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

[Dean E]

Met Office warning for 20-30mm of rainfall has been in place since 3pm today for my area, have only had 3.4mm. Seems they did not need to warn about this!

Cloudy day today, with some sunshine at times but showery rain on and off. The high was 10.8°C

Currently cloudy and 10.0°C. Another incredible overnight temperature for January! 

[DaveL]

Same here, a paltry 5.7mm and the rain event is now over. They got Monday and Tuesday right but today just didn't happen here, for rain or the potential wind strength. Yes it did rain for a few hours but yellow warning territory? Definitely not.

Edited January 16, 2020 by DaveL

[matt111]

3 hours ago, Andy Bown said:

16 days into the year and double figure maxes on 11 of those days!

Same here. Compared to just 4 days last January. 

[lettice]

Did not get too much rain here. 
3.4mm yesterday and 1.6mm since midnight.

Not seeing a rain symbol on any of our forecasts for the next week and more.
A cold spell for the weekend, which will make a welcome change.

Sun is out now, 
Was 10.9c at midnight after a high of 12.4c midday yesterday afternoon.
Now 8.5c

[Dorsetbred]

Some overnight feisty showers add another 7.6mm to our monthly account, and waiting in the wings sits another larger area of precipitation heading eastwards. The MOD thread appear to have burnt itself out after yesterday's spell of mad enthusiasm for colder outlook, when will people learn not to take one days worth of model output (especially 10days out) to heart? The unlikely event has come home to roost, this morning as sullen tPV ain't going nowhere and the flat Atlantic see's us into Feb (well into as well).

This mornings temp still hovering around the overnight low 7.2°C at: 08:18

 

[Jo Farrow]

Lively echoes on the radar last night. Damage reported 

[username home]

south west of wokingham was a disaster this morning! never seen so many broken down cars! loads of flooding on the side roads. 

[Dorsetbred]

1 hour ago, Jo Farrow said:

Lively echoes on the radar last night. Damage reported 

Jo, from the local newspaper this morning, hopefully Matt11 can clarify as he lives close to this...

'It sounded like armageddon': Residents awoken in the night by 'tornado'

WWW.BOURNEMOUTHECHO.CO.UK

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RESIDENTS were awoken in the middle of the night as a "tornado" left a trail of damage through their properties in the early hours.

 

[matt111]

There was a torrential shower at that time but I didn’t notice anything else here. Looks like it was down the other end of Barton on sea which is about a mile away from me. 

[Mapantz]

If they said "It sounded like a freight train" shouldn't they be ear witnesses?

12.4mm from last nights heavy rain. A further 5.4mm from showers this morning. 102.4mm for the month That's the 5th month in a row of 100mm +

Currently sunny spells and 7.9°C.

[Dorsetbred]

A closer zoom, shows the cell over Barton on Sea & New Milton between 03:55 - 04:00

Be interesting to see if TORRO take a look and their report..

Edited January 17, 2020 by Dorsetbred

[matt111]

3 minutes ago, Dorsetbred said:

A closer zoom, shows the cell over Barton on Sea & New Milton between 03:55 - 04:00

Yes that’s the one. Brief torrential downpour but no thunder with it. 

[MIKE LEVITT]

terrible forecast for snow lovers,thank god we have the start of the rugby league season very soon.that cheers me up.

[Dorsetbred]

7 minutes ago, MIKE LEVITT said:

terrible forecast for snow lovers,thank god we have the start of the rugby league season very soon.that cheers me up.

Mike, when I see the word snow in the SW UK thread, I have to feel it's a posting error! (especially this year...)

[Wilxy]

Bright with sunny intervals, some more showers to get through today then its looking like a very nice weekend, much cooler today. 6.4°C

[MP-R]

5C with a heavy shower moving through after a sunny morning. Bit splodgy on the windows too.

[Dean E]

3 hours ago, Jo Farrow said:

Lively echoes on the radar last night. Damage reported 

Would be interesting to see any personal weather station data in that area, likely to be picked up I'm sure! 

[Wilxy]

As expected the showers have arrived and the temperature has dropped down to 4.7 currently. 1014.2hpa and rising.

[Dean E]

And so the pressure rise begins. What are peoples prediction for the South and South West? I'm going for 1051mb somewhere around Somerset (Bristol/Weston Super Mare).

I'm hoping to beat 1044mb set in 2013 locally! 

[fromey]

Afternoon peeps, just seen some of the white stuff!! (Hail) temps have dropped away , currently 2.9c dew 1.4c a few showers rattling through.

[matt111]

Only a couple of showers here during the day leaving a mostly sunny day and feeling cooler than recent days. 6.5°C

[MP-R]

Just driven through a very heavy hail/soft hail/sleet shower. Temp 3.8C. Lovely cloudscape before it too.

This is what January weather off the Atlantic should be like!

[Dorsetbred]

Could it maybe....

[Dorsetbred]

The local rag is out there scaring people again...

It cites:

A COLD weather alert has been issued by the Met Office for Dorset.

The Met Office says there is “a 70 per cent probability of severe weather/icy conditions/heavy snow” over the coming days.

The alert is valid from 6pm on Sunday until 6pm on Tuesday.

Reading the article, nowhere did the MetO even mention that figure...

Cold weather alert issued for Dorset (but lots of uncertainty over snow)

WWW.BOURNEMOUTHECHO.CO.UK

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A COLD weather alert has been issued by the Met Office for Dorset.

 

[Andy Bown]

I am begging this incoming HIGH to give us hard frosts that at least linger all day in the shade. But I would love it to give freezing fog, rime and dare I want the oh so rare crystallised fog snow! 
 

Will the extremely wet ground help or hinder minima?