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Going for Rain here today

brrrrrrrrrrr

Hope Ian doesn't mind me quoting his blog but looks like it may be a repeat for Glos tomorrow and then rain rain rain!!! "Worth adding that tomorrow (Tuesday) could yield similar weather in many of the same areas. I'm expecting to see snow over Exmoor early on Tuesday - possibly quite heavy - with a broad swathe of rain again at lower levels but this turning progressively to snow from around the M4 corridor northwards. Tghe risk of heavy snow tomorrow for the Forest of Dean is greater than today; definitely a situation we'll need to monitor closely. For wat it's worth, the rest of the week promises further spells of distinctly inclement weather and the accumulation of rainfall could well cause localised (surface water) flooding problems for some areas." Incredible quiet on here and the model output forum today, guess the weather isn't that exciting as the last few weeks have been?

Glad someone else thinks the same - thought I was coming down with a cold or something!!

Just been out to lunch and is it me or does it feel colder today since the rain/sleet/snow fell? Does this mean the rain forecast tomorrow may be snow?

Amazing how here in chelt there is nothing on the ground. There are now big flakes coming down but not settling. Wonder if i'll get home to Gloucester later?

Looking at the various motorway cameras in gloucestershire it looks like the snow is settling to the west and south of Gloucester.

Ian just updated his blog again - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/weather/ianfergusson/ looks like rush hour will be worst for north Glos. I see the forest of dean have it quite bad at the moment. Guess it's going to move east through the day. DOH: thanks Ian for your update!

Big flakes now reached centre of chelt. Mixed in with rain though still

It's raining in Chelt!

sounds like it might be a work from home day

Thanks for the update - better put the walking shoes in the car I guess

Iceberg - are you hinting at mild or cold further down the line?

Still orange when I go there? Can't see how they would issue a red warning yet?

or rainmegeddon

Lynxus, It will be interesting to see how the metoffice look at the latest models as Ian has already mentioned. Could be a snow day tomorrow? :unsure:

Thanks Kumquat. Just looked at the bbc weather map for Cheltenham and the snow seems to stick around most of the day :unsure:

Thanks Ian for the update. Was there any indication of when this would occur? EDIT: Sorry I meant what time of day?

I notice that the early warning for snow tomorrow has been extended to Gloucestershire. Could be an interesting day!

Yep, just passed through the centre of chelt. road was white, now wet

Very Dark skies to the north of Cheltenham - will it snow or will it rain?

Ian has also uopdated his blog, http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/weather/ianfergusson/ Interesting to read about the Wet Bulb Freezing Level (WBFL) which is coming into play for the weather tomorrow.

Metoffice weather warning just updated while I was looking on the site :lol: South West England: Bath + NE Somerset Bristol Gloucestershire N Somerset S Gloucestershire Swindon Wiltshire Heavy Snow Wed 20 Jan There is a moderate risk of severe weather affecting parts of England and Wales on Wednesday. Outbreaks of rain are expected to turn increasingly to sleet or wet snow, with accumulations of 1 to 3cm in places, and locally 4 to 7cm. Over southeast Wales, there is a risk of up to 10cm of snow on ground over 200m. This may lead to some disruption to travel. Issued at: 1121 Tue 19 Jan

The M4 webcams in the Swansea area show it falling as snow!

Thanks