South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 01/12/2018 Onwards

[Nights King]

I'm throwing in the towel on this cold spell.

1.8c and sleet with no intensity. Just not cold enough.

[Mark Neal.]

[mike5900]

Rain turning to sleet.

[matt111]

Well that’s some snow in this thread at last. Meanwhile it continues to rain here. 4.3°C

[offerman]

 Raining here in Frome the odd tiny sleety bit mixed in but snowing up at Longleat and cleyhill by the looks of things . 

[Mark Neal.]

Even heavier now and starting to settle..

[Ben Sainsbury]

Now just starting snowing in Reading with big flakes!

[Frosty hollows]

Rain arrived about an hour ago.  Temp was 4c. Temp now falling away rapidly ( down to 2.7c), and it's snowing!

[slinky1989]

Just had a small snow shower here but back to sleet - looking at the radar, the back edge of the PPN is changing to sleet/snow more regularly now.

[Wynn D Woo]

All in all pretty rubbish and underwhelming so far, not even seen a falling flake.

[Frosty hollows]

2 minutes ago, Ben Sainsbury said:

Now just starting snowing in Reading with big flakes!

Same!

[Mark Neal.]

Pelting down with snow now. About 6/10 on the Murr Scale. 

[Nights King]

Thing I don't understand is why they lost intensity heading into the somerset, Bristol, Dorset area only to rapidly gain intensity in the east of our region? 

[Jack Minall]

Still some hope here! 

[WhiteFox]

17 minutes ago, Ben Sainsbury said:

Now just starting snowing in Reading with big flakes!

Hmm. Must be PPN intensity lowering the freezing level. Just south of Reading here and missing out on heavier PPN bursts. Drizzly with temp of 3.4 and dewpoint of 2. 

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[Mark Neal.]

Settling more now. 

[jtay]

The word from the office in Stokenchurch is that it's snowing heavily there and settling.

The radar suggests that it should be rain/sleet up there.

It also suggests that conditions should support snow here. Not happening, I'm afraid.

[festivalking]

Plenty of snow princetown. I'm but 3 miles from there but no snow, thats what an extra 250 metres altitude does to you!!!!

[WhiteFox]

1 minute ago, jtay said:

The word from the office in Stokenchurch is that it's snowing heavily there and settling.

The radar suggests that it should be rain/sleet up there.

It also suggests that conditions should support snow here. Not happening, I'm afraid.

Doesn't surprise me. It's my go-to place in the area if it's marginal and I need a snow fix! Always drive up towards Christmas Common.

[Frosty hollows]

14 minutes ago, Mark Neal. said:

Pelting down with snow now. About 6/10 on the Murr Scale. 

We were briefly about 8. Probably a 1 now, but some has settled on the grass

[Mark Neal.]

Never seen flakes like it. Look lime massive feathers. 

[Frosty hollows]

1 minute ago, WhiteFox said:

Doesn't surprise me. It's my go-to place in the area if it's marginal and I need a snow fix! Always drive up towards Christmas Common.

Yep. Anywhere north of Watlington is a good bet. Surprised it snowed down here tbh. Usually it turns wintry once it reaches the chilterns

[WhiteFox]

Sleet now. Temp and dewpoint falling...

 

[bellanite]

Cold rain with the odd sleety splodge in the heavier rain. Temp is now falling

Temp 4 Dp 1.5

[karlos1983]

Sleet here now