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22 minutes ago, andy989 said:
The milder air has reached further north than expected. I had a really good start to the day with drifts in the lane. It turned to rain and it’s all gone. I’m at 1000’ASL. Even Snowdon and the surrounding west facing mountains have been washed by rain yet there’s snow on the great orme, madness
Most of the snow has been washed away here in Betws y coed too, but to be expected I suppose when we are only 20m ASL.
Are you hopeful that tonight/tomorrow morning will deliver anything for us Andy?-
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Snowing heavy here for about an hour and it’s stuck. Kids school closed.
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Has been snowing since 10am approx today and nothing has stuck
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Has been snowing lightly here for a few hours, nothing settling so far.
Will be interesting to see what happens here over the next couple of days, seeing conflicting forecasts for low level north wales, some forecasts stating it will mainly be rain/sleet for lower levels, fingers crossed for snow though.
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2 minutes ago, Porto said:
60mph is usually "fine" in most areas during the winter, definitely risk of flying objects injuring people and damaging property, but generally no where near as big of a risk as Eunice will be giving, considering the 70-80mph inland gusts potential. Areas that typically see higher wind speeds (which North Wales does) usually have stronger trees, as any other trees that aren't strong enough to withstand the winds will have already fallen over a long time ago, areas usually more central and south to the country will have had less powerful windstorms to knock down these weaker trees, so when a strong storm comes through, the risk of trees falling becomes much higher and a danger. This also applies to anything built not particularly well, or at least badly maintained; usually roof tiles, fences and occasionally thin walls.
Transport in general also becomes an issue with debris that could potentially derail trains or cause car crashes, this becomes especially a problem for storms that happen during the day.
When people say a storm is dangerous/damaging/life threatening, these are the things people are usually talking about.
Also how you've managed to get a 81mph wind gust without the trampoline moving is however very impressive, we saw winds push a trampoline onto train tracks earlier today, your trampoline could've easily done the same in the right circumstances, probably should tie it down.
Really appreciate your explanation, makes sense thanks.
My garden backs onto the gwydir forest (one of the large forests in north wales) and a lot of trees went down during Storm Arwen (I’ve never seen so many fallen trees in my life time) , I was told by snowdonia park wardens and local tree surgeons this was due to the unusual direction of the wind rather than the actual strength, apparently it hit the trees at their weak point.
I plan to pin the trampoline down tomorrow just incase and move the furniture into the shed.
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Gusts of 81mph recorded in my local weather station, lights have been flickering, letter box blowing in but yet garden furniture still in situ, need to pin down the trampoline tomorrow.
In this neck of the woods the direction of the wind seems to be a major factor, so many trees were uprooted by storm arwen because the direction of the wind was different to normal - so I’m told by snowdonia park workers and tree surgeons.
I’m enjoying the prospect of a major weather event by all means but have no clue what it actually means for us in North Wales, is this event being made a fuss of because it’s unusual for SW England?
I was born in 1990 so have not experienced many extreme weather events but was very lucky to experience thunder snow in 2018, one of the most amazing experiences.
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I live in North Wales, my local weather station (5 miles up the road) has recorded gusts of up to 81mph this evening from Storm Dudley, my lights have been flickering, it’s been howling and my letter box has blown in a couple of time yet the unstrapped trampoline and garden furniture are still in situ in my garden, am I missing something when people say 60mph winds are life threatening or is North wales just used to this type of weather and have created properties etc to withstand this type of weather, garden’s being bigger so moving furniture being less of an issue etc?
I’m new to meteorology especially storms so please tell me if gusts are different to wind speeds etc I want to learn.-
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1 hour ago, Backtrack said:
Hey guys. Would anyone near Llangollen be able to tell me how much snow is around there? Thinking of taking baby to see his first snow and want some good depth to it!
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Around 9cm in Betws y coed around 30 miles away. Be careful.
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Is there still a chance that my area will do quite well tomorrow?
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How it looking for North wales?
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Just come home from the pub
Frozen snow 5cm 50m asl NW Wales
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Thunder snow in Betws y coed NW wales
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Actually started to snow now
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2 minutes ago, andymusic said:
well here's the current nowcast from euro 4 and clearly many more showers actually on radar again
Just wanted to reassure re south that we have not had anything much yet either and that the radar is quite misleading ? Hopefully some heavier PPN will follow later on this evening.
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2 minutes ago, andymusic said:
he's in Tredegar - showers have yet to really power up for the south of wales but for two thirds of Wales the sheep a few up north are having a whale of a time
According to the netweather radar I should of had a few heavy snow showers but I’ve had nothing more than hail and a flake or two of snow.
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Just had a hail shower here 3.7c
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2 minutes ago, Blackjack said:
Is that a yellow warning for Wales this Sunday that the MetO are trying to get out?
See my screenshot previously for warning area.
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Weather warning now issued for sunday for parts of Wales
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Being in lowland north wales I’d be happy with just a small covering on either day! My daughter is 6 and she’s never seen a snow cover of more than 1cm!
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Weather warning for snow issued
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7 minutes ago, liamtellis said:
I love Betws y Coed, so beautiful and picturesque. Could be - we're certainly quite close to the sea, and with the height as well we can get some very heavy snowfall and ridiculously strong winds. Well I've learned something today. Siarad Cymraeg?
Yndw iaith cynta, ti? Gawni obeithio fydda ni yn lwcus dydd iau a eira ym mhob man! Haha!
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3 minutes ago, liamtellis said:
Is it that low? Wow, I'm from Deiniolen originally which is about 250m and I've always thought of Betws y Coed being higher, colder and snowier!
Yes quite low, I know most people think of betws y coed as being high altitude when it's actually not, the villages surrounding capel curig, capel garmon, dolwyddelan etc are around 300m+ So annoying as I'm from Penmachno 10 minutes away with elevation of 280m asl so when it's sleeting here it will be snowing there. Maybe it's because Deiniolen is closer to the sea for the misconception?
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Just now, liamtellis said:
Betws y Coed at sea level?
Well 30m asl
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It's looking very marginal for my end of the woods (albeit basically sea level) METO showing snow/sleet and rain, can we expect upgrades closer to the event?
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5cm settled here over night, best snowfall we’ve had in 7 years.