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Costa Del Fal Experienced

Costa Del Fal

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  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
  • Weather Preferences: Winter - Heavy Snow Summer - Hot with Night time Thunderstorms
  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
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HUH?!! Just had bright echoes of purples and WHITE on the radar, but yet looking outside all this time and there has been no such heavy precipitation at all!!! , A little appalling to be fair lol :lol:

Current temp : 0.4C and rain is still on the cards, started to snow 20mins ago but back to the rain once again!

Yeah, the radar seems to be playing up a bit especially for the Midlands as it doesnt seem to want to move anything-i might be wrong though!

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Nick L Maestro

Nick L

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  • Location: Cheddington, Buckinghamshire
  • Weather Preferences: Winter: Cold & Snowy, Summer: Just not hot
  • Location: Cheddington, Buckinghamshire
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Yeah, the radar seems to be playing up a bit especially for the Midlands as it doesnt seem to want to move anything-i might be wrong though!

That's not the main problem with the radar IMO. If you look in the south Midlands region, it seems to be very odd - a mixture of heavy and light in patches, with very sudden transitions between the 2, is there something wrong with the radar?

Edit: This is much clearer on the zoom on the NW radar.

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stewfox Accomplished

stewfox

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  • Location: Napton on the Hill Warwickshire 500ft
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and heatwave
  • Location: Napton on the Hill Warwickshire 500ft
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Can't help but sit here and think if only we had colder uppers ahead of this storm.

Maybe the younger members can appreciate how severe Dec 31st 1978 actually was. Despite being 9yrs old I still remember it like it was yesterday.

I kept detailed diaries then, played football in the snow on 1st Jan 1979. Its started to snow again that evening and we had snow on the ground over 40 days

Anyway we have snow here but still 1c so not going to accumulate or 'add' anything to the snow base at present

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conor123 Community Regular

conor123

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  • Location: Madrid, Spain (Formerly Telford)
  • Location: Madrid, Spain (Formerly Telford)
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Can't help but sit here and think if only we had colder uppers ahead of this storm.

Maybe the younger members can appreciate how severe Dec 31st 1978 actually was. Despite being 9yrs old I still remember it like it was yesterday.

Indeed that ridiculous excuse of a weather front yesterday has scuppered everything by moving away the cold upper air.

Seems to be all snow falling here now though its certainly showing no signs of sticking, probably due to being much to light.

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MKN

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  • Location: Leicestershire (hinckley)
  • Location: Leicestershire (hinckley)
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850s are interesting, oxford -0.9 here there -2.7 should they be correct. we just need heavier precip :lol:

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Supercell

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  • Location: Rugby, Warks
  • Weather Preferences: Dangerous
  • Location: Rugby, Warks
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Beginning to turn sleety here at 1.2C. Magic number is 1.2C, for something more wintry, as was the case in stratford. Those in Leicestershire/Northamptonshire should have it soon.

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stewfox

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  • Location: Napton on the Hill Warwickshire 500ft
  • Weather Preferences: Snow and heatwave
  • Location: Napton on the Hill Warwickshire 500ft
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That's not the main problem with the radar IMO. If you look in the south Midlands region, it seems to be very odd - a mixture of heavy and light in patches, with very sudden transitions between the 2, is there something wrong with the radar?

No we have had heavy then light snow here, quick change if anything looks more sleety again now (have ask gf to switch heating off)

was a quick change from rain to sleet to snow in about 15 minutes 2 hrs ago

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FENDER.

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  • Location: Stafford 320 FT ASL
  • Location: Stafford 320 FT ASL
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Its not a radar at all. Just a simulated programme, totaly useless in situations like this. Its just shows what the gfs think should be happening. NOT WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING.

Cant we have a proper radar

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Costa Del Fal

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  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
  • Weather Preferences: Winter - Heavy Snow Summer - Hot with Night time Thunderstorms
  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
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That's not the main problem with the radar IMO. If you look in the south Midlands region, it seems to be very odd - a mixture of heavy and light in patches, with very sudden transitions between the 2, is there something wrong with the radar?

Edit: This is much clearer on the zoom on the NW radar.

It doesnt seem to want to shift anything on the radar and weve had some heavy rain (now turning to Snow) but the radar says weve had light precpitation.

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MKN

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  • Location: Leicestershire (hinckley)
  • Location: Leicestershire (hinckley)
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Definate sleet here now. Moderate intensity, if we get some of the heavier stuff as seem to be slowly approaching it should turn to snow.

