - 8 deg C) which has meant a lot of car scrapping. I am a long time resident of west wilts and I remember many years pre internet watching the farming forecast, desperate for a hint of snow. My recollection is probably shaky but in the years I recall with some accuracy, from 1985 onwards, I would say a typical wilts winter was not that snowy. I think too many people have unrealistic expectations and tbh false memories if they think winters now are 'modern' or some such. Surely the recent colder ones (2008-2013) should knock that one on the head?

 

[Rich_Clements]

Well at least the grey cold murk has gone, a bit of sunshine this morning.

[warmintim]

Indeed - always nice to see the sun and the nights are drawing out too.

 

[Frosty hollows]

Complete contrast to yesterday with blue skies and sunshine. Feels pleasantly warm out of the shade. Love days like this

[matt111]

Well the sun did come out here earlier but it's clouded over now. 

[matt111]

And now the skies cleared again and the temperatures quickly risen to 10.4°C. Still feels cold in the breeze though. 

[Dorsetbred]

Warming up nicely for spring currently 11.1°C (52.0°F), Apparent temp 8.9°C

[knocker]

Still cloudy but the sun has just peaked through the Ac layer. And still breezy gusting 40 mph.

[Andy Bown]

From winter to spring in less than 24 hours. Unbroken sunshine all day and a max of 11.7c . Extremely gusty SE wind and rapid drying of washing, more of this please!

[dec10snow]

Felt rather warm in the sun today, very nice!

I've given up on winter now, just give me a nice warm spring/summer with some good thunderstorms please!