Cold Spell Discussion

[guitarnutter]

If we're still not that convinced that cold is not far away - the media are forecasting max and mins of 3° | -4° Monday and 2° | -6° Tuesday here in northern Holland.

Next stop Blighty!

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Edit: Bugger, where has my signature gone?

Edited December 13, 2009 by guitarnutter

[Ben_Cambs]

If the ECM pulls off and after this Easterly a notherly/north western airflow is established, then some frontal snow is possible, like Easter 08 for example:

[frostyjoe]

how low is it expected to get in ni tonight before the cloud comes considerig its 1c here now and has been much lower all day met ie says -5c....

[Snowmadsam]

If the ECM come off would the western country get a good covering ?

[Snowyowl9]

If the ECM pulls off and after this Easterly a notherly/north western airflow is established, then some frontal snow is possible, like Easter 08 for example:

No frontal snow then just showers this is 10 times better chart from the GEM

http://91.121.93.17/pics/Rgem1681.gif

[Ben_Cambs]

If the ECM come off would the western country get a good covering ?

In theory yes but that depends on the airflow and the temperature, If the airflow is more of an northerly than it is unlikely any snow will fall, but if the flow is more of a cold north westerly, then you have more of a chance of a covering, most likely by showers the ECM charts can easily still change though

GFS 12z run starts in about 20 mins by the way

Edited December 13, 2009 by Snowman0697

[Snowmadsam]

cheers

What about now do you think the west country will get a good covering??

Sorry for repition just owndering at this moment in time?

Sam

[kold weather]

Looks like the colder air is digging down quite nicely now with more and more reports of sleet and general wintryness. Showers should start to weaken soon as we reach the eveing hours and the sun goes down but could get some decent wintry showers still over the next hour or two. I'm heading back to Essex from Chichester soon, may take a detour to the downs to see whether anything comes down as snow on the higher ground.

These showers should prove people have nothing to be worried about when it comes to showers coming in from the North Sea, as conditions will be even more condusive providing we do get that easterly in the first place!

[Dartmoor_Matt]

Best bet for the west country is as ever, when a breakdown comes and we get a battleground situation, with hopefully the cold air winning out... from an IMBY pov I'd prefer that to be over Dartmoor, I mean, we get the rain all year, so its only fair we get the snow to right?!

[Snowmadsam]

when are the different part of the uk snow watches coming out?

They said today

Sam

[caz100]

Best bet for the west country is as ever, when a breakdown comes and we get a battleground situation, with hopefully the cold air winning out... from an IMBY pov I'd prefer that to be over Dartmoor, I mean, we get the rain all year, so its only fair we get the snow to right?!

yes its only fair that we too can enjoy snow....think we should do a snaw dance starting from tomoz lolol come on west country start dancing lolol

[Snowmadsam]

yes its only fair that we too can enjoy snow....think we should do a snaw dance starting from tomoz lolol come on west country start dancing lolol

lets go

[clark3r]

when are the different part of the uk snow watches coming out?

They said today

Sam

imagine it will be late tues/weds onwards that the warnings will come out if any!

[Snowmadsam]

GFS starts in 5 mins

[weatherobsuk]

Some strong convective showers now lining the Easterly Coasts and making their way inland relatively intact, keeping a eye on the NW Radar to see just how far inland they make it before dissipating. The showers only south of Cambridge have anything with a wintry mix in them so-far though.

[caz100]

lets go

haha well thats 2 dancing mad people lol

[Nights King]

Best bet for the west country is as ever, when a breakdown comes and we get a battleground situation, with hopefully the cold air winning out... from an IMBY pov I'd prefer that to be over Dartmoor, I mean, we get the rain all year, so its only fair we get the snow to right?!

I totaly agree matt. Us west country hill folk deserve a snowy pasting!

Unlikely we shall see a battleground event with cold winning. even if cold wins the odds are that front pushes too far up country turning snow back to rain and then clearing with cold after.

I'll do snow dance also.

Edited December 13, 2009 by mullender83

[Upgrade]

haha well thats 2 dancing mad people lol

I got a feeeling its going to be an upgrade......

[jimben]

Some strong convective showers now lining the Easterly Coasts and making their way inland relatively intact, keeping a eye on the NW Radar to see just how far inland they make it before dissipating. The showers only south of Cambridge have anything with a wintry mix in them so-far though.

All of the several showers that have hit here in Northampton (NN3) have all been rain, feeling much chillier here today max temp of 5c

[Backtrack]

I'd be very shocked if that was true? 30-40cm of snow was some of the higher totals received in the more favoured areas for snow during the February cold spell. The most that was seen in the North West was just a few inches I think.

Half a foot on the pavements, 1 foot on the grass. You couldn't tell the difference from roads, paths and grass.

[Dartmoor_Matt]

Also, if I hear this year 'snow to the north of the M4 corridor' I am going to insist they re-build it from Torbay to Dover (thus I shall be north of it)

[Eugene]

The legend gary sarre is very confident of a prolonged wintry spell we will never forget so thats good enough for me

[Ben_Cambs]

Heres hoping for an upgrade

[Backtrack]

Temperature really is starting to shift now. It's done 1.2c in half an hour.

If any precip moves in tonight, it will be wintry.

5.0c atm.

Edited December 13, 2009 by Backtrack

[AderynCoch]

Half a foot on the pavements, 1 foot on the grass. You couldn't tell the difference from roads, paths and grass.

Yep, a real pasting round these parts on the evening of the 2nd.

We missed out from then onwards though, the only subsequent fresh lying snowfall being on the morning of the 5th (when there was barely half an inch).