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At the risk of sounding extremely negative perhaps those of us on the south coast and southern coasts of south west england should just have our own "washout" thread, where we can all come together,and wish we live further inland
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Wooo couldn't get on to post server was too busy for me. Looks like I got out just in time! Measured 1inch in 3 places. That's 1 inch...2.5cm or even 25.4mm!!! That is 25!!!!! TWENTY FIVE ... Came in and thought I heard rain but thought I was hallucinating - looked out and heavy rain against window.
Finishing at 1.3c DP: 0.2c ...
Congrats SB - 12 miles south of you and nothing...except 5.3 mm of rain..which i guess would equate to our 5cm of snow, had the temps and dew points been favourable !
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Yes, that's true, that's what bothers me about there being so many automatic weather stations, you can't beat an experienced weather observer! And if the input data is dodgy, then we all know how that will affect the model output! Rubbish in, rubbish out!
Correct!! I only spent about £120 on my set up, as an experiment. It's a subject that fascinates me, but having 3 kids i don't get the time i would like to spend researching it and along with the majority of viewers on here - only around in the winter - end up disappointed after reading all the hype on the forecasting model thread!! Need to find the time to read though the educational threads me thinks ! Although I've noitced, in summer nobody complains too much when the precipitation misses them after being forecast :winky:
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All I can say is, enjoy people and make the most of it. As usual here on the south coast another washout after week of "will it won't it" ended up with theusual result of - it wont't !!
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Hi Katie, a closed circulation is an actual low pressure centre, a closed isobar where there is easterly winds to its north. This is as opposed to a trough, which is just a kink in the isobars, like a "U" shape, whereas a closed centre is "O" shaped. Not sure I am explaining it very well! Be easier to draw it but can't do that here!
Take a look at the surface pressure charts and you will see what I mean by a trough! If an actual closed isobar appears in the middle of the trough, then that's closed circulation. It does of course depend on what intervals the isobars are drawn at too.
Thanks OMM - It would seem years of experience are far superior to the more modern oregan weather station I have which is still indicating snow with a temp 1.9C and dew point of 2C even though it is absolutely 100% pure rain outside !!
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Hello OMM I have lived down here since 1965 and never yet had more than I wished for and very rarely what I did wish for. I am a total snow nut living in a snow desert though so i think that says it all!
I think the problem is we are all snow nuts BECAUSE we live in the snow desert!
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True, but we did manage 15cm+ on 3rd December 2010! Wait and see what next week brings, with a continental cold pool possibly heading W up the Channel. It would a very different ball game then!
..mmm..not sure i saw 15cm....annoying thing is i'm 38 now and still in search of a 1963 /47 scenario and don't think i'll be happy until i've seen one! I admit we've come close to a couple of channel lows in the last couple of years but it always seems to go wrong at T+24..Still like you say There's always next week!! :lol:
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I wish I was 50 miles more inland...always the same story being right on the south coast........there is snow in southern italy, southern france, turkey and north africa, but southampton come up trumps with a rain / sleety mix as usual
South West/Central Southern England Regional Discussion 22/01/13 16z------------->
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Temp 1.1c and dew point 0.2c in Southampton - just rain which has nearly washed away Fridays snow