Wales/Cymru Regional Weather Discussion

[Jackfrost]

7 minutes ago, JamesL said:

Interesting 

 

The met office see the front moving back through Wales later on today 

 

Yes, it'll move back south. It'll be light and patchy by that point, not the active front it is now, but with the dribs and drabs of precipitation behind this main front and then it moving back southwards later, I honestly wouldn't be surprised to see patchy snow continuing for much of the day before it all freezes solid tonight.

Edited January 24, 2021 by Jackfrost

[Jayfromcardiff]

1 minute ago, snowy36 said:

Its nice to see plenty of snow getting around the west (Ireland) of the system.

Is that coming our way too?

Still coming down here.

[Jayfromcardiff]

5 minutes ago, DeepSnow said:

Snowing nicely here in Barry with a covering, very happy to see!

Derek brockway was wrong yet again saying less than 1cm for Barry.

[snowy36]

2 minutes ago, Jayfromcardiff said:

Derek brockway was wrong yet again saying less than 1cm for Barry.

This was always going to be a complex system to forecast , its more now casting .

[PompeyFC]

Main band gone through now. Still snowing.  Got a vod and coke waiting for the second band to pop thru. Good covering at least an inch i reckon. Happy days

[Panayiotis]

5 minutes ago, Jayfromcardiff said:

Derek brockway was wrong yet again saying less than 1cm for Barry.

Yeah I don’t think the professionals did well with getting the word out there for this snowfall especially for Cardiff where most places are seeing over 3cm.

[ancientsolar]

nice covering toward Blackwood

[Jayfromcardiff]

3 minutes ago, snowy36 said:

This was always going to be a complex system to forecast , its more now casting .

I suppose so but he always seems to hate the snow.

[snowy36]

Just now, Jayfromcardiff said:

I suppose so but he always seems to hate the snow.

He's a southern softy 

[Jayfromcardiff]

1 minute ago, Panayiotis said:

Yeah I don’t think the professionals did well with getting the word out there for this snowfall especially for Cardiff where most places are seeing over 3cm.

Are we likely to see more snow after this main band? Met office are going for heavy snow until 7am.

[PompeyFC]

Big flakes again

[Jackfrost]

Suspect it might be overdoing it somewhat, but:

[hmarkd1974]

Nicely coming down here

[Panayiotis]

4 minutes ago, Jayfromcardiff said:

Are we likely to see more snow after this main band? Met office are going for heavy snow until 7am.

Unless the showers behind organise into something more substantial then you might catch the odd heavy shower but that looks to be it especially as the second area of precipitation has weakened significantly and looks to be staying over sea 

[Jayfromcardiff]

4 minutes ago, Panayiotis said:

Unless the showers behind organise into something more substantial then you might catch the odd heavy shower but that looks to be it especially as the second area of precipitation has weakened significantly and looks to be staying over sea 

Isn't that small band still heading towards us? Look to be on the radar.

[Jackfrost]

8 minutes ago, Panayiotis said:

Unless the showers behind organise into something more substantial then you might catch the odd heavy shower but that looks to be it especially as the second area of precipitation has weakened significantly and looks to be staying over sea 

Yes, I think I agree with this.

It's rare and likely won't happen on this occasion, but the Bristol Channel can be our friend in South Wales in a cold spell, acting as a funnel and directing snow into Cardiff and the Valleys. Almost lake-effect. I'm not sure if anyone remembers it but this happened unexpectedly on December 19th, 2009, and left quite a bit of snow.

Edited January 24, 2021 by Jackfrost

[PompeyFC]

Stopped now and temp 0.4. Thought the temp would have remained below freezing. Slightly surprised

[PompeyFC]

And started again ha ha 

[DeepSnow]

31 minutes ago, Jayfromcardiff said:

Derek brockway was wrong yet again saying less than 1cm for Barry.

He wasn't that far off really, it os only about a 1cm covering here! But still more than I've seen since 2018 so I'll take it lol

[RhysWales]

Nice few centimetres in Newport! Didn't expect this much in a short space of time!

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16 minutes ago, Jackfrost said:

Yes, I think I agree with this.

It's rare and likely won't happen on this occasion, but the Bristol Channel can be our friend in South Wales in a cold spell, acting as a funnel and directing snow into Cardiff and the Valleys. Almost lake-effect. I'm not sure if anyone remembers it but this happened unexpectedly on December 19th, 2009, and left quite a bit of snow.

Yes, I remember that in 2009, was fabulous.

JK

[ALL ABOARD]

Nice covering here.. 

Haven't measured yet, but I think about 5cm. 

[Fujita scale]

Bargoed photographs are at 5am, must be snowing as 5am on a Sunday for me to be up and looking - and I even decided to get up as the white friend is a rare visitor recently! My 5 year old grandson will be so excited later to see the snow.

It does look as Salisbury area might have been in the sweet spot as there is heavier pulses there, but we got ours . Think it might pivot too late for us in Valleys, it's already too far east, hope I am wrong. (not being greedy.... but...)

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[bradymk]

Covering here in Heath, Cardiff!! Probably 1-2cm. Guess I set my alarm to late!