South West England Cold Spell Discussion:

[Methuselah]

Here goes, peeps...Previous:

[Paul T]

NOPE.... SORRY!!!!

temp dropped BY 0.5oC in 10 mins !!!

Heavy sleet on and off here - if i look up i can see the bands of snow floating 200m above me, quite frustrating....time to head off back to work - will it turn to snow as i go? how exciting...

[Snowcherries]

temp in christchurch is 2.2 dew point -1.2. we def wont get any today i think

[Dartmoor_Matt]

Area of 'pink' getting bigger on the radar as it continues to move NE.

The blob over Cornwall hasn't moved either, somewhere is getting some snow, and quite heavy to.

[jethro]

Really quite windy here, temp +0.6 still no big thaw so far, the snow seems to have shrunk and compacted rather than dripped, level surfaces retaining about 4 inches - hoping it gets topped up later rather than washed away.

[Andy Bown]

0.9c in Warminster and that's a drop from 1.1c half an hour ago. There is a very slow thaw of lying snow but still a good 2 inches laying. The wind is bitter and very gusty from the SE.

I would expect the intensity of the precipitation to drop as the band moves ENE through the afternoon, but maybe not over the moors.

[rowieboyz]

Kids on the school bus just told me sleety rain down in tavistock, it's getting closer!

Jase

light snow here

Jase

[Bristawl Si]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/weather/ianfergusson/

Another update from Ian at 12.00

[Dartmoor_Matt]

Nice update and sky news going for snow over high ground initially and then increasingly to snow overnight everywhere...

Getting closer...

Jase, the snow over your way looks like showers ahead of the main front, but its coming!

Edited January 12, 2010 by Dartmoor_Matt

[rowieboyz]

Just been informed it is snowing in bere alston which is nearly at sea level!

Horizontal snow here! bring it on baby!!!!!!!

Jase

[don1]

Driving sleet now

Temp 1.5 DP 0.3

nasty out there.

[rowieboyz]

Sorry for my over excited posts, i will try a little more restraint.

Jase

[Duane S.]

It's not often you see so much red and even the odd bit of white on the BBC radar! There is some serious PPN mixed in with this system. Seems to be coming Eastwards at a fair rate of knots as well.

The Dorset snowshield may well have its work cut out on the higher ground today!

[West is Best]

Must be very close to me here in Shebbear.

What happened to the nice raintoday radar which showed if it's rain or snow? It's all one colour now boo-hoo. Is there any free radar that shows the type of ppn?

[Iceberg]

First Flash warning out for Heavy Snow in Devon, The first of many I think.

The band is moving further eastwards than it should be for this time of the day, so far.....

[Dorset_Weather]

It's not often you see so much red and even the odd bit of white on the BBC radar! There is some serious PPN mixed in with this system. Seems to be coming Eastwards at a fair rate of knots as well.

The Dorset snowshield may well have its work cut out on the higher ground today!

Here's hoping, maybe we can get a covering up here in land

[Dartmoor_Matt]

Snowing here, getting heavier! Blowing all over the place

Edited January 12, 2010 by Dartmoor_Matt

[Iceberg]

I am not trying to ramp, but precip rates of upto 30cm of snow an hr are mixed in with the. More widespread are precip rates of 10cms an hr.

This is the kind of event that brings motorways and roads to a total stand still within mins.

Something for those travelling during rush hour to bare in mind as it moves eastwards.

[Dartmoor_Matt]

Ramp away Iceberg... this is pretty heavy and the radar shows I'm just on the edge of it.

I can see why the met are going for drifting, the wind has really picked up from the ESE now...

[West is Best]

Blimey.

We have heavy driving horizontal snow. Assuming this continues we're heading for a whiteout. School is about to be shut.

p.s. I always predicted this would be a snow event

Edited January 12, 2010 by West is Best

[David-kig]

Ramp away Iceberg... this is pretty heavy and the radar shows I'm just on the edge of it.

I can see why the met are going for drifting, the wind has really picked up from the ESE now...

blow it this way dont take all the snow matt lol

[summer blizzard]

First Flash warning out for Heavy Snow in Devon, The first of many I think.

The band is moving further eastwards than it should be for this time of the day, so far.....

Looks like a good night for you guys, though the band looks exactly on time according to the GFS.

[Nights King]

I am getting excited now....

Temperature falling here now -0.4c in last hour so colder air def moving in.

current temp 0.5c

[rowieboyz]

Road already white coming down well now.

Just heard report of snow in north Plymouth.

Jase

[Iceberg]

According to the 06Z NAE the Precip rates should be nowhere near what is being shown on radar, I can easily say that the NAE totals will be surpassed in at least Devon and Somerset.

It's travelling quickly though, should be in Exeter in approx 1 hrs time which is 1 or 2 hrs ahead of schedule.