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

[Dorsetbred]

Just now, Mapantz said:

54mph recorded here earlier. Not as much rainfall as forecast. UKV yesterday suggested over an inch between 21:00 and 21:00 tonight, across many parts of the South (excluding the amber zones)

Wowzer, I'm gonna stand outside to see that..

[Frosty hollows]

58mph maximum gust here so far...

[SilverWolf]

12 minutes ago, Dorsetbred said:

Wowzer, I'm gonna stand outside to see that..

Me too!

[Mapantz]

13 minutes ago, Dorsetbred said:

Wowzer, I'm gonna stand outside to see that..

You'll need a time machine... 21:00 yesterday

[Dorsetbred]

25 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

You'll need a time machine... 21:00 yesterday

Doh

Saddened as I am,....that looks potent..

Edited February 15, 2020 by Dorsetbred

[Dorsetbred]

Interesting

 

Temperatures and pressure on the rise!

Edited February 15, 2020 by Dorsetbred

[dec10snow]

Hmmm... 15mm of rain so far today with rivers responding as expected. 

Expecting more later on overnight tonight however current radar shows a lot more rain that the Met’s forecast radar was showing for now which doesn’t bode well!

Edited February 15, 2020 by dec10snow

[Mapantz]

Where's this rain?

[MP-R]

Bone dry out there now because the wind is suddenly very gusty.

14mm on Saturday after Friday’s 4mm.

[lettice]

Light showers here this morning, still windy but not as strong as overnight.
Overnight the SSW wind was 18-25mph. Gusts were constant 28-32mph, with plenty hitting 35-40mph. A handful were 42-44mph gusts. One gust hit 45mph, so nowhere near the gusts of Ciara.
Pressure dropped to a low of 993 hPa around 4am, been rising slowly since then, now 996 hPa.
Had 9.2mm of rain yesterday.
Since midnight its been rain spells on and off, 10mm.
Temp has been around 11.5c -12c through last evening and night.

Wind is easing off now, just light drizzle or rain showers.

[knocker]

The wave forming on the cold front could be a problem vis further rain.. The latest WV image

[Dorsetbred]

A large drop in the wind speed at around 7am, is really noticeable this morning, average speed around 13mph. As knocker has pointed out some rainfall has us in its sights for a soggy Sunday..

[Lyn-M]

30mm in last 24 hours, only need another 5mm this month to make winter 19/20 the second wettest of the century.  Currently the wettest, unsurprisingly, is 13/14 (742.2mm), next is 00/01 with 415.5mm, this winter is now at 410.8mm.  At least the wind's less strong today...so far.

[Rich_Clements]

Red Alerts just to the west of our area. This will take months to dry out

[ARTDEMOLE]

Squall line passed over at 05:00 Better weather since. Raining now. 

9.2c. Humidity 83% Rh.

[lettice]

Wind dropped to 10-12mph at 8am and moved from SSW to SW.
Big drop in temperature then from 12c to 10c.
Been drizzly rain for last few hours, only adding another 1mm to the 10mm we had from midnight to 6am. 
One thing, it is so peaceful outside, without the roaring wind.

Edited February 16, 2020 by lettice

[jtay]

Yesterday wasn't very pleasant. Went down to St Mary's in full wet weather gear luckily. Trains were on a go slow on the way back.

Also, lost a fence panel last night.

The radar looks full of rain for today, so another day in the brew shed to come. Zzzzzzz.

 

[knocker]

Tricky to know what's going on with the wave on the cold front except it's producing moderate rain here

[knocker]

Rain clearing and cloud breaking

[Andy Bown]

Shocking day! Just emptied 38mm from my gauge which was just over 24 hours worth and plenty more to come this afternoon !

[DaveL]

Since emptying it at midnight, the ol'  raIn gauge is about to overflow into the outer container (so ~25mm) and it's still raining at 4 to 5 mm an hour. I am not going outside to empty it!

Had 14.1 mm yesterday so am now approaching 40 mm for the event, and 37mm in 24 hours. My very well drained back garden (stony soil) has pools of water on it, which is almost unknown - I'm in the Solent/IoW rain shadow.

As forecast, the wind hasn't been a problem, blown-over wheelie bin excopted. Starting to feel a bit nippy outside now, at 6.8°C.

 

Edited February 16, 2020 by DaveL

[knocker]

It was the trough that cleared these parts just now, and you can see it indicated on the sounding at 600mb which also shows a westerly jet of of 197mph

And now heavy showers which unfortunately look like the order of the day from now through tomorrow

[Dorsetbred]

Rain cleared here recently after another 18mm onto top of yesterdays 17mm..

 

[jtay]

A bit of brightness now, so just had a wander round the village.

[lettice]

Brightening up lovely here now.

Rain totals for this weekend here. Think we got off lightly compared to some areas they are showing on Sky News;
14mm Thursday
0.2mm Friday
9.2mm Saturday
Today from midnight to 6am was 10mm and 6am to 3pm 9.5mm. Total today = 19.5mm