Jump to content
Snow?
Local
Radar
Cold?

SouthYorks

Members
  • Posts

    714
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by SouthYorks

  1. Looks like being a chilly one today.  9.45am and still only 1.7c in Barnsley under a grey and murky sky. Overnight low just got to zero for 10 mins before slowly climbing again.

    I think the coming week we are going to see day and night time temps start to drop away much further, particularly so from Wednesday onwards.  Risk of snow looks to be increasing as well, although I have an all day Christmas do on Wed, so could do with any heavy snow holding off until after midnight! 😄

    Very much looking forward to seeing how the next couple of weeks pans out, and with any luck we’ll get a 2010 repeat up-to and through Christmas! 👍

    • Like 2
  2. Congrats @Love Snow!  Twins will certainly keep you busy!  My ‘kids’ are now 29 and 26, both have their own homes, yet both still seem to gravitate back on a regular basis! 😄

    I’ve also been away for a while with a youngster of my own, a Border Terrier puppy.  Having had kids, I’m beginning to think that was the easier option! 😬

    Anyway, one thing I have achieved this year is to get my own weather station setup in the garden, so winter watching will be models and stats from that this year for me!  I’m uploading the data to Wunderground, Met Office, Weathercloud and Ecowitt websites so if anyone wants to have a gander at stats for Barnsley you can find them under station DB-Barnsley.

    Signs are looking positive for a good start to winter judging by the views of many of the seasoned posters, so lets hope we get a good one for cold and snow!

    Could contain: Nature, Outdoors, Wood

    • Like 5
  3. I’m looking to install a weather station in my semi urban back garden and am looking for thoughts from anyone who has experience of the Ecowitt HP2553, Ecowitt HP2551 or the Ventus W830.  Current prices on Weatherspares are £299 for the 2553, £219 for the 2551 and £154 for the W830, and all have an extra 10% off if ordered this month.

    All look to have similar base functionality, so I guess the question is whether one or another is better quality, easier to use, maintain etc.

    Any thoughts welcome.

  4. It’s been slinging it down with rain on and off most of night here but it’s remarkably calm at the moment.  I’d expected the wind to be starting to get up by now, although the strongest gusts are forecast for this afternoon.

    High res models still going for worst of the winds in the South West and South East, but also still showing possibility of a sting jet across South Lincs and Midlands mid afternoon.

  5. I reckon it’s slightly further North as well.  It’s also slightly deeper than the models were showing.  If it continues we are likely to see higher wind gusts, which really isn’t what we want to see.  The other downside is the slight risk of snow for later tomorrow is now dead in the water.  

    It would have been great to see Eunice track a couple of hundred miles further South and we would have avoided the worst of the wind but would have received an absolute pasting from snow.

    • Like 1
  6. 59 minutes ago, winterof79 said:

    Rubs chin vigorously

    Storm Eunice will bring snow and very strong winds

    This Evening and Tonight:

    Isolated showers and clear spells initially, with a slight frost. Becoming cloudy, with heavy rain spreading northeastwards later, turning to heavy snow and accumulating on hills. Winds increasing as Storm Eunice approaches, with blizzard risk over high ground. Minimum temperature 0 °C.

    Friday:

    Storm Eunice will bring widespread snow at first, sometimes heavy, with significant accumulations over hills. Further spells of rain and snow following, with widespread gales and severe gales later. Maximum temperature 6 °C.

    Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

    Saturday winds easing then snow showers or longer periods of rain and snow. Gales or severe gales Sunday and Monday. Sunday rain, heavy later, followed by snow showers, decreasing Monday.

    Updated: 16:00 (UTC) on Thu 17 Feb 2022

     

    Loving the wording in the forecast, but for South Yorkshire it doesn’t seem to be supported by models available for us to view.  Assume Meto are seeing we aren’t.

  7. Just been out to Langsett Reservoir (250m asl) for a morning walk with the dog.  Left home in Barnsley (100m asl) in thick fog which gradually cleared the nearer we got to Langsett.  Had a fantastic walk in beautiful sunshine with completely clear skies.  Temp reading on the car was 6.5c as we left at 11.45.  Got back home and still thick fog and frost, car temp gauge reading  minus 1c!

    If we can’t have snow, then this a a decent alternative!  

    • Like 1
  8. Sadly nothing cold on the horizon for the next 10-14 days.  Temps are likely to be more like spring from Wednesday this week, with Thursday probably the mildest day currently looking at around 14 degrees for some parts of our region.  Following that, a slow trend down over the following week or so but with South Westerly winds likely to dominate for a while we are likely to get a mix of some sunny periods but also some rain or showers particularly in the west.

    I think I’ll take a break from the models and the forum for the next 10 days, then see what it looks like at the end of the first week of Jan.

    • Like 2
  9. There have been hints at this over the last few days even after the implosion of the severe spell.  I reckon high ground maybe above 200m will get lucky with a light covering, but those of us lower down will just get sleet or rain.

    Edit:

    Having said the above, I take a look at the Meto app, and it gives me this for late Christmas Day! You just have to laugh! 

    0FF64B74-D8BA-41D9-8CE9-88ECE00182EB.png

    • Like 1
  10. Snow on Christmas Day and Boxing Day for our region is looking increasingly unlikely based on latest runs.  The front moving in from the West is now struggling to reach the South Midlands before fizzling out and the remnants slipping away South East.

    The cold air is moving South earlier and the consequence is that it becomes embedded for more interest potentially in the form of showers from the East between Christmas and New Year.

×
×
  • Create New...