South West & Central Southern England - Weather Chat

[offerman]

wow, just seen M.O warnings update: today tomorrow sunday and monday all possible:-) Im sure we will see something from this. 105m asl

[warmintim]

Nice met office update for showers to turn increasingly to sleet, snow and hail as the day goes on, already had a report from a mate near Bath a little while ago to report heavy snizzle lol.

Also had snow/snizzle up at the Uni in Bath...

[Blizzardof82]

Early warning of snow for Sunday for far Southwest Devon and Cornwall from a Pembroke dangler which is showing also on Euro4.

[William Grimsley]

Wind has just roared up here from the NW. Had some sleet this morning but otherwise nothing else much. Later this weekend and early next week is looking interesting.

[Mapantz]

As offerman has mentioned, warnings updated. Here's a link for the lazy.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?tab=map&map=Warnings&zoom=5&lon=-3.50&lat=55.50&fcTime=1422748800&regionName=sw

Edited January 29, 2015 by Mapantz

[Freddie123]

Not much going on in Swindon at the moment, looks nice and sunny outside. Back in Bristol for a bout 6pm tonight so that'll be fun passing through J18 M4 if anything has fallen.

[Mapantz]

Turning increasingly to sleet & snow in places..

[Dorsetbred]

Were THEY looking for snow too?

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/11757438.Fighter_jets_scrambled_to_intercept_two_Russian_bombers_off_Bournemouth_coast/?ref=mr

[AWD]

Sunday/Monday onwards remains my main interest.

Not optimistic for much more than a wintry mix for a lot of us over the next 48hrs, unless you have a good bit of elevation on your side when it could be more interesting.

[MPG]

As offerman has mentioned, warnings updated. Here's a link for the lazy.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?tab=map&map=Warnings&zoom=5&lon=-3.50&lat=55.50&fcTime=1422748800&regionName=sw

There might be snow forecast over the next 7 days, but temps are never near freezing during the day. Not good for lying snow.

[Rich_Clements]

Not much going on in Swindon at the moment, looks nice and sunny outside. Back in Bristol for a bout 6pm tonight so that'll be fun passing through J18 M4 if anything has fallen.

I'll be driving up tog hill just after that, I'll give you a wave 

[offerman]

Sure is Mapantz

[Mapantz]

There might be snow forecast over the next 7 days, but temps are never near freezing during the day. Not good for lying snow.

It's tough to get lying snow here during an Easterly. lol! So, being under the warning is a bonus, even if I get zilch!

[offerman]

Have a feeling we are all going to get snow at some stage before the cold period is out the way.

[dec10snow]

Sure is Mapantz

Unfortunately just rain for here though in the showers a while ago!

[The Enforcer]

Oh my word I am right on the line I doubt I'll shall see anything from this as they always cover wider area out of caution.

I am right on the edge for the Sunday/Monday warning.

[Rich_Clements]

Looking at the radar looks as if there should be sleet over the Mendips at the moment

 

 

Edit: Looking the same for Exmoor and Dartmoor, lowland Devon and Cornwall it looks like rain.

 

Lots of precipitation over the midlands, hope we wet some here

Edited January 29, 2015 by Rich_Clements

[offerman]

Rich, see here, the blue dot is Frome so yes mendips not far away.

[theprophecyman]

Rain in Frome at the moment,

 

Obs from a local weather station

 

Temp 4.8c

DP 3c

 

Hope it cools down later on.

[bellanite]

Rain just starting to turn a bit sleety here temp has dropped from 6.5 at 12.00 to 4.1 now. DP0.9

[Chris Wsm]

Monday still looking a little dodgy for us IMO , that Warm sector goes right over our area during the event , So we nee to hope that as the low moves SE it pushes the precipitation back West later ... At the minute , Id say Snow to Rain and then back to Snow , but any further Northward movement of the low and it could be Rain from the start . In situations like this the track of the low is very important , too far South and you lose the precipitation , to far North and its rain for the SW . We could also do with initial precipitation beating the Warmer air . 

 

All in all , i'd say 50% of seeing anything significant . 

[SteveB]

I'm hoping if these showers can organise themselves into more organised bands, then maybe we might see a bit of snow from them.

 

The stuff over Wales has caught my eye, might be to close to the coast for me to see snow, but high up and further in land could do well later.

[Dorsetbred]

Temperature now 7.1C and still rising, anything in precipitation will be crystal clear and globular.

[MrNooo]

Temp here 5.4C and large shower passing through, rain currently :-(

[offerman]

Ok, Now i`m bemused!!!

 

Warnings out all over the place on several days on M.O

 

 

BUT BBC Alex Deakin, showing temps of 7 most of the time for us?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/31041542

 

How come with a Northerly wind can we get temps of 7c?

 I`m trending more M.O than BBC forecast, i know bbc get the info from M.O but why the vast difference?

 

 

Could it be down to a warmer Atlantic this year just gone?

Edited January 29, 2015 by offerman