South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion 09/12/2017 onwards

[MP-R]

If the Forest of Dean is involved, I'd imagine the M48 and M49 will be natural barriers to snow... 

[Dorsetbred]

4 hours ago, Rich_Clements said:

blimey that seems to have come out of nowhere... although I have not really been looking closely the past few days.

Thing is with these interludes they are short sharp and disappear, and "in general" deposit sloppy white stuff, which disappear only a short time, due to the warm temps that follow so quickly. The air is still way too warm to support anything that falls as white for any length of time. A 2 day cold burst benefits only the few in the north part of our area. IMBY is for the select few.. So we move into Jan before we may see some longer spell of colder air, for the area to really benefit. Personally, watching the last few years, I love to see how everything goes back 10days, then 2weeks, then middle of next month, then end of next month, then we reach the point of "Well it's too late now as things are warming".. Winter in the UK in the current world is what is it is, full of promise and lacking delivery, and all model driven..

For those in the area, my family & I did the Byron Rd trip tonight, still not sure, but I think Brunton Rd is a whole better deal..

Apologies for the rant..

Edited December 23, 2017 by Dorsetbred

[fromey]

Well the depressing news is that according to catacols post in the mad thread we may have along wait until we see anything meaningful in terms of cold weather!! 

Anyway im working over Xmas and new year so Merry Xmas and a happy new year to one and all.

fromey

[MP-R]

0.7C difference between night and day temperatures! Don't normally get that sort of diurnal range at the temperatures we've had today. Can't wait for some 'weather'.

[Frosty_wsm]

Merry Christmas to one and all 

[knocker]

Stratus, drizzle, mist and Temp 9C. A breeze from the south west

[Dorsetbred]

Mornin All, and so the flatline continues, currently 10.1C, with some light rain earlier.

[knocker]

The Stratus has broken a tad and I've just seen a couple  of patches of blue sky

[Dorsetbred]

13 minutes ago, knocker said:

The Stratus has broken a tad and I've just seen a couple  of patches of blue sky

The blue patches have gone here and the rain is falling...

 

[festivalking]

Continual gloom here 4 days on the bounce. At least come boxing day a brief respite of colder and clearer weather appears....

[*Stormforce~beka*]

It's rain it's rain!! It's not just cloud but rain!

[A.J]

still some interest tues night into wednesday for parts of the region for some snowfall......watching with interest

Edited December 24, 2017 by ajpoolshark

[matt111]

Just had a brief glimpse of the sun for the first time in several days. Other than that, same again with cloudy skies and the temperature hovering just below 10°C. 

[chris55]

Just having a flick through the xmas eve models, and although they can be a little overplayed these ECM snow charts from the 00z run certainly highlight the risk of snow into Wednesday morning and again into Friday,

Weds 6am from the initial slider

Then we get another system coming into the colder air on Friday 

Friday 9am

 

 

 

[MidnightSnow]

Scrolling through Facebook and read an article about potential heavy snow in the south on Wednesday. I thought it was the usual over-hyped nonsense but to my amazement it looks like we have half chance down here.  Back to checking each and every run

Merry Christmas everyone 

[jethro]

Evening all, the weather's not really played ball with dreams of a white Christmas so I've been forced to seek festive solace in other ways.... Local pub in Priddy, got to get a gold star.

Happy Christmas everyone, hope you all have a great time

[Dorsetbred]

40 minutes ago, jethro said:

Evening all, the weather's not really played ball with dreams of a white Christmas so I've been forced to seek festive solace in other ways.... Local pub in Priddy, got to get a gold star.

Happy Christmas everyone, hope you all have a great time

Now that's look a good local..

[Dorsetbred]

OK, so I don't know about you, but with the BIG day just 5 hours away, I am sat wondering if Santa received my letter. I sent it in late November so he would get it before the Xmas rush. I asked him for a Davis VP2 with Solar & FARS, oh and a data logger. Sitting here excited. just wondering what will appear under the tree in the morning.. Can't wait..

[Mapantz]

Hello! Merry Christmas everyone. 
Dad's funeral was on Friday, it all went well. In fact, I felt extremely comfortable with the whole thing, seeing as I don't have a religious bone in me. It's made me rather philosophical of late.

Anyway, still a sad time, but I feel a huge weight has been removed from my shoulders - a sense of relief that my dad is no longer in pain, and that we can both relax, now.

It's funny how boring the weather has been and yet I haven't really paid much attention to it. I'm looking forward to some rain and wind though, and some walking trips down to the coast in the said conditions.

I hope you get your station @Dorsetbred 

I bought myself a new phone last week, so that's my present to myself.

[Mapantz]

Already gusting to 30mph here. It's woken me up because I left the windows wide open. 

Perhaps some 50's in the evening? 

[lassie23]

3 hours ago, Mapantz said:

Hello! Merry Christmas everyone. 
Dad's funeral was on Friday, it all went well. In fact, I felt extremely comfortable with the whole thing, seeing as I don't have a religious bone in me. It's made me rather philosophical of late.

Anyway, still a sad time, but I feel a huge weight has been removed from my shoulders - a sense of relief that my dad is no longer in pain, and that we can both relax, now.

It's funny how boring the weather has been and yet I haven't really paid much attention to it. I'm looking forward to some rain and wind though, and some walking trips down to the coast in the said conditions.

I hope you get your station @Dorsetbred 

I bought myself a new phone last week, so that's my present to myself.

merry christmas mapantz

[knocker]

Broken St and Sc temp 11C. but quite windy gusting 35mph from  the WSW

[Dorsetbred]

14 hours ago, Dorsetbred said:

OK, so I don't know about you, but with the BIG day just 5 hours away, I am sat wondering if Santa received my letter. I sent it in late November so he would get it before the Xmas rush. I asked him for a Davis VP2 with Solar & FARS, oh and a data logger. Sitting here excited. just wondering what will appear under the tree in the morning.. Can't wait..

Rushed downstairs this morning, let the dogs out and back to check under the Christmas tree......there it was.......nothing...diddly squat... so rushed outside thinking Santa might have had the time to install the items for me. Nope, nothing..... I blame a Royal Mail for obviously not delivering my letter...

Oh well, I hope you all receive the pressies  you seek.

 Merry Christmas to you all

[SteveB]

Merry Christmas fellow snow starved South of the M4 people 

Lets hope our fortunes change soon

[Dorsetbred]

Meanwhile back to Christmas in Dorset, the wind appears to be increasing, whilst we have precipitation falling, of the typical English Xmas day, rain, even the dogs didn’t much care to go outside this morning..

Currently 10.4C (again/still) with 3.1mm of rain so far..