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

[Mapantz]

Still below freezing here. 

It's a shame temps begin to rise from the Northwest around 8pm.

[lettice]

Temp has just hit 1c here.
Quite a lot of blue sky around too.

[Andy Bown]

Absolutely hilarious. I had to pop to Westbury and it was freezing fog with rimey trees etc all the way there and back.
 

Got within 500 yards of home and it cleared to bright sunshine, as a result the temperature has risen to 0.0c right now.

Technically an ice day should it rise no further, a few patches of Altocumulus might help it stay that way!

[*Stormforce~beka*]

35 minutes ago, s4lancia said:

A beautiful cloudless crisp day. I’m genuinely looking forward to the relative warmup in a few days, having contracted the dreaded lurgy I have changed my priorities somewhat. Hopefully by the time I’m shot of it we will be looking a another blocky set up and more hope of some white stuff further south this time.

Not you with the corona too! ARGH! How did you get it? What symptoms you got? Hope your ok!

[ARTDEMOLE]

Temperature dropped from 2.2c to 1.8c. Humidity 90% Rh .But it is sunny.

[Turnedoutniceagain]

Here's your 'fun line' for tomorrow from the MetO

 

[offerman]

40 minutes ago, Andy Bown said:

Absolutely hilarious. I had to pop to Westbury and it was freezing fog with rimey trees etc all the way there and back.
 

Got within 500 yards of home and it cleared to bright sunshine, as a result the temperature has risen to 0.0c right now.

Technically an ice day should it rise no further, a few patches of Altocumulus might help it stay that way!

That microclimate again. 
thick fog -2 here still ice around.

 Went to bath today and was like it had been snowing as it's down lower in a valley so frost fog pocket. 
everything properly coated white over there. I think the canal provided a lot of moisture which froze and came down on small granules. 
very thick fog here . 
 

[Mapantz]

Completely overcast all day here, with a waxing and waning of mist. Thick freezing fog has now developed, just in the nick of time. Temp managed to get to -0.2°C but has since dropped back to -0.4°C.

Could be a very rare ice day!

[MidnightSnow]

Still a fair amount of frost, albeit patchy in the middle of the afternoon.

[Dorsetbred]

As others have noted subzero through the day peaking at -0.5°C at: 14:27, now -0.6°C, can that stay tonight I wonder, in the event of any precip, some lows might help...

[Andy Bown]

21 minutes ago, offerman said:

That microclimate again. 
thick fog -2 here still ice around.

 Went to bath today and was like it had been snowing as it's down lower in a valley so frost fog pocket. 
everything properly coated white over there. I think the canal provided a lot of moisture which froze and came down on small granules. 
very thick fog here . 
 

Max of 0.4c, dropping again now, bugger it! Ice days are so rare!

I have seen ice crystals from freezing fog twice in my life, they are remarkable.

[matt111]

Thought the rare ice day was under threat when it went up to -0.2°C just now as the sun came out but it's clouded over now and dropped to -0.4°C

[lettice]

After reaching 1.2c at 2:30pm, the temp has dropped in last hour and is now 0.6c

[AWD]

Our local rag is on another planet;

UK weather: 15 hours of snow could hit region amid 'dangerous kind' of warming event - Bristol Live

WWW.BRISTOLPOST.CO.UK

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Met Office forecasts 'outbreaks of rain, sleet and snow' as reports claim the Beast from the East is on its way

I thought The Express was bad!!

[SilverWolf]

Well I’m a bit intrigued by the warnings out (be them for ice, as well as snow which could also mean one, or the other!). My crappy hourly forecast on my phone has light snow where I am from middle of tonight all the way though tomorrow. It’s still sub zero. The radar has that narrow band of light/sometimes moderate precip moving this way - it’s very slow! All that considered maybe they’ll be a nice dusting tomorrow morning with some still falling. Or maybe it’ll fizzle out. Or intensify! Hopefully something at least... 

[Mapantz]

Some of the thickest fog out there, that I've seen for a long time!

There should be a warning in place really..

Edited January 7, 2021 by Mapantz

[DaveL]

Maximum here so far is -0.2°C at 3pm, now it's -0.8 so looking likely to be my first ice day since the Beast from the East. Fairly thin medium to high cloud this afternoon but no thick fog, but I can only see for half a mile on a clear day.. Light wind from the north.

The missing ingredient is of course ... no snow, or even ice apart from a frozen bucket of water in the garden.

 

Edited January 7, 2021 by DaveL

[matt111]

Fog coming back now and already back down to -0.9°C

[dec10snow]

Not sure if we’ve managed to remain below zero all day (we did have sun most of the day) but considering the Met forecast a 4C max today, whenever I’ve checked Wunderground the majority have shown 0C or under so seems like forecast overcooked the temps a little!!

Pray this bodes well for into tomorrow

[Climate_Eyes]

-1.4°C/-1.7°C DP and a lovely cold day, best in a while here. Fog now settling in, just been for a quick walk and the fallow deer in the field looked quite majestic in the fading light and mist. Feels raw out. 

 

[Turnedoutniceagain]

An 'Ice Day' for me. Warmest it got was -0.4c, now dropped to -3c already

[Bristawl Si]

BS34 - Reached the heady heights of 0c earlier this afternoon. Hoar frost this morn which lasted until early afternoon. Sun tried to break through at midday, but failed miserably. Foggy and misty most of today, as it is now. 

Light snow showers forecast on and off from daylight thru the day tomorrow.

Edited January 7, 2021 by Bristle boy

[78/79]

Freezing fog for best part of the day here in Shepton Mallet. Very  sharp frost this morning .

[MP-R]

First ice day since March 2018 here with a maximum of -0.6C and an entire 1 minute of sun... otherwise it’s been foggy all day and is thicker now than this morning.

[ptow]

Strange one today in Farnborough. Temp apparently got to 0 having been negative since 4pm last night but a walk around and no ice at all. Not a single remnant of ice in any puddle. Does anyone know why this is? I seem to remember ice on the ground at 3c before. Ground temps?