Southwest & Central Southern England Regional Discussion 18th December 2012>

[Dorsetbred]

Sunniest day of 2013 by far and the driest

Edited January 1, 2013 by Dorsetbred

[jethro]

Happy New Year everyone! Here's hoping this one won't be as soggy as the last, that the Sun will win the battle in the summer and that we'll soon be buried under the white stuff, finally digging our way out ready for Easter.

[cerneman]

Nice sunny morning, Stables out exercising horses, Rather spring like

[davecornwall]

First post after lurking for years! It's not raining in East Cornwall for the first time for what seems like months!

Hope everything starts to dry up.

[BARRY]

First post after lurking for years! It's not raining in East Cornwall for the first time for what seems like months!

Hope everything starts to dry up.

great in it the sun shining hardly a breath of wind 2013 is great.

Oh and welcome to the madhouse.

Edited January 1, 2013 by BARRY

[Dorsetbred]

First post after lurking for years! It's not raining in East Cornwall for the first time for what seems like months!

Hope everything starts to dry up.

Welcome to the best of the webs weather forums.

[ARTDEMOLE]

Sunny....7c...

[davecornwall]

Thanks for the welcomes. Now let's see if we can get some snow!

[Andy Bown]

Best weather day since 2011 here ; LOL !!

[Dorsetbred]

Down to 2.7C and falling, could be a brisk one tonight.

[fromey]

i dont if anybody has read this today.

fergieweather, on 01 January 2013 - 16:22 , said:

Absolutely. This is a crucial posting and everyone new to model-watching needs to appreciate the inevitable level of flux we'll now see in MOS into the longer medium-range/trend period. It's a fascinating time developing and trust me - the more I hear about what could happen later January from UKMO colleagues, the more exciting it becomes. There's a real buzz in discussions about this one.... (and I'm not normally drawn by such things!!)

[AWD]

i dont if anybody has read this today.

fergieweather, on 01 January 2013 - 16:22 , said:

Absolutely. This is a crucial posting and everyone new to model-watching needs to appreciate the inevitable level of flux we'll now see in MOS into the longer medium-range/trend period. It's a fascinating time developing and trust me - the more I hear about what could happen later January from UKMO colleagues, the more exciting it becomes. There's a real buzz in discussions about this one.... (and I'm not normally drawn by such things!!)

I think most of Netweather have read that today.

Second half of winter is looking very interesting to say the least. Think it will be a slow process & will need a couple of bites of the cherry, but its looking far more promising than the current output.

[BARRY]

I think most of Netweather have read that today.

Second half of winter is looking very interesting to say the least. Think it will be a slow process & will need a couple of bites of the cherry, but its looking far more promising than the current output.

In 1963 the southwest took the brunt of the snowfall if that happens god knows what it would be like and i remember that winter

[SNOW CRYSTAL]

Happy New Year everyone. Anyone noticed that it's stopped raining?!!! Went to Bigbury beach and Burgh island today. Beautiful afternoon, could not believe how cold it felt in the strong wind. Certainly blew cobwebs and hangovers away.

[coldframe]

Happy New Year everyone. Anyone noticed that it's stopped raining?!!! Went to Bigbury beach and Burgh island today. Beautiful afternoon, could not believe how cold it felt in the strong wind. Certainly blew cobwebs and hangovers away.

Great way to start the year! Lovely part of the World. Glad its stopped raining- I've got to take down my runner bean poles from my allotment- not been able to get there since August!! Hopefully the ground will dry up a bit now. Interesting couple of weeks ahead now model wise if this SSW event materialises. If the cold does arrive, there could be problems with cliff falls and landslides with all the water seeping through rocks freezing.

[John88B]

Hi all! My first post on this forum. I have always been really interested in the weather so took the plunge and joined this great site. I'm not great at reading the model outputs but am looking forward to learning. In the mean time I can at least give the latest weather reports from here in Patchway, South Glos during weather events. Anyway here's hoping for some nice cold winter weather towards the second half of January and the remainder of winter.

Edited January 2, 2013 by Bristol/John

[noggin]

i dont if anybody has read this today.

fergieweather, on 01 January 2013 - 16:22 , said:

Absolutely. This is a crucial posting and everyone new to model-watching needs to appreciate the inevitable level of flux we'll now see in MOS into the longer medium-range/trend period. It's a fascinating time developing and trust me - the more I hear about what could happen later January from UKMO colleagues, the more exciting it becomes. There's a real buzz in discussions about this one.... (and I'm not normally drawn by such things!!)

But (I assume that Ian is referring to cold/snow)........weren't the MetO as sure as anything that we were going to get lots of cold and snow a few weeks ago?

I refuse to believe we will be getting any snow until I can actually see it falling.

Having said that, I bought the last snow shovel in Sainsbury's yesterday.....reduced from £14.99 to £4.99. I got a few funny looks carrying it around, but I've wanted one for years having previously had to use a spade.

Will it just be sitting around, redundant, in the garage with the rock salt or will it prove very useful later this month?

Time will tell!

PS It's raining again.

Edited January 2, 2013 by noggin

[Coast]

Hi all! My first post on this forum.

Welcome John and happy posting!

I refuse to believe we will be getting any snow until I can actually see it falling.

It's the only sure-fire way of avoiding disappointment!

[Snowangel-MK]

Hi all! My first post on this forum.

Hello Bristol John, welcome to the forum

[noggin]

Forgot to welcome nettie, davecornwall and Bristol/John to our fold,so......

"Welcome to nettie, davecornwall and Bristol/John".

You know that you will end up with frazzled nerves here, I'm sure!

[cerneman]

Calm overcast morning, First time for while no weather warnings posted by Met office for 5 day outlook

[davecornwall]

Hi Noggin,

Having 'lurked' for so many years my nerves frazzled a few years ago!

The weather today is a bit drizzly and overcast....well yesterday was nice so can't complain.

Having lived in Cornwall for the last six years I'm now used to days on end of rain and cloud.......Wiltshire weather was far better!!

[gottolovethisweather]

Hi all! My first post on this forum. I have always been really interested in the weather so took the plunge and joined this great site. I'm not great at reading the model outputs but am looking forward to learning. In the mean time I can at least give the latest weather reports from here in Patchway, South Glos during weather events. Anyway here's hoping for some nice cold winter weather towards the second half of January and the remainder of winter.

Hi there,

Yes, you will enjoy it in here and also in the other threads. Depending on how much knowledge you already have, you won't fail to stop learning from the best in netweather.

Edited January 2, 2013 by gottolovethisweather

[AWD]

Looks like a mild few days to come down here now before cooling off to nearer average in week 2.

Look at the uppers this week;

[Evening thunder]

Tis nice to have some drier weather but it is certainly doing it in a rather uninteresting fashion.

My local forecast says it all really http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2640834 Mild cloudy and dull with nothing happening.

my boring weather alarm bells are certainly ringing loudly..