South West & Central Southern England - Weather Chat, 4th July and Onwards...

[bellanite]

Sleety rain with the odd wet snow flake here but still good for November   right back to bed me thinks.

[Polar Bear]

Snow shower just happened here. got gusty for a bit as it passed through. All turned to sleet fairly quickly. Lovely to see. Alas nothing has settled in Newbury but I suspect out on the downs and ridgeway may have been a bit more luckier.

Edited November 21, 2015 by Polar Bear

[ARTDEMOLE]

Precipitation has started. 2.3c.

[fromey]

Morning, out of hibernation.

On route to work this morning and it was heavy sleet with the occasional bursts of wet snow! Winters here

Fromey

Edited November 21, 2015 by fromey

[Andy Bown]

Some non settling wet snow recently and looking forward to seeing if there's any hint of a dusting on Salisbury Plain or Cley Hill, however what has really caught my eye is how rapidly the front raced South ; the leading edge timings of 05.30 at Chippenham then 06.30 at Poole which is approx. 60mph!

[knocker]

Exceedingly unpleasant morning. Frequent moderate/heavy rain showers courtesy of the Pembroke Dangler one ongoing as I type. Temp 5C and blowing a hoolly from the north 30mph gusting 55. I wont be going out, hopefully.

 

The Dangler

 

[slb97]

Wet snow mixed in with heavier rain bursts

[SNOW CRYSTAL]

Good morning winter weather watchers. I'm really looking forward to the hopes and dreams of a cold snowy one this year.

What a beautiful morning it is. Sun just showing through the clouds, strong breeze rustling through what's left of the leaves and a nice icy chill. Love it!!!!!!

[ARTDEMOLE]

Never came to anything Just Gusty 43km/h. Clearing skies now.    4.0c.

[lettice]

Heating had to go on for first time last night, winter is here.

Temp was at 3.2c around 6:30am and then slowly started to rise, but is now down to 3c

The rain is passing over now, not a sign of any sleet or snow in it.

 

NW wind is 19mph with a few gusts to 30mph

Edited November 21, 2015 by lettice

[Mark Parsons]

As expected cold rain,not even snow at 300m!!

[MrNooo]

Certainly had snow in the night but didn't see it, fast asleep. An icy slush remains on the flat roof, but thats all! Looking forward to this winter and here's hoping for plenty of snow.

[Mark Neal.]

Had sleet on the drive to work. Turned heavier than snowflakes began to fall for a good 30 minutes. Very wet ground though didn't settle. Good to see. Showery band now gone and blue skies behind. Raw Biting n'westerly wind.

[Nights King]

Bright cold and sunny, Last of snow was melting away this morning when I left for work so doesn't count as a snow day but was nice to see.

 

Shock to the system though with that wind! 

[festivalking]

Sleet shower just now, heading up to Princetown later to see if anything is going on. Latest gfs suggests a cold zonal flavour next weekend. If that transpires which it won't again those with elevation and exposed to the north west might see a bit of wintery ppn

[Dorsetbred]

As expected cold rain,not even snow at 300m!!

Nor at 49m

[katemart]

That snizzle shower must have lasted all of 3 mins! Passed to the SW and into the Channel in the end.

 

Haven't braved the outdoors today but temp is 3.7C, with a wind chill of -3.7C! DP is -6.0! but humidity 49%.

[khodds]

Certainly chilly today! At least the wind has died down. Been warm for far too long but I'm not sure I like this cold!!

[gottolovethisweather]

Snow shower just happened here. got gusty for a bit as it passed through. All turned to sleet fairly quickly. Lovely to see. Alas nothing has settled in Newbury but I suspect out on the downs and ridgeway may have been a bit more luckier.

 

Was tucked up nicely in bed at that hour but it appears that I might have to note a SNOW falling day then PB, Thanks for the local (very) report. 

[Polar Bear]

Was tucked up nicely in bed at that hour but it appears that I might have to note a SNOW falling day then PB, Thanks for the local (very) report. 

Oh good. Yep and reported too up at Fawley. I even popped outside and did a lamppost watch. Defo snow. Then sleet.

[festivalking]

Having a baby has its perks. I offered to give Heather's mum the afternoon to catch up on sleep, in return I drove heather all round the higher dartmoor routes chasing snow. She slept in the back for 2 hours while I was having a good time of it. Snow was falling to about 300 metres. In the heavier bursts it started to lay but nothing of any real note. Still I managed to get coated in snow, the baby slept, the wife slept, everyone's happy!

[William Grimsley]

Same here, festivalking. I went up to the top of Dartmoor with Evening thunder, I experienced lots of heavy snow showers and the snow was even accumulating!

[Mark Neal.]

-0.1c here. Lowest temperature of autumn.winter so far!

Edited November 21, 2015 by Mark N

[khodds]

So, a quick peek into the MOD thread and it seems things are progressing in the right direction for coldies at the moment... Or am I wrong?

Edited November 21, 2015 by khodds

[Ali1977]

0.6c here in Swindon, dropping fairly quick so may dip below freezing at some point...