South West & Central Southern England Regional Discussion 16/3/13 16z ------>

[A.J]

Ok, carry on here with your stormy posts

old thread here ----->

[AWD]

Hail now reverted to moderate rain. Core of cell to the west of me.

[Mapantz]

The Purbeck shield has worked well today.

[Snowkissed]

Heavy hail showers here now. The sky is dark and heavy but sunshine to the west. It has been great to see the fast moving billowing clouds today against a blue sky.

[Karl83]

So I managed to hear 2 rumbles of thunder and saw the dark threatening sky light up before me. Got soaked in the process but well worth it. Bring on the storm season!

EDIT: Thought I'd add a photo I took just before the rain started. Nothing special however I was hoping to spot a funnel.

[Snowkissed]

Double rainbow to the East of me - a real big thick bow of colour - bringing hope !

[Dorsetbred]

Some decent hail sessions have the roads around here like skating rinks, after their deluge.

Temperature has dropped 3C in this session, as the ice warning came on in the car.

Add some sleet in that mix....

[AWD]

Double rainbow to the East of me - a real big thick bow of colour - bringing hope !

And;

[Bumpkin]

We had a nice sunny break for a while but the sky is dark and its piddling down again.

[Andy Bown]

Beautiful radar this evening with the LOW centre over the region and stunning CBs in all directions as well as Mammatus

reflecting brightly as the sun sets.

[Nights King]

I see chance of snow in south of region tonight with a dusting over hills. Too far north again

[Southern Storm]

I've been so wrapped up in the hunt for cold in the model thread that today's convection has took me a little by surprise, Wind, hail, and lightning, what more could you ask for

[Mapantz]

Had some nice hail not long ago and a bit of a downpour. Today's total has hit 19.4mm.

[AWD]

Heavy rain shower here now. Feeling rather chilly out too.

[AWD]

Looks to be a developing stream of small cells to the south of Bristol, giving frequent outbreaks of very heavy rain.

Some surface water present on the roads etc now.

[divadee]

A massive hail storm an thunder and lightening here about 40 mins ago. Fantastic to watch.

[Mapantz]

Either there's something wrong with the radar or the precip is evaporating before it hits the surface (which i doubt) there's no rain at all here ..

[Kiwi]

Torrential rain ....and lots of thunder/lightning !!

[dec10snow]

Looks like a nice cell to the east of Sheffield!!

[chris55]

20+cms of snow for Stroud on the ECM 12z from Friday to Sunday OMG, lol.

http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/England/Stroud/long.html

Not dissimilar for Bristol.

http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/England/Bristol/long.html

[Dorsetbred]

20+cms of snow for Stroud on the ECM 12z from Friday to Sunday OMG, lol.

http://www.yr.no/pla...troud/long.html

Not dissimilar for Bristol.

http://www.yr.no/pla...istol/long.html

ROFL

[Lyn-M]

Interesting cloud taken just after 17.00.

[suxer]

20+cms of snow for Stroud on the ECM 12z from Friday to Sunday OMG, lol.

http://www.yr.no/pla...troud/long.html

Not dissimilar for Bristol.

http://www.yr.no/pla...istol/long.html

zero chance,i like your sense of humour

[Reefseeker]

Just posted this in the SE thread, but as it's about my visit home today, thought you might like it here also:)

Well, totally treacherous driving conditions coming back tonight over the A303. Steady to heavy rain across Salisbury Plain with plenty of standing water; gritters were out although temp was 4C. Came along just after a bad accident with 4 cars strewn across the carriageway and a poor guy desperately trying to stop drivers ploughing into the two cars wedged against the hard shoulder in the rain; an absolute obstacle course of cars and debris to navigate.

On the brighter side, we walked through Midsomer Norton in the most amazing hail storm ever; pea sized balls of hail came thick out of the sky, covering the ground in minutes so the main road was deep in hail, and the cars needed headlights and advanced anti-skid driving skills. My son held out for five minutes enjoying the feel of the hail on his head, but in the end the stinging got too much and he took shelter under the umbrella which had the hail thundering onto it. FAB! Also some lovely sheet lightning across the sky driving over Salisbury Plain which lit up everything in purples, oranges and whites; looked gorgeous.

[jtay]

FAB! Also some lovely sheet lightning across the sky driving over Salisbury Plain which lit up everything in purples, oranges and whites; looked gorgeous.

Yep, I'd go along with that.

We had the lot earlier; thunder/lightning/wind/hail/rain for a couple of hours but missed it all as I was transfixed by the rugby.

Any other day, I'd have been out there in my pants in full Lord of the Flies mode, but it was a good game,so I regret nothing.

There's always tomorrow...