South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 01/01/2020 Onward

[Mapantz]

Overcast, 10.8°C and windy.

[matt111]

Cloudy and quite windy. 10.2°C

[CheesepuffScott]

Grey and rather windy out there. 9.4°C

[CheesepuffScott]

Drizzle here so not a dry day

[Dorsetbred]

Aha, the wet stuff did return overnight as the ground was wet this morning and it has just rained here just now so not a dry day. Still breezy have to say. Currently 10.4°C, with the wind in from the WSW (243°) and running around 19mph..

[Dorsetbred]

And recent rain has clinched yet another day in Jan 20 with rainfall..

[matt111]

The temperatures hardly moved at all here since 10am. Since then it's been hovering between 10.2°C and 10.4°C

[CheesepuffScott]

The main band of rain is just arriving here, temperature has been hovering around 9.5°C since 3pm. Still windy.

Edited January 11, 2020 by CheesepuffScott

[lettice]

NIce dry day yesterday, but blustery SSW 12-16mph winds with constant 25-32mph gusts all day.
A rain spell at 1am to 4am and continued SSW blustery wind through the night and this morning.
Sun is out now, 10.4c.

 

[Dorsetbred]

Patchy light rain here recently, now a glimmer of sun..

[matt111]

Sunny spells here at the moment and still breezy but not as windy as yesterday. 11.4°C

[CheesepuffScott]

Windy overnight with a low of 8.2°C at 07:58... Still rather breezy although there has been plenty of sunny spells. Got up to 10.2°C earlier, it's currently 9.3°C

[lettice]

Been a blue sky day here, got to 11.5c at midday.
Now 9.9c
SW wind has dropped this afternoon to 6-8mph.
 

[CheesepuffScott]

We have had a few brief showers over the past hour which have been enough to dampen the ground.

[Dorsetbred]

31 minutes ago, CheesepuffScott said:

We have had a few brief showers over the past hour which have been enough to dampen the ground.

Likewise showers on & off through the day..been outside in the garden locking things down for Brendan..

[Mapantz]

Dry all day here, and pretty much sunny for all of it. Temp reached 11.6°C.

[Andy Bown]

On Friday evening both weekend days were forecast to be dry with rain in the night. That’s on tv and various apps.

We had frequent drizzle and light rain yesterday then a number of blustery/sharp showers today! The only correct aspect of the forecast was rain last night!

[matt111]

Mostly dry with sunny spells but did have a couple of light showers this afternoon. Reached 11.8°C, currently 8.5°C

[lettice]

Plenty of clear blue skies this morning with some low cloud having a red tinge.
SSW wind 4-8 mph this morning.
Not looking forward to the wet and windy next few days. Forecasts have us for 40-45 mph wind gusts tonight and 50-55 mph on Tuesday afternoon and night.

[Dorsetbred]

Some heavy rain overnight has now cleared, and already Brendon is making his presence felt as the wind speed increases, along with an noticeable falling pressure which has been almost 1mb/hr drop in the last hour..

Edited January 13, 2020 by Dorsetbred

[Rich_Clements]

It's not too bad here at the moment it's even got a bit of brightness after some rain earlier.

 

I guess being in the north of our area Brendon will make its presence felt later than folks who are located on the coast. 

Edited January 13, 2020 by Rich_Clements
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[Mapantz]

A few torrential downpours early this morning, totalling 8.8mm. Currently 9.6°C, cloudy and breezy.

[The Enforcer]

16 hours ago, Andy Bown said:

On Friday evening both weekend days were forecast to be dry with rain in the night. That’s on tv and various apps.

We had frequent drizzle and light rain yesterday then a number of blustery/sharp showers today! The only correct aspect of the forecast was rain last night!

I concur. My outdoor plans for both mornings were totally scuppered when 'bright and breezy' forecasts failed to identify unforecasted rain.

Lo and behold, this morning's nowcast of 'fine and calm' and afternoon rain arriving between 2 & 3pm is in total contrast to the reality of persistent downpours, so that everything is drenched well ahead of when the rain was supposed to start, leading to a third abortive outdoors morning in a row.

In my opinion, there are too many hands employed scouring the long range charts for the next Sudden Stratospheric Warming instead of placing enough emphasis on the accuracy of the immediate forecasts so that people can make outdoor plans that they can actually carry out.

[Mapantz]

It's windy, but nothing out of the ordinary yet. The current Met Office wind forecasts are quite a way out here.

[Lyn-M]

Very windy here, increased in strength in the last couple of hours, rain imminent somewhere around half an hour max?  West Bay webcam is making me feel giddy!