wales Wales (Cymru) Regional Discussion 24th January 2013, 06z onwards

[mikeocarroll]

Sleet here now, wet snow in heavier bursts. Temp 2.1c, dp -1.2c

[Ginkrots]

http://www.cbwac.com...ge_Pro_Plus.htm dramatic temperature drop at the Cardiff Bay Barrage.

The Barrage recorded a wind speed of 67mph!

Wow! I knew it felt strong on the coast, thank god I wasn't imagining things. :-)

Seems strange outside now though, quiet with little or no wind.. Calm before the next storm hopefully

[Panayiotis]

Temp 3C, dew point 0.5C, I need that to drop further if im going to see something wintry!

[mikeocarroll]

Temp 3C, dew point 0.5C, I need that to drop further if im going to see something wintry!

The temp should drop more as the night goes on, and also should get low enough for you during heavy showers.

Still a lot of showers forming inland over the Cambrians and intensifying as they head east. Wind seems to be WNW now, has veered slightly from earlier in the evening.

[mikeocarroll]

PS showers here still mostly hail, time for some more sleep until the next one wakes me up again

[Panayiotis]

The temp should drop more as the night goes on, and also should get low enough for you during heavy showers.

Still a lot of showers forming inland over the Cambrians and intensifying as they head east. Wind seems to be WNW now, has veered slightly from earlier in the evening.

My eye is on the stuff over Ireland, going to catch some sleep hopefully I can wake up by 6am to see some snow showers

[mikeocarroll]

Plenty of showers but still all hail at the moment.

[TonyH]

Bone dry here 2c dp -0.5c

[Jayfromcardiff]

Bone dry here 2c dp -0.5c

Same here, pretty much been dry all night. Can't see any blizzards coming.

Edited February 5, 2013 by Jayfromcardiff

[Marcus_surfer]

Been very dry all night not one shower since 11pm

[mikeocarroll]

Still hail here. There's a covering on all surfaces with a build-up of several cm in "drifts". Been a lot of hail here, temp is 1.5c and dp -3.0c so am slightly surprised by the lack of snow.

[lindy2017]

Still hail here. There's a covering on all surfaces with a build-up of several cm in "drifts". Been a lot of hail here, temp is 1.5c and dp -3.0c so am slightly surprised by the lack of snow.

We didnt get any here yet........

[mikeocarroll]

We didnt get any here yet........

Rainfall accumumulation on radar shows most preip has been in inland mid & north wales - the opposite of usual. Pity it has been alsmot entirely hail, would've been decent snowfall. Had a bit of sleet/wet snow in a couple of showers earlier but the huge majority has been hail, and it's still coming down.

[andymusic]

Well Ireland is reporting snow and quite a few cms - just seems to be a hole where the showers should be for south wales - this may sort itself out as the sun comes up!

[welshwizard]

nothing here guys looks like its been dry for quite a few hrs the ground is nice and dry. feels a lot colder this morn. and looking at radar most of the showers seem to be going north of most of wales and south of us.

[welshwizard]

just been having a quick read on model thread and quite a lot of people on there saying could be a major snow event on the weekend but they don't know where, and then they say that it looks like it could get a lot milder.some saying winter will be over if one of the models is correct. I wonder if things and moods will change when the next lot of models come out? looks like parts of Scotland are having very large amounts of snow another 20cm today and with these winds that stuff will pile up to give large drifts.

[Ginkrots]

Blue skies in Newport!! Forecast couldn't be any more wrong?

[blackrose73]

What a let down! Been bone dry for most of the night!

[whiskers]

Really windy freezing cold,only hail and lightning last night,what's happening today? Is it just wait and see

[snefnug]

Snow! And more Snow, lying on roads, but not enough to cancel school buses. Probably couple of centimetres and lovelu juicy big flakes, although blue skies. Happy foot waggle in bed that oil arrived yesterday.

[A_T]

snow on the ground here - no more than a centimetre - showers only so no real accumulation

[lindy2017]

Snow! And more Snow, lying on roads, but not enough to cancel school buses. Probably couple of centimetres and lovelu juicy big flakes, although blue skies. Happy foot waggle in bed that oil arrived yesterday.

Light snow just appeared .........

[mikeocarroll]

Still more hail showers here. It has every appearance of a snowy scene but when you look closely you realise it is hail not proper snowflakes. Has covered all surfaces though including main roads, pretty lethal to drive on, although doesn't really accumulate the way snow does, only about 1cm, but up to 7-8cm in doorways, verges etc where it drifts.

[andymusic]

ok - would you like to whip me now or later - lol - some of wales got snow - so I wasn't totally wrong plus I still think the next two weeks we'll have loads of the stuff - mark my words!

[snefnug]

Still getting snow showers - looking forward to lunchtime dog walk, as dog loves it!