[South Central England Regional Discussion Thread Part 2]

*Please can posters refrain from predicting the future i.e. rain here, that's it night night*

This adds nothing to the general discussion but reports of temperature trends, dewpoints, actual precipitation and its intensity DOES.

Once again, I hope MOST of us get lucky.

My AT is 1.3c, DP is -0.6c, easy tiger, steady as she goes.

Has anybody got a covering yet?

gottolovethisweather

Hi GTLW, temperture feels a lot warmer in Petersfield this afternoon but the snow has started to fall (light as per the Raintoday.co.uk radar) but it bodes well with the dark orange yet to come and dusk falling. Confidence rising for a dumping!

[South Central England Regional Discussion Thread Part 2]

Starting to snow an settle in Petersfield. Hope all of you south of butser get some too.

[South Central England Regional Discussion Thread Part 2]

Looking forward to snow here tomorrow, wonder how much we will get anybody know?

We're right on the edge of the Met Office amber warning right now old son! Wouldn't mind if the frontal snow were 30-50 miles W as we stand.

[Central Southern England - Cold Spell Discussion Part 7]

A light flurry of (unexpected) snow here in petersfield. Not much but the first of 2011. Not too much to get excited about on the Raintoday radar but a pleasant surprise!

[Central Southern England - Cold Spell Discussion Part 7]

Apparantly it's been snowing steadily in Petersfield for a lot of the day. Although I've been working in the Clanfield area (sleet) and Horndean/Havant (rain) where the conditions are completely different. I got caught out a bit on the way home as wasn't expecting to see the white stuff. Luckily followed snow plough for safer passage! Raintoday radar still has a lot of precip heading this sort of way although how much it amounts to is anyone's guess this weird and wonderful December.

[What Models Do The BBC Online Use?]

They *supposedly* use the Met Office data, so should be broadly the same as Met Office forecasts, but as you say they rarely are! My lecturers brought this up - they are as baffled as everyone else.

Thank you for this support. I thought I was going mad! The BBC online forecasting, especially for the medium-term, is appalling. The problem for me is how many of the masses take these forecasts as gospel.

[What Models Do The BBC Online Use?]

As a new member of this forum I have been blown away by some of the skill that members' show in terms of using the various models to substantiate their view of the upcoming weather. What still mystifies me is though is how bad the BBC online forecast seems to be particularly with regard to ramping up the mild side of things. As an example, yesterday I watched very closely the musings of local and national forecasters on the BBC, and the members on this forum, very acurately describing the heavy snowfall for South Cental England which came to pass in my neck of the woods today. However, the BBC online forecast at best had Petersfield at 0 degrees with light sleet, and at worst 5c and heavy rain! We had several hours of heavy snow! I fully understand that forecasting snow in this scenario is particularly difficult, but surely if the BBC use the same models and technology as the Met Office then they should surely come to the same conclusion as their TV weather folk. Does anyone have a view on this?