Wales Cymru Cold Spell Discussion

[swales]

I'm confident your going to enjoy tomorrow Adam, not so sure about me...

Extremely cold tonight but with this band coming tomorrow I think I may be in the wrong location for the whole band to fall as snow. However, I do believe I will see some snow tomorrow no matter what.

Jeez it's so cold tonight I can't believe how tomorrow will get as mild as 7 in parts of 'West Wales' as BBC forecasted.

[Cymro]

The 18Hz run has the colder air digging in much quicker turning any rain to snow much quicker.

I hope your are right, the colder it gets the better and in many inland parts tomorrow it will struggle to get much above freezing. The 18Hz also shows tons of potential for heavy snow showers set to fall by morning.

Any altitude is set to be a big help for this event

What tomorrow morning or sunday morning?

And well im at 247m abs i like to call it 250 though , Its What living on the Western Flank of the Brecon Beacons does hehe.

[keithlucky]

Wheres our anglsey member tonight seems to had snow fir the last few hrs.

[Marcus_surfer]

Only -2? It's minus 6 here and I'm like 6 miles to Pembrey at minus 3

-2.6C here...I'm around 2 miles inland from the Gower Coast

It's -0.3 °C on Mumbles Head (right on the coast)

It's -8.3 °C at Sennybridge

Edited December 18, 2009 by Marcus_surfer

[Herefordweather]

Shaun its doubtful temperatures will reach 7oc. I'd say 4oc. Its the BBC, they are so behind regarding temperatures and also tend to overcook temperatures.

[Cymro]

I'm confident your going to enjoy tomorrow Adam, not so sure about me...

Extremely cold tonight but with this band coming tomorrow I think I may be in the wrong location for the whole band to fall as snow. However, I do believe I will see some snow tomorrow no matter what.

Jeez it's so cold tonight I can't believe how tomorrow will get as mild as 7 in parts of 'West Wales' as BBC forecasted.

It wouldn't suprise me if they spend 20 mins mastering the Welsh forecast compared to all day with the London/ South east special amazing forecast.

Nowhere in Wales IMO will get above 4 tomorrow let alone the dizzy hight of 7 that makes the BBC look incredibly foolish given the current setup. With the intensity of cold all over the uk i personally think the coldER air from the artic will undercut alot quicker but even if it doesn't the air is still very cold which is what people seem to be forgetting.

[madian2]

i've been following this thread all day and i must say you all are doing a grand job with your reports dont understand much of your jargon but im learning

clear night here in port talbot about -3 at the mo

hoping to see some of the snow [please let it snow]

madian2

[J10]

What tomorrow morning or sunday morning?

And well im at 247m abs i like to call it 250 though , Its What living on the Western Flank of the Brecon Beacons does hehe.

The snow showers are set for Sunday morning.

[Cymro]

i've been following this thread all day and i must say you all are doing a grand job with your reports dont understand much of your jargon but im learning

clear night here in port talbot about -3 at the mo

hoping to see some of the snow [please let it snow]

madian2

Haha don't worry, I didn't ave a clue the same time two years ago but you come to learn alot with this site, One thing i comment this site for.

The snow showers are set for Sunday morning.

Fought so, And thanks good luck to you in Swansea i say, in events like this though Swansea always does well that's fact so I doubt the bbc's sceptical forecasts very much.

[J10]

-2.6C here...I'm around 2 miles inland from the Gower Coast

It's -0.3 °C on Mumbles Head (right on the coast)

It's -8.3 °C at Sennybridge

Last night here it was -2c, the max temp here today was around 1c, with tons of ice unthawed, it could easily go to -4c tonight, and I really would not be surprised if it didn't get above freezing tomorrow, so rain would surprise me, even in the milder sector the upper temps are around -4c.

[Barb]

I'm confident your going to enjoy tomorrow Adam, not so sure about me...

Extremely cold tonight but with this band coming tomorrow I think I may be in the wrong location for the whole band to fall as snow. However, I do believe I will see some snow tomorrow no matter what.

Jeez it's so cold tonight I can't believe how tomorrow will get as mild as 7 in parts of 'West Wales' as BBC forecasted.

Well the colder it gets for you now the better the chances that you'll get snow. Every little helps.

[Marcus_surfer]

Id just like to point out that the Metoffice and BBC almost NEVER get the forecast right here in regards of Snow. Take our last cold snap in February 2009, we had unexpected snow showers and it has happened many times before when they just forecast rain for us. Lets hope conditions are just right for Snow Saturday evening

[Barb]

-3.2c here right now.

