South West England Cold Spell Discussion

[Nights King]

Temperature is falling again after a brief rise earlier. -3.1c and falling steadily

I wonder what delights the pub run will bring us for tomoro evening? 18 inches... (rain that is)

Other half wants to go to a party with friends down in the levels tomoro and stay night.

I said no chance and miss a mendip blizzard! damn i jinxed it now

Edited December 18, 2009 by mullender83

[David-kig]

if cornwall aint forecast sleet then it won't here or be rain warm sector is gone by 3am when the front arives richard is talking crap i dont know what he on

either devon weather a cold ramper and richard and mild one look inbetween u get what happens

[kumquat]

I wonder if we could get the thoughts of somebody like Steve Murr in here to give the lowdown??

[dogs32]

dont blame you Steve!!

David even though there is a warm sector the freezing cold air could or might turn the rain into snow..

A point worth remembering....and praying...

just saw west news...she said rain or snow tomorrow...

like Steve Im not going to get sucked into the roller coaster ride again..

:lol:

[David-kig]

I wonder if we could get the thoughts of somebody like Steve Murr in here to give the lowdown??

just think richard said it would be rain then snow so it must get colder when the warm sector gone so what would it make it bk to rain gfs snow all the way!!!!! wincaton no rain had never shown rain get him fired and now

[BristolBlizzard]

I wonder if we could get the thoughts of somebody like Steve Murr in here to give the lowdown??

yes thats a good ideal, lets all bombbard him with private pms lol ! only joking . i just read john holmes alert and gives alot more hope.

[SteveB]

I wonder if we could get the thoughts of somebody like Steve Murr in here to give the lowdown??

That's a good idea, get a better handle on how this is likely to pan out for our area.

[David-kig]

dont blame you Steve!!

David even though there is a warm sector the freezing cold air could or might turn the rain into snow..

A point worth remembering....and praying...

just saw west news...she said rain or snow tomorrow...

like Steve Im not going to get sucked into the roller coaster ride again..

yes i understand but it should effect sw parts more its cold here then there it dont make sense both forecasts must be a werid warm sector that gunna annoy me

[03jtrickey]

I'm currently thinking a rain-snow event which would be exciting (and dangerous) because it could leave a layer of glazed ice over surfaces.

[BristolBlizzard]

yes i understand but it should effect sw parts more its cold here then there it dont make sense both forecasts must be a werid warm sector that gunna annoy me

looks like a few snow showers around on radar , bristol , somerset , dorset , only light i think.

[SteveB]

dont blame you Steve!!

David even though there is a warm sector the freezing cold air could or might turn the rain into snow..

A point worth remembering....and praying...

just saw west news...she said rain or snow tomorrow...

like Steve Im not going to get sucked into the roller coaster ride again..

I remember the snow we had in 81. That started as with light rain, then it turned to sleet, then a foot or more of snow.

We can hope

[BristolBlizzard]

I'm currently thinking a rain-snow event which would be exciting (and dangerous) because it could leave a layer of glazed ice over surfaces.

Im thinking this too, Maximum temp Sunday 9AM -2c. Lets hope there's PPN around then

[dogs32]

I remember the snow we had in 81. That started as with light rain, then it turned to sleet, then a foot or more of snow.

We can hope

Steve I remember that very well.

I have great photo's of this

...They forecast rain for here and the West.

And I believed them at the time so I went to bed early that night..

I couldnt believe my eyes the next morning as we had 1ft of snow everywhere..

Truly spectacular....

would be nice to see the same again but im not convinced at present there isnt alot of precip in this front at present...

Edited December 18, 2009 by dogs32

[Nights King]

Im really confused by the whole episode. rain/sleet/snow/freezing rain ahh i don't know what ill get and i'll worry about it all the way through saturday.

Of course if we do all get snow cover it could help entrench the cold and help keep other events less marginal?

[03jtrickey]

Steve I remember that very well.

I have great photo's of this

...They forecast rain for here and the West.

And I believed them at the time so I went to bed early that night..

I couldnt believe my eyes the next morning as we had 1ft of snow everywhere..

Truly spectacular....

would be nice to see the same again but im not convinced at present there isnt alot of precip in this front at present...

