South West/Central Southern England Regional Discussion 22/01/13 00z------------->

[SilverWolf]

How far north are we likely to see some snow. Here cheltenham glos cant make out if we are under amber or not ??

I think you'll be ok, there's a lot of it. If you go back half a dozen pages ( 9.30 ish) in the thread someone posted ppn charts going into weds, looked good for our area.

[swsnowlover]

Definitely much more snow than rain now!! Quite heavy too. Only bummer is the ground is now wet from the rain so it's unlikely to settle

[fromey]

Wind is picking up here just on the edge of the main band

[Agenda109]

Note the absolute stunned silence from the Poole and Bournemouth fraternity. I empathise, it's a real downer being on the coast on days like this

[SilverWolf]

Definitely much more snow than rain now!! Quite heavy too. Only bummer is the ground is now wet from the rain so it's unlikely to settle

It will always settle if temp dips enough, regardless of wet. Give it time!

[Wilxy]

Anybody near exeter like to give me a report, seems very bad down there at the moment.

[Bumpkin]

Still rain here, all of our lovely snow people in the garden are getting smaller.

[gottolovethisweather]

Your being very negative today?!

Some low lying areas of somerset already reporting snow so I think your neck of the woods will do fine!

I'm touching a very large piece of wood at the moment.

[joshuam10]

Is it raining inPetersfield?

[AWD]

From Ian;

W COUNTRY Snow will already fall for many by this eve rush-hour: wet snow, readily accreting & giving v poor visibility/driving conditions..

[suxer]

Sleety mix in ilminster ,,,,,getting there

[Kiwi]

Waiting for something here.

radar showing that light something is about 5 miles away to my south.

Dp has risen from -0.8c to-0.3c in the last hour but temp has remained steady at 1.8c

I have no wind.

Edited January 22, 2013 by Kiwi

[Chul]

Temperature in Southampton is currently 1.5 degrees (feels like -2) with a DP of -0.4. . . . . . . Sky looking grey here, should I be expecting more rain than snow? :-(

[gottolovethisweather]

1.9c here so not quite what netweather says (-4c) so I suspect their suggestion of 70% chance snow 6pm onwards is dubious too... Course, that is assuming the weather station page I use is correct - never occurred to me until now that it mightn't be!

http://www.weatherfa...ell/wxhome.html

Anybody out there able to give me some hope for more proper snow later in my area? We still have a lot lying but the thaw is evident on roads.

I'm not going to cry if we don't get any. We had a good amount and the kids were able to make full use of it with sledges at the weekend.

I haven't claimed a yes or no yet Sungirl but please do watch the radars, and follow the percipitation type posts where at all possible. This event could lead to a very difficult rush-hour later on.

Edited January 22, 2013 by gottolovethisweather

[Dean E]

Just to emphasise to people, Winds are due to switch to NE'ly this afternoon, brining in colder uppers. This will increasing turn the PPN from rain to snow later.

I've had a high of 3c and hour ago, been light rain since then and now my temperature is 2.1c. Clearly evaporative cooling is coming into play.

SM

[Wilxy]

Temp stable here now at 1.2°C, DP -0.6°C, looking ok at the moment with snow reports further south. Snow just started here

EDIT: Stopped now DP -0.5°C

Edited January 22, 2013 by tomjwlx

[Bumpkin]

temperature is dropping, gone down from 2.9 to 1.4c so i shall see if this rain starts to look more wintery soon.

[124alex]

No snow yet just Rain. Temp: 2c dewpoint: 2c

[lynnsim]

Waiting for something here.

radar showing that light something is about 5 miles away to my south.

Dp has risen from -0.8c to-0.3c in the last hour but temp has remained steady at 1.8c

I have no wind.

Nothing here yet Kiwi. I think I am about 20 miles south of you? It can't be far away!

[Bumpkin]

Looking more sleety now

[Paul T]

Cloud building, temp dropping in Bristol. Dropped 0.5oc in last 45 mins. Keep on dropping...

[Gibby]

Nothing arrived at Radstock yet. +1.3C and a dewpoint of +0.5C.

[jtay]

South Wilts 5 minutes ago.

Still coming down steadily. Keep the faith people.

[Andy Bown]

Flurrying light sleet in Warminster at the extreme edge of the main band, 0.9c and expecting snow if the heavier pulses move over.

[microclimate]

Waiting for something here.

radar showing that light something is about 5 miles away to my south.

Dp has risen from -0.8c to-0.3c in the last hour but temp has remained steady at 1.8c

I have no wind.

Try some Jerusalem Artichokes or a can of coke, usually works for me!!