Andy Bown
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It may have been the 4th consecutive wet Saturday but this afternoon actually cheered up brightly in Westbury from about 3pm until sunset.
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was expecting this coming week to do me in workwise by being the most wintry of the season. It seems I am going to suffer my usual fate of being rained on!
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Another Saturday morning, another bout of rain on the way, 4 in a row!!!!
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That was a fun hour, the best snow my boy has seen falling and he loved it, also the heaviest I have seen for years but there was no settling.
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Mark this in history, some decent intensity of precipitation has made it past the Welsh mountains lol!
Bursts of snow blowing in at the moment, very blustery showers and gusty NW wind. Didn't see this coming earlier when it was clear, sunny and with a patterned frost on cars * .
Wasn't expecting 15mm of rain overnight either.
* Incidentally, does anybody know why/how those amazing 'leafy' frost patterns form?
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The last 3 days have been wonderful but no glorious sunshine to come today.
Cloud has thickened quick enough to deny a colourful sunrise, the sky was still mostly clear an hour ago.
Surprised to see showers on the radar over Somerset this early too.
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We have lived here for just over 5 years and today is the first time snow has still been on the ground approaching midday! Everything in the sun has thawed though.
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Is this allowed!!??!!
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Knocker, appreciate your work in here, what is the timing looking like for Saturday's rain getting into the West Country? I fear a 4th consecutive wet Saturday! Thank you.
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Lamppost watch reveals flurrying flakes/snizzle.
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I seen approximately 200 snowflakes in an hour lol. Still, my boy pointed excitedly at them so that was cool!
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Radar shows light snow in the Bristol region so some of us must be seeing something, these flurries are associated from those that formed on a trough further NE last night. Today into this evening and early night could spring a few surprises as the main front edges SE. Khodds, I don't think temperature will be an issue as cold air is firmly in situ and dew points are low.
Meanwhile I've just realised the sun is catching my sensor, the temperature reading has jumped from -1.1c to above freezing in 5 minutes! That might suggest why I had an early maximum yesterday!
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In the bleak midwinter frosty wind made moan. Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone. Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow.
First sentence = tick
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Upgrade for Tuesday IMO having watched Points West and national forecasts.
Snow mentioned for Somerset on the local forecast then frontal snow shown across the region on the national, admittedly decaying through the day as the front moves East.
Be prepared for it to stay further West though!
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Breakfast time was really exciting today, we watched as it sleeted outside!!!!!!!!
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What on earth does the icon for next Saturday mean!?
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People, Ian's Points West icons showed snow on Tuesday, although he never said the word just said the nadir of this cold spell would be mid next week.
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Saturday's front likely to be 95% rain, maybe sleet later then Monday night's front will be snow wherever it reaches but I've a feeling the Easterly buffers will hold it further West than currently forecast.
Oh, nearly forgot, it was the first dry day since 14th January!!!
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Love Long Tails Jethro!
Reliable time frame, are we actually going to have a dry day!?
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Is 'Cold Rain' an official term? Chris Fawkes spoke it and had it on screen at 13.30 regarding Saturday!
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I actually want dry/cold for work purposes 12th-16th Feb and to dry everything out! Snow/ice on the ground wouldn't be helpful until the 17th!! Then it can turn to Narnia!!
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I've just driven from Trowbridge to Warminster and it was fascinating to see the whole Western to Southern sky covered in a bank of Stratocumulus as the Warm Front approaches while the rest of the sky remained clear, rather rare not to have Cirrus as a precursor to a front.
Might have to bring the washing in before it drizzles.
On a side note, Karlos, if the chart you posted in the model thread for a fortnights time comes off then I can kiss goodbye to earning much bonus money doing outdoor work while my wife is on half term break!
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Mapantz, your sub zero duck must have been broken too?
Stunning clear morning, frosty, -1.2c .
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When are we going to get a dry day?
Tomorrow's likely dry day has downgraded to a damp late afternoon and evening. That's 3 days out of 5 (last Friday and yesterday being the other 2) which have been looking dry until the day before and it most certainly won't be dry on Wednesday to Saturday inclusive!
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In difference to other places we have persistent drizzle! Yet another dry forecast not occurring.
South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 19/01/2018 Onwards
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It was dry throughout the day in Warminster, lots of sunshine, a bitter wind and great cloudscapes as CBs passed to the W/SW and N/NE, sometimes close enough to see white fallstreaks.
So my week of outdoor work arrives and 2 of the 5 days look wet. Not too bad percentage wise, but it is Sod's law when considering 11 of the last 12 weekdays have been mostly fine with the odd day out being the only 1 I had to work on!! Similar happened in October half term too!