Wales Cymru Cold Spell Discussion

[TonyH]

take a look at this - quite scary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know it's in the low res part of the run but this must be the 6 -7 time this has occurred and GFS is very very good at spotting trends this far out

Looks good Andy. I'd believe it if it were for this Wednesday though!

hehe just noticed something on the radar

Think thats mine again:yahoo:

Edited January 29, 2010 by Tonyh

[Snowmadsam]

Looks good Andy. I'd believe it if it were for this Wednesday though!

Think thats mine again:yahoo:

No I asked first

[J10]

A covering on all surfaces here now (apart from directly outside house), about 1-2cm here now. Further heavy snow showers are set to come in the next few hours.

One thing slightly against us is that the ground temps are higher than they have been, which is making the settling of any snow harder than it might otherwise be.

[Marcus_surfer]

Slight dusting here, about 1cm on the grass. That chart looks good!

[pascalsbongo]

take a look at this - quite scary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know it's in the low res part of the run but this must be the 6 -7 time this has occurred and GFS is very very good at spotting trends this far out

Very pretty indeed !

Something to keep an eye on if nothing else.

Would be nice to have some mega cold, max day temps no higher than -5 (this would be mega for here anyway).

[J10]

No I asked first

Let's all be good and share the snow.

[Cymro]

Snowing again here snow didnt thaw like i fought it would the dusting is still there a bit more prolonged now hopefully

[Jayfromcardiff]

Can i have a share of the snow please? - I'm not even expecting the chart to come off atm, it's days away although i'd love it to happen lol.

Edited January 29, 2010 by Jayfromcardiff

[Snowmadsam]

Let's all be good and share the snow.

O ok then hehe oh we do have a good old laugh on here. Heres to the snow

[TonyH]

A covering on all surfaces here now (apart from directly outside house), about 1-2cm here now. Further heavy snow showers are set to come in the next few hours.

One thing slightly against us is that the ground temps are higher than they have been, which is making the settling of any snow harder than it might otherwise be.

Indeed, only one air frost in the last 2 weeks, and no really cold weather either of late.

[Marcus_surfer]

Let's all be good and share the snow.

Jackone, How long you think these showers will persist for?

[keithlucky]

Dark Blue = mega cold

Purple = frost snapping off your fingers cold

Still think andy tuesday wednesday could be interesting milder air to the west meets colder air to the east somewhere in the uk will recieve heavy snow where the battle takes place who knows,possibly east uk with the snow pushing back westwards hopefully,i know its f1 buts thats the fun with uk weather.

[Snowmadsam]

any chance of the cardgin straemer pushing west?

[Cymro]

Got a covering an all surfaces now about 1 cm

[andymusic]

Still think andy tuesday wednesday could be interesting milder air to the west meets colder air to the east somewhere in the uk will recieve heavy snow where the battle takes place who knows,possibly east uk with the snow pushing back westwards hopefully,i know its f1 buts thats the fun with uk weather.

gonna be on the edge of your seat forecasting!

[keithlucky]

Can i have a share of the snow please? - I'm not even expecting the chart to come off atm, it's days away although i'd love it to happen lol.

Looks like jade a large shower cloud will hit you within the hour.

[Jayfromcardiff]

gonna be on the edge of your seat forecasting!

Shower about to hit me now mate.

[keithlucky]

Heavy snow in swansea nice.

[Stevetynant]

Looks good Andy. I'd believe it if it were for this Wednesday though!

Think thats mine again:yahoo:

Andy - could you clarify for those of us (me at least) who are not so experienced at these things what you are seeing here - to me this extreme low temperature zone is to the North West of Britain. If the current winds are North Westerly won't that push this front away from Wales? What are you seeing here that tells you this is pushing West?

[SnowStorm(Jamie)]

Heavy snow in swansea nice.

Yup snowing heavy here now, became very heavy for a few mins before easing slightly.

[Jayfromcardiff]

Yup snowing heavy here now, became very heavy for a few mins before easing slightly.

Nice... i'm jealous haha.

[keithlucky]

Jackone, How long you think these showers will persist for?

Look at the length of the streamer marcus its developed from nowhere at least 2hrs i would think jackone what do you think?

[pascalsbongo]

Go lampost go lampost go lampost!!

Am opening a new pack of hob nobs, and getting the tea on for the lampost.

Feed your lampost and it will deliver.

I still can not understand how so much snow can exist in one lampost lamp?

Perhaps its like a portal to some snow universe?

I nominate my lampost for lampost of the year (wales regional finals).

[Jayfromcardiff]

The showers dying out towards me haha typical.

[andymusic]

Andy - could you clarify for those of us (me at least) who are not so experienced at these things what you are seeing here - to me this extreme low temperature zone is to the North West of Britain. If the current winds are North Westerly won't that push this front away from Wales? What are you seeing here that tells you this is pushing West?

The chart I posted on here is only one of many of a series of charts which when put together you can see the movement of low and high pressures etc. I just wanted to illustrate that that sort of cold (purple colouration) hasn't been seen near britain in a very long time

There's a huge high pressure also to the north of russia and so everything is moving east to west beneath it!

Edited January 29, 2010 by andymusic