South West England Cold Spell Discussion

[dancing daisy]

Well I am off to Bucks tomorrow for the day, should be fun. Going to a television show recording, I have never done anything like that before but a friend had tickets, so I thought it might be fun.

A couple of trips to Bristol, one for lunch and hopefully one to a comedy club, we went a few weeks ago and had a brilliant time. I need to take my mums cat to the vets, a trip to the dentist, (long horror story...lol) and a couple of days of work I should imagine.

So hardly rock and roll.

What about you? Anything great planned?

[rich101]

Come on lets have some snow tues, met office and bbc points west going for snow, so fingers crossed we get a good dumping before the long awaited spring get here!!(cant wait till it does tho)

[MartUK]

No not much Daisy....my weekend on call

Yes Rich will be nice to get a final snowfall

[littlemissy]

Hi Dancing Daisy and Cashy.It is very quiet this evening.Yes hooray it's half term .I'm trying to fight off a sore throat and headache(our class have been coughing sneezing and vomiting over one another) .I think it's just me winding down tbh .

I'm hoping to visit friends and take the children out as well as join in the forums here.I might research some weather stations too.

What are you up to Cushy next week?

Well it wasn't too bad out on the playground lunchtime -but bad enough.

Current temp 1.9c.

[Schmac]

Evening all!

Well, I also left work early today (16:00), due to "technical difficulties"!!!

So Points West saying we may get snow now... Nice!

It was 7.0°c when I left work... 2­.0°c here now.

[MartUK]

Evening Missy...work all next week for me, i need to take some leave but we are so busy at the moment. (better that way than no work)

I have been under strict orders to take my daughter out driving next week(she's just starting out),so next week look out on the roads lol

Evening Schmac

[dancing daisy]

Hello all.

Sorry I am chatting to a friend as well as lurking on here.

If you find out stuff about weather stations please share with me Missy, It's still on my to-do list.

[quantock girl]

As weather is going to be dry (boo hoo), heading down to Cashy's neck of the woods tomorrow for a couple of days. So Cashy - look out for harassed mother with three children walking SW coast path!

Fingers crossed for Tuesday then? Wil be back by then so no chance of being stranded on A30 over Bodmin anyway!

Thank goodness it's half term - no alarms!!

[Rich_Clements]

Evening Daisy the day couldn't have ended better for you Enjoy your holiday..wish i could get sent home when our server goes down lol

and me but it's usually me who fixes it

[dancing daisy]

and me but it's usually me who fixes it

See, now I am going to freak out when the real world intrudes on my virtual world and you tell me you are the little redheaded guy in glasses!

[Schmac]

Evening Cashy.

Gosh, it really does get quiet on here when there's no snow around!!!

Maybe there'll be more activity on here next week, if we get some of "the white stuff" that is!

Will it?... Won't it?...

[quantock girl]

copied this from SE forum - check out the last line! Could it come true?

Becoming increasingly confident now that after Monday the snowiest spell of

the winter is about to hit the UK with widespread lowland snow.

The benign cold spell will start to withdraw on Sunday as the high

retrogresses allowing a much colder airmass originating from sub 492 DAM air

near the pole to flood south with sub 522DAM thickness and falling pressure.

Three things will aid snow development:

1. South moving air increasing absolute vorticity forcing ascent and falling

pressure.

2. Decreasing stability forcing convection

3. Northerly jet streak propagating south from Iceland forcing mass ascent

of air on its cold side (over UK).

I have kept quiet till now wanting to see how this was likely to pan out but

now it is becoming clearer when the serious snow will arrive - from Monday

onwards for about a week. Get those snow shovels ready, nobody will be

immune, even lowland coastal SW areas

[Schmac]

copied this from SE forum - check out the last line! Could it come true?

Becoming increasingly confident now that after Monday the snowiest spell of

the winter is about to hit the UK with widespread lowland snow.

The benign cold spell will start to withdraw on Sunday as the high

retrogresses allowing a much colder airmass originating from sub 492 DAM air

near the pole to flood south with sub 522DAM thickness and falling pressure.

Three things will aid snow development:

1. South moving air increasing absolute vorticity forcing ascent and falling

pressure.

2. Decreasing stability forcing convection

3. Northerly jet streak propagating south from Iceland forcing mass ascent

of air on its cold side (over UK).

I have kept quiet till now wanting to see how this was likely to pan out but

now it is becoming clearer when the serious snow will arrive - from Monday

onwards for about a week. Get those snow shovels ready, nobody will be

immune, even lowland coastal SW areas

Would be pretty awesome if it did!!...

I might pop over to the Model Output Discussion thread in a minute to see what the consensus is on the 18z model output!

