South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 09/12/2017 onwards

[Rich_Clements]

Merry Christmas everyone, I hope Santa was kind.

[MP-R]

Merry Christmas all southwesterners. Our present this year is a cold front and something more seasonal for tomorrow lol.

[ARTDEMOLE]

Merry Christmas Readers... 11.2c. Humidity 80% rh. Not too breezy yet. 

[jy]

Hope the forum members here have an enjoyable,relaxing couple of days,as for hoping for snow,good luck with that lol,seasonal goodwill only stretches so far you know.

[matt111]

Another dull day with the only real difference being the strength of the wind. Yet another mild Christmas to add to the last few years.

Hope everyone’s having a good Christmas.  

 

[knocker]

A lot of medium cloud, As, encroached in the last hour.

[knocker]

Chief Forecaster's assessment

A weather system moving east across southern England is likely to bring a mix of heavy rain and snow. 15-25 mm of rain is likely quite widely within the warning area with some places receiving 30-40 mm. As the rain becomes increasingly heavy, it is likely to turn to snow in places, initially over parts of Wales and perhaps the Peak District then over central England in the early hours of Wednesday. Snow may fall to increasingly low levels, giving a cm or two in places. with 2-5 cm accumulating locally above 100 m, and perhaps 10 cm in a few places. These larger amounts are more likely over Wales whilst East Anglia and Lincolnshire see little or no snow. There is low confidence in the balance between rain and snow with marked variations likely from place to place in the amounts of any snow

 

[knocker]

Well it's pretty foul here now with moderate rain and gusting 45mph

[Mapantz]

It's getting rougher now - gusting above 30mph. A few showery bits & pieces of rain in the mix as well. 

[Mapantz]

Wind has really ramped up now..

[AWD]

Happy Christmas all.

In the spirit of the day, here is some festive cheer for early Wednesday morning;

[bellanite]

Happy Christmas all. Down in Felpham for a few days and just back from walking the dinner off. Nice and stormy out defiantly blew the cobwebs away. If we can't have snow this is my next favourite weather, especially when by the sea!

[Ciderwithrosie]

Blowing a hoolie and bucketing down now . Beautiful 

Having a great day , hoping all of you are having a good time too . 

Wishing that the remainder of the season is good for you . 

 

Weather wise looks like quite an excting time ahead if the models are to be believed .

[matt111]

Wind much stronger this evening with a bit of rain not long ago ahead of the main band. 

[Mark Neal.]

Merry Christmas all! Tues night into Weds morning looking rather interesting!

[festivalking]

So tuesday night Wednesday morning could be a repeat of that slider the other week. North of our area looking prime spot. And I thought these systems track further south after time not so on this week' or the other weeks! Again small variations play a huge difference in this part of the world.

[Beasterly]

Merry Christmas everyone! Another snow event lining up for many of us early Wednesday. It's looking rain to snow for me. I'm hoping it tracks slightly further south to squeeze in more hours of snow.

[Mark Neal.]

3 minutes ago, Beasterly said:

Merry Christmas everyone! Another snow event lining up for many of us early Wednesday. It's looking rain to snow for me. I'm hoping it tracks slightly further south to squeeze in more hours of snow.

Second that! Ready for round 2  

[Frosty hollows]

Breezy here now. Winds predicted to really ramp up in next hour or so. Probably associated with that vicious looking front on the radar 

[A.J]

absolutely piddling down here with gusty winds

[Mark Neal.]

28mph Gusting 42mph here at moment. 

[Mapantz]

Gusting to 45mph here at the moment. I think someone close by has lost some roof tiles. It won't be long before the cold front crosses, and the winds die almost instantly.

[Mapantz]

wow - that was a nice surprise! Just lashed down with hailstones - 83.4 mm/hr rain rate too. 10.6°C to 7.8°C in ten minutes.

Edited December 25, 2017 by Mapantz

[matt111]

1 minute ago, Mapantz said:

wow - that was a nice surprise! Just lashed down with hailstones - 83.4 mm/hr rain rate too.

I’ll be looking out for that in a short while then. 

 Sounds like it’s very windy out there at the moment although not raining yet. 

[Mapantz]

3 minutes ago, matt111 said:

I’ll be looking out for that in a short while then. 

 Sounds like it’s very windy out there at the moment although not raining yet. 

I always find the passage of an active cold front, interesting. The pressure went up by 1.6mb in 4 minutes as well.