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

[knocker]

Looking at the forecast radar rhere could a whack of snow in the Dorset, Somerset, Bristol and Wales area where the temp is just low enough. If it's low enough which looks likely. The high resolution Modis at midday courtesy "NERC Satellite Receiving Station, Dundee University, Scotland" http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/

[Andy Pepler]

enough with the snow already .. can we have spring now please

[dancing daisy]

are you holding him hostage?

May as well be lol

[Bumpkin]

We have a mix of sleet and small flakes, its gradually turning more wintery

[Man With Beard]

Heavy rain in Portsmouth, how come it's heavy when it rains but only light when it snows??

[kaz]

Just been out to feed the birds they were giving me the evil eye through the window, I must have 100's of birds in me back garden think they have all flocked here to get some warmth, all with their little suitcases and beach towels.

It cant even be bothered to rain now its doing nothing.

kaz

[lfcdude]

I like the way the ppn is intensifing on the south easten flack toward Bognor... incoming later this evening i guess

[Dampdorset82]

Heavy rain in Portsmouth, how come it's heavy when it rains but only light when it snows??

water (liquid) is heavier than formed snow flakes.

[BristolBlizzard]

The pivot point could be to far south for Northern Parts of are Region, i guess it should pep up soon and extend northwards.

Or warm up the ground more

Thinking about it, isn't the pivot point in the perfect position? There's still a gradual northward movement and isn't it supposed to eventually move NE through the night?

Edited January 22, 2013 by BristolBlizzard

[gottolovethisweather]

Just been out to feed the birds they were giving me the evil eye through the window, I must have 100's of birds in me back garden think they have all flocked here to get some warmth, all with their little suitcases and beach towels.

kaz

No such luck here.

Edited January 22, 2013 by gottolovethisweather

[Nights King]

water (liquid) is heavier than formed snow flakes.

It weighs exactly the same just in a different form

[Wilxy]

Latest NAE 12z first frame still looks good

[Evie]

Just watched weather forecast with Bob who reckons Exeter will see snow this evening and an amber warning has been issued! Just been rain and sleet all day, current temp is 4c. If Exeter does get snow I will happily get out in it in my bikini and take photographic evidence!

[otleygas]

strange how the v6 radar only appears to be showing rain and sleet and no pink snow, despite the many reports coming in of snow.

[jtay]

I like the way the ppn is intensifing on the south easten flack toward Bognor... incoming later this evening i guess

It is. It's heavy here already. Up until now the existing snow has been melting faster than it's been settling, due to the temperature.

Whoever gets this later on (Somerset?) is going to have some fun and games.

[A.J]

The ppn has reached here in Lyneham and it's..............wait for it...................................SNOW!

[kaz]

Just watched weather forecast with Bob who reckons Exeter will see snow this evening and an amber warning has been issued! Just been rain and sleet all day, current temp is 4c. If Exeter does get snow I will happily get out in it in my bikini and take photographic evidence!

I said that once and it did snow and yup I did have to have pic taken

[Snowkissed]

Heavy sleet here! Temp 1.8c

[Wilxy]

Its further North on latest NAE, strange as its struggling north as it is.

[Mapantz]

Sherborne has big chunky slowflakes at the moment.

[somersetsnow]

Snowing!!!! 0.5deg. Has been for the past 3/4hr

[Wilxy]

Could this system stall again right over the west country

[Andy Bown]

Has anyone else noticed that although there has been wide spread snow over much of the UK temps have not been that low, compared to other years where we were hitting -14 day after day so when the snow came the ground was all ready cold and hard. Just an observation.kaz

More than likely due to cloudcover preventing temps falling too far, in places where it has cleared and snow has been on the ground they've gone down to -8c to -13c!

Where were the main areas of intrest?

Wiltshire, Bath, Bristol, Eastern half of Somerset - obviously all open to change!

Just watched weather forecast with Bob who reckons Exeter will see snow this evening and an amber warning has been issued! Just been rain and sleet all day, current temp is 4c. If Exeter does get snow I will happily get out in it in my bikini and take photographic evidence!

Get onto a Facebook page called 'Wiltshire Lets Get Naked In The Snow' and donate to charity!

[Milli Bar]

2.5 C here, but was 3.3 C an hour or so ago so at least it's some improvement! Temp dropping quite consistenly. DP stubbornly 1.1 C though. Just rain here, in fact 9.1mm so far. Oh if only that had all been snow!! No lying snow here anymore, it's all been washed away

Fingers crossed for later though!

[EGHH]

For those in Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch etc. enjoying this lovely cold rain (about the only weather I actually hate, I mean, seriously what's worse than 1-5c and rain, totally pointless, bah!), cast your minds back to 2009 - I think it was, possibly 2008.

I remember it reasonably well if not the date. Very similar situation to this. Low in the channel, occlusion pushing up from the South, started off as rain. My business partner and I were going to see a client in his rather modified Subaru Imprezza. As we were heading over to Boscombe, it started to get a bit sleety. He was going too fast for my liking but I kept my mouth shut. Going down Ashley Road in Boscombe it flicked like a switch to snow. Within about 100m we went over the railway bridge but there was a stationary bus about 200m in front. Although only doing 25mph or so we couldn't stop and wen't into a car behind the bus. It hammered it down with snow for about 2-3 hours after that. We picked up the damage and managed to limp the car to the Client, did the meeting (which was rather surreal) and then tried to head to his flat. But we only got as far as Bournemouth as the radiator was leaking like a burst water main and it was still so icy everywhere. We spent about another hour trying to repair it well enough on the roadside before giving up and going for a KFC. By evening time it had all melted again.

Will we see that again today? Well we won't be crashing in his car because that incident wrote it off hehe.

Oh well, hopefully this was a mildly amusing diversion for the fellow south coastians who are trying to find the first hints of sleet before it maybe turns to snow for a while.