South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 19/01/2018 Onwards

[khodds]

3 minutes ago, dec10snow said:

It hasn’t actually been that bad here, a couple hours of heavy rain, apart from that it’s been drizzly or light rain! We’re just on the edge of it looking at the radar throughout today.

You’ve been lucky. We literally swam to the pub and back earlier. 

[Dean E]

Missed most of the heaviest rain down here. Started sleety at around 8am here, before changing over the complete rain from 9am.

Temperature rising quite quickly right now

T: 9.5c      Todays rain: 7.8mm

[Nights King]

Just now, khodds said:

You’ve been lucky. We literally swam to the pub and back earlier. 

The weather station in cheddar which is low down and sheltered by hills received 36mm i dread to think what top recorded...

[Frosty_wsm]

42 minutes ago, khodds said:

I’m surprised more people aren’t commenting about the amount of rain. It’s crazy out there!

It is, lots of flooding on  the roads around town, got traffic waiting so they can drive down the centre of the road to avoid the floods. 

[EllyTech]

15 minutes ago, philglossop said:

And more to come overnight.... jese. 

This winter is turning into a wet fest. Not a sniff of snow as per down here. Nearly 24 years since we had a decent snowfall here.

At least the ground will be easier to dig ............. next weekend (gardening). Perhaps. The ground is absolutely saturated.

[khodds]

5 minutes ago, Nights King said:

The weather station in cheddar which is low down and sheltered by hills received 36mm i dread to think what top recorded...

Crikey! That’s crazy. More to come this week too. Yuck. Can’t stand it!!

[EllyTech]

EA flood alerts from Gloucester Northwards to the Mythe Tewkesbury.

[EllyTech]

In fact, look at the EA flood warning map.

[Dorsetbred]

Anybody wanna borrow a boat, it floats well in the bath so I think it's OK..

Radar suggests a clearing now as the rain moves east, for here we still have more to fall..

 

[Dorsetbred]

2 minutes ago, EllyTech said:

In fact, look at the EA flood warning map.

Holy schmoley not looking good up there.

[khodds]

Reports of houses flooding in wells on the community noticeboard.. houses are high up so it must be run off from the hills

[SteveB]

1 hour ago, Dorsetbred said:

My wife and I are regular US storms chasers, we love it, but again the weather doesn't play ball, we've had more down spells than actual chases. As for Iceland and Norway, yet to get there but it's on the tuit list..

Storm chasing is on my to do list, but until finances are a little better, I'll probably settle for storm chasing around the South west this Spring/Summer. Something  I've not done before, but now I have a dash cam I think I'll give it a try this year.

[ThundersnowDays]

23mm here. Rained all day. 

[khodds]

30 minutes ago, Nights King said:

The weather station in cheddar which is low down and sheltered by hills received 36mm i dread to think what top recorded...

Just read on FB to avoid cheddar gorge.. rocks and water pouring down apparently 

[SteveB]

26 minutes ago, Smartie said:

It is, lots of flooding on  the roads around town, got traffic waiting so they can drive down the centre of the road to avoid the floods. 

just shy of 40mm today, yesterday and today have been particularly grizzly.

Something drier tomorrow, so will be able to take the dog out for a extra long walk.  

[matt111]

10.2mm here today so a fair bit lower than some have had. Still sodden everywhere though. 

[Mapantz]

Week ahead forecast made me laugh! He said "It won't be anywhere near as cold as this weekend"  I'm expecting 16 and 17°C this week then? As it has managed 11°C+ on both days.

[MP-R]

24mm here, second wettest of the winter season and would've been in the top five wettest days of last year.

[matt111]

39 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

Week ahead forecast made me laugh! He said "It won't be anywhere near as cold as this weekend"  I'm expecting 16 and 17°C this week then? As it has managed 11°C+ on both days.

Reached double figures a couple of times during this ‘colder’ spell this week. 

[karlos1983]

1 hour ago, SteveB said:

Storm chasing is on my to do list, but until finances are a little better, I'll probably settle for storm chasing around the South west this Spring/Summer. Something  I've not done before, but now I have a dash cam I think I'll give it a try this year.

Yes I got a dash cam for this winter hoping I’d have some great footage of snow. 

my dream is to go storm chasing in the US, when the kids have grown up, I’m doing it!

[Polar Bear]

2 hours ago, Dorsetbred said:

Holy schmoley not looking good up there.

There’s a few serious warning in there too, and all that is before the rain has time to filter off the land, hills, etc into the watercourses. Not looking good. 

[Polar Bear]

Ps anyone notice the wind has picked up a bit? I’ll check the radar, could be front?  Home today in Chichester and it did just pour all day with rain 

[matt111]

8 minutes ago, Polar Bear said:

Ps anyone notice the wind has picked up a bit? I’ll check the radar, could be front?  Home today in Chichester and it did just pour all day with rain 

Yep it's picked up a bit here since earlier this evening. 

[Polar Bear]

Driving on the motorway this lunchtime, conditions and visibility very poor, and I couldn’t get over how may drove without lights on. The majority did to be fair, but why not put lights on? Very odd. 

[Lyn-M]

We seem to have got off fairly lightly here, only 9.1mm when the rain stopped earlier this evening and only 1.6mm to 09.00 this morning from the previous 24 hours.  Think that there may be a bit more to come overnight though.