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    South West England Cold Spell Discussion

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    Morning,

    Well it's -3.1 here in north Dorset with a heavy frost and a heavy shower of freezing rain wallbash.gif Think the upper temps are just a little to warm for us down here today. Going to be interesting on the roads though.

    Freezing rain has coated everything with a 2mm layer of ice. Roads are awful. Not surprised there are so many accidents and road closures.

    East Anglia & South East Cold Spell Discussion

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    As a boy in the North cotswolds i was told by many a farmer that when snow sat in little hollows and on north facing slopes, after a slow thaw that had been over a few days, that it was "waiting for more". The point being that cold is difficult to shift once it has been in place for a while. This looks like a similar situation. 25 years ago we would have expected to have got another cold spell. Over recent winters we have got used to mild and on the whole uneventfull winters. The models certainly would suggest that the cold air is never to far away and indeed Scotland may not lose it at all.

    I would add that although i have looked at this thread for many years and my ability to evaluate what may happen is improving, i am in awe how some on here are able to spot trends that could happen that are more than aweek away. That is why i love this thread, not because i want to know what will happen in the next 24 hours but what will happen down the line. If it is not correct then i will never get fustrated and ask why it never snowed in my back garden.

    East Anglia & South East Cold Spell Discussion

    in Spring Weather Discussion

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    is it just me or does that blob of ppn on the radar, currently over Hampshire/Dorset, look like its moving NE towards the London area? It seems to be tied in with the same weather front that swept through earlier. Something to watch?

    It has rained here since 11.00. Now hard an sleety with flakes mixed in. half a mile fron the sea. Some will get snow when they have given up hope I reckon.

    South West England Cold Spell Discussion

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    I think there's still quite a hopeful outlook for Saturday night with the front moving south. Yes there is a warmer sector but it looks as though the colder air will undercut in time to turn any sleetiness to snow (for Gloucestershire) - and the likelihood is that it will all be snow over the Cotswold Hills. If we do get snow that is heavy enough to settle it would freeze the ground underneath which is perhaps why the MetOffice are more concerned about ice. I like the mention of thundersnow too. I've only experienced that once before, in 2004.

    Nice to see a dusting of snow today. There was quite steady snow for a couple of hours this afternoon; I loved the feeling having lunch in town, in the warm, and watching the snow fall.

    The cotswold will, I think, get some good ammounts on tuesday. The low moving up from the south would give decent totals. The question is whether it gets that far before going north east.

    General Model Output Discussion

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted · Edited by snow drift

    eyes down 12z coming out

    The low moving up from the south on tues looks very interesting. Down here it will prob be rain but not to far north it should be snow. This low then looks like moving North east which could well bring warmer air from the south west. But as said before much to be decided and cold not to far away.

    South Central England Cold Spell Discussion

    in Spring Weather Discussion

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    thurs night into fri looks interesting!!!!mega_shok.gif

    Some of your posts have made me laugh. Unfortunately you have read some posts seen what you have wanted to see and took everything literaly. Not sure how long you have viewed this site but I can tell you that over the last seven years I have seen many go through what you are going through now. View the threads and get a theme. Do not get drawn in by the snowfest in 5 days time posts as this will result in what you are now experincing. This is a good site that will give you an indication of what may happen in the future but as I said detail such as ppn should be looked at upto t 24 and no longer I would suggest.

    Midlands Cold Spell Discussion

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    i think too many people were going by the rule easterly=snow. the fact is, as i have said before, this easterly has been progged as fairly short lived, and a weak affair. to me this spelt some snow for eastern areas, but as far as the midlands went, it was very hit and miss. snow is very hard to predict, and in 99% percent of cases, you are better to watch the lamppost, rather than go by model predictions. who knows, the gfs may have called it slightly wrong, and the odd shower may make it into the midlands, but you've got high hopes if you were expecting to sledge your way into town by the weekend biggrin.gif

    Spot on. The other problem is that too many people on the site look and see what they want to see. Any analysis that talks up snow potential and uses the words SNOWFEST, PROLONGED, HEAVY ETC in areas where this actualy is unlikey are left for people to read and increase their hopes. Any analysis thats says the oposite are attacked and rubbished.

    However, you are better placed than I to see snow. Down here it as rare as hens teeth. Thankfully I visit the North Cotswolds on a regular basis and this area gets snow. i

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