South West & CS England Weather Discussion Spring 2016 (26th March ------->)

[A.J]

A shiny new thread for the Easter period onwards 

old thread here --------------> 

 

[Andy Bown]

Bog standard Saturday weather for November-February has returned after several weeks off ; windy, showery rain/drizzle, mild.

[BlueHedgehog074]

@Mapantz Looks as though @ajpoolshark has beaten me to it. Booooo... 

Currently quite gloomy at the moment with cloudy and damp conditions and a temperature of around 11.5*C. Not as good as yesterday with the sunnier skies. 

 

[knocker]

Clearance here about an hour ago now quite sunny with some Cu.

[knocker]

Quite change this morning and quite unpleasant. Cool unstable airmass (trop. down to 400mb on the 00z Camborne ascent) with large Cu/Cb giving frequent showers, some of hail during the night. A strong westerly wind of 20mph, gusting 30 and a temp of 7C. One can't help feeling sorry for those who have popped down for an Easter break. At least the depression tomorrow will be long gone.

[egret]

heavy and prolonged hail shower just passed through followed by a single lightning flash and thunderclap 

[ThundersnowDays]

Happy Easter everyone,

moderate shower passing over right now but no lightning.

The lightning is in Dorset.

 

[ARTDEMOLE]

Sunshine and showers. 5.5c. Partly Cloudy. Humidity 87%rh.  Pressure 986.7hpa. 

[Mapantz]

4.6mm of rain yesterday.

Some good sunny spells, almost as windy as yesterday as well..

Temp: 10.4°C - Hum: 73% - Dew: 5.4°C - Bar: 1000.81hPa - Rain: 2.4mm - Wind: SW @ 13mph, gusting to 29mph.

[SteveB]

Lovely morning, just missed most the showers, and looking at the radar nothing much in the offering later either, so should be a good afternoon as well.

Windy though, 18mph gusting to 28mph

[knocker]

Totally unpleasant here being quite windy and currently a moderate hail shower in progress.

[ARTDEMOLE]

Broken cloud with sunny intervals. 9.5c.  Breezy  23 km/h. 

[ThundersnowDays]

Awww that thundershower just missed me to the south well at least I get a cool cloudscape.

[Andy Bown]

6 minutes ago, ThundersnowDays said:

Awww that thundershower just missed me to the south well at least I get a cool cloudscape.

Yes some wonderful cloudscapes this afternoon . Recently had a covering of hail in Warminster , bright warm sunshine again now.

[knocker]

Upper cloud encroaching in the shape of thickening Cs. It's on it's way.

[knocker]

Now lowering As and St. The rain is just to the west. Wrong it's just started raining.

[Mapantz]

All change in the skies here, indicating the arrival of this complexed system. It's nice to see my station forecast on the ball!

It'll be interesting to see how low the pressure drops to?! The center of it tracks right across our region.

Edited March 27, 2016 by Mapantz

[Mapantz]

993.40  -1.77 mb/hr

6.4mm of rain.

[Snowkissed]

What is the lowest pressure you have known in this area Mapantz?

 

[Mapantz]

13 minutes ago, Snowkissed said:

What is the lowest pressure you have known in this area Mapantz?

 

I can't remember the exact figure, as its from old data- somewhere between 2008 and 2010. It was in the 960's 967 or something like that..

2016: 976.91 hPa
2015:  982.12 hPa
2014: 974.56 hPa
2013: 984.33 hPa
2012: 974.82 hPa
2011: 979.21 hPa

[Snowkissed]

Thank you so much Mapantz

 

[Mapantz]

The winds are beginning to pick up a bit more now, after this afternoon's lull.

Edited March 27, 2016 by Mapantz

[Evening thunder]

Really wet this evening with persistent heavy rain averaging about 7mm each hour hour, but with more intense bursts. Wind getting up too.

Lots of heavy shower earlier today, including a brief intense burst of hail of at least pea size if not a bit larger.

27.2mm so far today, may be a slight over read but the manual showed similar before it got dark. Gunna be some flooding issues if this keeps up.
 

[Mapantz]

I've been on the hunt for php scripts, and just found a fun one.
It's been out for years as far as I can tell, but I've got it working for my station.

http://www.warehamwx.com/cu/davconvp2CU.php

[Mapantz]

According the forecast, heavy rain is supposed to continue until 4am.

hmm...