South West/Central Southern England Regional Discussion 22/01/13 16z------------->

[GazzzaV6]

Rain on south coast. Really disappointing. Good luck to you guys out west.

[dec10snow]

It's eased off here now, hubby still not made it home, in fact hasn't even got as far as the A37 yet - total gridlock. Here's a couple of dodgy pics I've just taken in the garden, as you can see, we've had a nice top up to what was still laying.

Wow. You have loads there!!

[Man With Beard]

Really cant make its mind up ... back to snow again! Can we get a new covering before it moves on though?

[Uncle Gargy]

Been snowing for 3hrs but only 1cm. Seems to be wet snow and the temperature is still too high at 1c. Think it will be rain by the morning. Kids will be going to school.

[Sexki11en]

Light but very wet snow here in Bristol currently after the huge fat flakes we had at around 6pm. It's just not cold enough out there at the moment. Really disappointing after the dump we saw earlier.

[dec10snow]

where in Somerset are you?

Taunton, says so by my avatar

[Juliet3]

Snowing here in Fareham, although not settling as ground is too wet.

[dec10snow]

That heavy PPN seems to be moving quite slowly actually!

[farmer2555]

Taunton, says so by my avatar

sorry on my phone so can't see that,thanks for the reply :-)

[chris55]

Radar is an evolving situation by the looks of it, I would not count out more intense ppn behind the main chunk now over Wales.

[-uksnow-]

Been snowing here since 3.30pm, had about an extra cm accum of v. wet snow only on the surfaces that already have snow but none on the patio where it has melted already!

[lettice]

just checked the lampost and i can see snow

the temp has just dropped to 1.8c from 2.2c in last hour

dewpoint 1.1c

what a day of changeable weather

[Polar Bear]

Well MetOffice tellse heavy snow still to be had at 9pm so I'm going to refrain from looking outside til then and see just how right it is .... Naughty I know but why not. I may be proved wrong.. What luxury to at least test the theory...

Hope those that are still trying to get home though do so soon and safely.

[Mumbles]

Pretty heavy here still..good 2 inches has settled..roads are treacherous!

[Sungirl]

Snowing like mad here, no settling on the already settled snow.

It's slowed right down here Hoping for more soon!

[TimMB]

Bit of heavy ppn building around Clevedon.

[Andy Bown]

Wondering if the current gap of light sleet/snow area over South Wiltshire will be filled by heavier coming up from the Southampton direction.

Temp has been 0.4c for nearly 3 hours since the heaviest burst and there's a slow thaw of some of what settled earlier, although a good few

CMs on most surfaces which were clear and a decent top up on what was left from Friday.

[Wilxy]

Moderate snow again here now flakes have got bigger although weakening now behind.

[dec10snow]

Well MetOffice tellse heavy snow still to be had at 9pm so I'm going to refrain from looking outside til then and see just how right it is .... Naughty I know but why not. I may be proved wrong.. What luxury to at least test the theory...

Hope those that are still trying to get home though do so soon and safely.

You may well be proven wrong! The met office have had sleet showing for me for hours now, how wrong that has been! Currently very heavy snow, as this main heavy band seems to be hitting!!

[Dorsetbred]

Rain on south coast. Really disappointing. Good luck to you guys out west.

Well sort of.

It's been snowing all afternoon here in Poole, and then around 6ish it was rain, snow,rain,snow,rain,snow,rain,snow which is still the case.

A measured 2cms was the outcome for the afternoon.

Currently:

Temp 0.3°C

DP -1.6°C

As everything now drips

Edited January 22, 2013 by Dorsetbred

[Bristawl Si]

Chucking it down again here.

Radar doesnt look brill though (imby).

Somerset, Mendips esp. Battering to continue me thinks.

[Sungirl]

Zooming in on the radars, it seems that as soon as the heavier ppn gets near me, it fizzles out!

I am seriously considering using a fire blanket on my open fire just in case I am creating too much heat

[Somerset Squall]

Snow easing here now, that intense band really delivered though. Went from not settling to a covering in less than half hour

[Blizzardof82]

Moderate again at Frenchay, have to say litlle disappointed at moment compared to where I thought we were going 6pm.

[BristolBaggie]

Not looking good for Bristol thus far,unless the precipitation which is giving parts of Somerset a dumping starts to move up to Bristol this all could be a damp squib here. Snow is to just to wet and not settling.