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

[knocker]

Early morning St and slight rain has cleared to broken St. Temp 12C with a zephyr from the SSE.

[SteveB]

Just noticed how much rain fell yesterday. I recorded 18mm for yesterday & 4mm early this morning, making that 22mm over a 24hr period.

Doubled the rain total for this month in less than 24hrs

[Mapantz]

A period of moderate rain early this morning, dropped 5.8mm, giving a 24 hour total of 11mm.
Started off grey, then brightened up, and we have some sunshine.

Temp: 15.6°C - Hum: 86% - Dew: 13.2°C - Bar: 1022.59hPa - Wind:  ENE ~ ESE @ 1mph.

[Dorsetbred]

Just scrabbled up 15.6°C down here on the coast. Definitely feels warmer than the last few days, and the sun is truly welcomed.

Edited October 25, 2016 by Dorsetbred

[matt111]

Been a lovely afternoon here. Been for a walk along the beach and it felt warm in the sun with no breeze. Reached 16.8°C not long ago. 

[knocker]

Not been a bad day here although the broken, banked, St never really cleared and it's gathering again now.

[Mapantz]

Managed 17.1°C at 2:31pm - you could certainly feel it..

[MP-R]

Been dark and dank here all day, a far cry from the sunny south coast.

[khodds]

Sun finally broke through at 4pm here. Currently watching the mist build and flow in front of the house

[khodds]

Can't see a thing now..

[Mark Neal.]

18 minutes ago, khodds said:

Can't see a thing now..

I can see a birdhouse

The cloud lifted here for a time around 1:30pm, then cloud rolled back in and its been on/off for much of the rest of the afternoon and evening, a few breaks followed by cloud rolling back in and vis dropping once again!

[Mapantz]

1 minute ago, Mark N said:

I can see a birdhouse

a little birdhouse in your soul?

[Mark Neal.]

1 minute ago, Mapantz said:

a little birdhouse in your soul?

They might be giants you know! 

Mist starting to become prominent here in the shire now, as daylight fades. 

[Andy Bown]

10mm of rain yesterday and overnight took the monthly total to 41mm which barring a surprise looks set to be the final total, therefore a dry October.

[Andy Bown]

10mm of rain yesterday and overnight took the monthly total to 41mm which barring a surprise looks set to be the final total, therefore a dry October.

[Mapantz]

FOG

Warning out for tonight/tomorrow morning..

[Gibby]

 

 

Shows how dangerous it is out there tonight on the roads. An hour ago visibility was less than 50yds then less than an hour later fog has lifted as cloud rolls over the top.

[Nights King]

41 minutes ago, Gibby said:

 

 

Shows how dangerous it is out there tonight on the roads. An hour ago visibility was less than 50yds then less than an hour later fog has lifted as cloud rolls over the top.

Fog is like a daily occurrence with low cloud here over last week or so but it does strange things to your mind when searching for that junction you know is there somewhere! 

[Dorsetbred]

9 hours ago, Mapantz said:

FOG

Warning out for tonight/tomorrow morning..

Twas foggy first thing especially around the heath area, now clearing..

[Gibby]

Grey and overcast with the overnight fog moved up to the higher ground this morning. Currently 10C. Very light SW winds.

[Dorsetbred]

5 minutes ago, Gibby said:

Grey and overcast with the overnight fog moved up to the higher ground this morning. Currently 10C. Very light SW winds.

Always a sign the seasons are changing, when we see you back, good to see you again on here..

[knocker]

A fair amount of St and what looks like some Sc above. Very little wind with a gentle breeze from the SSW and feeling quite mild with a temp of 12C

[MP-R]

Very foggy first thing but this has quickly lifted save for a few corners and it's not just grey again as per yesterday.

[hailstorm]

On 10/23/2016 at 17:52, Andy Bown said:

It's far too early to be able to forecast, however the basics are if the weather is coming from the East or North it will be mostly dry/cold and potentially wintry. If it's from the West it will be a mixture of chilly/showery and mild/wet. If it's from the South or South West it will be mild/balmy and frequently wet. The latter is what we had for virtually all of December last year with max temps of 13c-15c and min temps remaining in double figures.

Cheers mate. Thats much warmer than other parts of the UK so it doesn't sound ridiculously cold. 

[MP-R]

6 minutes ago, hailstorm said:

Cheers mate. Thats much warmer than other parts of the UK so it doesn't sound ridiculously cold. 

Granted though that in most winters we'd do well (or badly depending) to get up to 13C - last year's persistence of long drawn southwesterlies contributed to that. Those sorts of temperatures are also most common earlier on in the winter. On average I'd expect maxes to be around 4-8C and minima -2C - 4C. Built up areas possibly a bit warmer than that and rural areas inevitably colder than that.