A foot of snow in Cheltenham?! Amazing to think of it. I can't remember Cheltenham having more than 4 inches while I've been alive. Were those depths once commonplace?

[SteveB]

Steve I remember that very well.

I have great photo's of this

...They forecast rain for here and the West.

And I believed them at the time so I went to bed early that night..

I couldnt believe my eyes the next morning as we had 1ft of snow everywhere..

Truly spectacular....

would be nice to see the same again but im not convinced at present there isnt alot of precip in this front at present...

Yeah good times. Fingers crossed it all goes right for us.

Edited December 18, 2009 by SteveB

[Couger]

Got little fluries of sleety snow here in Hayle

[kumquat]

I suppose "marginal" is the key word here. Depending on very local conditions cold be any of rain, sleet, freezing rain, snow, a mixture, sleet to snow, rain to snow etc. That's why BBC don't call it full-on - lets hope they get caught out and its a total whiteout for everbody. Be nice to have clear skies and really get that temp dropping as much as possible before the event. Should be a nice cold one tonight - mine's in the fridge!

Got little fluries of sleety snow here in Hayle

Hey Nice! I'd love to experience snow in that part of the country - one of my favourite areas! Welcome and lets hope you can get a good "dumping" tomorrow night.

[anvilhead]

I was only little in 1981 but my god what a bilzzard that was - the snow drifts were up to the windows of houses round here... we shouldn't be downhearted if next week looks marginal down here - most of the big snow events in the SW come from these situations, and with the warmer air trying to mix in with the displaced pv over us with entrenched cold, this thread just might go mental next week

[Couger]

I suppose "marginal" is the key word here. Depending on very local conditions cold be any of rain, sleet, freezing rain, snow, a mixture, sleet to snow, rain to snow etc. That's why BBC don't call it full-on - lets hope they get caught out and its a total whiteout for everbody. Be nice to have clear skies and really get that temp dropping as much as possible before the event. Should be a nice cold one tonight - mine's in the fridge!

Hey Nice! I'd love to experience snow in that part of the country - one of my favourite areas! Welcome and lets hope you can get a good "dumping" tomorrow night.

Thankyou for the welcome, I found this place very good last year with the radar which i subscribed to, i saw the snow coming last febuary to which we had a nice dumping

Without hesitation ive subscribed again and christ didnt realise there was that much snow was around the UK

Fingers crossed we all get a nice snowfall and a white christmas

[Nights King]

Thankyou for the welcome, I found this place very good last year with the radar which i subscribed to, i saw the snow coming last febuary to which we had a nice dumping

Without hesitation ive subscribed again and christ didnt realise there was that much snow was around the UK

Fingers crossed we all get a nice snowfall and a white christmas

I think the radar is very good value for money really. I use it all year round because i love looking for thunderstorms and very heavy rain ect in summer as well. Also very good when friend asks when will it snow/rain and you turn round and say oh in about 10 mins time lol.

[dogs32]

A foot of snow in Cheltenham?! Amazing to think of it. I can't remember Cheltenham having more than 4 inches while I've been alive. Were those depths once commonplace?

yes good times...pic's to prove it..

many years throughout the 70's and 80's we had decent snowfall..

Though that year was my personal best..I think that might be the year that the temp around here dropped around

-20 centergrade....

dont quote me on it but I think I am correct...some where in glos temps were so cold us kids would make ice skating ring;s no joke...

The water from the taps would freeze instantly...

check this all out...though Im not sure if that was 81 for the temps might be 80 or 82...

Shropshire hit -26 centergrade....again dont quote me on it as it was a long time ago

yes many years we had decent snow,from my memory the best snow for us were always from the West or South West..

though this is nothing compared to the 60's and 50's and 40's so my dad tells me....

Just about remember the late 60's

Edited December 18, 2009 by dogs32

[dogs32]

since w e have been away I saw rob macewee...

said we can expect 2"-6"

[textmum]

When can we expect that? I missed most of it this afternoon as was stuck in the supermarket in town shopping, saw it through the windows, but couldnt go out in it!!

[BristolBlizzard]

since w e have been away I saw rob macewee...

said we can expect 2"-6"

The BBC graphics for Monday were showing snow in most of the South West, good times.