South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 22/02/2018 Onwards

[Jace]

3 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

I'm under a yellow / orange echo, nothing spectacular at the moment.

You answered the question I was just about to ask... disappointing answer though  ;-)

[Man With Beard]

Arghhhh! The heavy stuff on the radar made a sharp left turn just as it was about to hit Portsmouth and missed me!! Good for you further west!! Still mustn't be greedy...

Edited March 1, 2018 by Man With Beard

[Methuselah]

1 minute ago, musician said:

Hi Kevvo. For info about freezing rain. I grew up in the north cotswolds and was at secondary school in the 1962/3 winter. We had about three weeks of freezing rain.  When you were out in it it was just rain but all the trees, paths, telegraph wires etc.were coated in about an inch of ice. The wires and branches would keep snapping off. The previous drifted snow was rock hard and covered in a layer of solid ice. We used to walk right over the hedges as the snow was like concrete. Not seen freezing rain now for about 20 years. We have a place on the south coast in Christchurch and none of the neighbors had a clue what we were talking about when I mentioned freezing rain - its that rare and and its deadly so I hope you don't get much if any.

Glad to know that I'm nae the only one who remembers that. I recall the raindrops freezing onto my windowpanes and the terrific amount of glare that came off the glaze. Horrible!

[wightwootton]

Still snowing heavily north side of the IOW 

[Pauldjbailey]

Unreal day and it’s still coming down ???

[festivalking]

10 minutes ago, <torbay> said:

I'm just to the south of you, near derriford roundabout, the wind has really picked up now. Ice pellets hitting my window. not quite sure what is falling though as wind is that strong. whizzing past the lampposts!! horrible conditions out there. 

Totally brutal!

[kevvo]

1 minute ago, Snow shut work said:

Superb Kevvo. Grab as 4 pack of Maggie (Thatchers) and proper pork scratchings.

Magners, or Thatchers??? Either will do. Stuff the pork scratchings,or is that stuffed pork? I'm confusing myself now! 

[Evening thunder]

Light ice pellets now (a couple miles outside Sidmouth)

[jethro]

3 minutes ago, Nights King said:

Steps are there somewhere

 

 

 

 

Nice drift, your level depth looks the same as here. Doors are proving tricky, sweeps the snow away as you open them but then sucks some underneath so you can't close them again.

[Jayfromcardiff]

The met office have called it right today.

[karlos1983]

I’d rather everything misses me now so my snow doesn’t go away ☹️ Had a full day sledging planned for tomorrow 

looks like he only thing I’ll be sledging tomorrow is my beloved Arsenal 

Edited March 1, 2018 by karlos1983

[snowysouth]

Mapantz, has the wind got up your way?

[Pauldjbailey]

Here’s our road, won’t be getting out of this for a bit!

[Mr Bartlettazores]

Re freezing rain, I’m sure it happened at some point in December 2010 and the M27 near Southampton Airport was shut for a short time. Can anyone else remember this?

[Man With Beard]

3 minutes ago, wightwootton said:

Still snowing heavily north side of the IOW 

Yeah you're nicking it all off me!! Let me have some

[wightwootton]

1 minute ago, Jayfromcardiff said:

The met office have called it right today.

Don't like now it now where you have two different forecasts on national tele, Meto or Met !! So far Met Office is King

[matty40s]

11 minutes ago, ThundersnowDays said:

Most of  green echoes are dying just before they get here but there's still a lot of snow. Also noticed it's quite light outside. 

Full moon

[<torbay>]

3 minutes ago, festivalking said:

Totally brutal!

Hope all is well with you? can't imagine what its like out on top! Princetown must be a right off?!!

[Man With Beard]

2 minutes ago, Jayfromcardiff said:

The met office have called it right today.

Not here! We've had far more snow than they predicted!

[Mapantz]

Just now, snowysouth said:

Mapantz, has the wind got up your way?

Yeah, a bit. It wasn't anywhere near as windy as the forecast suggested. It is stronger now, better late than never.

[Bristawl Si]

Really heavy stuff seems to be forever getting here. Will it?

Moderate driving snow at mo.

[AWD]

Just now, Bristle boy said:

Really heavy stuff seems to be forever getting here. Will it?

Moderate driving snow at mo.

I think the Mendips gobble it up.

[Rammie]

Slightly better flakes now in Yatton. Not big, but better! 

[Guest]

Just went out for a walk, came back coated in a layer of ice! Defo freezing rain 

[snowysouth]

Just now, Mapantz said:

Yeah, a bit. It wasn't anywhere near as windy as the forecast suggested. It is stronger now, better late than never.

I was glad of that earlier. Snow still felt like needles on my face walking home from work. My poor son had to walk 4 miles in it to get home from work. Mine was only half hour walk. Not looking forward to walking to work tomorrow morning at 6am lol