South West & Central Southern England Regional Discussion 11/03/13 13z---->

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This is the scene in my back garden taken just a few minutes ago. Note the metal private parking sign in the garden to the left of the trampoline. The wind has ripped the sign clean off the wall next to the wheelie bin in the top left of the picture and launched it unceremoniously over the fence into our garden! I am just glad none of us were hit by it

It's still snowing here although we appear to be having a respite from the deluge we had this morning and it's now very windy indeed. The strongest winds are expected between 3pm and 6pm this afternoon so time to batten down the hatches.

That looks nice, but i thought you guys in the channel were going to get a lot more than that!

[coxxy22]

looks to me as if that NE wind is shering the northern flank off ???

Edited March 11, 2013 by coxxy22

[SilverWolf]

Decided not to lay the patio I'm booked in to do today in the wind exposed garden at the top of the hills near me....

Radar has got quite interesting in the last hour - that's a lot of showers compared to this morning.

[Fitzwis]

That looks nice, but i thought you guys in the channel were going to get a lot more than that!

There's still plenty of time for more and our local forecast has just been updated with further heavy snow forecast between now and tomorrow lunchtime

Edited March 11, 2013 by Fitzwis

[SunnySouthCoast]

Latest BBC graphics now have that south east snow (from IOW eastwards until tomorrow morning) extended along the coast westwards to Portland!

[cornish snow]

Decided not to lay the patio I'm booked in to do today in the wind exposed garden at the top of the hills near me....

Radar has got quite interesting in the last hour - that's a lot of showers compared to this morning.

dont blame you.

Managed 2 hours work strimming this morning and my fingers felt like someone had hit them with a hammer.

Going back in a minute though,lawns very dry,. perfect for cutting.

All a bonus today,thinking i was going to have the day of for the snow,silly me

edit Forgot to say,at 11:36 i think i saw a few little flakes in the wind,TBH it was probably just dandruff

Edited March 11, 2013 by cornish snow

[lettice]

how accurate is that jersey radar, it looks like its pushing north now

[wightwootton]

how accurate is that jersey radar, it looks like its pushing north now

Does seem to be moving north now!

[Lynxus]

Lots of snow flurries about today.

Very nice. ( none settling obviously )

Could be interesting in a few days though.

[Andy Bown]

I couldn't believe the wind this morning, the chill aspect I can cope with when out working but the frequency and potency of the gusts was

very surprising and quite something to experience.

Snow flurries/showers in Warminster for the last hour, to me they seem to be from the frontal situation rather than the showery set up affecting

most areas further N/NE as the cloud type is frontal rather than convective.

[Fitzwis]

how accurate is that jersey radar, it looks like its pushing north now

It has only very recently been upgraded so I like to think it's top banana

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-21545457

[MR EXTREMES]

omg proper whiteout conditions now. noticed on the met office rainfsll radar a blob of white which indicated downpoor i thought it was a break in the rainband but it clearly was not oh goody bet my lil girl is going nuts at school lol.

[cerneman]

Light snow but few really big flakes blowing around in wind,,,,,

[MR EXTREMES]

now this is why we like channel lows remember 09/10 winter brillant.

[Chul]

Is this snow going to pep up do we think?

[Mapantz]

After all the hype for the south west, Dorset down to Cornwall really crapped out on this one

Most experts say that precip charts should be taken with a pinch of salt but i raise my glass to the NAE on this one, the NMM was horrifically wrong ..

4 to 5" of lying snow quite widely according to the NMM.

[Man With Beard]

omg proper whiteout conditions now. noticed on the met office rainfsll radar a blob of white which indicated downpoor i thought it was a break in the rainband but it clearly was not oh goody bet my lil girl is going nuts at school lol.

Congratulations on 3000 posts!

Real up and down day here isn't it, one minute the sun's trying to break through and a slight thaw begins, the next minute we've moved to Antartica.

Keeping a close eye on the stuff coming out of Jersey - if some of the forecast models are right then this morning was just the starters for us. But very hard to tell if it will make it looking at the radar.

[AWD]

Light snow flurries in Bristol now. Bitterly cold out too, as expected.

EDIT: Getting a tad heavier now and blowing around in the wind.

Nice to look at if nothing else.

Edited March 11, 2013 by AWD

[MR EXTREMES]

Congratulations on 3000 posts!

Real up and down day here isn't it, one minute the sun's trying to break through and a slight thaw begins, the next minute we've moved to Antartica.

Keeping a close eye on the stuff coming out of Jersey - if some of the forecast models are right then this morning was just the starters for us. But very hard to tell if it will make it looking at the radar.

well ive just ran through the mets radar and it certainly looks like something more heavy slowly creeping across the channel towards us looks like fun lets see shall we,

[Man With Beard]

After all the hype for the south west, Dorset down to Cornwall really crapped out on this one

Most experts say that precip charts should be taken with a pinch of salt but i raise my glass to the NAE on this one, the NMM was horrifically wrong ..

4 to 5" of lying snow quite widely according to the NMM.

The NAE was completely wrong for here though (until the last minute turn around this morning), yesterday it was going for 2-4mm here up to Tuesday pm - we've exceeded that already

[cerneman]

Early afternoon in almost mid March with icicles hanging from shed roof,,,,,,,,,,,,,Didn't have that in mid winter,,

[lettice]

It has only very recently been upgraded so I like to think it's top banana

http://www.bbc.co.uk...jersey-21545457

thanks for that, will start using that now as a radar

it certainly has shown to be ok for todays shift my way.

we had a quiet period last half hour of some blowing in the wind but the heavy white medium flakes are back now

[Mapantz]

The NAE was completely wrong for here though (until the last minute turn around this morning), yesterday it was going for 2-4mm here up to Tuesday pm - we've exceeded that already

You have around "2 of lying snow?

[gottolovethisweather]

Blimey o'reilly that radar has pepped up over the last couple of hours. Widespread showers UK wide away from the main precipitation band which should drift slowly Eastwards as the day wears on.

[PompeyFC]

Wish it was settling