South West England & Channel Islands - Cold Spell Discussion Part 16

[legritter]

I was clearing away dead and damaged plants today at work although we had so many I needed a skip to to remove them and filled it twice over! Some other plants that may still die yet but need a few more weeks to see if they will come through. Some of them include hypericum's, pitosporums, deuzia, hibiscus and many more, some of which are very hardy but prolonged frozen periods kill evergreen plants like choisia ternata's especially because they dry out in windy condidions as plant cannot take up water from the frozen compost.:unsure:

I just looked at local forecast and looks like im going to enjoy working outside for a while now.... 15 days is a row with rain every day.

thanks for that now i know

[dancing daisy]

I am not feeling the love in the room people. This is the Southwest thread, the thread that all others wish to emulate but never can due to our regular love--ins and good humour.

C'mon people sort it out! I don't like bad *atmospheres, it gives me tummy ache.

Who actually cares if it snows, rains, gets icy, hits high temps...it's the weather, an act of God etc, nowt we can do about it and no chart in the world is going to foresee exactly what the end of this month will bring.

*hands back mod stick to the real mods*

*tenuous link to the actual weather

Rob Mcelwee's last forecast? This cannot be true. He is without doubt my favourite weatherman of all time, he has a giggle and doesn't take it all too seriously. Oh gosh!

Edited January 9, 2011 by dancing daisy

[farmer2555]

whatever happens from now till the end of the yr , i for 1 have to say from nov till new yr was the best winter weather i can remember since i was a kid snow frost and nearly 4 weeks of below freezing , lets look forwards to summer knowing the next winter will be even better as im sure it will

[farmer2555]

lookin at the model post maybe a gd time to say see u all next winter

[Bristawl Si]

Latest from GP in his update of his winter LRF so far

"Moving forward, I'm very happy with our call for a much more average January temperature wise and increasingly the prospects for average or milder February."

Should cheer a few people up on here - NOT!!

[Snowfan50]

Utterly horrid weather here, damp, grey and windy and pretty mild. I really just cant stand this weather and the next week looks just as bad and so do the charts untill way into jan .

[Nights King]

Utterly pants day weather wise here. Wet windy and I feel cold for first time in ages because i am wet even though it is mild.

Don't like the sound of GP's comments.

La Nina moves on with pace just like I feared back in november.

Edited January 10, 2011 by mullender83

[Dartmoor_Matt]

It's a tad wet here too... by tad I mean very. The wind is rather gusty too, can imagine its pretty pants out on a boat at the mo.

Still 4 months...

[Nights King]

Just pinched icebergs comments from MO thread....

"The models are consistantly (in the more reliable timeframe) taking the PV further south in the midatlantic, this makes it more and more certain that some cold and potentially snowy, cyclonic weather will effect us as we enter the begining of next week, there is also an increasing N/S tilt in the western atlantic which is the reason for the PV to shift further and further south of SE Iceland. With a Low pressure to cut across and pull the air in and around it as it crosses us the chance of a signficant snow storm for Scotland and northern england deepens.... "

That is the week I am skiing!! :blink:

Would be sods law haha.

P.s. matt I am going to Austria, there is more life in austria and more beer.

Edited January 10, 2011 by mullender83

[Schmac]

Pretty awful here too now!... Was quite nice earlier, but heavy rain has just set in... Great!

Looking forward to the gym and sauna later!

Still lots of indecision in the Model Output Thread, but hints from several of the more experienced posters that things could start cooling down again from the 17th onwards...

Nothing spectacular showing yet, but we're still a week away from the end of this milder spell, so not throwing in the towel just yet!...

Don't forget, these models can (and do!) change their minds on a regular basis!... We may be staring down the "cold barrel" again by this time next week...

Or we might still be in the mild/wet/windy muck we have today... No way of knowing until later on this week I would say...

Fingers crossed that the cold (colder) trend keeps showing for next week...

Did you say you're off skiing on the 15th Mullender?... Could coincide nicely with our next "cold spell"!!!

