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

[Mapantz]

No frost or ice here this morning. Managed a low of 2.7°C. Just sunny spells today, a lot of cloud around. Temp managed 11.5°C.

[Andy Bown]

Two virtually dry days in a row, just some early drizzle yesterday and a few light showers early this morning. 
 

More importantly lots of sunshine and outdoor time!

[Bristawl Si]

Mainly dry today, nice breeze which dried my lawn (not underfoot). So, cut the grass for 1st time since late October. However, it is full of moss. Any one got any moss solutions, on top of a good raking?

[Mapantz]

2 minutes ago, Bristle boy said:

Mainly dry today, nice breeze which dried my lawn (not underfoot). So, cut the grass for 1st time since late October. However, it is full of moss. Any one got any moss solutions, on top of a good raking?

My practice is to cut the lawn first, wait a week and then use a fine rake over the whole lawn to get as much thatch and moss out as possible, then mow it again to get rid of all of the straggly bits. Give it another week or two and then throw over some miracle-gro evergreen lawn feed and moss killer (lightly) and make sure no rain is due within a few days of putting it down. Leave the lawn for another week or two and give it a cut again. I may do that process twice in Spring and Summer and I get really good results.

I see a lot of people complain about using a lawn feed/moss killer, and the mistakes they make are putting too much of it on in one hit it'll burn patches of the lawn. They also do it after they've cut the lawn or just before its due to be cut, and that's another mistake. The grass needs to be actively growing for it to work at its best.

Raking the thatch and moss out can be a chore, and the lawn looks crap for a few weeks, but by late Spring, it comes back a treat!

[Bristawl Si]

Cheers Mapantz

[matt111]

Nowhere near an air frost here last night as it only dropped to 4.2°C. This evening it dropped to 4.4°C not long ago but it's rising again now. 5.1°C 

Edited March 3, 2020 by matt111

[MP-R]

Actually managed a dry day with plenty of sunshine. A different day to come tomorrow.

[Dorsetbred]

Morning All, patchy rain around this morning, currently 4.1°C  and that about sums it up really...

[Dorsetbred]

Sea mist is still blowing inland at the moment and with a SE breeze it's holding the temperatures down at 7.1°C. Looks as though the rain will clear within the next hour so some possible warming before the day is out, after the final splash of rain..

[CheesepuffScott]

Grey with showers throughout today. Max 7.1°C earlier

[Andy Bown]

5 minutes ago, CheesepuffScott said:

Grey with showers throughout today. Max 7.1°C earlier

Showers?

Non stop rain varying from drizzle to heavy in Warminster since 08.00!

[matt111]

Wet this morning and early afternoon followed by drizzle for the rest of the day. Reached 8.1°C, currently 7.9°C

[CheesepuffScott]

45 minutes ago, Andy Bown said:

Showers?

Non stop rain varying from drizzle to heavy in Warminster since 08.00!

Ow well I digress that we’ve had so much I don’t really take note any more.

[Gowon]

That rain band is much further north than any models were showing or weather forecast I watched yesterday..

[Frosty hollows]

Wasn't expecting such a wet start...was looking forward to a mostly dry day. Looks unlikely now

[CheesepuffScott]

Yuck, dank and gloomy with light / moderate rain sets us off for the day. 4.2°C after a low of 3.9°C at: 06:57

[Dorsetbred]

And it's a nicely formed low too, had the cold been in it could have been glorious...instead its wet, as the heaviest rain is coast side at the moment, and temperature keeping it cool @5.3°C 

[Dorsetbred]

1 hour ago, D.V.R said:

That rain band is much further north than any models were showing or weather forecast I watched yesterday..

Classic +/- 100miles scenario, it certainly was suggested to be further south...

The low itself is actually tanking it along the channel, so suggestion is it wont last all day here..

Edited March 5, 2020 by Dorsetbred

[Lyn-M]

Absolutely hissing down here, 12.5mm to a few minutes ago.  Temperature currently 4.7°C.

[jtay]

Really horrible here. We're currently under the red bit.

We don't need this at all.

Edit : It's actually sleet now. If this was bumping into decent cold air, today would've been the stuff of legend.

Edited March 5, 2020 by jtay

[Mapantz]

#&!*

Where did this all come from? All of the post holes I dug for the fence yesterday are all full up with water! It has been lashing down here. 16.6mm at the moment.

[Bristawl Si]

A massive fail by forecasters for this morning here. Last night's forecasts were showing rain skirting along South coast.

Been raining here for a few hours, BS34.

[knocker]

10 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

#&!*

Where did this all come from? All of the post holes I dug for the fence yesterday are all full up with water! It has been lashing down here. 16.6mm at the moment.

I'm not sure it's that big a surprise. There was always some doubt on the movement and influence of this system

[Dorsetbred]

Temperature dropping, I'm sure I noticed some sleety bits in with the rain, just now..4.7°C , still dropping now 4.5°C

Edited March 5, 2020 by Dorsetbred

[Bobd29]

Vile day, not the only one recently, cannot imagine a summer drought with parched grass and dry cracks in the ground.   It’s been an awful winter, be glad to see the back of it!