South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 01/09/2020 Onward

[Nights King]

First Larry letdown of a warning.  We gotta get sone luck sone time.. 

[offerman]

Anyone know ,Is the precipitation to our SW falling as rain sleet or snow ? 

[Somerset Squall]

2 minutes ago, offerman said:

Anyone know ,Is the precipitation to our SW falling as rain sleet or snow ? 

Rain, even on Dartmoor. It just isn't cold enough

[Mapantz]

Barely dropped below freezing for a time last night before going back up.

Currently 4.4°C and cloudy.

[Dorsetbred]

A quick run in to the MOD thread still sees people on about snow events, however they appear finally to have grasped the fact south of the M4 rain is forecast in the outlook as the fronts move in across the country..with a light breeze now in from the SW temperatures are climbing, as Mapantz noted 4.5°C and cloudy...

Edited December 30, 2020 by Dorsetbred

[Weather of Mass Disruption]

Yep, lovely cold rain  here in South Devon, like we haven’t had enough already!  I think it will take something pretty special to get snow down and around these parts these days, it’s just not cold enough and hasn’t been at any point this past week or so 

[SteveB]

Nice and toasty her at 5.2c.

Don't want anymore rain, already over 140mm for the month.

[MP-R]

9 minutes ago, SteveB said:

Nice and toasty her at 5.2c.

Don't want anymore rain, already over 140mm for the month.

Likewise! In fact, it's been the wettest year since 2012 here... despite a few prolonged dry periods between April and September.

[iowpompeylee]

I do like this! Some snow showers around in the next couple of days for a few of us down south. Notice a nice curl to the system when it reaches the Isle of Wight on New Year’s Day! 

[matt111]

Bright start but clouded over now. 5.1°C

[*Stormforce~beka*]

27 minutes ago, iowpompeylee said:

I do like this! Some snow showers around in the next couple of days for a few of us down south. Notice a nice curl to the system when it reaches the Isle of Wight on New Year’s Day! 

Looking at temps it won't be cold enough again surely?

[Leon1]

Frost and ice this morning with a minimum of -1.3c

[pinball wizard]

21 minutes ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:

Looking at temps it won't be cold enough again surely?

Touch and go but latest nw radar shows some wintriness on the high ground over exmoor and dartmoor in its most recent update. Looking at Hants. I'd say if the system comes in after dark and precipitation is heavy enough then winchester northwards could get a dusting. Dewpoints need to lower by about 1c which is doable. 

[Mapantz]

Temp up to 6.1°C here.

[Frosty_wsm]

Squeaky bum time for our region with what some of the weather models are showing into next week with 'battleground' scenarios, that's very high risk, high reward for us in the far south & south west. 

Wouldn't mind a repeat of Dec '81, that had low pressure systems just passing to the south but not too close that the cold air was pushed away from the far south 

Edited December 30, 2020 by Smartie

[snowysouth]

It's milder here with all 3 of my blink cameras reporting 7c wouldn't say that's far off

[festivalking]

Rain rain and rain on this corner of dartmoor. To be honest never looked liked snowing. DP consistently over 1c. Temps at 3c.

[SilverWolf]

Bit colder further north, working outside in the Slad Valley near Stroud, little patches of snow around where I am, the odd field has half snow cover on the higher hills. Sorry it’s milder further south and west, but from a back yard point of view the last 3/4 days are like the start of some winters I remember as a child in the early 80’s - mix of cold, frost, rain, sleet, snow on the hills. Yesterday it snowed in Gloucester which is very low down, and yet it rained in Stroud. See what occurs in the next few weeks! 

[MidnightSnow]

54 minutes ago, Smartie said:

Squeaky bum time for our region with what some of the weather models are showing into next week with 'battleground' scenarios, that's very high risk, high reward for us in the far south & south west. 

Wouldn't mind a repeat of Dec '81, that had low pressure systems just passing to the south but not too close that the cold air was pushed away from the far south 

I've asked my dad before about memorable snow when he was younger and he mentioned '81 in particular. Blizzard conditions and could barely see in front of him walking down his street. Definitely wouldn't mind a repeat of that

Edited December 30, 2020 by MidnightSnow

[Kiwi]

21 minutes ago, MidnightSnow said:

I've asked my dad before about memorable snow when he was younger and he mentioned '81 in particular. Blizzard conditions and could barely see in front of him walking down his street. Definitely wouldn't mind a repeat of that

Yes my wife had recently moved, from Zimbabwe, to a small Somerset village with her parents. It proved to be something of a climatic shock!!  The village was cut off by deep snowdrifts for many days --with helicopters from RNAS Yeovilton dropping essential food supplies for the villagers.

[Mapantz]

Wareham Weather - WXSIM EWN-Style Forecast

WAREHAMWX.CO.UK

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Live weather conditions in Wareham, Dorset. WXSIM forecasts. Weather information includes: temperature, wind, rain, solar, pressure, air quality, updated every 4 seconds.

Click '2 hour steps' and scroll to the bottom.

First time I have seen that since having WXSIM set up. 

[SteveB]

1 hour ago, Smartie said:

Squeaky bum time for our region with what some of the weather models are showing into next week with 'battleground' scenarios, that's very high risk, high reward for us in the far south & south west. 

Wouldn't mind a repeat of Dec '81, that had low pressure systems just passing to the south but not too close that the cold air was pushed away from the far south 

Yep, can be very good for us. We just need some good luck for once. 

[Mapantz]

Just started spitting with rain here. 

[fromey]

24 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

Just started spitting with rain here. 

Steady on!!

[R Alto]

Sleaty rain and a temp of 3c (car thermometer) near Kingston in the Purbecks.