South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion Jan 2021 Onward

[Mapantz]

55 minutes ago, BARRY said:

barometer falling 1028.5

I think your baro is about 10mb too high there, Barry?!

[MidnightSnow]

I hope you don't mind me posting this mood booster on this miserable day.

Subject to ridiculous change.

 

[MidnightSnow]

3 hours ago, Crackerjack said:

Thanks for the observation midnight snow, my weather station is at Yate too (parents house) and I’m down the road in Frampton Cotterell. So that’s a red line day for me then with snow falling

Wow you're the exact opposite to me. I live in Yate and my parents live in Frampton 

[Crackerjack]

18 minutes ago, MidnightSnow said:

I hope you don't mind me posting this mood booster on this miserable day.

Subject to ridiculous change.

 

Frampton or Yate doesn’t matter with that chart MS if it ever came to pass. Sledding order of the day there at St John’s church slopes Old Sodbury  

[MidnightSnow]

1 minute ago, Crackerjack said:

Frampton or Yate doesn’t matter with that chart MS if it ever came to pass. Sledding order of the day there at St John’s church slopes Old Sodbury  

You have good taste in sledding slopes. 

I'm tired of tracking hit and miss light snow showers. Give me some of this:
 

[matt111]

Just dull and dry here and not quite as cold as yesterday. 2.2°C

[camturbo]

55 minutes ago, MidnightSnow said:

I hope you don't mind me posting this mood booster on this miserable day.

Subject to ridiculous change.

 

If only!!! We can but dream 

[Nights King]

28 minutes ago, MidnightSnow said:

You have good taste in sledding slopes. 

I'm tired of tracking hit and miss light snow showers. Give me some of this:
 

God if only that could happen. this winter has been terrible so far.

 

Too much hope and no reward. 5 mins of light snow is all ive managed so far.

[Wynn D Woo]

Pretty disappointing day overall, 20 mins of sleetyness around 9am and then occasional drizzle on and off - Meto well overboard with the yellow warning yet again. Im afraid cold rain just doesnt cut it for me

 

[BARRY]

1 hour ago, Mapantz said:

I think your baro is about 10mb too high there, Barry?!

No spot on 1028.5

[Mapantz]

2 minutes ago, BARRY said:

No spot on 1028.5

Plymouth is at 1017.5mb

Decoded synop reports

WWW.OGIMET.COM

 

[BARRY]

16 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

Plymouth is at 1017.5mb

Decoded synop reports

WWW.OGIMET.COM

 

Frogmore, Kingsbridge, Devon Home Weather Station (wu version) (tq7weather.uk)

[Somerset Squall]

21 minutes ago, BARRY said:

No spot on 1028.5

If you were in the middle of the Atlantic maybe! I'm at 1018.6mb in Somerset.

[BARRY]

3 minutes ago, Somerset Squall said:

If you were in the middle of the Atlantic maybe! I'm at 1018.6mb in Somerset.

still says 1208.5 might be stuck lol

Frogmore, Kingsbridge, Devon Home Weather Station (wu version) (tq7weather.uk)

Edited January 8, 2021 by BARRY

[kumquat]

1 hour ago, MidnightSnow said:

You have good taste in sledding slopes. 

I'm tired of tracking hit and miss light snow showers. Give me some of this:
 

This is what we want followed by a pivot down into Devon and Cornwall for the rest of the SW crew.

[Mapantz]

Just now, BARRY said:

still says 1208.5 might be stuck lol

 

I think the problem is, many don't realise that the pressure needs to be adjusted when you get a weather station. They are never correct out of the box (unless it happened to be coincidence) Many stations don't mention this in the instructions, unfortunately.

Some stations have two or three options; Relative pressure and Absolute pressure and height above sea level. Others will have just Relative pressure and Absolute pressure. The relative pressure is the one you should adjust, by getting a reading from somewhere else as close to your location as possible.

If there's only one pressure option, it would still need to be manually adjusted to a pressure reading close by.

[BARRY]

15 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

I think the problem is, many don't realise that the pressure needs to be adjusted when you get a weather station. They are never correct out of the box (unless it happened to be coincidence) Many stations don't mention this in the instructions, unfortunately.

Some stations have two or three options; Relative pressure and Absolute pressure and height above sea level. Others will have just Relative pressure and Absolute pressure. The relative pressure is the one you should adjust, by getting a reading from somewhere else as close to your location as possible.

If there's only one pressure option, it would still need to be manually adjusted to a pressure reading close by.

Thanks for that will look tomorrow 

[SilverWolf]

40 minutes ago, kumquat said:

This is what we want followed by a pivot down into Devon and Cornwall for the rest of the SW crew.

That would be very good for everyone, and I’d welcome that - but being totally IMBY and very greedy, can it pivot just north of where I am in Stroud near Gloucester?? We’d be buried here for days! 

Edited January 8, 2021 by SilverWolf

[khodds]

Blimey it’s quiet in here tonight! 

[SilverWolf]

2 minutes ago, khodds said:

Blimey it’s quiet in here tonight! 

Just had a look in here - you’re not wrong! Mind you there was the ‘possibility’ of light snow falling all day today for half this region from the middle of last night, and onto very cold ground as well... having looked at the radar on and off today, not really surprised it’s so quiet! Could have been a nice surprise day. Oh well, winter isn’t half done yet, and I’m very lucky where I am, have seen 3 minor snow events and a fair bit of frost. Very different to last winter. I also drove through rapidly rising flood water in my high sided van - that came up to the bottom of my windows - just before Christmas. Didn’t manage that last winter either! 

[khodds]

8 minutes ago, SilverWolf said:

Just had a look in here - you’re not wrong! Mind you there was the ‘possibility’ of light snow falling all day today for half this region from the middle of last night, and onto very cold ground as well... having looked at the radar on and off today, not really surprised it’s so quiet! Could have been a nice surprise day. Oh well, winter isn’t half done yet, and I’m very lucky where I am, have seen 3 minor snow events and a fair bit of frost. Very different to last winter. I also drove through rapidly rising flood water in my high sided van - that came up to the bottom of my windows - just before Christmas. Didn’t manage that last winter either! 

Yes this winter is a definite improvement on last year already. Just frustrating that it never snows when it’s meant to

[camturbo]

It's been an improvement for the fact it's been quite cold or chillier but no snow for here but it's a darn site better than last year. As some would say there is still potential but will it materialise 

[khodds]

It’s got to at some point now.. I’m remaining optimistic 

[BARRY]

1 hour ago, camturbo said:

It's been an improvement for the fact it's been quite cold or chillier but no snow for here but it's a darn site better than last year. As some would say there is still potential but will it materialise 

no snow here also but as you say at least it feels like winter

[Mapantz]

It did get back down below zero briefly, but has just crept back above. Hoping for a -4 or -5°C tomorrow night!