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  1. 1 minute ago, Day 10 said:

    Yep fully prepared for that. Our hope lies in the cold prolonging and then maybe a slow attack from the SW before sliding SE, or even colder uppers from the north.

     

    I reckon so, I can see it being a very slow breakdown with a few failed attempts. I can see the south coast being plastered with sleet and snow for a time too before it properly breaks down.

     

    2 minutes ago, Backtrack said:

    Even more surprising is Costa Del Runcorn just had a shower. Full snow!

    Believe me I'm not surprised at all, Runcorn does quite well I think, well it has now! Any settling?

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  2. 3 minutes ago, Day 10 said:

    Quite surprised to see the showers in Scotland still looking rather sleety judging by the radar, thought they would be full on pink by now.

    I guess the air isn't technically that cold (no colder than any other northerly or easterly), it's more a surface inversion type cold going on.. the sort that will lead to low night temperatures in inland and low lying areas. It will, apparently also lead to rain, sleet and ice pellets.

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  3. 1 minute ago, Ed Stone said:

    Are you expecting any action from off the Irish Sea, Steve?

    Maybe, I can't fathom what's going on to be honest. Last night there was promise of some wintry precipitation which never came, I think the bands have been way out west, as they usually are, in a northerly. Rather interesting tonight as the seaward air fetch (NW) has not moderated temperatures like I thought it would tonight. That means it'll be very cold, and perhaps, if something does come along it will be snow. It's surprising there is very little precipitation in this low, as it stands.

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  4. High today was 6.4C, no frost to melt and in the clear sunny, calm conditions it felt actually very pleasant.

    The forecast is calling for at least a build up of cloud here tonight so temperatures may not fall too far, plus there is a slight seaward breeze.

    I wonder if there will be any showers later maybe.

    It's probably a little early in this cold spell for any frost/ice/snow interest on the coast but its definitely coming!

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  5. 19 hours ago, claret047 said:

    As I posted on another thread a few weeks back, I have gladioli in bloom and following RHS advice I set broad been seeds late October and they are about a foot tall with blooms on. Goodness knows what will happen to these plants, once the forecast cold sets in.

    Broad beans are extremely tolerant of low temperatures and will laugh at the temperatures forecast. Also Broad beans have one of the lowest seed germination temperatures requirements in the plant Kingdom, only needing 3-4degC to germinate.

    I have a Citrus plant planted out with fruit that is almost ripened so I'm concerned about that a bit but I can still use the fruit if it drops due to cold.

     

     

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  6. 2 hours ago, CreweCold said:

    Convective weather is seemingly getting rarer in general. As we’re warming we’re becoming less convective it seems. Strange.

    This might be a sign our climate type is going down the Macaronesian route.. Generally warm and dry with little rain in the south. 

    Interestingly I've done quite a bit of personal research with regard to endemic Macaronesian species,, and they match closest to our native species in many respects. 

     

    That would be a sign  that our climates would be fairly similar if runaway climate change was to occur. 

     

    A big example of this is the species Arbutus which is native relic of Ireland which shows us that Britain once had a Laurisilva like eco system.. Fascinating. 

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  7. I think we're getting a foehn here, the temperature has gone into freefall from 36C obviously but it's settled out at 32C, theres a really strong southwesterly wind, and the temperature is not really falling as fast now (in fact it's slowly rising again). This is a textbook example of some type of foehn, given cloud is increasing over N Wales.

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