South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 03/03/2018 Onwards

[Mapantz]

6.8mm of rain from around midnight. Currently cloudy with some sunny spells. 9.6°C.

March rainfall is now at 90.4mm.

[ARTDEMOLE]

Sunny spells just starting Otherwise cloudy 8.2c. WSW Breeze 4-12 mph..

[karlos1983]

That’s quite interesting.... I don’t even have a rain gauge atm.... 

[Andy Bown]

My humble request to Mother Nature is that if we must have a 3rd winter outbreak that it waits until late Good Friday to allow my local football teams to play their annual derby and is gone in time for me to be able to go out to work on the Tuesday morning!!

[Mapantz]

Frog spawn alert!

[karlos1983]

Just peaked at 12.1c !

oh and a mystery 53.59mm of rain  

[Mapantz]

1 minute ago, karlos1983 said:

oh and a mystery 53.59mm of rain  

I did notice a 50' x 50' black cloud over your way, terribly unlucky!

[karlos1983]

9 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

I did notice a 50' x 50' black cloud over your way, terribly unlucky!

I’ve just figured out what’s happening ?‍♂️

My rain gauge has obviously decided to spring back to life, it’s in the back of my car, so when I’ve rocked up on my drive and the kids have moved it, BINGO Rain!! ? 

on the plus side I know it’s working again 

[matt111]

Quite pleasant out there in the sun although still a nagging cool breeze. 8.7°C after a high of 10.1°C. 

[wiltshire weather]

As the beginning of Easter comes into range of the UKMO, looks to me that the recurring theme (at the moment anyway!) is very much how I posted yesterday:

UKMO, GFS and ICON for Thursday 29th have that LP anchored to the West/South West of us feeding up increasingly milder air. Unfortunately, I would imagine this means mild, damp and drab weather for us over Easter. Yuk!

      

The ECM may still keep its colder evolution later but if it does, it's looking increasingly isolated!

EDIT: I missed out the GEM which although looking very similar on the 29th actually moves the low SE allowing cold and snow to spread in on Easter Sunday

Edited March 23, 2018 by wiltshire weather

[wiltshire weather]

16 minutes ago, wiltshire weather said:

As the beginning of Easter comes into range of the UKMO, looks to me that the recurring theme (at the moment anyway!) is very much how I posted yesterday:

UKMO, GFS and ICON for Thursday 29th have that LP anchored to the West/South West of us feeding up increasingly milder air. Unfortunately, I would imagine this means mild, damp and drab weather for us over Easter. Yuk!

      

The ECM may still keep its colder evolution later but if it does, it's looking increasingly isolated!

EDIT: I missed out the GEM which although looking very similar on the 29th actually moves the low SE allowing cold and snow to spread in on Easter Sunday

EDIT no 2. - looks like the GFS also takes the LP SE eventually and brings in cold and snow for Easter Monday, although its fairly short lived.

[Leon1]

all these disagreements are annoying! Hopefully, they will come to an agreement by the end of this weekend. I'd like a last cold spell, then warm weather and thunderstorms! Then cold again by December or November

[Dorsetbred]

2 hours ago, karlos1983 said:

Just peaked at 12.1c !

oh and a mystery 53.59mm of rain  

Just checked the garden.. is that what 54mm of rain looks like, jeepers...

[Dorsetbred]

31 minutes ago, Leon1 said:

all these disagreements are annoying! 

Who's disagreeing? Let us know and we will send in the "Hit Squad" (AKA Karlos & Mapantz) they will put things to right. 

[Leon1]

2 minutes ago, Dorsetbred said:

Who's disagreeing? Let us know and we will send in the "Hit Squad" (AKA Karlos & Mapantz) they will put things to right. 

disagreements of the ecm and gfs lol

[Dorsetbred]

After a so-so day it managed to climb to some warmth of 12.7°C at: 13:02 with some sunny intervals. Now I see rain falling on the conservatory roof, a wet evening looks  on the menu..

Edited March 23, 2018 by Dorsetbred

[karlos1983]

 

[Dorsetbred]

11 minutes ago, karlos1983 said:

 

Yellow rain and not yellow snow....Yuck...

Lets see  how much your non existent rain gauge collects tonight

Edited March 23, 2018 by Dorsetbred

[kent]

I want my garden back now.  Winter can just do one.

[karlos1983]

2 minutes ago, Dorsetbred said:

Yellow rain and not yellow snow....Yuck...

Lets see  how much your non existent rain gauge collects tonight

It’s back outside now, so hopefully it registers some rain, now that it’s .... err .. the rain ☺️

[Leon1]

Downgrade alert! I would like a cold and snowy Easter but hopes are now low. My cut off point for wanting cold weather is now 15th April. My cold weather excitement will be back on November 15th. Very low chance, but this might come back at T120, like the 2nd Beast from the East last weekend.

Edited March 23, 2018 by Leon1
Dunno.

[wiltshire weather]

36 minutes ago, Leon1 said:

Downgrade alert! I would like a cold and snowy Easter but hopes are now low. My cut off point for wanting cold weather is now 15th April. My cold weather excitement will be back on November 15th. Very low chance, but this might come back at T120, like the 2nd Beast from the East last weekend trip. 

Yep, looks like for us down south, the likelihood of an Easter cold, snowy spell has all but disappeared on the main models this evening.

Still time for it to change of course but that's how it looks right now.

I wouldn't have minded if it was exchanged for some lovely springlike and sunny weather but that looks in short supply unfortunately 

[Leon1]

18 minutes ago, wiltshire weather said:

Yep, looks like for us down south, the likelihood of an Easter cold, snowy spell has all but disappeared on the main models this evening.

Still time for it to change of course but that's how it looks right now.

I wouldn't have minded if it was exchanged for some lovely springlike and sunny weather but that looks in short supply unfortunately 

Mmm.... same here, my rated weather goes

1. Cold and Snowy

2. Hot and Sunny

3. Thunderstorms.

4. Winds

5. anything other than cold rain and damp

6. anything other than cold rain and damp

7. anything other than cold rain and damp

8. anything other than cold rain and damp

9. anything other than cold rain and damp

10. anything other than cold rain and damp

11. anything other than cold rain and damp

12. anything other than cold rain and damp

13. COLD RAIN AND DAMP

Edited March 23, 2018 by Leon1

[matt111]

16 minutes ago, Leon1 said:

Mmm.... same here, my rated weather goes

1. Cold and Snowy

2. Hot and Sunny

3. Thunderstorms.

4. Winds

5. anything other than cold rain and damp

6. anything other than cold rain and damp

7. anything other than cold rain and damp

8. anything other than cold rain and damp

9. anything other than cold rain and damp

10. anything other than cold rain and damp

11. anything other than cold rain and damp

12. Dull and cool

13. COLD RAIN AND DAMP

This would be mine apart from the addition of the bit in bold. 

[Nick Croker]

This is the 23rd day in a row that i have seen Snow on the ground whilst driving to work albeit very small patches, i can't remember the last time that happened.