Snow Watch: Cymru And South West England

[BristolBlizzard]

Excellent - thanks guys.

Hmmm. Looking more marginal again for us on that weatherview forecast, but nothing certain yet.

Looks like early morning of thursday is going to be good, just hope it aint followed by rain.

[BristolBlizzard]

I dont get why its not snowing the radar is 10 mins behind isnt it?

[kumquat]

Very fine cold rain / sleet mix out here in Winterbourne. Hope that might turn to snow if it gets heavier.

[BristolBlizzard]

Very fine cold rain / sleet mix out here in Winterbourne. Hope that might turn to snow if it gets heavier.

Yeah raining here too

[kumquat]

heavier now - ice pellets lol.

Fatter flakes in with sleet now - it might turn - just!

definite wet snow!

[BristolBlizzard]

Yeah its snow now and settling, not light or heavy but worth the wait i suppose lol

[kumquat]

You must be right on the western edge. I suppose I'm a couple of miles east of you??

Nice proper snow now but looks too wet out there to stick. Still.. makes the radar watch worthwhile to get even a small payoff

As I typed that it stopped lol. Oh well off to bed!

[stoke weather watch]

Have you all seen the nice lump of Snow/Rain heading into the southwest from the channel on the met office radar at 02.30am

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/index.html

[kumquat]

Yes - Two big lumps coming out of NW France. Just had heavy hail here - given a new bit of whiteness to the ground. I'd wouldn't be surprised if that stuff later was just rain though. We'll see in the morning.

[West is Best]

Raining here in north Devon this morning :-(

[Snowfan50]

Yeah just had rain in north devon. Alot of snow still laying in the gardens though.

So going by bbc there could be a another snowfall in north devon tonight. Would love to get up to exmoor.

[Bath Bun]

We had snow sometime overnight here in Bath

[Marcus_surfer]

some rain here this morning still icy though

[Rich_Clements]

We had a couple of inches overnight, which made the trip into work interesting.

[welshawb123]

Morning All,

no more snow for us in Bridgend overnight, looks like it may have rained a little.

Interesting day coming up tomorrow when this Northerly comes down and hits us. Will it or won't it snow is the question.

What are people's opinions on the prospect of another snow day tomorrow?

[kumquat]

local weather forecast this morning shows Bristol well within the snow zone for tonight. 5-10cms they are saying into tomorrow.

[Stewart09]

Raining down here in Plymouth... The air is just not quite cold enough down here for anything exciting, I just know that Thurs night is gonna be the same with further North getting an absolute hammering, unless someone can tell me this Easterly is gonna get colder???

[Bristawl Si]

local weather forecast this morning shows Bristol well within the snow zone for tonight. 5-10cms they are saying into tomorrow.

Not convinced. I think the milder air is going to catch up pretty quick thru' the night. Mixture of rain, sleet and snow me thinks!

Just looked at the meto radar and that precipitation is already showing up in south west. Ahead of schedule? Any thoughts?

The temps were always predicted to be marginal.

BTL's best situs like this, in winters past, have been where day temps have been at freezing point from a couple of days of biting easterlies and whereas it hasn't been exactly mild the last few days, it has not been a 'classic old school' event, as i've just described.

Edit: Fax chart at 36 hrs shows quite clearly 528 dam line thru' mid-Wales. Sorry don't know how to attach from NW chart viewer!! (plus i'm in work so can't post all day )

Edited February 4, 2009 by Bristle boy

[SteveB]

I think this one will go down to the wire.

It's a case of waiting now and seeing what falls from the sky later.

[Matt12345]

Not convinced. I think the milder air is going to catch up pretty quick thru' the night. Mixture of rain, sleet and snow me thinks!

Just looked at the meto radar and that precipitation is already showing up in south west. Ahead of schedule? Any thoughts?

The temps were always predicted to be marginal.

BTL's best situs like this, in winters past, have been where day temps have been at freezing point from a couple of days of biting easterlies and whereas it hasn't been exactly mild the last few days, it has not been a 'classic old school' event, as i've just described.

Edit: Fax chart at 36 hrs shows quite clearly 528 dam line thru' mid-Wales. Sorry don't know how to attach from NW chart viewer!! (plus i'm in work so can't post all day )

Morning.

Going by the posts of the model thread, plenty of rain for us around the Bristol area. The snow seems to have gone north.

[dogs32]

the area of rain South is just turning to Snow on its leading edge South West Wales on radar

[Bristawl Si]

Morning.

Going by the posts of the model thread, plenty of rain for us around the Bristol area. The snow seems to have gone north.

3 inches of snow just to east of BTL last night, early hours. Chippenham, Bath etc got 'hit' in early hours. (one of our bosses just arrived) Seems like East side of BTL just missed it! Must have been that snow over salisbury plain that came up!

Edited February 4, 2009 by Bristle boy

[dogs32]

looks like its turning to snow west of Cardiff

[Matt12345]

Very interesteing 5 day (and 24hr forcast) for Bristol................

Meto still have their warning out for Bristol...............

Could it all end in tears................

[Rich_Clements]

3 inches of snow just to east of BTL last night, early hours. Chippenham, Bath etc got 'hit' in early hours. (one of our bosses just arrived) Seems like East side of BTL just missed it! Must have been that snow over salisbury plain that came up!

Yeah we got it in Stroud, although at lower levels it was a non-event really