Snow Watch: Cymru And South West England

[loadsa]

jo dont laugh at poor Matt losing all his snow. Not that I am bitter or twisted but havent had a lot and cant see it happeniong tonight now either

[Moonstar]

Heavy rain here and it is only 9:15am. Could we see a thundersnow event tonight?

I think that the so called "Winter Storm has arrived earlier than anticipated. We have had heavy rain now since 0600am. I also believe that there has been rain in Wales and the Midlands which wasn't meant to arrive until 3pm. This rain should melt the snow. I guess things in life happen for a reason, in the way that the rain will do it's best to melt the snow before more comes down. Here is the Met Office weather warning:

UK regions: 60% East of England

60% Wales

60% South West England

60% London & South East England

Heavy Rain 1500 Mon 9 2359 Mon 9

Outbreaks of rain will be persistent and at times heavy. Accumulations of 25 to 35mm are expected. Combining this with melting snow, this may lead to localised flooding.

Issued at: 1225 Sun 8 Feb

UK regions: 60% East of England

60% Wales

60% South West England

60% West Midlands

60% London & South East England

60% East Midlands

Drifting Snow & Heavy Snow 1800 Mon 9 2359 Mon 9

Rain turning to snow in many places will give accumulations of 5 to 10cm generally and 15 to 20cm over hills. Some drifting is possible in the strong easterly winds.

Issued at: 1150 Sun 8 Feb

[Dartmoor_Matt]

Still got about 4inches, but there are patches appearing now... gutted! lol

Still, it might all come back later! :lol:

[Marcus_surfer]

drizzle here metling all my lovely snow

[noggin]

Still got about 4inches, but there are patches appearing now... gutted! lol

Still, it might all come back later! :lol:

Just making some room for the next lot! :lol:

[Nights King]

Still got about 4inches, but there are patches appearing now... gutted! lol

Still, it might all come back later!

Mine is all melting now. its down to about 6 inches when i left for work. keep me posted matt as the day goes on if it starts to turn. i hope it does by evening although they seem to think rain til mid night :o

[len]

rain here looks like going to be only rain fornext 2 days and met office says looks like less cold from now on

Where please? Could you add a location to your profile?

Len

[dogs32]

going to to turn all to snow later in some parts..as the temp falls and the EAST wind picks up..

probably tea time ish

latest BBC looks good for the next dumping

the quicker it turns the bigger the depth

Edited February 9, 2009 by dogs32

[Nights King]

going to to turn all to snow later in some parts..as the temp falls and the EAST wind picks up..

probably tea time ish

Damn i hope your right because i have an awful feelin in my gut that says we will have an hour of snow before it clears in early hours.

im off for coffee break anyhow.

[dogs32]

I make it around 11 hrs.of snow but depends where you are.going by the bbc chart

Edited February 9, 2009 by dogs32

[jo200199]

jo dont laugh at poor Matt losing all his snow. Not that I am bitter or twisted but havent had a lot and cant see it happeniong tonight now either

only fair since ours is melting, think he's getting a bit greedy up on them moors Still got a bit in the garden, but slowly melting I think it's gonna b all rain rain rain

Someone please give me hope again, I want to get sent home from work tonight lol :o

Edited February 9, 2009 by jo200199

[Lynxus]

going to to turn all to snow later in some parts..as the temp falls and the EAST wind picks up..

probably tea time ish

latest BBC looks good for the next dumping

the quicker it turns the bigger the depth

What do you think about round here mate,

I see the BBC and met office think snow north of the M4 but yano what its like round here, Its always highly debatable,.

[dogs32]

well BBC and sky refusing to play it down..........So unless they change I think it will happen in some places as temps plummet later

Lynxus I think its on............the LP will pull ice wind in later

Edited February 9, 2009 by dogs32

[Lynxus]

well BBC and sky refusing to play it down..........So unless they change I think it will happen in some places as temps plummet later

Lynxus I think its on............the LP will pull ice wind in later

Lets hope so :o

The ground is very wet round here at the mo, So im hoping if it does snow it has to be heavy for it to settle.

[Dartmoor_Matt]

Interestingly, my temperature has dropped roughly 2 degrees since 6am, to 2.4C, DP dropping a similar amount to 1.6C and winds have swung from the SW to the SE... perhaps its moving through quicker than we thought.

Edit: It is still raning cats and dogs out there ... good covering of snow in general though

Edited February 9, 2009 by Dartmoor_Matt

[Herefordweather]

Or the cold air is digging in quicker than we thought :o

[dogs32]

Lets hope so

The ground is very wet round here at the mo, So im hoping if it does snow it has to be heavy for it to settle.

could be some bad floods at the end of this.with the snow melt today+rain then heavy snow

A winter storm is set to bring snow and heavy rain to parts of the UK.

It is due to arrive in southern England and Wales on Monday afternoon, spread to the Midlands and continue overnight into Tuesday, forecasters say.

It could bring up to eight inches of snow (20cm) in some areas, and 30 to 40 millimetres of rain in others.

from bbc glos

Lynxus the ECHO :o

Torrential rain is sweeping across Gloucestershire with a blizzard of snow to follow.

The rain has already started falling over some parts of the Stroud area and experts say it will slowly move across the rest of the county.

A severe weather warning for today for heavy rain and then snow later is in force from the Met Office.

It says there is a 60 per cent chance of heavy snow overnight tonight with up to 20cms falling over hills.

Commuters are being urged to consider leaving work early today to avoid the storms later.

Click here!

Gloucestershire-based weather expert Ian Thomas described today's rain and snow storms as a severe winter storm.

Edited February 9, 2009 by dogs32

[Lynxus]

Who is this Ian Thomas character? Does he come here?

[dogs32]

Who is this Ian Thomas character? Does he come here?

I DONT KNOW MATE.lol...........Brize Norton reporting sleet.dont know how true this is

[snowking]

I DONT KNOW MATE.lol...........Brize Norton reporting sleet.dont know how true this is

Could well be true

Looking up to the hills looks to be sleet falling currently, looking fairly white-out conditions there later with the mist already coming down over there

SK

[Herefordweather]

Temperature rose very quick this morning, from 0oc to 3oc, however this has now levelled out and dropped slightly. 2.9oc here and considering I saw snow at 2.5oc yesterday, which settled due to the intensity, things aren't looking to bad.

On another note, Rivers around here are very high.

[loadsa]

What hills cant see any here apart from the one I am on. They are shrouded in mist/sleet/rain dont know what it is.

Havent gone out here but it does look a bit sleety through the window

[Barb]

Upgrade for south, Met Office having low less deep and further south, should bring snow line down. GFS is doing a similar thing.

[Bethany C]

Just rain here. My snowmans still doing pretty well though.

[willitbsunny]

Upgrade for south, Met Office having low less deep and further south, should bring snow line down. GFS is doing a similar thing.

Hi Barb - i'm down in Brynna - is this likely to hit down here do you think?