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

[Frosty_wsm]

2 minutes ago, SteveB said:

Do you think we will see snow Smartie? Seems like we've managed to miss every snow event so far this winter, what makes this one different. 

Karlos beat me to it, looks no different to the failed attempts so far this Winter. 

 

Must admit I wasn't  expecting it to show snow as the front crossed our area but that's indeed what it showed, I guess we'll find out in a couple of days. 

[SteveB]

Just now, Smartie said:

Must admit I wasn't  expecting it to show snow as the front crossed our area but that's indeed what it showed, I guess we'll find out in a couple of days. 

Yep, we've got to strike lucky sometime, maybe it'll be Tuesday. 

I thought there was supposed to be wintry showers tomorrow 

[SteveB]

3 minutes ago, karlos1983 said:

Here’s what the hi res gfs thinks about it. Which overdoes snowfall anyway

That doesn't look good, but going by what we've seen so far this winter, it's probably about right

[Frosty_wsm]

1 minute ago, SteveB said:

Yep, we've got to strike lucky sometime, maybe it'll be Tuesday. 

I thought there was supposed to be wintry showers tomorrow 

Yes, they're was quite a few white blobs on the forecast map crossing our area tomorrow and into mondsy but we know how good the Welsh mountains are at killing of snow showers! 

[Dorsetbred]

Temperature still riding in double digit land at 10.1C and still raining. Quick check of the BBC to see if they forecast ice tonight after their 5c earlier in the week and ice patches in the area..

[ThundersnowDays]

Just started raining pretty hard. Suddenly windy as well. 

Edited February 10, 2018 by ThundersnowDays

[MP-R]

No more rain this evening after 7mm today, but the wind has kicked up. Sounds like another November night!

[karlos1983]

@khodds Chio meant Omega block. (Horse shoe)That’s basically the holy grail ?

Edited February 10, 2018 by karlos1983

[khodds]

Just now, karlos1983 said:

@khodds Chio meant Omega block. That’s basically the holy grail ?

Thanks Karlos - that crossed my mind, but what does it mean exactly? 

[karlos1983]

6 minutes ago, khodds said:

Thanks Karlos - that crossed my mind, but what does it mean exactly? 

It’s a block shaped like it’s namesake. Once in situ incredibly hard to shift! I’ve not seen evidence of one yet, but I bow to his superior knowledge. 

Example

If we can get that somewhere north of the UK! Then we are locked in!

 

Edited February 10, 2018 by karlos1983

[khodds]

4 minutes ago, karlos1983 said:

It’s a block shaped like it’s namesake. Once in situ incredibly hard to shift! I’ve not seen evidence of one yet, but I bow to his superior knowledge. 

Example

Ah - thanks for the explanation. All incredibly interesting... have we ever witnessed anything on this scale? I don’t think so...

lets hope the hype is worth it!

[Zephyr]

18z EURO4 someone might see a snow flake or two tomorrow 

[Ciderwithrosie]

Blowing a hoolie here and itsxrattling the front porch doors and letterbox violently . Where has that come from ? 

 

 

[Mapantz]

Just popped out for my last smoke and saw how clear the skies are! Orion looks amazing! Wind gusting to 35mph, though.

[SteveB]

Very windy here last night, nice and dry this morning though with clear skies. 

[EllyTech]

8 hours ago, khodds said:

Ah - thanks for the explanation. All incredibly interesting... have we ever witnessed anything on this scale? I don’t think so...

lets hope the hype is worth it!

If I'm not mistaken, the last good winter Omega block was 2010. 

[knocker]

Partly cloudy with some large Cu around. Recent moderate rain shower, temp 6C and breezy from the WNW gusting 30mph

[jtay]

Incoming....

What's it gonna be?

[Frosty hollows]

40 minutes ago, EllyTech said:

If I'm not mistaken, the last good winter Omega block was 2010. 

Ugh.2010. Frozen pipes.Burst pipes.

[jtay]

More cold rain. Yay!

[dec10snow]

3 minutes ago, jtay said:

More cold rain. Yay!

I was hoping today would give us a good few snow showers piling through, but MO only have me down for rain showers and one sleet symbol... very disappointing.

[OldBloke]

Heavy snow shower just gone through Dartmoor on the east side and at 780 ft. Excellent!

[karlos1983]

 

[lettice]

A lovely blue sky sunny morning.
Was 10c at midnight, and a low of 4.5c at 7:30am.
The winds over the evening and night were not the forecasted 40-45mph, just a handful of 28-32mph gusts with a 15-22mph WSW wind.

Now 4.7c, 1005.4 hPa, 8-12mph Westerly wind.

[Frosty hollows]

Beautiful sunny morning here. 4c and gentle SW winds.

Edited February 11, 2018 by Frosty hollows