South West England Cold Spell Discussion

[Methuselah]

Here goes, folks.

[03jtrickey]

Can't argue with this from the MetOffice, for Sunday:

"Cloudy with spells of snow, perhaps turning heavy at times through the day. A biting northeasterly wind will making it feel raw and cause snow to drift. Maximum temperature 2 °C.

Updated: 0343 on Sat 9 Jan 2010"

[Snowman15]

I think there will just be a lot of radar watching over tonight and tomorrow to be able to see whats really going to be happening - nowcasting!

[dancing daisy]

Radio Bristol/Somerset has just said that there will be snow tomorrow, winds, drifts, cold, brrrrrrr

Sorry, can't tell you who the forecaster was as I only zoned back in when I heard the word weather.

[dogs32]

should get some light snow's here soon.

snow all the way from Sunday

edit very light snow flurrie's here in the wind

[Dartmoor_Matt]

Morning all, local forecast good for tonight and tomorrow so we shall see!

-4.9C here at the mo with the sun shining and no obvious signs of any melt still so all good for a top up tomorrow!

Whether it comes off as planned remains to be seen though.

Anyone have the NAE for tomorrow handy?

[Mark]

I'm liking the Metoffice forecast for me now - snow from Sunday until Tuesday! I always ignore the BBC online and red button forecasts, which are awful, though their tv ones are good. And most other websites seem to make it up as they go along, apart from netweather of course

Anyway, sorry, that turned into a rant. I'm really excited about the next few days and look forward to following it in these threads.

[dogs32]

Morning all, local forecast good for tonight and tomorrow so we shall see!

-4.9C here at the mo with the sun shining and no obvious signs of any melt still so all good for a top up tomorrow!

Whether it comes off as planned remains to be seen though.

Anyone have the NAE for tomorrow handy?

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=en&MENU=0000000000&CONT=ukuk&MODELL=nae&MODELLTYP=1&BASE=-&VAR=weas&HH=48&LOOP=1&ZOOM=0&ARCHIV=0&WMO=

[Lynxus]

has Ian, popped in at all lately to give his thoughts?

i bet hes been sleeping constantly lol.

Looks like a downgrade for glos then.. Maybe we will see some flurrys then some lovely rain next week.

[noggin]

I'm liking the Metoffice forecast for me now - snow from Sunday until Tuesday!

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/sw/sw_forecast_warnings.html

Sunday until Wednesday for Bristol and many other parts of the SW and Wales.

Boy, are we going to be having fun watching it all unfold....our nerves will be shredded.

We will be a bunch of gibbering idiots by the time Spring comes!

[Lynxus]

Tbh, Metcheck have changed their forecast for next week and it shows snow shows all next week for here.

Then again, its just automated from the GFS, but still.

[Dartmoor_Matt]

http://www.weatheron...0&ARCHIV=0&WMO=

Cheers mate, looks pretty knife edge!

Although I see in the old thread it was going for 3cm here (which is what it said on Tuesday and we got 51/2 inches) So every cause for hope I think.

As for the breakdown... snow fun!

[Lynxus]

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/sw/sw_forecast_warnings.html

Sunday until Wednesday for Bristol and many other parts of the SW and Wales.

Boy, are we going to be having fun watching it all unfold....our nerves will be shredded.

We will be a bunch of gibbering idiots by the time Spring comes!

Were not already?

[dogs32]

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/sw/sw_forecast_warnings.html

Sunday until Wednesday for Bristol and many other parts of the SW and Wales. :o

Boy, are we going to be having fun watching it all unfold....our nerves will be shredded.

We will be a bunch of gibbering idiots by the time Spring comes! :wacko:

:lol:

interesting weather wise to say the least

[Dartmoor_Matt]

http://www.metoffice...t_warnings.html

Sunday until Wednesday for Bristol and many other parts of the SW and Wales.

Boy, are we going to be having fun watching it all unfold....our nerves will be shredded.

We will be a bunch of gibbering idiots by the time Spring comes!

Sounds like the low is moving SE with that update, with warnings going no further north that Bristol later in the week.

:wacko:

[noggin]

Whilst we are all enjoying this, we must spare a thought for Mullender.

Poor chap!

When's he due back? Did he go for a week or a fortnight?

Does anyone know?

[WESTERN SNOWS]

Sounds like the low is moving SE with that update, with warnings going no further north that Bristol later in the week.

:wacko:

yes ive seen this too mon tues wed all here very very nice this is what ive been waiting for all my life a proper winter yipeeeeeeeee

[dogs32]

Whilst we are all enjoying this, we must spare a thought for Mullender.

Poor chap!

When's he due back? Did he go for a week or a fortnight?

Does anyone know?

:wacko:

sorry Mullinder,,I couldn't help it..

He as plenty of snow where he is...infact more than us..

Sky saying lots of disruption over next fews days

[noggin]

Were not already?

Well, yes.....I suppose you do have a point there! :wacko:

My burst water main is still spewing water all over the place.......it looks like a giant slush puppy up the road!

[Mark Parsons]

http://www.metoffice...t_warnings.html

Sunday until Wednesday for Bristol and many other parts of the SW and Wales.

Boy, are we going to be having fun watching it all unfold....our nerves will be shredded.

We will be a bunch of gibbering idiots by the time Spring comes!

Are'nt you already gibbering idiots lol

[textmum]

I am going to adopt a wait and see re snow!

I have a feeling Mullender will return and bring the rain with him!! Hope he has had some good skiing!

[noggin]

:wacko:

sorry Mullinder,,I couldn't help it..

I will point him in the direction of your post, when he gets back! :lol: :o

[snowking]

The BBC seem to be having some serious problems with the graphics at the moment

Thats now 3 forecasts ive seen where the presenter is telling us of snow in an area which is not shown on their graphics, the previous 2 times those graphics have been mended 1 or 2 forecasts later, so will be interesting to keep an eye on this

I'm not sure how theyre generated, perhaps they have an option to auto-produce them from certain model runs, and its this which is encountering an error

SK

[dogs32]

I will point him in the direction of your post, when he gets back! :wacko: :lol:

lol.....I will post up video's for him..lol

...

should make him feel better

where is SK today,anyone know

lol...edit...I see above :o

[BristolBlizzard]

yes ive seen this too mon tues wed all here very very nice this is what ive been waiting for all my life a proper winter yipeeeeeeeee

yes looks like 4 days of snow :wacko: :lol: