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

[FBR]

Long time lurker here and great to see so many reports of decent snowfall in our region! It's been snowing pretty much all day in Gloucester but that really fine stuff but still great for the kids who have been loving their snow day off school. Thinking I may be too far East for a proper dumping but fingers crossed! Enjoy!!

[Ben Sainsbury]

Cawh I really do seem to forget how deep snowfall really is lol, just went out to measure and was around 8cm which is still a respectable amount given further snow tonight and tomorrow.

[Lynxus]

1 minute ago, Mapantz said:

Doing a bit of reading, it seems that freezing rain can occur when temps between 1km and 2km (roughly 850hPa then?!) are between 0 and 4C. Currently, 850hPa temps on the South coast are between -2 and 0. 

That sucks so badly.

However , you are like, next to a massive body of warmer water. So.. The snow as it is is like ultra rare!   Make the most of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!iiiiiiiiiiiiiii

[karlos1983]

The heavier stuff on my doorstep now, hopefully won’t be long, I’ve got the door open for it ?

 

[kevvo]

However it pans out over the next 12 hours or so, what's made today memorable, is not only the mere fact that it snowed all day in Dorset, but the even rarer event of having fine, powder snow, giving a completely different type of evolving cover than you get with the traditional wet, big flake 'British snow'. The shows not over yet though.  

[Mapantz]

I don't believe rain is falling. It's still snowing here, and i'd be the first to see the rain.

[EllyTech]

Just now, FBR said:

Long time lurker here and great to see so many reports of decent snowfall in our region! It's been snowing pretty much all day in Gloucester but that really fine stuff but still great for the kids who have been loving their snow day off school. Thinking I may be too far East for a proper dumping but fingers crossed! Enjoy!!

Good to see another in my neck of the woods. Powder snow all day here too. I think that's going to change overnight. 

[Lewesdon]

Bit of a lull here at the moment. Hopeful that we'll get a top up later.

 

[mozzer84]

5 minutes ago, s4lancia said:

Sledging done ✅ 

We haven’t really copped for any of the heavier stuff here yet but no complaints from me even if this ends up being it, a very very decent snowfall from the steady intensity stuff we’ve had so far.

Eased off at the moment and was getting a bit less powdery. 

Hopefully the pesky rain stays a few miles off shore.

 

Pretty decent amounts for us. Meto still saying heavy snow for us until early hours. What do you think?

[karlos1983]

1 minute ago, Mapantz said:

I don't believe rain is falling. It's still snowing here, and i'd be the first to see the rain.

Where can I view real time upper air temps?

[EllyTech]

Mapantz, you need to do a snow angel selfie before its all gone. 

[Mapantz]

1 minute ago, karlos1983 said:

Where can I view real time upper air temps?

I view them over-layed on Netweather's premium radar.

[Deep Snow please]

Anyway got freezing rain yet?

[Duane S.]

2 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

I don't believe rain is falling. It's still snowing here, and i'd be the first to see the rain.

Mapantz, are you in the purbeck hills or somewhere lower down like Wareham / Stoborough?

[Mapantz]

100% powdery, horizontal snow still falling for me.

[Mapantz]

1 minute ago, s4lancia said:

Mapantz, are you in the purbeck hills or somewhere lower down like Wareham / Stoborough?

Yep. Warham, Right down at 9m asl lol

Edited March 1, 2018 by Mapantz

[lettice]

still snowing here, 2-3 inches so far

[Rammie]

The falling snow as shown in Tiverton on the news, is very different stuff to what's falling in Yatton. 

[CheesepuffScott]

Finally home and warm

after a fun day sledging and messing around in the snow.

doing it all again tomorrow morning!

 

(I have images but they keep failing to process...)

[karlos1983]

3 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

I view them over-layed on Netweather's premium radar.

Presuming we would change to wet snow before freezing rain anyway? And I’m full on powder blizzard at the moment

[wiltshire weather]

Good call from @Bring Back1962-63 on the Meto needing to update their warnings!

[Polar Bear]

14 minutes ago, snowponies said:

Holy batman Pogo stick, just got back from the horses on the moors and in all my 26 years I have never experienced weather like it! Think I have driven and walked through my first blizzard! Couldn't muck out the horses as the wind was so strong it took it all out the wheel barrow. Couldn't see more than 2 meters in front. Over 1ft snow drifts, absolutely crazy! My car is blooming amazing and on one snow drift I drove through I felt the side of the car tip up. Not going to forget that in a while! 

Good to hear you and Neddies are ok... Bless you. Well done. Bet they were pleased to see you?

[Severe Siberian icy blast]

2 minutes ago, wiltshire weather said:

Good call from @Bring Back1962-63 on the Meto needing to update their warnings!

I have been shouting this from 7am I said it on hear about 10 pages ago lol. .

[Wilxy]

Well i'm already happy with what we got on the ground and there's still more to come wow!

[Man With Beard]

3 minutes ago, lettice said:

still snowing here, 2-3 inches so far

Yes going well here in the Solent isn't it!! The Met Office this morning had us down to start snowing at 7pm - humongous mistake!!! ARGEPE and HIRLAM models crushed them again!!!