SilverWolf

Just heard a distant rumble, sounds a fair few miles away from me

Not heard anything here… Edit: faint rumble in the distance

Chucking it down in Stroud… some poor person has left a sunroof partly open in their car, but I’ve no idea who’s it is!

Hi, question for the far more knowledgable than me…. Where I am looks like some heavy showers in bound in the next hour or so (not storms at present). If these come through quickly and the sun comes after , what affect may this have on potential storms later? Would wet ground followed by heat/sun increase the chances?

Saturated soil is a mainly a problem if it’s mainly clay over rock/brash, as it can literally slide, but I would say at the moment soil isn’t particularly saturated, especially compared to end winter 19/20. The worst soil for wind for trees in leaf or not is very dry soil, as tree roots loose their ‘grip’.

Polar vortex hit Dorset today!

Fair enough! I know someone who used one, and they were surprised the light didn’t wake them up - it takes a long time to light up, and wasn’t crazy bright when the alarm went off.. and I think the alarm itself was ‘optional’!

Have you tried a daylight alarm clock? They slowly light up the room with a warm light before the alarm goes off.. they’ve apparently helped people who suffer with SAD throughout the winter…

I agree with that. I remember snow in April in the early 80’s in Gloucestershire a few times. But that ‘normal’ really ended in the mid 80’s. There’s been far more snowless winters since then, let alone March. But I think people are comparing this March to 2018 only, which was exceptional and rare regardless of the decade..

As someone who lives in the south, I saw falling snow on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. The garden I was working in on Friday had 2 inches of snow on it until lunchtime. Sure, it wasn’t sub zero all week, and I wasn’t snowed in, but this hasn’t been a ‘normal’ March here. Not 2018 either, of course, but not normal for the last 30 years. Just an observation from someone who’s also worked outside for the last 15 years.

I would say def worth discussion - especially given the lack of named storms this winter! But I can’t do the technical stuff, so over to others for that…

Interesting - it’s just sub zero here, might go a little white if that happens before the temp goes up!

That sounds like a great idea… can a normal model discussion run as well? Maybe a bit more restrictive what’s posted on that, with both running at the same time?

^ Maybe even later tonight for the south? Or just wishful thinking…showing some sleet/snow over higher ground of Devon at the moment.

I’m not done with this cold spell yet! Any possibility from this for something later tonight? It’s hovering around 0c here, which is actually the lowest it’s been for a bit. Was snowing at 1c this morning, and don’t think it was colder before it arrived…

Kind of like today… a few days back is was looking at being mild right up through England today after snow event.. was snowing here in Glos at 8am, and was on the ground where I was working til 12 o’clock.. The little system that came out of Ireland earlier today has only just clipped Cornwall and kept it cold. All up for grabs I reckon!

This heavy bit in Wales is all snow, could get interesting round Bristol and bits of Somerset soon..

Interesting! If that could end up more south west of that at that time, lots of happy people here tomorrow morning…

It’s an interesting picture where it’s at… precip showing sleet/snow a long way north, but also a long way south west too..

New warning for ‘Snow and Ice’ from Met, 4am-10am tomorrow morning.. pretty close to north of our region.

Any chance the precip will pick up after it leaves Ireland? No clue as to what the sea will do to it…

My extremely rose tinted look at much later tonight and early (perhaps with a dose of IMBY). The low pressure is further south than predicted right now. It’s showing sleet/snow (admittedly high ground) in SW Ireland, and as the crow flies about 50 miles NW of me currently. Every time we get a heavy shower here the temp drops rapidly (it’s all rain atm), and does recover a bit after - beet scientific observation from ‘stepping outside’. IF the low sinks south east as it passes much later tonight, temp will prob drop sharply and quickly. Could be snow, at least over high ground, but not exclusively. My realistic take is that the temp drop will happen, but there may not be much precip left in the system - so perhaps a dusting over higher ground first thing tomorrow. See what occurs!

Just looked at the radar - very different to that BBC graphic! The precip is a bit fragmented, but it shows sleet and snow in SW Ireland currently (sure, prob high ground..). Also snow in mid Wales.

Not here! Admittedly only half way up in Stroud… was some patchy snow in the fields around Bisley earlier, and one random wall with a 2 foot drift!

Well, massive long shot here, but the back of the low is building up nicely… if it sinks south east as predicted could be some surprises in the morning if it gets cold enough…