The ski jacket might have to come back out the cupboard again then!

[Wilxy]

copied this from SE forum - check out the last line! Could it come true?

Becoming increasingly confident now that after Monday the snowiest spell of

the winter is about to hit the UK with widespread lowland snow.

The benign cold spell will start to withdraw on Sunday as the high

retrogresses allowing a much colder airmass originating from sub 492 DAM air

near the pole to flood south with sub 522DAM thickness and falling pressure.

Three things will aid snow development:

1. South moving air increasing absolute vorticity forcing ascent and falling

pressure.

2. Decreasing stability forcing convection

3. Northerly jet streak propagating south from Iceland forcing mass ascent

of air on its cold side (over UK).

I have kept quiet till now wanting to see how this was likely to pan out but

now it is becoming clearer when the serious snow will arrive - from Monday

onwards for about a week. Get those snow shovels ready, nobody will be

immune, even lowland coastal SW areas

Dont get peoples hopes up lol.

[dancing daisy]

Won't believe it 'til I hear it from the points west weather gods.

Quantock girl> That A30 just goes on and on and on doesn't it. Traffic jams on there can be spent people watching though, which is ace!

Edit> Just watched Dickie online, no mention of snow other than the odd flurry.

On a much more serious note; What is it with weathermen and brown suits and blue shirts? It is wrong on all levels! Brown suits and white shirts, yes. Black suits and blue shirts, yes. I want to see a weatherman in a black suit, pink shirt and purple tie...in touch with his feminine side...

You see I become distracted by bad dress sense and don't pay attention to the forecast. Have they never heard of colour wheels?

Edited February 12, 2010 by dancing daisy

[quantock girl]

Won't believe it 'til I hear it from the points west weather gods.

Quantock girl> That A30 just goes on and on and on doesn't it. Traffic jams on there can be spent people watching though, which is ace!

on and on. Love it when I'm far enough down to get Pirate FM, then I know i'm really near and the holiday can begin!This emoticon symbolises me drinking Hooch in Newquay, do you remember Hooch?

[Schmac]

Well, I've just had a look at the Points West forecast online and Mr. Angwin said sleet or snow or Tuesday with heavy showers after, some of which could be snow...

So there's hope yet!

Temp has risen to 2.2°c here...

[dancing daisy]

on and on. Love it when I'm far enough down to get Pirate FM, then I know i'm really near and the holiday can begin!This emoticon symbolises me drinking Hooch in Newquay, do you remember Hooch?

Oh yes! Drink of choice in my local park! That and mad dog 20/20

[quantock girl]

Oh yes! Drink of choice in my local park! That and mad dog 20/20

Ah, the good old days!

Many a good time had by Diamond White too....

Taking my memories to bed. Good night all. Catch up after the weekend when the snow starts to fall (note the rather weak connection to weather here)

[dogs32]

Come on lets have some snow tues, met office and bbc points west going for snow, so fingers crossed we get a good dumping before the long awaited spring get here!!(cant wait till it does tho)

still on with the Met Rich

latest update

Risk of disruption Warning Valid

UK regions: North West England

Central, Tayside & Fife

Yorkshire & Humber

London & South East England

East Midlands

SW Scotland, Lothian & Borders

Wales

Strathclyde

South West England

Grampian

Highlands & Eilean Siar

West Midlands

North East England

Heavy Snow Tue 16 Feb

There is a moderate risk of locally heavy snow falling in parts of the UK at times on Tuesday. A band of rain will turn to snow at times as it spreads eastwards with up to 5 cm accumulations in places and possibly 10 cm over hills.

Issued at: 1028 Fri 12 Feb

map udate Updated: 1001 on Sat 13 Feb 2010

Edited February 13, 2010 by dogs32

[fromey]

just looked at the meto warnings and we seemed to have been removed from them

fromey

[Schmac]

just looked at the meto warnings and we seemed to have been removed from them

fromey

Yep... A bit of a disappointment...

I'm going to wait and see what they forecast at the end of the weekend... Still time for subtle changes to make a difference!

However, I feel like I'm running out of straws to clutch!!

[rich101]

Cant believe it dogs 323232, they have removed our weather warning! Still I suppose it could reach us. Met Office regional gpoing for heavy rain tues so some precipitation, lets just hope its SNOW.

[slinky1989]

looking at the models and the model thread, looks like it's just gunna be another damp squib for us

[dogs32]

Cant believe it dogs 323232, they have removed our weather warning! Still I suppose it could reach us. Met Office regional gpoing for heavy rain tues so some precipitation, lets just hope its SNOW.

yea I noticed...but its still early to call for any accuracy