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

[Dorsetbred]

Just now, Ed Stone said:

Sort of like Never Mind The B****cks, it's going to snow...Eventually! 

Bit like finding the 9th planet in the solar system...

[Methuselah]

9 minutes ago, Dorsetbred said:

Bit like finding the 9th planet in the solar system...

Or a good old game of Spot The Unicorn?

[matt111]

A much nicer day than the last few days with clear skies all day and feeling quite cold especially in the shade. Temperature reached 5.5°C. Currently 5.0°C. 

[karlos1983]

OMG

not happy, that's Benidorm 

[festivalking]

Just now, karlos1983 said:

OMG

not happy, that's Benidorm 

[knocker]

Once the Sc cleared it's been a cracking day here with  the temp creeping up to 8C Quite an interesting midday sounding, which was after the cloud had gone. which shows an exceptionally dry layer above where the cloud was before the rest of the sounding becomes relatively moist.

[Mapantz]

22 minutes ago, karlos1983 said:

OMG

not happy, that's Benidorm 

I recognise that palm tree closest to the camera, I'm pretty sure I had a handful of coconuts under it, back in 2009 and 2000. 

[MP-R]

29 minutes ago, karlos1983 said:

OMG

not happy, that's Benidorm 

Having crossed warm seas with uppers of -4C, no problem snowing. Just shows the vendetta the weather has against here in the UK lol.

Meanwhile, cloud has majorly broken up here and the temperature is on its way down.

[jtay]

11 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

I recognise that palm tree closest to the camera, I'm pretty sure I had a handful of coconuts under it, back in 2009 and 2000. 

[Mapantz]

It makes a nice change to have a low humidity at this time of day, meaning my dew point is at -2.2°C, temp at 3.6°C

The blue and orange hue is on the horizon again..

Edited January 18, 2017 by Mapantz

[fromey]

17 minutes ago, MP-R said:

Having crossed warm seas with uppers of -4C, no problem snowing. Just shows the vendetta the weather has against here in the UK lol.

Meanwhile, cloud has majorly broken up here and the temperature is on its way down.

I think Brexit is coming to bite us in the Backside, Brexit means Brexit and this includes beasts from the east!!

Edited January 18, 2017 by fromey

[festivalking]

Absolutely fascinated about how this colder air keeps holding in the latest weather models. This translates too three days on the bounce of sub 4c day temperatures. The wet and windy stuff is delayed again. Ultimately I think the south West winds will prevail but this cold block is putting up a fight.

[khodds]

56 minutes ago, karlos1983 said:

OMG

not happy, that's Benidorm 

YOU ARE KIDDING ME...?! this is so unfair  

we holidayed an hour away from beni last summer and visited the water park (it was rubbish) but I do love a mini trip to Benidorm just for a laugh

Edited January 18, 2017 by khodds

[jtay]

25 minutes ago, khodds said:

YOU ARE KIDDING ME...?! this is so unfair  

we holidayed an hour away from beni last summer and visited the water park (it was rubbish) but I do love a mini trip to Benidorm just for a laugh

As long as you weren't anywhere near that coconut tree in 2000 or 2009, that's the main thing.

[khodds]

No - thankfully I wasn't!! Haha!! 

[khodds]

Actually I was there in 2009 on a hen do!! But I went nowhere near that tree 

[MidnightSnow]

I follow a facebook page called Extreme Weather and they recently posted a video of snow falling heavily in Valencia. Looked awesome.

[Bristawl Si]

1 hour ago, karlos1983 said:

OMG

not happy, that's Benidorm 

In San Miguel de Salinas near Torreveija on the Costa Blanca (about 40 miles down coast from Beni where we used to go when my wife's mum was alive and an expat there) it was minus 1c today. Unheard of really.

[Bristawl Si]

44 minutes ago, khodds said:

YOU ARE KIDDING ME...?! this is so unfair  

we holidayed an hour away from beni last summer and visited the water park (it was rubbish) but I do love a mini trip to Benidorm just for a laugh

Yep. 3 night stay in Beni is enough. Been on a few w/ends there with my other half and sis-in-law. Crazy on the strip at nite but a good blast if u dont take the place too seriously. Beautiful beach and promenade.

[khodds]

Yeah - we tend to stay away and just do a day trip there. Hen do was quite scary really.. there were so many fights kicking off (not us!!) we gave up and went back to our villa. Ruined our night out. Had an epic hangover the next day though.  

[Mapantz]

Temp was heading down, then went back up for a bit. I noticed a blanket of cloud out to the East, but wasn't sure which way it was moving. Temp has started to descend again, currently -1°C

[karlos1983]

Yes temps been up and down like a Benidorm palm tree leaf in the wind the last couple of hours flipping somewhere  between -0.5 to -1.0 

-1.0c now

Edited January 18, 2017 by karlos1983

[khodds]

-0.5 here now. Nice to see negative values again.. at least we have had more frosts than last winter! 

[jethro]

Definitely a lot colder here tonight now the cloud bank has gone, currently -2.7c. Looking forward to another sunny day tomorrow, even if it will be spent barrowing shed loads of gravel onto new paths.

[Mapantz]

I've just been outside, it has now clouded over.

Yesterday's forecast was for cloud, then they changed it tonight and said it would be clear tonight lol