Andy Bown
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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.
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2 hours ago, Dorsetbred said:
Hmmm, I guess, but I remain unconvinced TBH, but only time will tell who was right when we reach April..
That'll be when the ideal synoptics turn up!
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If we're looking for positives towards colder conditions today is a good start. Last night's Countryfile gave me the impression that the balmy weekend would continue however here we are at 13.00 and it's not reached 7c yet and a frost looks likely tonight.
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Woken by torrential rain and gusting wind at about 05.30 and again an hour later, pretty sure I heard thunder in between too.
Very benign now, 9.8c .
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43 minutes ago, jethro said:
On the plus side, the bulbs won't have a struggle to get through this year, that's assuming the rain lets up a bit before they rot off
Daffodils and crocuses shooting up here!
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At 06.00 I was hopeful of playing out in snow with my boy. At 08.00 it is disappointingly melting and mostly resembles ice!
Still, 2 snow events in December so a huge improvement on recent winters!
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It seems my sensor is reading incorrectly, so yesterday's 14.5c max is probably wrong. It was reading 10.8c at 08.00 which was definitely wrong!
Anyway, how lovely to have sunshine for the first time since last Tuesday! Already turning overcast though.
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Happy Christmas everyone! Today has been manic fun with our 17 month old boy!
Admittedly I have taken my eye off the ball over the weekend, however I didn't anticipate such a deluge this evening or a max of 14.5c!!
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46 minutes ago, karlos1983 said:
A chilly 1.4c here.
off to Longleat safari and Festival of Lights tomorrow with the wife and kids, weather looks good for it! Ho ho ho
This time next week my house will be chaos!
Have a great time, it's fantastic, but don't expect sunshine as it's likely to be freezing fog in the morning which will likely lift into misty low cloud. Longleat is also a colder area compared to Warminster which is only a few miles away, if you see Warminster predicted as 8c max expect Longleat to be several degrees lower.
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15 minutes ago, lettice said:
At midnight was 3.7c and its now 9.6c, 1027.3 hPa, NNW very light winds.
One of my fascinations within this thread is how variable temperatures are in our region.
In complete contrast to the above, after being 10.4c at 22.00 last night, it is a frosty/icy morning here with the temperature still dropping, 0.7c at the moment.
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Wonderful day to be out walking, temperature has just nudged above 6c but I expect a rapid drop in an hour or so.
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2 minutes ago, warmintim said:
Missed that this morning, but I did leave in the dark...
Very patchy, more a few hundred yards walk from home but then nothing after that!
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Closer inspection now it's getting light reveals remaining hail and/or snow on cars and roofs. Hailing again now leaving a slushy deposit.
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We were woken by hail at about 03.30 .
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1 minute ago, jtay said:
Hello jy. Not sure if you saw yesterday, but I put a note on here to say that they had proper snow up a Woodfalls/Hale yesterday morning.
They're up at about 120 metres.That might suggest why I saw a car come into Warminster from the Southern end this morning with a few inches of snow on its roof!
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1 hour ago, Frosty hollows said:
Stunning morning here. 2c and wind no longer coming from the north. I work in a beautiful rural spot and tho the walk in was treacherous today (over a humped back bridge covered in ice and no pavement) it's such a lovely view. And cracking ice underfoot is a fantastic sound
I did that with my 16 month old boy on a frozen puddle this morning, he loved the sound! As he did playing with hailstones last Friday and watching snow fall Sunday/yesterday. We have made the most we possibly could of him learning during this spell of cold.
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I was questioning my sensor (again) until reading others have seen the temperature rise too!
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Daisy's been fraternising with Fergie!
Staggering variety across our region, tonight's minima will be fascinating.
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I think one of the issues with snow taking time to settle and subsequently thawing even overnight is that the ground temperature simply isn't low enough. We probably needed a few hard/severe frosts first.
Vile dull morning with sporadic light wet snow/sleet and very cold in the wind, 1.4c currently.
3 days out of 4 with wintry precipitation which is positive seeing as it's only 11th December.
South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 09/12/2017 onwards
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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.