And by the way it is a radar. only the extra functions are what the gfs think should be happening, eg precip type, air pressure, wind vectors etc,

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chin86

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  • Location: wolverhampton. west midlands
  • Location: wolverhampton. west midlands
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nothing falling here except sleet.. huh don't know when will it snow here ?

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Nick L Maestro

Nick L

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  • Location: Cheddington, Buckinghamshire
  • Weather Preferences: Winter: Cold & Snowy, Summer: Just not hot
  • Location: Cheddington, Buckinghamshire
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Its not a radar at all. Just a simulated programme, totaly useless in situations like this. Its just shows what the gfs think should be happening. NOT WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING.

Cant we have a proper radar

Wha...? It is a radar, the one I have paid for is a radar which is a snapshot of what HAS happened.

Anyway it seems to have improved now, and there is some heavy PPN heading northwards by the looks of it!

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West is Best

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  • Location: .
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Can't help but sit here and think if only we had colder uppers ahead of this storm.

Maybe the younger members can appreciate how severe Dec 31st 1978 actually was. Despite being 9yrs old I still remember it like it was yesterday.

Even in 1978/9 there were notable mild interludes that caused thawing followed by re-freezing: almost exactly what will happen this time.

http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~taharley/1978_weather.htm

http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~taharley/1979_weather.htm

For me last week was worse than 1978/9, and this winter every bit up there with the greats. Tonight is looking ferocious for many, with yet more snowfall.

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7andY

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  • Location: Hucclecote, Gloucestershire. 50m ASL.
  • Location: Hucclecote, Gloucestershire. 50m ASL.
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Snowing heavily here in Churchdown, Glos.

After a day's steady rain, I don't hold out much hope of a covering...

7&Y

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Costa Del Fal Experienced

Costa Del Fal

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  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
  • Weather Preferences: Winter - Heavy Snow Summer - Hot with Night time Thunderstorms
  • Location: Truro, Cornwall
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Wha...? It is a radar, the one I have paid for is a radar which is a snapshot of what HAS happened.

Anyway it seems to have improved now, and there is some heavy PPN heading northwards by the looks of it!

Yep, yellow coloured precip on the radar gave us extremely heavy snow yesterday and if the radar is right a prolonged period of Heavy Precpitation is on the way. :)

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A.J

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  • Location: Sunderland
  • Weather Preferences: Hot Summer, Snowy winter and thunderstorms all year round!
  • Location: Sunderland
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Wha...? It is a radar, the one I have paid for is a radar which is a snapshot of what HAS happened.

Anyway it seems to have improved now, and there is some heavy PPN heading northwards by the looks of it!

Yes Nick, quite pronounced on the last 1 hour loop...Thats where our snow is coming from

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ISAAC

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  • Location: Stoke-On-Trent (178m ASL)
  • Location: Stoke-On-Trent (178m ASL)
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Its not a radar at all. Just a simulated programme, totaly useless in situations like this. Its just shows what the gfs think should be happening. NOT WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING.

Cant we have a proper radar

ermmm excuse me NO! LOL im sure someones already refuted you on this one already by the time ive replied so i won't bother

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Nick L Maestro

Nick L

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  • Location: Cheddington, Buckinghamshire
  • Weather Preferences: Winter: Cold & Snowy, Summer: Just not hot
  • Location: Cheddington, Buckinghamshire
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Yup. On a side note, has anybody else noticed the poor quality of Weather Online recently? Seems to be littered with typos and it looks as though it has been bodged together in 10 seconds.

Proper snow now falling here, only light but it is getting heavier. Temperature and dew points not a worry anymore, DP is below freezing and Temp is not far off it.

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TEITS Maestro

TEITS

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  • Location: Peterborough N.Cambridgeshire
  • Location: Peterborough N.Cambridgeshire
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Even in 1978/9 there were notable mild interludes that caused thawing followed by re-freezing: almost exactly what will happen this time.

http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~taharley/1978_weather.htm

http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~taharley/1979_weather.htm

For me last week was worse than 1978/9, and this winter every bit up there with the greats. Tonight is looking ferocious for many, with yet more snowfall.

Yes but im referring to the event rather than the winter.

This channel LP is chalk and cheese compared to the one in 1978.

Still remember the 8ft drifts that prevented us entering our school doors.

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Phil UK

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  • Location: Solihull, West Midlands. UK
  • Location: Solihull, West Midlands. UK
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After about 9 hours of light rain, finally there be sleet here in Solihull but better late than never. :)

Current temp : 2ºc

DP : 1ºc

Humidity : 93%

Pressure : 986Mb/hPa.

Current conditions : Light sleet.

Phil.

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