[Uk Convective General Discussion & Forecasts - May 2012 Part 2]

[Southwest And Central Southern England - Regional Discussion]

A few reports about this 'twister' in Kidlington too.

WDW Kate †@Wetdarkandwild@IwasntInvited @Conojito North of Oxford in Kidlington.A couple of streets had damage with trees down etc. Minor but scary & very unusual

Andrew Foulsham †@andyfoulshamCan't believe we drove through a near twister on A34 nr Kidlingtonaround 4.50pm. Comments, @weatheroxford ?

TORRO TORNADO WATCH 2012/002

A TORRO TORNADO WATCH has been issued at 1445GMT on Monday 7th May 2012

Valid from/until: 14:45- 21:00GMT on Monday 7th May 2012 for the following regions

Parts of (see map)

SW England

SE Wales

Midlands

E England

THREATS

Tornadoes; wind gusts to 60mph; hail 10-15mm diamter; CG lightning; torrential rain

DISCUSSION

Cold front moving in from the west is being held up by a developing frontal wave as an upper trough moves in. Sunshine ahead of this has allowed scattered thunderstorms to develop in a region of favourable vertical wind shear for organised thunderstorms, with low-level veering profiles suggestive of low-level rotation and possible tornadoes.

Further convection is approaching SW England and may contain strong wind gusts although a more veered surface flow here suggests a somewhat lower tornado threat. Convection may continue overnight as the cold front drifts eastwards with strong shear suggesting a mainly straight-line wind threat. A further forecast may be required later.

Forecaster: RPK.

[Southwest And Central Southern England - Regional Discussion]

A funnel cloud just popped up outside my house. A heavy burst of hail knocked my window and wind picked up in a flash. It only lasted about 15 seconds before moving away. It's the first time i've witnessed something like that and glad it was on a smaller scale.

[Southwest And Central Southern England - Regional Discussion]

Heavy snow here - 50p flakes falling.

[Model Discussion And Chat 19th Feb.2012]

Interesting to see that latest NAE showing snow for much of southern england.

NAE T+48

[London & The South East Regional Discussion - Part 13]

Snow Depth - 5.7cm

Snizzling at the moment but intensifying to our NE so could be interesting in the next hour.

[London & The South East Regional Discussion - Part 13]

Precip gone light for now......Snow Depth - 5.5cm

[The Midlands Regional Discussion - Part 6]

Around 3.5cm lying here! Still snowing quite lightly!

[South Central England Regional Discussion Thread Part 4]

2cm deposit here and steadily falling. Already queues forming on the roads. How is the radar looking for the coming hours? Will this carry on into early hours?

[Significant Snow/Freezing Rain Risk - 9-10th February]

That is moving very fast similar to the last weekend. When will it start stalling?

[The Midlands Regional Discussion - Part 5]

I'm yet to see a BBC forecast from the last hour......Are they regretting it?

[The Midlands Regional Discussion - Part 5]

Meto updated warnings for ice

[Significant Snow/Freezing Rain Risk - 9-10th February]

Yes, quite a significant shift east - more promising for Oxfordshire!

BANK. I was worrying about finishing my physics coursework tomorrow but that chart could give me a whole 10 days more with half term just around the corner!

[Significant Snow/Freezing Rain Risk - 9-10th February]

Isn't it supposed to meet S/SE winds coming up from France when it moves down country and then swing West?

Exactly what I was thinking but is the current position correctly forecasted though? :o

[Significant Snow/Freezing Rain Risk - 9-10th February]

Looking at the NAE amounts suggest between 1-6cm of snow. Have to be honest I don't know where the BBC were getting 20cm from!

Probably from persistent snowfall

[London & The South East Regional Discussion - Part 9]

Heavy snow started again

[The Midlands Regional Discussion - Part 4]

So what are the snow depths like at either their peak depth or currently?

Seems like a slightly hit and miss event, with snow-rain further west whilst snow still going for some parts of the E.Midlands.

8cm no precip

[London & The South East Regional Discussion - Part 8]

8cm here now....precip much lighter though

Temperature 0.7 C

Dewpoint -0.2 C

[The Midlands Regional Discussion - Part 4]

Huge flakes falling out of the sky, larger than 50P infact

[London & The South East Regional Discussion - Part 8]

50P flakes falling again for the 2nd time

[London & The South East Regional Discussion - Part 8]

Blizzard continues here :help:

[South Central England Regional Discussion Thread Part 3]

Very heavy precipitation here, 50P flakes with high intensity piling up very quickly. But the front is about to leave.

[London & The South East Regional Discussion - Part 8]

Snow piling up very heavy spell of snow here - lasting 1 hour to as i type this.

[The Midlands Regional Discussion - Part 4]

Getting pasted for now! Very strong winds + snow = Blizzard like

[South Central England Regional Discussion Thread Part 3]

Getting very heavy at the moment, winds making the snow blow around. Watching the lamppost snow is falling flat at 180 degrees.

Temperature 0.6 C

Dewpoint -0.4 C