Snow Watch : Cymru And South West England

[Thundery wintry showers]

Another band is stalling just to the east of Exeter and making slow progress westwards- already an extra cm (making 3cm total so far) on its western flank.

[fromey]

We really did get a pasting this afternoon. I can't believe it: quite incredible. If we get more tonight then my smile will get even bigger! Whole area round me is completely covered.

i know cant believe how much we got, not that well forecast from our local met office

[BristolBlizzard]

I wish I was in Wiltshire or Dorset area now, that moderate/heavy ppn has been over them for ages now and barely moving. It hasn't really fizzled out either, if anything intensified a little.

Anyone from around that area in here? Lucky sods lol

[kaz]

HEAVY SNOW IN CARDIFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!

thank god for that :lol:

[Jayfromcardiff]

thank god for that :lol:

OMG BLIZZARDS!

[bluetoff]

Sky just said sleet then rain later on for south wales

[Snowyowl9]

Just looking at the upper air tonight is certainly different to normal with less cold air into N england -4c and the coldest air in the SW which then comes back in lighter snow here now at -1.4c temps are expected to rise just slightly looking at GFS then drop again.

http://91.121.93.17/pics/Rmgfs122.gif

http://91.121.93.17/pics/Rmgfs152.gif

And this is a very nice sight.

http://www2.wetter3.de/Animation_12_UTC/12_30.gif

[Bristawl Si]

I wish I was in Wiltshire or Dorset area now, that moderate/heavy ppn has been over them for ages now and barely moving. It hasn't really fizzled out either, if anything intensified a little.

Anyone from around that area in here? Lucky sods lol

Snow still falling here and a little heavier than 30 mins ago....who knows?? :lol:

People keep driving up our road, making tracks in the lovely snow....how selfish of them!!

Edited February 2, 2009 by Bristle boy

[kumquat]

I wish I was in Wiltshire or Dorset area now, that moderate/heavy ppn has been over them for ages now and barely moving. It hasn't really fizzled out either, if anything intensified a little.

Anyone from around that area in here? Lucky sods lol :lol:

That seems to be the centre of the Low. If it starts to track North West we might be in luck in the Bristol area, although thats a bit of a long shot

Edited February 2, 2009 by kumquat

[Jayfromcardiff]

Sky just said sleet then rain later on for south wales

Good for them, they chat a load of rubbish lol.

[welshawb123]

HEAVY SNOW IN CARDIFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF! :lol:

I hope its coming Bridgend way

[Nights King]

If you look at the radar and click forward so it predicts the path of shower activity it shows the ppn moving north towards bristol area.

Is the radar any good at projecting the path though? it seems to be moving west although eastern edge has intensified a little.

[CRACKPOT]

Hi Guys,

Here in the valleys - we have moderate snow for the last 2 hours - supposed to be there for most of the night as it seems slow moving! It's been worth waiting for - might be a struggle to get to work tomorrow - quite a few schools will surely be closed in the Caerphilly area in my opinion.

JK

[Mark]

To try and answer all of the will it won't it snow in Bristol comments....

The rotation around the low in the English channel has now brought the snow over me as far south as it's going to come. As the low moves NE the rotation will continue but the snow will then start to move NNE away from me in Yeovil towards Bristol.

Maybe.....

[Godot]

Still snowing here, 3cm of lying snow on the pavement.

Edited February 2, 2009 by Goatherd

[fromey]

I wish I was in Wiltshire or Dorset area now, that moderate/heavy ppn has been over them for ages now and barely moving. It hasn't really fizzled out either, if anything intensified a little.

Anyone from around that area in here? Lucky sods lol

i live in forme somerset, its un believeable, 3.5 inches and its still snowing, just didnt expect it to be this bad

[Marcus_surfer]

Snow flurries starting to push in here. Was -2.6c now -2.3c

[MichelleInSomerset]

We've had steady snowfall this afternoon in WSM, which stopped for a time. Now it's been snowing again for the past hour, giving quite a nice covering Tomorrow morning's going to be fun tho'

[Steve_De4]

I wish I was in Wiltshire or Dorset area now, that moderate/heavy ppn has been over them for ages now and barely moving. It hasn't really fizzled out either, if anything intensified a little.

Anyone from around that area in here? Lucky sods lol

Just been playing with some pics, so just arrived here for an update, or to update Snow is now falling lightly in West Wilts after some pretty hefty lumps of it. The snow isn't particularly deep - I'd go with Andy Bowen's estimate in this or another thread of 3cms or so. Still, having had little for so long, it still looks good.

[Jayfromcardiff]

Any idea if my school will close in Cardiff?

[Bristawl Si]

To try and answer all of the will it won't it snow in Bristol comments....

The rotation around the low in the English channel has now brought the snow over me as far south as it's going to come. As the low moves NE the rotation will continue but the snow will then start to move NNE away from me in Yeovil towards Bristol.

Maybe.....

Sounds promising. I tell you what....NW is DEFINITELY the place to be on a day like today. The amount of knowledge and insight on here, from many quarters, is just brill!! The public funded BEEB take note!

[BristolBlizzard]

To try and answer all of the will it won't it snow in Bristol comments....

The rotation around the low in the English channel has now brought the snow over me as far south as it's going to come. As the low moves NE the rotation will continue but the snow will then start to move NNE away from me in Yeovil towards Bristol.

Maybe.....

Looks interesting

I wonder if the English Channel would intensify the showers

[Godot]

The amount of knowledge and insight on here, from many quarters, is just brill!! The public funded BEEB take note!

Seconded! If you only listened to the radio or watched TV you'd forget the SW even existed today.

[kumquat]

According to gfs and Roger's post the low is progged to move NW??

[welshsi]

starting to pick up here now..... .....lets hope this hangs around for a bit,,looking at meteox its slowed down and may sit on us a bit longer !