Southern England Regional Discussion Thread

[ChartViewer]

There is some very vey light precipitation out there at the moment, so light it is hard to tell if it is snowy or drizzly but although it's a balmy 5 deg with a 3.9 dewpoint, it feels v cold

Agree with this came home and although temp felt like it had dropped felt bloody cold out there......Those temps/dewpoints are not anywhere near enough for snow but i agree it feels cold......No wind but clear skies and a colder feel!

[iowpompeylee]

is that a band of precipitation heading our way on the radar?? bitterly cold outside....maybe an outside chance of a flurry??? any reports os whats coming out of it???

Edited December 16, 2011 by iowpompeylee

[Zephyr]

Can confirm its snowing in Yate but not pitching! Nice to see some snow at last though!

[slinky1989]

Just had a text from my manager saying there's snow up on Lansdown just outside Bath.

[abruzzi spur]

Light drizzle here. May hem my wife's skirt whilst watching it fall

AS

[AWD]

Heavy Sleet in Bristol now!

[Aceman]

Evening guys

80% hum

2.6c (dropped 2c in about 30 mins)

Wet snow right now

Edit. Proper snow now!!! No, still wetish

Edited December 16, 2011 by Aceman

[Nights King]

Just about to hit the mendips and intensity looking like it is increasing....

The wait is agony...

heavy sleet apar in pensford (50m) a min ago

[lfcdude]

well after my nap i just woke up and wow it snowed alot more since my nap lol

[theprophecyman]

Rain in Frome

[Andy Bown]

2 minutes ago it was raining, now it's snowing!

Snow at 4.1c!

[WhiteFox]

is that a band of precipitation heading our way on the radar?? bitterly cold outside....maybe an outside chance of a flurry??? any reports os whats coming out of it???

Rain. We had a burst in Reading around five and it was fairly heavy rain with just the odd apparel on the windscreen from a dying snowflake. Will be snow over salisbury plain though judging by the radar.

[MP-R]

Ahhh! If it's not a front then why is the temperature rising? Do troughs have warm sectors too? Just rain here so far.

[Kiwi]

Rain. We had a burst in Reading around five and it was fairly heavy rain with just the odd apparel on the windscreen from a dying snowflake. Will be snow over salisbury plain though judging by the radar.

and ice in the morning!

[weathergeek]

Christmas day weather is not nailed yet but the most likely outcome is cool/cold zonality. In regards to SSW, it's probably best that you keep reading the strat thread.

Thanks Higrade - I do read the Strat threat as far as my tech knowledge takes me - ie, warm strat = more chance of big snow event and cold strat = a lot less chance! That really is about as far as I geddit but for now its lookin ok!

So I guess its all eyes on models for Xmas output now....or should I save myself the stress and just check forecast on Thurs/Fri....can I do it? Probably not dammit! Lol!

H.

[Andy Bown]

Temp has dropped 1.1c in 7 mins! Wet snow beginning to settle, very similar to Weds morn.

[Nights King]

I have sleet!

just don't have the intensity like you lot further east.

The trough is breaking up too.

Edited December 16, 2011 by mullender83

[WhiteFox]

Nice pics audiotech. That road is always my first destination whenever there's marginal snow events. Coming out of Reading, it's usually starting to turn to snow by Nettlebed, and then proper snow by the time I reach Park Corner and Cookley Green. It was settling nicely when I first drove through around 6.30 this morning.

BTW, first real test of the winter tyres this morning and they're great. Strongly recommended for anyone who likes snow chasing like myself.

and ice in the morning!

Yes. I'm hoping the gritters will be out on force. Traffic is so bad this evening though they wouldn't get much done!

BTW, 'apparel' should have read 'splash'. Stupid phone!

BTW audiotech, next time you approach from the oxford direction, try coming off at 6, turn left and then right up the A40. Lovely drive and you'll see the snow increasing as you go up...

[Andy Bown]

Make that a 1.6c drop in just under 15mins with wet snow settling on cars/grass.

Must be evaporative cooling.

[Paul T]

Sleet showers. Woo de do.

Merry telephone boxin Christmas

[Nights King]

I have a mix of light sleet and wet snow. but its breaking up and I just wont get the evaporative cooling needed here.

Sleet turned to snow very quickly however it lasted less than 5 mins before the trough just evaporated

temperature 1.0c

Edited December 16, 2011 by mullender83

[fromey]

hi

temp was 4.2c, it started to rain and the temp dropped to 1.6c, heavy sleet with big flakes then 30secs of wet snow now its back to rain.

just caught the bbc forecast and they showed the temps rising to double digits by wednesday

[Aceman]

Back to reality then, still loving the wintry showers though. So many things have to be in place for them to happen, will considet myself to have had lady luck with me this last week

Edited December 16, 2011 by Aceman

[No Balls Like Snow Balls]

I can see the Chilterns from my house, and the particular hill i can see is about 240 meters and there was still a good covering of snow on there at 1pm, I would imagine there is still snow left up there now.

[Andy Bown]

It's eased off here now with slushiness on the roads and cars/grass with a thin covering.

The main issue will be ice later and the main interest was a 2.1c temperature drop in about 20 minutes!