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I think you might be right. At this rate it will be 35c lol! I don't know, my parents got it for me and after moving house I lost it but found it this morning and fired her up!
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The temp broke 30c here in Ystrad Mynach at 12.10pm. The hottest day by a long way. I think 32c will be broken here easily today.
James
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I know I'm from SE Wales but I think we may be heading for our hottest day for a few years! At 12.30 it was 30.1c giving S England a run for their money!
Simply stunning here in Ystrad Mynach
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My guess is that the rain/snow line is around 400m. In Gelligaer just above Ystrad Mynach in the Rumney Valley there were flakes miked in with the snow and temps around 2c.
James
Lol sorry flakes mixed in with the rain
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Moderate blowing snow here in Ystrad Mynach. Bitingly cold today.
James
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Had a fairly heavy snow shower in Abernant just outside aberdare. Blowing along road too.
James
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A few light flurries this morning in Ystrad Mynach. Absolutely bitter outside and windchill wise, the coldest of this winter/spring season
James
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Still snowing steadily here in Ystrad Mynach as it has done for the last 4 hours or so. Probably around 3-4 inches have fallen. Everything white, even the roads. Im guessing around 8 inches total on the ground now after the thaw over the last few days with tonights top up!
Very impressed with how the NAE modelled this for SE Wales
James
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Be patient. Those experiencing rain or sleet should see snow later today and overnight in the warning areas. As all these events have been so far (as is almost always the case) things may well shift/change a little over the next 12-18 hours. And as normal some people will do very well and others see nothing.
Having snow cover since friday with already 2 falls of snow and another on its way, its not been a bad cold spell although as with a lot of these events in recent years a degree or so colder would have seen powder snow and no thaw. The only powder we had here was on friday but with little elevation here its not usual.
This is a nowcast situation so the best thing is to simply keep an eye on the radar, far more accurate than looking at the weather updates.
I for one am looking forward to the next 24 hours, as I feel that there will, as usual, be some surprises
James
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http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?tab=map
warnings now out and looks like a similar area to fridays event will get hit again. SE Wales in particular and the Valley regions, esp higher ground could receive 10cms or more later into the day and evening, falling in quite a short period of time.
James
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where you to in ystrad james im at cwm calon
Central Street mate, bottom end
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Snow falling steadily here in Ystrad Mynach now
James
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Some people have reported falls of 20cm so I think the MetO did a pretty good job issuing the warnings for our area in the lower valleys. Im here in Ystrad Mynach, with not much elevation and we've had a good 6 inches or 15cm, with light snow still falling and blowing off roofs.
James
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Facinating stuff.
We had around 5cms from the convective stuff and another 5cms from the warm front so cant complain and that was pretty much at sea level. When I see the photos of SE/SW London however it shows that this really was a rare event
The best snow for mid and east Kent came from the 'suprise' snowfall two thursdays ago which left parts of the Kent N Downs under 10cms.
Do you also think that the pollution of London and the Thames Estuary region played a part in this event. More pollutants should in theory mean more for the ice crystals to hang on to?
James
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Huge flakes coming down here, must be right on the cusp of turning sleety.
A great night though and good to see mid Kent do well this time as we missed out pretty much.
Funny really. This has given us one of the heaviest snowfalls of this spell and it wasn't even forecast for this area until this morning!!!
James
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Now a good 10cms at the top of Detling Hill. Only one lane open and very slippery indeed. Wouldn't suprise me if it closes soon.
Even here in Iwade, roads covered!!!
James
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Rain turning to snow now here on the N Kent coast.
Temp dropping.
James
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Raining here in Iwade.
James
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sleet in Hawkinge as well ( At elevation)
Maybe 2 things hasve worked in our favour
1)- The track of the low & PPN is further South-
2)- the secondary depression ahead the main one has served to truncate & elongate the low on its Axis Eastwards not allowing the WAA up into the system as previously expected-
Lets not get ahead of ourselves here though-
It should also mean the 0c isotherm is further souh if we are seeing sleet falling
S
Do you think there is any CAA from the near continent Steve as most of the reports seem to be from the far SE ie Kent?
James
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How are we determining sleet???
Windscreens, or lamposts??
Awaiting the report from Charlton North Downs VVV- Snow in biggin hill??
S
On the windscreen; big splodges.
No flakes as yet.
james
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Temp dropped by nearly 1c in the hour. Now 3.1c
James
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I have sleet here now in Iwade!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
James
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Good to see you back on here Steve.
Temp here is on the way down.
3.9c here in N Kent
James
Edit The low slider was well highlighted on the 06z meto too...Nice!
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Big sploges on the windscreen here in Iwade on my way home just now. Ironically it was drizzling and around 1.5c on top of the Downs and here at 2.5c and nearly at sea level I find sleet!!
Obviously the heavier precipitation is dragging down colder air and a bit of evapourative cooling going on.
James
Wales (Cymru) Winter Regional Discussion 07/01/14
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Temp dropped from 5c to 1.5c in around an hour and rain turned to wet snow in Aberbargoed