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From this mornings run. On the edge of the snow / graupel that hit Cheltenham last night. Not talking much - maybe 0.4cm - but enough to turn everything white. Also as so cold & powdery actually saw drifting and drifts of up to 3-4cm and a very small snow whirl/tornado (not quite sure what to call that).
In some of the pics you can see in the distance where it hasn’t snowed. Prob 1cm somewhere in the middle of the band.
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Had a brief shower of snow grains just then. Maybe things will at least look a bit wintery by the morning... here’s hoping.
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4 minutes ago, Kiwi said:
Is it drifting??
Definitely - you can see the grains collecting on the edge of the shoe-print....
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29 minutes ago, Jayfromcardiff said:They're saving the red warning for Wales and the SW.
They're just about to bring out a purple warning especially for us - when it really kicks off later in the week...
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Massive bonus over here, all kicking off, 0.0001 inch settled...
<<There are some snow grains in the picture below - see if you can spot them... ;-) >>
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29 minutes ago, noonoo418 said:
Dare you to post this in South East thread with something along the lines of.... Massive bonus over here, all kicking off..... 0.00001 in settled....
I'm game.... I'll use your words
<<EDIT: - Is done but suspect will get lost in the 100s of postings per minute going on over there... some have got proper snow - good to see wherever it lands in the South of the UK! >>-
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Few snow grains up here too (on morning run). See if you can spot them....
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Looks like its settling in Lowestoft (UK's most Easterly point) - so hope for all of you over in the SE...?
<<EDIT: I'm not watching this regional thread as there is zero snow over here this morning....honest >>
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Just had this band come through - all rain from what I can make out - main zone of interest is to come (hatched area). Could be a dusting by the morning... but suspect temps will be too high for anything to survive overnight... we'll see....
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4 minutes ago, Weather-history said:
Those temperatures don't look as cold on wxcharts. Midday on 14th and 15th February, it has many parts above freezing.
They wouldn't - the charts you're showing are from the 0z....
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1 hour ago, offerman said:
Blimey it’s cold out there , i’m wondering when precipitation reaches us this evening and overnight if it will actually start off as snow rather than transitional from rain to snow .
Its currently snowing over Frome , albeit high up in the clouds not making it down to ground level .
it’s really cold out there at the moment about 3.5c.
Saw similar just now on way back from shops. Definite snow coming out of the clouds.... but nowhere near the ground....
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On my early morning bike ride I had ice (from frozen water droplets) falling off trees & pinging off my cycle helmet, ground wasn't frozen - but the air was below zero. That count as a wintery hazard?
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21 minutes ago, Singularity said:
Talk of drifts has got me wondering, for the first time I can recall in fact, whether the models in any way factor in how wind affects snowfall.
It becomes relevant when the snow is dry and powdery - it can travel dozens of miles downflow in a brisk wind. I've experienced a moderate fall of powder snow beneath clear skies with the nearest clouds out near the horizon.
Incidentally, turbulent winds can also lift powder snow quite high into the air - but I doubt that can account for much snow transport in this country with all its obstacles sticking up out of the ground!
That's really interesting. I grew up in Skegness & in the mid 80s (can't recall which year) I swear that the clouds were full of snow - yet very little was coming down (dry snow - settled in very little drifts on cold hard ground) - yet inland (maybe helped by the Lincolnshire Wolds?) they were getting many inches. Eventually the winds calmed down & it did warm up slightly... we then got buckets of snow. I've often wondered about that as was very frustrating at the time....
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1 hour ago, Jayfromcardiff said:
I'm sure Cornwall will be included. I wouldn't take these charts literally as they change so much.
Completely get that they change so much - but they give an indication as to what could happen. Exciting if nothing else.
Anyone on here from the Isles of Scilly... do they ever get any snow - as I'd think they must have a small chance with an easterly over a warm sea....?-
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ECMWF snow prediction between now and a week on Sat.... I sooo want this to include Cornwall and the South Coast & IOW (obv what happens in reality will be completely different - but definitely the chance of an historic cold spell now... maybe 55:45 odds-on). Given the year we've all had - we all deserve some of the white-stuff (for those of us who like it of course!)....
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8 minutes ago, nick sussex said:
Later on after my dinner I’ve scheduled a meeting ! Thankfully after the ugly scenes from the other night I’m happy to report all Committee members are fit and well . And it looks like on the agenda we will have to discuss fine tuning the BCP ( Blizzard Contingency Plan ) ! Certain areas look like having some wild and wonderful weather if you like snow !
Blizzard standing by with the contingency plan....
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ECMWF predicted snow depth a week tomorrow at 6pm. Dare I say something for everyone
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5 minutes ago, londonblizzard said:
Does the 6z and 18z only go up to 72 hours then?
Goes to 90hrs in 1hr increments by the looks of it... depends on what you can get that isn't behind a paywall
wxcharts.com gives you it in 3 hr increments for free... which is a bummer when its not working....
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47 minutes ago, jimbo36 said:
Anyone know why the ECMWF High Res 0z won't go beyond 000 on WXCHARTS?
Can it be viewed elsewhere?
Must be stuck for some reason....
You can see the 6z and 18z ECMWF here... FWIW looks very similar to the 0z at 72 hrs.... weather model ecmwf model - europe - surface pressure [base + 72] | weatheronline
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My brother lives in the States (Madison, Morris County, NJ) - right in the middle of the current East coast action. 1 foot down... 1 foot + to go. Snowing at a rate of 2-3 inches per hour at the moment.
Pic from his back porch... bottom right is a sun lounger - nearly buried. Jealous...
This is from weather.com an hour or so ago...
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Light snow started up here now.... at 212m ASL (220m upstairs... lol) hopefully some should settle...
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3 minutes ago, bellanite said:
Very light snow falling in Stroud
I'm about 10 miles NE of Stroud.... fingers crossed....
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12 minutes ago, Blizzard said:
Its turned to snow here in the Cotswolds in the last 40 mins or so (212m ASL - about 4 miles south of Cheltenham). Quite odd "icy" snow though - I'd guess it has slightly melted & refrozen on its way down. Nothing settling & not sure if it will. Right on the edge of the main band.... fingers crossed it starts moving south...
Main band has moved just north of here now - so stopped to all intents and purposes... will it come back later....?
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Its turned to snow here in the Cotswolds in the last 40 mins or so (212m ASL - about 4 miles south of Cheltenham). Quite odd "icy" snow though - I'd guess it has slightly melted & refrozen on its way down. Nothing settling & not sure if it will. Right on the edge of the main band.... fingers crossed it starts moving south...
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South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 08 Feb 2021 Onward
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Pictures from morning run - Leckhampton Hill and Crickley Hill in the Cotswolds - about 280m ASL
Cold - but lovely... :-)