South West & Central Southern England Regional Discussion 26th January 2013

[Mark Neal.]

Hammering down here again now. Looks stormy on radar to my West.. Could get a thunderstorm like you lot in Bristol area have had?!

[Gas Ed]

Well that was cracking, literally! Lets hope there is more hail, thunder & lightning on the way to top up the remnants of what's left of my snow pile, which is looking very sorry for itself lol.....

Good footage of that waterspout in the Bristol Channel on points west earlier btw

[AWD]

NAE showing a rather lot of accumulated rainfall over the next 48 hours;

Bearing in mind the local intensity of showers/storms and the recent snowmelt too, this could be dodgy re river levels etc so one to watch.

Wet and windy sums of the next few days really.

[Wilxy]

Gone a bit chilly now temp dropped down to 2.5°C, DP 1.2°C 91%humidity.

[Mark -W-s-M]

Well that was cracking, literally! Lets hope there is more hail, thunder & lightning on the way to top up the remnants of what's left of my snow pile, which is looking very sorry for itself lol.....

Good footage of that waterspout in the Bristol Channel on points west earlier btw

I can't find anything online about the waterspout no footage on youtube.

[Wilxy]

Still looking showery towards the B channel nothing to eye catching yet, intresting times ahead tho, very happy with the storm earlier.

[Beast of Plympton]

]You have just made my day.Didn't know that was back on again. Its not some dodgy dave repeat is it?

Hi, sorry for the late reply but as you have probably seen, brand new one!! Something to look forward to on sunday nights again now!!

Edited January 27, 2013 by Beast of Dartmoor

[dec10snow]

Well that was cracking, literally! Lets hope there is more hail, thunder & lightning on the way to top up the remnants of what's left of my snow pile, which is looking very sorry for itself lol.....

Good footage of that waterspout in the Bristol Channel on points west earlier btw

Just seen this pretty cool stat on Ian F's twitter:

@SimonOKing as best as I can recall from ATDnet data, Bristol & immediate environs have seen more SFERICS in past 24hrs than thro all 2012.

[Karl83]

Looks like a fair few showers heading this way.

[Wilxy]

Some intense radar returns in channel now maybe another storm if it keeps its strength.

[Argyle1980]

To be honest, i cant remember 1985 as being that special here.The only time i have seen big snow drifts was jan 1987,

hey there I found out it was February 1986 :-) .

Anyway lets have one for February 2013.

[Severe Siberian icy blast]

Some intense radar returns in channel now maybe another storm if it keeps its strength.

Hi all , yes looks intense on the radar , i was supprised to be reading reports of snow in the Northern Ireland thread would you believe , think the uppers are around -3 , would be good to see thunder snow wouldn't it !

[SilverWolf]

Wow that's a proper conveyor belt of showers coming up the Bristol Channel. Just been for a walk, hailstones on the grass and cars, all frozen up with a proper clear sky and a full moon. I like this winter, it reminds me of the early 80's when I was growing up.

[Mark Neal.]

Hi all , yes looks intense on the radar , i was supprised to be reading reports of snow in the Northern Ireland thread would you believe , think the uppers are around -3 , would be good to see thunder snow wouldn't it !

We can dare to dream though

[Polar Bear]

Seems that that small system has passed to the north of me just now and missed Newbury. Just been looking at wunderground for the current conditions and our daily ppn is about 112mm. Wonder if we will get some more tonight to top that up? I see also the flood warnings across the uk are creeping up still.

[Severe Siberian icy blast]

We can dare to dream though

I no ! Iv saw it once , awesome , had an inch in 40minutes and it was snowing leaves! 2004 I think , remeber the polar low that swept the country in the afternoon and hit London with a blizzard during rush hour? Started as icy rain and the temp went from 3c to 0c in 2minutes .

[dec10snow]

Anyone have any info if the line of showers just off the coast of Devon has a thundery component? This one:

Edited January 27, 2013 by dec10snow

[gottolovethisweather]

Seems that that small system has passed to the north of me just now and missed Newbury. Just been looking at wunderground for the current conditions and our daily ppn is about 112mm. Wonder if we will get some more tonight to top that up? I see also the flood warnings across the uk are creeping up still.

Hi PB.

Two things have confused me in your post as firstly I can't see any radar returns near Newbury according to the NW v6 radar at least. Secondly, I have received 10.8mm today which is somewhat below the 112mm you reported.

Intriguingly however, my mother has just reported probable lightning lightening up the sky out West. The nearest cell to us appears to be non-thundery and that resides over the Chippenham area of Wiltshire.

[Mark Neal.]

Yep that stormy looking shower missed here really. We just had about a few minutes of rain, brushed into South Oxon instead.. There are a few more though crossing the Bristol Channel so may get one later

[dec10snow]

Seems that that small system has passed to the north of me just now and missed Newbury. Just been looking at wunderground for the current conditions and our daily ppn is about 112mm. Wonder if we will get some more tonight to top that up? I see also the flood warnings across the uk are creeping up still.

11.2mm??

[Mark Neal.]

I no ! Iv saw it once , awesome , had an inch in 40minutes and it was snowing leaves! 2004 I think , remeber the polar low that swept the country in the afternoon and hit London with a blizzard during rush hour? Started as icy rain and the temp went from 3c to 0c in 2minutes .

December 16th 2010? By any chance, we had back edge snow from that system, then had a low pressure that gave us 24cm come Saturday as it pivoted over us... Oh those were the days

[Karl83]

Heavy hail again!! And now rain.... And hail again.

Edited January 27, 2013 by Karl83

[dancing daisy]

Oh for goodness sake, hasn't the west country had enough rain? This weather is really making me narky!

We had better have an amazing spring and summer to make up for 2 years of dross.

[Wilxy]

seems to be very little thundery component at the moment.

[dec10snow]

As much as I want a thunderstorm, it's lovely to have a nice bright full moon shining down

Heavy hail again!! And now rain.... And hail again.

Doesn't seem to be any sort of lightning being detected?? Or am I reading it wrong?