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I would rather the milder air was already here, losing track of how much 'cold rain' we've had this winter.

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You can bet your absolute bottom dollar that perfect winter synoptics will turn up in Spring!

Currently cooling here at 2.8c after an unexpectedly wet day, morning drizzle culminated in downpours this afternoon then a misty/clear ish evening.

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Dull, misty, drizzly, calm, 4.4c .

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1 hour ago, Nights King said:

Just seen a brief snow flurry so I can call it a white birthday! 

Happy birthday!

Really interesting day with frost/ice then sunshine and 4 hail/sleet showers so far, lovely CBs around from time to time.

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1 hour ago, Polar Bear said:

Interesting clouds tonight outside Reading 

Wow I wonder how far away that CB was from your location!?

Erm, Ian mentioned on Points West a small risk of snow on Saturday as a front skirts along the South (rain most likely though ) . Until earlier today those fronts were expected to be over France.

Could we get an unexpected surprise rather than be frustrated at a long forecast event not happening?

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58 minutes ago, fromey said:

And just to rub my nose in it! This pops up on my time line this morning, January 18th 2013.

 

That was 2 weeks before we moved house, since living in our current house there has been nothing more than either flurries or a wet dusting that's gone in a few hours!

A very rough night around here, constant roaring wind through the woods on the East side of Warminster/West side of Salisbury Plain.

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Looks like wintry showers are possible again from late afternoon tomorrow on into Friday, so the scattered chance of hail, sleet and wet snow to hope for!

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A small part of my fortnightly work area in Westbury has a little graupel/small hail laying in grass and on car roofs! Whooppee!!

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Whatever falls there are some serious downpours moving quickly across Devon and Somerset.

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1 hour ago, Nights King said:

See i think it isnt too bad... not had any mild weather in weeks really and plenty of frost and dull cool/cold days?

Therein lies the difference between the Mendips and other places. I've had 1 frost in the last week and that was only briefly one late evening before it got up to 3c+ by dawn. The weekend never got below 3c and today has been up to double figures. Even in December after a few properly frosty nights the snow which settled disappeared quickly.

I'm not discounting the likelihood of snow settling tomorrow evening/night, but unless there's an unexpected several inches from a persistent streamer (possible) I can't see it sustaining past mid morning on Wednesday.

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Also the ground temperature is nowhere near low enough to sustain snow cover. 

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4 minutes ago, karlos1983 said:

Getting my snow fix through the TV now on BBC2. Yellowstone, what a place 

I got mine watching Countryfile in awe at how much snow fell at Adam Henson's farm in upland Gloucestershire! It really brought home how close we were to a memorable December for the whole region.

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55 minutes ago, Dorsetbred said:

This weather is dross, what happened to winters of old, when days were cold and sunny, better than this pap!

It's a million times better than if that front had been 100-150 miles further East! (Sorry Knocker!!)

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2 minutes ago, jethro said:

Morning all, back to murk here, foggy but no frost.

Some surfaces are probably lethal though, they are here, 0.6c, some frost on cars and frozen droplets on trees etc, crescent moon right now but conditions keep changing between clear-mist-fog-mist-clear!

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First park visit of 2018 for me and my boy, now home playing in the garden. Well he's playing and pottering around and I'm squeezed into the one available sunny corner sat on a chair drinking tea!! 

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It may have only been 2 days of damp gloom but it seemed longer! Such a relief to open curtains and see the crescent moon!

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1 hour ago, fromey said:

temp 2.0c dew -0.4c 

somthing blowing around in the wind, could be some grains of snow but hard to tell 

fromey

If it was you would be able to see them, feels like invizdriz to me!

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In April to October a weak warm front from the South would be welcome as it gently ushers in warmer/thundery potential.

However tonight/tomorrow it's 99% unwelcome as all it will do is bring gloom, slowly increasing temperatures replacing today's near perfect winter set up and patchy drizzle. The other 1% is the slimmest chance of snow grains rather than drizzle.

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Possibly a few flurries coming in from the E/NE this morning, radar shows them from Malmesbury towards Newbury heading SW.

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29 minutes ago, ARTDEMOLE said:

Showers. 5.5c.

Thought you (and Gibby probably too) would have showers judging by the sky to my W/NW.

We had this kind of set up numerous times last summer (low pressure and wind convergence) so I expect it to stay fine here until late pm.

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Ridiculous gusting wind again since mid morning along with a marked drop in temperature since lunch time, however the weeks trend for fine afternoons after unsettled mornings is continuing.

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1 hour ago, ARTDEMOLE said:

Would you believe it. The sun is shining. Scattered cloud but breezy. 

We always have a mostly fine blowy day after a deep overnight low. Happened last June too.

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Best squall line in ages! Even hints of weak tornadic activity with rain swirling around for half a minute and hitting all sides of the house.

Also as others have stated the wind is worse now the rain has eased.