South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion

[Isleofwightsnowgal74]

Soo depressing living here!! Just want a few hours of snow that lays

[Rammie]

8 minutes ago, Cleeve Hill said:

Steady snow here in Cheltenham. Real nice surprise. What I don’t understand is why it was never forecast. 

Off to Cleeve Hill soon, where there’s sure to be more. 

Must be a fair bit by now up around the Air balloon pub, and the road from there to Stow on the wold. No one seems to post from that area.

[*Stormforce~beka*]

3 hours ago, Easily sled said:

Hard frost but nothing falling from the sky in Winchester….

We are sooo damn close!! Looks like Southampton is getting it!

[katemart]

It's 2.5 degrees below freeing - how in God's name is it RAINING???

[khodds]

Whatever this is is so localised it’s literally just forming and stalled over us here

[DaveL]

Light to moderate genuine freezing rain now here, sheets of ice forming on pavings in the back garden. -0.6°C air, -0.3 at 2 cm. Lethal !

 

Edited December 11, 2022 by DaveL

[Isleofwightsnowgal74]

2 minutes ago, katemart said:

It's 2.5 degrees below freeing - how in God's name is it RAINING???

I feel your pain!! I’m gutted! Met office still has us down for snow from midday but we’ll see

[lettice]

2.1c here and its sleeting 
None of that light rain.

[*Stormforce~beka*]

19 minutes ago, katemart said:

It's 2.5 degrees below freeing - how in God's name is it RAINING???

Looks like a good job I have missed it then!

[chapmanslade]

 

27 minutes ago, katemart said:

It's 2.5 degrees below freeing - how in God's name is it RAINING???

Because it can rain below 0C if the snow passes through a warm layer on the way down. It may even re-freeze to produce hail / graupel

Edited December 11, 2022 by chapmanslade

[Dorsetbred]

Ah some blue sky and sunshine, to ease the icy stuff...

[chapmanslade]

38 minutes ago, Cleeve Hill said:

Steady snow here in Cheltenham. Real nice surprise. What I don’t understand is why it was never forecast. 

Off to Cleeve Hill soon, where there’s sure to be more. 

Yellow warning was issued just to the south of you so not a great surprise you are caught up in it

46 minutes ago, Andy Bown said:

It’s developing further right now, beginning to remind me of that Friday several years ago when it kept going all day locally.

I was only thinking the same thing. We had around 30cm that day and it was tough going on the roads.

[Dorsetbred]

28 minutes ago, katemart said:

It's 2.5 degrees below freeing - how in God's name is it RAINING???

Freezing rain

WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK

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Freezing rain is a rare type of liquid precipitation that strikes a cold surface, and freezes almost instantly.

 

[DaveL]

1 minute ago, Dorsetbred said:

Freezing rain

WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK

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Freezing rain is a rare type of liquid precipitation that strikes a cold surface, and freezes almost instantly.

 

 

Hence after an hour of really annoying rain - 1mm so far and some may still be frozen in the funnel - my back lawn is still sporting hoar frost and it's still at -0.2°C. Notr a snowflake to be seen. Not even a wetblob.

[lettice]

Been sleet mostly here for last hour, but just had a very brief few minutes snow shower.
Stopped now though.
2.4c 

Edited December 11, 2022 by lettice

[Nights King]

Come on just nudge north west a few miles.....  

[Easily sled]

I think I may have just spotted one drop of sleet…

[Mapantz]

Up to 1.1°C. Lot's of dripping, but the majority of snow is still on the ground.

[matt111]

Well I saw a few flakes just before it stopped but that was it here. Now the suns starting to come through. 0.6°C

[Easily sled]

I can confirm it is raining in SO22

[Ventnor Viking]

The rain eventually turned to sleet and for a while snow, now just a few wet flakes falling here in Niton (IOW)

[Dorsetbred]

43 minutes ago, DaveL said:

 

Hence after an hour of really annoying rain - 1mm so far and some may still be frozen in the funnel -

Mine has just warmed in the sun (don't really need a heated system) and the rainfall measure has suddenly shot up to 5.8mm.

Lots of dripping going on, but lots of snowy and icy bits around the garden and on the road, if this lot freezes tonight god help the Monday morning commute

Meanwhile, will this coming week also show a few surprises, I wonder?

Edited December 11, 2022 by Dorsetbred

[fromey]

Big fat flakes here, considering on the weather on bbc one last night said we may get a few flakes!! 

Edited December 11, 2022 by fromey

[katemart]

20 mins of wet snow. Sticking only on the iciest patches. Blue sky over west. -1.2C.

 

[Dorsetbred]

2 minutes ago, fromey said:

Big fat flakes here, considering on the weather on bbc one last night said we may get a few flakes!! 

But apart from the locals, what about the weather?

 

Edited December 11, 2022 by Dorsetbred