[Marcus_surfer]

Last night here it was -2c, the max temp here today was around 1c, with tons of ice unthawed, it could easily go to -4c tonight, and I really would not be surprised if it didn't get above freezing tomorrow, so rain would surprise me, even in the milder sector the upper temps are around -4c.

Yes...It's suprising to see temperatures below freezing on the Mumbles Head...Shows how cold it really is!

[keithlucky]

i've been following this thread all day and i must say you all are doing a grand job with your reports dont understand much of your jargon but im learning

clear night here in port talbot about -3 at the mo

hoping to see some of the snow [please let it snow]

Enjoy the snow tommorow night about 10pm plz join in friendly bunch lol.

madian2

[Barb]

Id just like to point out that the Metoffice and BBC almost NEVER get the forecast right here in regards of Snow. Take our last cold snap in February 2009, we had unexpected snow showers and it has happened many times before when they just forecast rain for us. Lets hope conditions are just right for Snow Saturday evening

True, I remember the unexpected showers in Feb this year that gave 2-3 inches. Then a front was forecast to hit but missed us. Then another front was forecast to just miss us but hit us. Also the infamous Feb 08 Friday cock up where as late as the 10:30pm BBC weather forecast they had just patchy rain in Devon/Cornwall. Instead we had 6 inches of snow. Then the November 2005 Northerly where derek said the night before a "dusting at best" for the valleys, the result was 3-4 inches of snow. Probably some more cock ups I've forgot too in recent years.

I have a sneaky feeling that another nice suprise is lurking for us over the next week.

[madian2]

thanks for the invite

10pm you say

popcorn ready and deck chair lol

madian2

[swales]

Yes Feb 2009 was great.... and greatly unexpected thanks to BBC and MetO.

and yes, like many have said BBC with 7 Degrees tomorrow is doubtful.

What's the chances of showers coming in between now and tomorrow evening's system?

[keithlucky]

thanks for the invite

10pm you say

popcorn ready and deck chair lol

Enjoy your lampost watching.

madian2

[J10]

thanks for the invite

10pm you say

popcorn ready and deck chair lol

madian2

I hope your deck chair is indoors.

Yes Feb 2009 was great.... and greatly unexpected thanks to BBC and MetO.

and yes, like many have said BBC with 7 Degrees tomorrow is doubtful.

What's the chances of showers coming in between now and tomorrow evening's system?

Some wintry showers are possible form mid morning onwards and an occlusion is set to push south before the main front which may give some more wintry showers, but probably not likely to settle though.

[Cymro]

Haha I personally reckon that we cope better with cold conditions here in Wales than most of the Uk apart from Scotland yanno. Because even though we moan we always have a good snowfall every year only one year i was dissapointed here and that was winter 2007/2008 and even then we had snow jst not significant.

Edited December 18, 2009 by adamjones416

[Marcus_surfer]

Haha I personally reckon that we cope better with cold conditions here in Wales than most of the Uk apart from Scotland yanno. Because even though we moan we always have a good snowfall every year only one year i was dissapointed here and that was winter 2007/2008 and even then we had snow jst not significant.

We do cope well here, well some people do, It's funny reading the comments on the Sun's Newspaper website about the snow, People from Canada saying that the snow that fell in SE England is just a "Flurry" and they are so right, I cannot believe heathrow came to a standstill even though they knew snow was coming...Jesus..come on

[Cymro]

We do cope well here, well some people do, It's funny reading the comments on the Sun's Newspaper website about the snow, People from Canada saying that the snow that fell in SE England is just a "Flurry" and they are so right, I cannot believe heathrow came to a standstill even though they knew snow was coming...Jesus..come on

I know, I mean most people where I live still keep chains etc although theoretically with manual control these arent needed. the council has great plans with gritting and ploughin. Even in February this year when we had near enough a foot of snow the main road was just passible with care while the ploughs were struggling to cope with the intensity but when we literally have 3/4 inches theres never any problems. Fair play to Cyngor Sir Gâr, Carmarthenshire council they cope well in snowy conditions.

Edited December 19, 2009 by adamjones416

[liamcymro]

Snowing now in North West Gwynedd - Bangor

[Cymro]

Snowing now in North West Gwynedd - Bangor

Braf gweld Liam, Ydy'n gorffwys ym mhobman neu ond ar ochrau'r heolydd?

Nice to see Liam, Isit settling everywhere or just on the side of the roads?