South West England Cold Spell Discussion

[yipikiaye]

ello folks been one of them days like everyone else.Whats the likelyhood of snow yet again in a few days time

[dogs32]

Jim Bacon for them who can remember just said it's not as bad as the 80's yet..

Also some part's of the Sea down South have started to freeze in this cold weather..google it!!

Edited January 6, 2010 by dogs32

[Dartmoor_Matt]

Jim Bacon for them who can remember just said it's not as bad as the 80's yet..

Also some part's of the Sea down South have started to freeze in this cold weather..

One of the forecasters down here said it was like the 80's.

I can't remember them all that well, being only 8 by the end of the 80's

Really? Thats insane, surely it must be really sheltered places, I mean the SST must be around 10C still down south?

Edited January 6, 2010 by Dartmoor_Matt

[03jtrickey]

Back now from my epic 15 miles trek up over the Cotswolds!

Had a wonderful time - loads of pictures - will upload later + perhaps give a better account.

Snow depths.

Cheltenham town: 13cm

Leckhampton Hill + generally over the hills: 18-20cm

Highest parts of the Cotswolds: 40cm in places

Combine that with strong winds and you get drifting; some drifts were waist deep.

I have a video of me walking through a particularly deep area of snow - the deepest I came across - the road was covered with snow up to my knees for quite a long stretch so probably 40-50cm deep. Certainly made the walking difficult and it definitely took a lot longer to walk 15 miles in the snow than it would have done in other weather!

Beautiful up there though - a really ethereal light when the cloud cleared away, especially after the sun when down and the ambient light was illuminating the hills.

[dogs32]

One of the forecasters down here said it was like the 80's.

I can't remember them all that well, being only 8 by the end of the 80's

J.Bacon was well known back then..

and if you look at the history you will find its not as bad yet..

Though its slowly going in that direction..

In China they have had to dig a train out of 2metres ...thats snow

no let us with the cold weather yet

[Wynn D Woo]

Temps now down to -2.8C and falling

Attached a piccie from an earlier stroll.

Edited January 6, 2010 by windswept

[Schmac]

Nice pictures Schmac, the only time our town looks pretty is when its covered in snow! lol

Cheers rockhopper.

At 01:30 this morning, I was wondering whether we were actually going to get any snow at all! Had a look out the window at 05:30 and there was a slight covering, so was really surprised at the amount we had when I got up at 07:00!! It must've hammered it down!

Here's hoping that the South West can get another pasting on Sunday (although that's a long way off - in snow-forecasting terms!).

[dogs32]

Back now from my epic 15 miles trek up over the Cotswolds!

Had a wonderful time - loads of pictures - will upload later + perhaps give a better account.

Snow depths.

Cheltenham town: 13cm

Leckhampton Hill + generally over the hills: 18-20cm

Highest parts of the Cotswolds: 40cm in places

Combine that with strong winds and you get drifting; some drifts were waist deep.

I have a video of me walking through a particularly deep area of snow - the deepest I came across - the road was covered with snow up to my knees for quite a long stretch so probably 40-50cm deep. Certainly made the walking difficult and it definitely took a lot longer to walk 15 miles in the snow than it would have done in other weather!

Beautiful up there though - a really ethereal light when the cloud cleared away, especially after the sun when down and the ambient light was illuminating the hills.

well there you go James,

9 miles for me,nearly killed me!!

youth on your side

look forward to your pics...but might be tomorrow....Im half asleep

Edited January 6, 2010 by dogs32

[weather_freak]

So for the SW, what is the forecast looking like now for the weekend? Am i right in thinking that the below charts are suggesting further snow? This one is particular is for early Sunday?

[Devon-Nelly]

Blowing an asbolute hoolie here now and im sure its snowing lightly again and we've now had a new high temp of 0.9c but the dew point has gone down to -1c.

Hope this wind stops so the temps can drop

[Dartmoor_Matt]

The forecast is for snow at the moment, but it is 4 days away! (ie caution advised)

[snowlight robbery]

Just looking at BBC news,what's all the fuss about? oh yeah I live in Dorset!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not bitter and twisted really,have fun everyone,we live in hope!

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-2.3C, and that's with a breeze and still partly cloudy i think.

[Snowman15]

Just looking at BBC news,what's all the fuss about? oh yeah I live in Dorset!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not bitter and twisted really,have fun everyone,we live in hope!

Tell me about it!! - Probs all footage from early last year or something!! :lol: - oh well we got an inch out of it ! would rather of had the 1 foot though!!

[Dartmoor_Matt]

-2C at the moment with 15mph winds from the NE. In the wind its closer to -10C! Icy.

[dancing daisy]

I have subscribed to the radar. I now need to kiss goodbye to my life don't I!

Every little bit of yellow coming near me I am getting excited and looking out of the window. I don't even understand what it means

[barbienightmare]

Just looking at BBC news,what's all the fuss about? oh yeah I live in Dorset!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not bitter and twisted really,have fun everyone,we live in hope!

sickening isn't it ! :unsure:

[littlemissy]

temp-0.9.Hope the temps drop a bit more.My older children 's school is closed for tomorrow .I'm only hoping that the primary school is shut too.It's icy already out there and I'm in no hurry to drive on ice thank you very much.

[Dartmoor_Matt]

sickening isn't it !

I'm sure you'll get some snow soon... possibly.

That said, you do get lovely weather in the summer... as opposed to our rain here :unsure:

[Snowman15]

As much as i love snow, the TV news reports, stories etc is getting way over the top now!! - Yes it's snowed! (Well hardly if u live in Dorset!) but still! - They are rubbing it in our faces down here! - Next time the sun shines im going to contact ITV, BBC etc with my story :unsure:

[snowlight robbery]

I have subscribed to the radar. I now need to kiss goodbye to my life don't I!

Every little bit of yellow coming near me I am getting excited and looking out of the window. I don't even understand what it means

Press the precip button on the radar screen and hey presto look at all that lovely snow in pink,unlike the rainfall which shows in yellow,red etc this is more of a prediction that what your getting SHOULD be falling as snow,sleet or rain based on all the other factors e.g temperatures etc etc but in times like this is pretty deadly accurate so sit back and enjoy!!!

[dogs32]

bad news...met+sky news.....cold weather until middle of the month

im hibernating and emigrating

edit ..I spotted James aka Trickey on his hike in the Cotsworld's..

Edited January 6, 2010 by dogs32

[BARRY]

I have subscribed to the radar. I now need to kiss goodbye to my life don't I!

Every little bit of yellow coming near me I am getting excited and looking out of the window. I don't even understand what it means

click on precip type it will change to red if it's snow

[Dartmoor_Matt]

Spotlight forecast still going for heavy snow on Sunday

[rockhopper]

Cheers rockhopper.

At 01:30 this morning, I was wondering whether we were actually going to get any snow at all! Had a look out the window at 05:30 and there was a slight covering, so was really surprised at the amount we had when I got up at 07:00!! It must've hammered it down!

Here's hoping that the South West can get another pasting on Sunday (although that's a long way off - in snow-forecasting terms!).

It really started to get heavy at about 3am, we had an inch in 30 mins! and was still going when I crawled to bed.

Yeah, I saw the advisories about sunday into monday, could be another good amount!