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    South West/Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 06/11/13 0000z ------------>

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    Posted · Edited by Sungirl

    Positively mild here with nothing doing.  Temp 5.3c and almost no wind although we did have gusts up to 35mph earlier.  Sadly, I put the heating on and forgot about it so it is too hot in here to light a fire.  Thinking of opening the doors to cool it off a bit Posted Image  as I do love a fire and am well stocked up with fuel Posted Image

     

    William, I always hope that school will close but ours are a stubborn lot and even if all the schools nearby stay open, ours seems to go that extra mile to make sure we stay open Posted Image   I live a very short walk away so no excuses for us.

     

    My colleague (we are a small team of 4) walks all the way to work if it is really bad and that shows the rest of us up so we have no choice but to go in.  We all live within a couple of miles of each other (and the office) too so no opportunity for telling them that we couldn't get in because of the snow!

     

    I love having a snow day off with my children Posted Image   When I lived in a remote village in Cambs, we regularly got snowed in... If the school bus managed to get into the village, the older kids (inc my son) used to hide behind the hedge near my house and then return home to tell their parents that the bus hadn't turned up!  I knew what they were up to but didn't breathe a word Posted Image  My son and his friends thought I was the coolest Mum ever that I allowed this to go on Posted Image

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    South West/Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 06/11/13 0000z ------------>

    in Regional

    Posted

    Hello all

     

    I thought I would poke my nose in on a non-event weather occasion :D  I usually post when there is something extreme happening but all I have to report is that my car windscreen was frozen when I left for the school walk this morning and that is the first time this year!  By the time I left for work it had defrosted but I fear that soon, I will have to scrape it :(

     

    I am looking forward to any snow that might come our way, and the excitement and lamp post watching on here when it is forecast ;)

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    Possible Storm This Weekend Discussion

    in Storms & Severe Weather

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    Surely though drivers shouldn't need to wait for an official announcement before reducing their speed in adverse conditions ? Common sense should tell them that........ah, I see a problem there

     

     

    Exactly what I was thinking.  I drive according to the conditions and if that means driving slowly to be safe, then so be it.  I don't need a sign to tell me how to drive in bad weather but yeah... I see the problem too  Posted Image   Posted ImagePosted Image   

     

    Rather like the dumb clucks who are setting off fireworks in high winds Posted Image

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    South West/Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 27/10/13 1730z ------->

    in Regional

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    It is a stream running along the side of a small, country lane. The cottage is 200 years old so I guess it has always been there. I would upload the two pictures he posted to FB but still not sure how to do it!

     

    Some idiot posted in reply that it's just rain and it always rains in Devon in autumn but of course I posted that, as a visitor, my friend is at much more risk than someone who knows the area very well. Even if the cottage has never flooded before, it only takes one small change in the local environment - a dead badger blocking a culvert or something - to turn bad weather into a life-threatening event. Makes me cross, the way people underestimate the weather!

     

    990mb and falling rapidly here in the central South coast. 33mm rain so far today. Blustery.

     

     

    I posted on FB earlier that a tree had fallen down in Pangbourne and some dufus who thinks this will be a damp squib said, on my fb, "well Pangbourne is full of trees"  as if everywhere isn't!!!

     

    I live in Bracknell FOREST!!! It is called that for a reason.  (He was defriended ;) )

     

    989hPa here and falling 2.5 p/h

     

    I can hold out no longer.  I am off to bed folks.  BUT I am taking the laptop up with me in case of high drama later on so I can pop back in Posted Image

     

    Nite all, keep safe x

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    South West/Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 27/10/13 1730z ------->

    in Regional

    Posted · Edited by Sungirl

    We are down to 990.6 dropping 2.2p/h... Temp 12.9!

     

    Wind = 9.9mph and gusts of 17.3mph...

     

    No drama here as of yet!!!

     

    (I haven't missed the point of it all kicking off later. 

    I just hoped it would be sooner so

    a) I would see/hear it as I know I won't wake up from it and

    b ) so it was cleared by the time I go to work!

     

    Just wishful thinking on my part but thinking I might as well go to bed as nothing is going to happen until the early hours.

    South West/Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 27/10/13 1730z ------->

    in Regional

    Posted

    Sungirl,

     

    The depression's air pressure is expected to fall between 1 and 2mb per hour across our region. Should the falls start to approach 3mb per hour then that would be deemed a "BOMBING" low or depression. Posted Image  Broadly speaking, it seems to sticking to the original prediction for now.

     

     

     

    GTLTW I had 996 at 8.45pm and now, at 10.15 I have 993 and still dropping (like a stone it would seem)

     

    What does that mean? (amateur but interested in learning more!)

    South West/Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 27/10/13 1730z ------->

    in Regional

    Posted

    It looks as if the locations have been turned off in people's profiles in order to preserve bandwith over this busy time.

     

    Please can everyone put their locations into the body of their text so we know where the readings are coming from? CHEERS Posted Image

     

    Still 999mb and falling slowly here in Southampton.

     

    Kate

     

    (RIP Lou Reed)

     

     

    I have added a signature to my profile as they are still showing up ;)  If everyone puts their location on the sig, that would be helpful :)

    South West & Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 03/10/13 15z ------>

    in Regional

    Posted

    Oh I've avoided Facebook, this is the only  place I can share my passion with people without getting sarcastic comments. 

     

    And usually if I warn anyone on facebook, it all goes the way of the pear and I look foolish, won't be doing that this winter!!

     

    I am laughed at at work when I give out weather warnings so I empathise!  Our team has grown in the last year which, no doubt, means more hoots of laughter in the office about my weather ramblings!

    South West & Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 03/10/13 15z ------>

    in Regional

    Posted

    Any chance of Berkshire being heavily affected by the storm? I live by some very tall trees , and I don't want to be squashed in my sleep! Posted Image

     

     

    Absolutely!  We are in the zone.  I need to go and secure my garden furniture and anything else that may be whipped up as a missile.  I have a huge tree opposite me with quite a few dead branches so I fear for it's strength now. 

     

    The fact that the trees still have most of their leaves is a huge problem as the wind doesn't whip through them like when the leaves have dropped.

     

    Sorry, not meaning to scare you!

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