South West England Cold Spell Discussion

[slb97]

I am rather fed up with febuary now with warning after warning not coming to fruition and now they have a warning for nearly whole country except us again for sat!

I share your frustrations! I think it's curtain call for the south central thread, unless everyone wants to discuss heavy rain on Monday (yet another snow advisory for most places on Mon except us far southern lot lol!)

[monkeyuk]

Looking at the various motorway cameras in gloucestershire it looks like the snow is settling to the west and south of Gloucester.

[03jtrickey]

Boring drizzle here at the moment. Waiting for something to happen!

[Zephyr]

Just non stop rain here in Yate I haven't even seen any sleet what so ever, real shame I wanted to see some more snow for one last time and then start looking forward to spring..

Edited February 18, 2010 by Zephyr

[Wynn D Woo]

Boring drizzle here at the moment. Waiting for something to happen!

Good sized flakes coming down quite heavy atm, but as with the morning so marginal that little is sticking 0.5C drop and i would expect a rapid build up (or move upwards - anyone out in the cotswolds of FoD?)

Edit:

Snow starting to stick to all surfaces now, roads and pavements going a nice shade of white!

Edited February 18, 2010 by windswept

[Lynxus]

Still heavy snow here.

About 2 cm on the grass.

Roads are just thick slush

[monkeyuk]

Still heavy snow here.

About 2 cm on the grass.

Roads are just thick slush

Amazing how here in chelt there is nothing on the ground. There are now big flakes coming down but not settling. Wonder if i'll get home to Gloucester later?

[twister2005]

Hi all, wet heavy snow here but the ground is so wet not settling, wish it would, but looks like we could see more in the coming days

[Schmac]

It's now raining here at the top of Bath!...

I think the snow on the ground will be gone before long if this carries on...

Afraid so Mullender... Looks like yet again we miss all the action!

Glos. seems to have done pretty well this winter!...

I suppose there's a (slight) chance something could change during the course of the weekend to make it more favourable for us in the SW... Who knows!

It has been nice to see some lying snow today though, even if fairly short-lived!

20mm in Warminster 'ey Andy?... That would've been good if it was snow!

[Herefordweather]

Incredible the snow here now. Huge flakes. Even settling on busy roads.

[Lynxus]

Would be interesting to see Ians thoughts on whats going to happen once all this heads north of us. ( As the main band is about to move north of glos )

[twister2005]

The snow is quite heavy here now

[Ripeberry]

Just non stop rain here in Yate I haven't even seen any sleet what so ever, real shame I wanted to see some more snow for one last time and then start looking forward to spring..

That's strange, here it is snowing really hard and Tortworth hill has Qs of traffic and the police hade

been directing the flow of traffic.

Come down the road towards Rangeworthy and you'll soon start to see the white stuff

[MP-R]

That's strange, here it is snowing really hard and Tortworth hill has Qs of traffic and the police hade

been directing the flow of traffic.

Come down the road towards Rangeworthy and you'll soon start to see the white stuff

Jeez I'm jealous after seeing that picture. What a lovely sight! What's you temperature by the way?

Just grey and dull here now, I'm not praying for a change in the track of the low to bring that stuff miraculously southeastwards and eastwards later today.

[Nights King]

Well we are only a few hours from night fall and I still cannot see where this ppn is going to come from?

A few heavy showers of sleet/rain around bristol at moment but they won't produce much snow and after that it looks patchy and low in intensity. Unless that ppn over wales pivots alot south east?

Sleety rain still falling here.

Edited February 18, 2010 by mullender83

[dogs32]

The snow is quite heavy here now

yes and just starting to settle in a few places

[Ripeberry]

Got some more heavy snow and the temp has actualy dropped again from 1.4c to 0.8c. I've got to out

in it at 4pm and there are hills all the way, might not get to where I want. Maybe I could use my

snowsocks for the car that have been stuck in the boot since last year

[Lynxus]

Well we are only a few hours from night fall and I still cannot see where this ppn is going to come from?

A few heavy showers of sleet/rain around bristol at moment but they won't produce much snow and after that it looks patchy and low in intensity. Unless that ppn over wales pivots alot south east?

Sleety rain still falling here.

No im confused also.

Theres some beefy showers about, but i cant see where the rush hour problems will be.

[dogs32]

No im confused also.

Theres some beefy showers about, but i cant see where the rush hour problems will be.

I think its starting to pivot and with temps now dropping could become disruptive

Edited February 18, 2010 by dogs32

[Essan]

Well it's starting to produce a nasty slushy layer in the main roads in Evesham - I think it could prove quite nasty round here come 5.00 ......

[kev238]

Just travelled back on train from Nottingham to Gloucester. No snow settling in Cheltenham- cross over the M5 and it turns white. Gloucester about 1 cm of snow-- roads slushy, estate roads white. Not snowing anymore. I was just amazed at the transition between cheltenham and gloucester!

[Dartmoor_Matt]

Intense rain at work level has apparently caused a landslide on the road out of the valley, Hansen lorries were blocking the road after trees came down and even more looked like coming down. Police have closed the road now, I came home over the top, which was interesting as the road is narrow as hell and it was the only way to get passed the blockage!

The river is very swollen and full of debris and the water is a very murky brown.

Water is pouring off the moor, which just can't take any more after all the rain/snow of the last few months.

[Tattooed Fox]

Thornbury is like a winter wonderland, snow up to the kerbs. Total white out! But here in Bristol only rain at present.

[SteveB]

Snowing in Nailsea now, it has settled on wraxall hill, its all covered in white.

[Frosty_wsm]

Well that was fun while it lasted, had some very heavy snow earlier with huge flakes but it didn't settle, not bad going considering the NAE I saw last night showed rain for this area.