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


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  • Location: Trimdon, County Durham
  • Location: Trimdon, County Durham

Well, we have had some nice flurries including a few heavier showers this afternoon here in Poole. So I'm now happy as a pig in poo. 

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  • Location: North Bristol
  • Location: North Bristol
2 minutes ago, Bristle boy said:

Good forecast but 

It is 36 hours to kick off - anything could happen. A slight westward correction would see many of us receiving 'the scraps'.

Yes, still times for upgrades /downgrades.

The fact it is realistically our last chance of the winter for meaningful snow makes it even more nerve racking!

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  • Location: Marlborough, North East Wiltshire 143M/469ft ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Cold and snow in the winter, warm and dry in the summer !
  • Location: Marlborough, North East Wiltshire 143M/469ft ASL

Temperature has dropped like a stone here after a snow storm left 2cms of snow cover in 20 mins earlier!

Already down to 6.9 deg c

 

 

 
 
 
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  • Location: Lytchett Matravers - 301 ft ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Snowy Winters, Torrential Storm Summers
  • Location: Lytchett Matravers - 301 ft ASL
1 minute ago, Jason74 said:

Well, we have had some nice flurries including a few heavier showers this afternoon here in Poole. So I'm now happy as a pig in poo. 

Imagine if we get anything like 10-15cm the place would completely break!! ? I’d very much like to see that lol

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  • Location: Fareham, Hampshire
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms, Severe Weather events
  • Location: Fareham, Hampshire

 

not often we hear the words “snow event to the south”! ?

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  • Location: Shepton Mallet 140m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Cold, snow and summer heatwaves.
  • Location: Shepton Mallet 140m ASL
1 minute ago, karlos1983 said:

Imagine if we get anything like 10-15cm the place would completely break!! ? I’d very much like to see that lol

10 - 15cm is not quite 2009 though :nonono:but ill take it :D

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  • Location: Trimdon, County Durham
  • Location: Trimdon, County Durham
2 minutes ago, karlos1983 said:

Imagine if we get anything like 10-15cm the place would completely break!! ? I’d very much like to see that lol

I think I'd cry and would run around Parkstone doing a Fabrizio Ravanelli style goal celebration. 

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  • Location: Shepton Mallet 140m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Cold, snow and summer heatwaves.
  • Location: Shepton Mallet 140m ASL
4 minutes ago, wiltshire weather said:

Temperature has dropped like a stone here after a snow storm left 2cms of snow cover in 20 mins earlier!

Already down to 6.9 deg c

 

 

 
 
 

Are you sure that sounds too warm for snow :rofl:

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4 minutes ago, wiltshire weather said:

Temperature has dropped like a stone here after a snow storm left 2cms of snow cover in 20 mins earlier!

Already down to 6.9 deg c

 

 

 
 
 

Fairly mild then! 

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  • Location: Weston-Super-Mare, North Somerset
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms in the summer, frost fog & snow in winter.
  • Location: Weston-Super-Mare, North Somerset
5 minutes ago, TheHumph said:

I think it is called snow sublimation where moisture from the snow is extracted straight into the air without turning to water first. I stand to be corrected if I haven't explained this very well!

Very interesting, you learn something new everyday. I also keep hearing how due to the air being so dry that means no ice forming on car windscreens to scrape off etc, well funny that as scraping the ice off the windscreen is exactly what I had to do this morning before driving off lol

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  • Location: Stoke Gifford, nr Bristol, SGlos
  • Location: Stoke Gifford, nr Bristol, SGlos
1 minute ago, Nights King said:

10 - 15cm is not quite 2009 though :nonono:but ill take it :D

Even if the worst shifts slightly west i reck you'll be in a sweet spot, esp with your elevation:D

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  • Location: Lytchett Matravers - 301 ft ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Snowy Winters, Torrential Storm Summers
  • Location: Lytchett Matravers - 301 ft ASL
3 minutes ago, Nights King said:

10 - 15cm is not quite 2009 though :nonono:but ill take it :D

Speak for yourself, I’ve never seen 15cm of snow this side of the millennium I don’t think! If I can have 15cm I’ll be happy for you to have 35cm, Deal?  

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  • Location: Horndean, Hampshire
  • Location: Horndean, Hampshire
2 minutes ago, Smartie said:

Very interesting, you learn something new everyday. I also keep hearing how due to the air being so dry that means no ice forming on car windscreens to scrape off etc, well funny that as scraping the ice off the windscreen is exactly what I had to do this morning before driving off lol

I hate to be pedantic @Smartie but it doesn't get frosty but a wet windscreen can turn to ice - I know, I know it sounds daft!

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  • Location: Lytchett Matravers - 301 ft ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Snowy Winters, Torrential Storm Summers
  • Location: Lytchett Matravers - 301 ft ASL

-2.2c & dp-7.2c, it’s going to be brutal out there tonight! New minimum low record for me coming I think! 

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  • Location: Poole Dorset
  • Location: Poole Dorset
11 minutes ago, wiltshire weather said:

Temperature has dropped like a stone here after a snow storm left 2cms of snow cover in 20 mins earlier!

Already down to 6.9 deg c

 

  Are you sitting in your greenhouse with a paraffin heater?

 
 
 

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  • Location: Shepton Mallet 140m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Cold, snow and summer heatwaves.
  • Location: Shepton Mallet 140m ASL
3 minutes ago, karlos1983 said:

Speak for yourself, I’ve never seen 15cm of snow this side of the millennium I don’t think! If I can have 15cm I’ll be happy for you to have 35cm, Deal?  

Deal although 2009 was 40 - 50cm :whistling:

Not much drifting though.

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  • Location: Barton on Sea, Hampshire
  • Weather Preferences: Snowy winter, warm/hot summer with the odd storm thrown in
  • Location: Barton on Sea, Hampshire
5 minutes ago, karlos1983 said:

Speak for yourself, I’ve never seen 15cm of snow this side of the millennium I don’t think! If I can have 15cm I’ll be happy for you to have 35cm, Deal?  

I don’t think I’ve ever seen 15cm.

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  • Location: Stroud, Gloucestershire
  • Weather Preferences: Extreme!
  • Location: Stroud, Gloucestershire
11 minutes ago, Smartie said:

Very interesting, you learn something new everyday. I also keep hearing how due to the air being so dry that means no ice forming on car windscreens to scrape off etc, well funny that as scraping the ice off the windscreen is exactly what I had to do this morning before driving off lol

Yes but if you had -5c with a polar maritime airmass (a lot more moisture) you'd have been scraping for a lot longer.

Dew points infer the temperature at which moisture condensates out of the air. 

As soon as the air temp drops below the dew point frost will form. 

You can have temps of 0/-1C with dew point of +2 and you'll get a lovely 'hoar frost' 

whereas like at the moment with temps down to -5/-6C  and dew points around the same temp or colder a thick frost doesn't form. 

Obviously on metal and glass these rules alter slightly and very localised variants will effect things but as a rule when dew points are lower than air temps frost doesn't really form :)

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