[dogs32]

Mullinder this as to be your last warning...Or I will be asking for you to go on 25 posts a day...

any sly comments of you or Matt about purples will not only be deleted but copied and posted on to a RED where you will be put on 25 posts a day or banned for a length of time

no more to be said!!

Edited January 10, 2011 by dogs32

[glosteroldboy]

The fact is we had a great month of cold (record breaking once in a 30 year month), had we had a mild December and the cold spell had just been starting now until mid Feb I think people would be delighted and soon forget about a mild December. If it remains mild or less cold/snowy till the end of Feb then I think people will be disappointed, you expect the best winter weather in Jan/Feb but us coldies can hardly think we've been hard done by if we don't see any more snow this winter. Though seems a bit early to write the obituaries yet!

[noggin]

Dare I say that I like rain? As long as it isn't too windy with it.

I love being cosy and warm inside, hearing the rain against the windows, it's such a snug feeling (especially as my house doesn't leak now, like it used to! :lol: )

[Andy Bown]

Utterly pants day weather wise here. Wet windy and I feel cold for first time in ages because i am wet even though it is mild.

When did it start raining with you then Mullender?

I was in Bristol until 13.00 and it was dry and quite bright - very fast moving, moody clouds with the strong wind. And then I went to Bath until

15.00 which had similar conditions and the rain didn't start at home in Warminster until after 16.00!

Granted it is very wet and windy now, but most of the day was fine and dry.

[Frosty_wsm]

Horrid out there, mild doesn't bother me but hate wind and rain, would rather high pressure over us, even if it meant mild temps during the day.

[Dartmoor_Matt]

21mm of rain since midnight ... the bulk of that since 2pm today. Miserable doesn't sum up the weather today.

[Wilxy]

NMM shows signs of another batch of heavy rain again this evening following behind the one just gone through so my guess is that the metoffice might upgrade the warnings until midnight.

[Dartmoor_Matt]

NMM shows signs of another batch of heavy rain again this evening following behind the one just gone through so my guess is that the metoffice might upgrade the warnings until midnight.

The radar is showing quite a large area of PPN heading into the far SW at the moment. Although possibly not as intense.

[Wilxy]

The radar is showing quite a large area of PPN heading into the far SW at the moment. Although possibly not as intense.

NMM shows some very intense rain over you around 9pm but we will see if that happens?

The rain just went through here followed by strong winds.

[Dartmoor_Matt]

NMM shows some very intense rain over you around 9pm but we will see if that happens?

The rain just went through here followed by strong winds.

I'll let you know. The drains are already struggling, so could be interesting

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Doesnt look too good on Saturday either...

http://www.netweather.tv/gfsimages2/gfs.20110110/12/117/ukwind.png

http://www.netweather.tv/gfsimages2/gfs.20110110/12/117/ukprecip.png

Edited January 10, 2011 by RAIN RAIN RAIN

[Nights King]

When did it start raining with you then Mullender?

I was in Bristol until 13.00 and it was dry and quite bright - very fast moving, moody clouds with the strong wind. And then I went to Bath until

15.00 which had similar conditions and the rain didn't start at home in Warminster until after 16.00!

Granted it is very wet and windy now, but most of the day was fine and dry.

Must have been around 2ish because I remember thinking oh dear here it comes when i finished lunch. :huh:

Looking good for a possible cold shot of weather maybe while im away on holiday! (going to Austria)

Matt just like me am sure flooding is the least of your concerns unless one hell of alot of rain falls. :w00t:

[Dartmoor_Matt]

Must have been around 2ish because I remember thinking oh dear here it comes when i finished lunch. :huh:

Looking good for a possible cold shot of weather maybe while im away on holiday! (going to Austria)

Matt just like me am sure flooding is the least of your concerns unless one hell of alot of rain falls. :w00t:

Haha, yeah that would be quite a significant rainfall! The river is about 500feet below here. :lol:

Austria looking good for skiing tho, so you should have a good time!

[Wilxy]

More heavy rain on the way for Devon and Cornwall shortly local flooding possible i would of thought.

Edited January 10, 2011 by TomWlx

[Rich_Clements]

Met Office have been sending out tweets all afternoon regards heavy rain and strong winds for Devon and Cornwall