South West England Cold Spell Discussion

[fromey]

good evening one and all, got a few grains now starting temps falling away, a little bit of a breeze picking up every now and again, no temps right now awaiting some new batteries, will keep you posted.

fromey

[SteveB]

good evening one and all, got a few grains now starting temps falling away, a little bit of a breeze picking up every now and again, no temps right now awaiting some new batteries, will keep you posted.

fromey

Hi fromey, looks like a little rain coming our way judging by the radar. But you can already see behind the main band, it's turning to sleet & snow.

[Snowman15]

It's dried up here after light drizzle most the afternoon. Can't seem to get that temp down, must be because I am near the coast.

It did get sleety a bit here this afternoon. But as i was near Poole Quay area it was more rain and turned more sleety as i drove more inland. Temp got to 1c here today!. Notably chillyer compared to recent days. Not really a lot happening now.

[SteveB]

Another rubbish forecast by Richard, ending it by saying temps on the rise after the weekend.

Barely an snow it the whole forecast.

[Jonesywilliteversnow]

temps at 4 degrees....... and rising

[fromey]

Another rubbish forecast by Richard, ending it by saying temps on the rise after the weekend.

Barely an snow it the whole forecast.

expect that to change, ive never had any confidance in the guy!!!

[Nights King]

Another terrible west country forecast!

He did say the word snow however he had a glint in his eye when he said it would miss us all.

He also had a glint when he said could be warming up on sunday! frost tonight although i hardly call 0c a real frost, sounds pathetic.

On a positive note he did forecast a possible slight dusting on the evening in febuary for me to wake up to over a foot of snow! hmm thats a lie i didnt sleep at all that night!

Edited December 16, 2009 by mullender83

[Jonesywilliteversnow]

looking at the radar its turning to snow on the trialing edge maybe a shout?

[Snowfan50]

So far this cold spell looks crap, all the hype for nothing. Utter tosh.

[Nights King]

looking at the radar its turning to snow on the trialing edge maybe a shout?

That is over the pennines though. I doubt it the temperatures are on the rise.

[Jonesywilliteversnow]

false hope but still something i want snow like in February!

[SteveB]

Temp rising here, currently 4.1c, was 3.6c at 5pm.

More light rain to come.

Richard is deffo not a fan of cold weather.

If he is, it doesn't come over in his forecasts.

[Nights King]

My temperature is holding in there at 2.4c still with dew point of 0.5c although once that ppn gets here proper i expect a climb. If it goes above 3 c i shall retire to the local pub.

Just droped 0.1c 2.3c

Edited December 16, 2009 by mullender83

[Mark]

My temperature is holding in there at 2.4c still with dew point of 0.5c although once that ppn gets here proper i expect a climb. If it goes above 3 c i shall retire to the local pub.

Just droped 0.1c 2.3c

Similar here - temp 2.0c, DP 0.7c - though surprised you aren't fairing better at your altitude.

The PPN is on your doorstep... so?

edit> is your postcode roughly BA3 4TE (I got it from the guarry address!)

Edited December 16, 2009 by Mark

[Nights King]

Similar here - temp 2.0c, DP 0.7c - though surprised you aren't fairing better at your altitude.

The PPN is on your doorstep... so?

I have very wet snow starting to fall and temperature has dropped further. 2.2c The problem is this ppn has warm air embedded within it which is why bristol has suddenly hit 4cish i think.

I bet it turns back very soon to rain.

Yes the quarry is just down the hill from me 5 min drive

2.1c....... dew point is 0.2

1.9c!!!!

Edited December 16, 2009 by mullender83

[Mark]

I can't believe how (silently) frustrated I'm feeling about this whole scenario!

I keep having to tell myself that it is the middle of December, and even 25 years ago it was unlikely that we would see much in the way of snow until January, at the earliest <_<

[fromey]

That is over the pennines though. I doubt it the temperatures are on the rise.

after a high of 2.0c all day the temp rose here to 2.7 but now with some sleet falling temps have come down to 2.3

mullender dont panic, i remember the feb event it really wasnt looking good here but monday afternoon it snowed and by friday we had 10 inches on the ground which lasted until the following week, and that was forcast as a dusting, you must have got a foot or more

fromey

[SteveB]

I can't believe how (silently) frustrated I'm feeling about this whole scenario!

I keep having to tell myself that it is the middle of December, and even 25 years ago it was unlikely that we would see much in the way of snow until January, at the earliest

I think we are in the worst place in these kind of marginal set-ups.

If it wasn't marginal, then we would probably be in the best place, especially when the lows move in next week from the south west, but I fear if we are the wrong side of marginal now, then we will be to warm next week.

[Jayfromcardiff]

after a high of 2.0c all day the temp rose here to 2.7 but now with some sleet falling temps have come down to 2.3

mullender dont panic, i remember the feb event it really wasnt looking good here but monday afternoon it snowed and by friday we had 10 inches on the ground which lasted until the following week, and that was forcast as a dusting, you must have got a foot or more

fromey

Never know lol BBC are nearly always wrong with snow predictions IMO.

[Nights King]

after a high of 2.0c all day the temp rose here to 2.7 but now with some sleet falling temps have come down to 2.3

mullender dont panic, i remember the feb event it really wasnt looking good here but monday afternoon it snowed and by friday we had 10 inches on the ground which lasted until the following week, and that was forcast as a dusting, you must have got a foot or more

fromey

Its cloudy here but nothing is falling again. it seems to be making painfuly slow progress. 1.7c at moment. if i could get some moderate ppn with evap cooling affect i could be in luck at least until milder air filters in with it.

We had over 2 feet of level snow by the end of that week and some was still about right through to march.

Edited December 16, 2009 by mullender83

[grab my graupel]

Evening everyone, I shall open a new thread for you in a few minutes

[SteveB]

Ta GMG

[Bristawl Si]

I think we are in the worst place in these kind of marginal set-ups.

If it wasn't marginal, then we would probably be in the best place, especially when the lows move in next week from the south west, but I fear if we are the wrong side of marginal now, then we will be to warm next week.

Last February we were on the 'right' side of marginal. At the mo, we're in that typical weather 'area' that receives the real cra#py stuff - cold, damp, but not cold enough for snow.

The thing is people like me were really hoping we'd get a classic late70s/early 80s situ, with a dry few days and the colder air getting entrenched, temps at freezing during the day and then the snow coming a few days down the line. That was what some of the models a week ago were predicting for now and the coming weekend. That would've been like Dec 81.

The current set up is nothing like Dec 81, as some people were predicting a few days ago.

[grab my graupel]

Link to new thread is below - will close this one soon