South West England Cold Spell Discussion

[yipikiaye]

Cant work out whats going on today how come a lot of peeps snows melting but here just outside Bath still all good temp 0.5 c

[Evening thunder]

Bits of dandruff have been falling at such a rate for the last 2 hours that we might actually get a slight dusting by February!.. that's if it was settling.

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Temp fluctuating between 1.0/1.1c and seems steady after it's been up to 1.3c. Lying snow seems to be turning slightly more wet now.

[dancing daisy]

Just had notification that I am back to work tomorrow. Thank the Lord!

Time to get off this forum and do some work. See y'all later. Enjoy radar watching.

[Nights King]

Humm, just turned to moderate snow here.

not like it matters much considering everything is now soaked and 50% melted.

maybe its mullender causing it? He went away and we get snow.

He comes back, i get rain!

ehheeh jking

I am getting that feeling! 2 years in a row i go on holiday where they have bucket loads forecast but when i get there they have freak dry or warm spells lasting a week while england gets a cold spell and on my return it melts.

They are late to update the warnings?

[Dartmoor_Matt]

Still snowing... I make that at least 5hrs of snow fall this morning, can't comment before that as I wasn't awake, but gonna guess there was some in the night as well, as there was already a cm or so then extra.

Does the NAE update today with PPN/amounts?

Not caught any forecasts today, aside from first thing which still showed epic snow on Tuesday.

[noggin]

already updated?

1135 today according to the timestamp

What bit are you looking at? The only thing I can see with 11.35 today on, is the cancellation of the warning for the SE etc. Can you post a link please? Ta!

[Nights King]

Still snowing... I make that at least 5hrs of snow fall this morning, can't comment before that as I wasn't awake, but gonna guess there was some in the night as well, as there was already a cm or so then extra.

Does the NAE update today with PPN/amounts?

Not caught any forecasts today, aside from first thing which still showed epic snow on Tuesday.

Well its 1300 and meto have not changed the warnings for tue so maybe they are confident we are going to still get plastered!

I wasnt talking about Cider either matt....

[Bristawl Si]

The light snow we've had falling on and off for last 3 hours now stopped.

Slight thaw going on here and by that i mean the hard packed snow on our road and pavements now starting to break up - not slushy yet, but a slow thaw all the same.

Slightly less cold this week with a chance of a snow event on Tuesday - probably wet snow compared to Wednesday morning's 'almost powder' snow.

Not sure if it'll get as far as Bristol, but will certainly affect Devon and south somerset by the looks of it.

Then less cold all week, with a possible easterly reload early next.

[kaz]

still got mod snow but not settling just causing what snow was left to melt. so the warm front won then.. back to damp wet boring weather

new it had to end and some point. Cant complain we have had a great week.

Make the most of it peeps a nice low is coming in tue/wed bringing allot of wet windy weather..

kaz x

[noggin]

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_alltext.html

Well, here is the updated forecast for the next 15 days.

I think that's it, chaps.

Hasta la vista, baby, and all that.

See you next time.

[Jayfromcardiff]

still got mod snow but not settling just causing what snow was left to melt. so the warm front won then.. back to damp wet boring weather

new it had to end and some point. Cant complain we have had a great week.

Make the most of it peeps a nice low is coming in tue/wed bringing allot of wet windy weather..

kaz x

I will, gonna make a snowman lol see how long he lasts.

[Dartmoor_Matt]

Well its 1300 and meto have not changed the warnings for tue so maybe they are confident we are going to still get plastered!

I wasnt talking about Cider either matt....

Well if the snow falls on Tuesday like they were suggesting (30cm+) then perhaps cider is the only way forward!

Seems to be plenty of depression on here this morning, the long range update from the met changes more times that you can imagine and still says the word snow in there.

I'm sure this is not the last of the winter weather this year... ish.

[kaz]

Well if the snow falls on Tuesday like they were suggesting (30cm+) then perhaps cider is the only way forward!

if the snow cant win out from this there is no way it can tue/wed.

at best it will be sleet.. What we really dont want it freezing rain. now that would cause problems

kaz x

[Dartmoor_Matt]

if the snow cant win out from this there is no way it can tue/wed.

at best it will be sleet.. What we really dont want it freezing rain. now that would cause problems

kaz x

We shall see,

It's still snowing here and there is no thaw and indeed has been no thaw upto this day, which makes this day 5 of snow over of over 5inches here, now its nearer 7.

There is plenty of time for things to change though.

I'm off again, but Countryfile should be a good watch later.

[Wilxy]

Sleety snow. 1c

[Schmac]

Well, it looks like that's it for here (for now at least)...

Not seen a single flake today...

The worst part is though that a slight thaw has set in

I can now see most of my car roof and there are a few blades of grass poking through the snow cover in the back garden...

[noggin]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1242011/DAVID-ROSE-The-mini-ice-age-starts-here.html

Fear not, peeps, there are 20-30 more of these Winters to come!

[Wilxy]

Just been out in the garden and the snow is still 2-3inches thick which isn't bad hope for more this week.

[lian]

Thaw going on here God dammit!!

Edited January 10, 2010 by lian

[Jayfromcardiff]

Just been out in the garden and the snow is still 2-3inches thick which isn't bad hope for more this week.

same here, i piled loads of snow so its 12 inches deep...should last then lol.

[ukfire]

and here!!!!! still its been a brilliant week so cant complain really......

[kumquat]

We had to go milder at some stage - Scandi high looks strong and wouldn't be surprised to see a reload.

[Wilxy]

We had to go milder at some stage - Scandi high looks strong and wouldn't be surprised to see a reload.

Yes i hope so.

Do u have anything happening there? Just seems cloudy and looks like a bit of rain

[03jtrickey]

Warning out for Tuesday:

"A band of heavy snow will move slowly northeast during Tuesday afternoon and the first part of Wednesday before dying out. Accumulations of 5 to 10cm are expected widely, with 10 to 20cm possible locally, and a low risk of up to 30cm over higher ground."

Not excited at all yet though, it'll be wet stuff at best here - at worst heavy rain or nothing at all.

[Bristawl Si]

We had to go milder at some stage - Scandi high looks strong and wouldn't be surprised to see a reload.

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

don't know if i posted this right, but this warning for south west england only added to metoffice website 10 mins ago.

Admittedly, only a 60% chance at mo. With current model predictions that could downgrade or upgrade. Lot of uncertainty at the mo.

Edited January 10, 2010 by Bristle boy