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

[Slippery When White]

It's been snowing on the top of Portland for the past hour or so.

[divadee]

6 minutes ago, That ECM said:

4.31 and 28 seconds roughly 

Let's hope it continues till at least 22.16 on Monday. ? 

 

Looks like my work might of made the right call. Himself who works at the uni still has to go in ?

[That ECM]

The met have delayed the snow for Bournemouth until later in the morning. They need to stop looking at their computers and look out the window 

[Glenn Redwood]

Netweather radar has snow stalling over river Severn.  Just come north west a bit please so we can have a snow day

[That ECM]

1 minute ago, divadee said:

Let's hope it continues till at least 22.16 on Monday. ? 

 

Looks like my work might of made the right call. Himself who works at the uni still has to go in ?

Agreed but which Monday ?

[Jayfromcardiff]

Bloody hell its not supposed to stop snowing until Saturday.

[Ben Sainsbury]

Just so everyone is clear about the Met Office Warnings,

Yellow Warning of Snow is Valid from 8am.

Amber Warning is Valid from Midday.

If we were to expect a red warning, would expect sometime between 12-4pm.

[divadee]

1 minute ago, That ECM said:

The met have delayed the snow for Bournemouth until later in the morning. They need to stop looking at their computers and look out the window 

I was just having a look at that forecast. Meant to stop about 7am and then restart about lunchtime. I was hoping for an all day event. I have also just looked at the radar and I can't see where the next band of snow is coming from. Possibly a glitch on the radar though. 

[Severe Siberian icy blast]

The updated fax show quite well by 1800 the front covering a wider area spreading east towards I strongly think this is gonna be an historic event with many places including parts of London seeing 20cm + time will tell but I expect the forecasts to change as day goes on.

[Isleofwightsnowgal74]

Soooo what time should the iow expect to be hit?? Absolutely nothing yet?! ?? worried is an understatement ??

[chris55]

Blooming eck is cold out there!!

biting wind with light snow.

with regards to snowfall I think we will be seeing ppn developing/fading/developing for the next 48 hours or more. 

not your classic band heading in with clear a boundary that moves through then buggers off more an area of ppn potential.

good luck all :):):) 

[That ECM]

1 minute ago, Severe Siberian icy blast said:

The updated fax show quite well by 1800 the front covering a wider area spreading east towards I strongly think this is gonna be an historic event with many places including parts of London seeing 20cm + time will tell but I expect the forecasts to change as day goes on.

Volunteer for most of the day for you then

[Bristol_Robin]

Not much to report in Bristol really . Few gusts of wind now and again . Can see it being a non event here . But I am a pessimist lol

[dryjoy]

5 minutes ago, divadee said:

Let's hope it continues till at least 22.16 on Monday. ? 

 

Looks like my work might of made the right call. Himself who works at the uni still has to go in ?

Hmmm... I work at the University too. They may not have made up their minds yet, often they don't decide whether to open until about 7:30 or so in this situation. I think we will be open though. Its a bit of a pain as I live between Blandford and Beer Regis, and the weather forecast has a lot more snow for us than B'mth so I am likely at some point to have to make a call on whether to head back home, based on my wife's advice. There is some snow here now but not enough to prevent travel last time I looked.

[Ben Sainsbury]

2 minutes ago, Bristol_Robin said:

Not much to report in Bristol really . Few gusts of wind now and again . Can see it being a non event here . But I am a pessimist lol

Non-event? You just have to look at the radar to see that isn't the case, a band of light to moderate snow moving in.

I felt exactly about you this morning though, kept waking up having nightmares that we'll have no snow lol!

[Severe Siberian icy blast]

3 minutes ago, That ECM said:

Volunteer for most of the day for you then

Lol how do you no this?!?! I'm going to look at a house first thing then got the shop to open, but once that snow comes I will be walking to all the pubs!! So you come to Campden then?

[Azazel]

blowing snow here, probably have a couple cm in the garden already. Looking at the radar i (in andover) appear to be between two heavier bursts typically.

[lettice]

Woke up to a very light 'icing sugar' dusting here. So looks like we had some light showers overnight.

Was -3.3c at midnight and a low of -3.6c at 4am
Now -3.5c, dewpoint -7.3c, wind ENE 11-18mph with some gusts of 25mph just started last hour or so.

Its snowing very lightly here at the moment.

 

Edited March 1, 2018 by lettice

[Rustynailer]

6 minutes ago, Isleofwightsnowgal74 said:

Soooo what time should the iow expect to be hit?? Absolutely nothing yet?! ?? worried is an understatement ??

 

Snowing and drifting here in Freshwater.

[That ECM]

1 minute ago, Severe Siberian icy blast said:

Lol how do you no this?!?! I'm going to look at a house first thing then got the shop to open, but once that snow comes I will be walking to all the pubs!! So you come to Campden then?

8 bells was my local for many years 

[Wilxy]

Met office have only light snow showing for the first time now for the rest of today and none for tomorrow now

[Severe Siberian icy blast]

Just now, That ECM said:

8 bells was my local for many years 

Wow lol! So have you saw me in the volly then? And if so you should of came over and said hello 

[divadee]

9 minutes ago, dryjoy said:

Hmmm... I work at the University too. They may not have made up their minds yet, often they don't decide whether to open until about 7:30 or so in this situation. I think we will be open though. Its a bit of a pain as I live between Blandford and Beer Regis, and the weather forecast has a lot more snow for us than B'mth so I am likely at some point to have to make a call on whether to head back home, based on my wife's advice. There is some snow here now but not enough to prevent travel last time I looked.

@dryjoy they have just posted this. Himself is not happy. 

Edited March 1, 2018 by divadee

[Zephyr]

Wonder if a red warning will go up somewhere today across the region / sw wales, I'd be pretty surprised if it didn't to be honest esp with 50cm or so predicted across the Moors from the met office in the amber warning.

[jtay]

We're in the heavier bit on the radar and it's coming down nicely.

Just been out and it's crunchy under foot. Lovely stuff.