South West & Central Southern England - Weather Chat, 6th December and Onwards...

[Mapantz]

I've only just realised that the forecast shows heavy rain for here right now, and then I just looked at the radar! No rain has fallen, and the front has gone through London. What happened?  

Time for a fresh new March thread mods?!

Edited March 1, 2016 by Mapantz

[knocker]

Low cloud, moderate rain, breezy. Temp 10C and wind WSW 20mph gusting 30.

[Frosty hollows]

Low cloud. Temp 7c ( cf yesterday at -4!). Pressure falling. Unremarkable drizzle!!

[jethro]

Rain....boo, hiss. Bring back the cold, dry frostiness please.

[Bristawl Si]

Raining quite steadily.

I thought last night's forecast showed it moving through and clearing by 10.30ish this morn. Latest radar seems to indicate a good few hours of rain to come.

[Andy Bown]

9 minutes ago, Bristle boy said:

Raining quite steadily.

I thought last night's forecast showed it moving through and clearing by 10.30ish this morn. Latest radar seems to indicate a good few hours of rain to come.

They never get the predicted timings correct. If an evening forecast shows rain arriving at 06.00 and clearing by 11.00 it generally turns up around 08.00 and clears early afternoon. A mixture of which model run the forecast it taken from and Mother Nature doing her thing!

Worst day here for 10 days so aside from a few damp days (Monday and Friday last week) it's been a decent and much needed drier spell.

[MP-R]

Steady rain and the breeze picking up - welcome March! I'm banking on it clearing through by lunchtime as site visits in the rain doesn't sound too fun.

I'm wondering whether tomorrow will be a clean convective day with impressive cloud structures, or a mucky cloudy day with little clearance between showers. Either way, it'll feel bitter and much colder compared to today.

[Nights King]

Main band of rain has cleared through although I am stuck with persistent rain still which seems to be clinging on to the hills. Hope this clears soon. Temperature peaked at 9.8c

Friday morning still looks like best chance although Wednesday looks interesting over hills if your near them during the day I just don't expect anything to be laying around when I return home in evening. 

[Mapantz]

The rain has cleared, 3.6mm fell.

Temp: 11°C - Hum: 92% - Dew: 9.8°C - Bar: 1010.49hPa - Wind: SW/WSW @ 10mph

I see a wind warning is in force for parts of Wales and the Southwest tomorrow?!. Projected gusts here range between 39 and 46mph.

[Nights King]

2 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

The rain has cleared, 3.6mm fell.

Temp: 11°C - Hum: 92% - Dew: 9.8°C - Bar: 1010.49hPa - Wind: SW/WSW @ 10mph

I see a wind warning is in force for parts of Wales and the Southwest tomorrow?!. Projected gusts here range between 39 and 46mph.

Sounds like you only had a shower?

14mm fell here on what has been a damp morning!

We all ways get wind warnings I bet you got slightly excited at first glance of warnings page thinking it might be snow? 

[Mapantz]

2 minutes ago, Nights King said:

Sounds like you only had a shower?

14mm fell here on what has been a damp morning!

We all ways get wind warnings I bet you got slightly excited at first glance of warnings page thinking it might be snow? 

haha - not on your nelly! I use the new MetO app on the tablet, it shows the type of warning on the widget. 

[AWD]

1 hour ago, Nights King said:

Friday morning still looks like best chance although Wednesday looks interesting over hills if your near them during the day I just don't expect anything to be laying around when I return home in evening. 

Wouldn't get your hopes up re Friday.

Looks increasingly likely any snowfall will be north of our region, ie Pennines, North Midlands etc.

[Nights King]

1 hour ago, AWD said:

Wouldn't get your hopes up re Friday.

Looks increasingly likely any snowfall will be north of our region, ie Pennines, North Midlands etc.

 

 As always this year!

Looks like my best chance is 6 - 7.30 am Wednesday if those showers can make it to our region before I leave for work.. 

[khodds]

So it seems a SSW is afoot then.. So a cold dry Spring? Thoughts?!

[festivalking]

1 minute ago, khodds said:

So it seems a SSW is afoot then.. So a cold dry Spring? Thoughts?!

Atmosphere having a joke on us.

[khodds]

It's not fair is it. Just when we want it to be warmer 

[Mapantz]

I said I'd never do it, on the principle of the extreme price.. But after finding a German company selling them much cheaper than the UK, I went ahead and did it! I bought the Davis Vantage Pro2 weather station.   

Hopefully it'll arrive by the weekend!

Meanwhile, it looks a crazy affair through tomorrow. I wonder if some of the folks on higher ground- to the North of the region might see some flakes?

[Rich_Clements]

1 hour ago, Mapantz said:

Meanwhile, it looks a crazy affair through tomorrow. I wonder if some of the folks on higher ground- to the North of the region might see some flakes?

I reckon the Brecon Beacons and high ground of Wales will see something, nothing but rain for our part of the world

[Mapantz]

1 hour ago, Rich_Clements said:

I reckon the Brecon Beacons and high ground of Wales will see something, nothing but rain for our part of the world

Never write off a rogue shower in this sort of setup!

[knocker]

Partly cloudy with heavy showers around. Quite a nasty hail shower during the night. Temp 7C and wind WNW 30mph gusting 50. Wind will be the main problem this morning with gusts around 60mph expected in Cornwall.

http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/1000hPa/orthographic=-0.76,58.94,1350

 

Edited March 2, 2016 by knocker

[Dorsetbred]

Mornin' all, currently:

Temp 3.3°C

DP 1.2°C

999.8 mb falling slowly

Wind 3.5mph SW

RH 86 %

Rainfall 4.6mm

Conditions: Damp after overnight showers, otherwise fine clear morning..

Edited March 2, 2016 by Dorsetbred

[SteveB]

Very windy overnight and this morning,

Temp 7.5c

Showers tracking to my North, from West to East, seem to be of Rain & further North sleet and snow going by the radar.

[Bristawl Si]

On bus going into Bristol centre - M32 - massive wintry squall and thunder & lightning. First sign of snow in the showers this winter....erm, Spring!

[MP-R]

Lots of beefy hailstorms moving through since the early hours, the ground went white quite quickly in the last one. It's now currently slushing. 03.4C

[jethro]

Morning, what a vile morning it is. It's rather windy out there, the sky's a few shades darker than battleship grey and we've just had a really heavy sleet shower. Guessing this is set to continue for much of the day?