South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion

[jtay]

Lovely up on the top bit of the New Forest today, nr Fordingbridge.

Saw our first Goshawk too. Flew right over us. 

[Wynn D Woo]

Its rare we get 6 consecutive days of snow cover in low lying Gloucester, but it was looking gorgeous in the lunchtime sunshine earlier.

 

[matt111]

Back to freezing now and falling quickly. Seems it'll be the last time it does this for now at least. 

[lettice]

4c max mid afternoon.

Now 2.3c

[kumquat]

Little streamer building in the Channel?

 

Edit: Higher res models show it into Wales later this evening but looks like some of it might land further East to me

Edited December 16, 2022 by kumquat

[khodds]

2 hours ago, kumquat said:

She's what you would call a functional drunk 

That’s me!! I don’t know how I made it through today. Quick Power Nap then out again

[Dorsetbred]

3 hours ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:

You are not drunk you can write a sentence, spell and use punctuation lol

Reckon she just been sniffing the Christmas punch with no intake

[matt111]

For what will probably be the last really cold night of this spell it's probably the coldest of the lot for this time of day. Already -3.6°C.

[The Enforcer]

Another ice day that didn't get above -2C. Down to -8C by 9pm.

[warmintim]

On 13/12/2022 at 21:09, khodds said:

It didn’t look at all flare like. I’m not sure of the range of military flares? And the nearest military base/training is Salisbury plain.. that is 50 plus miles away from where I was near burnham

That’s cool! I love all this kind of thing.. I used to be a paranormal investigator (haunted places), but always love anything on the paranormal spectrum 

Car suggested 2 deg C but thermometer in the shade was -0.8 at 2 pm, so quite possibly another ice day in Warminster. Lovely walk round Shearwater (frozen). Where the sun has been able to get to it, the snow has gone. In the shaded parts it’s almost as it was on Sunday. Amazing cold spell, just could have done with a bit more snow at the start.

[Bristawl Si]

Streamer setting up from the Bristol Channel - snow showers expected in next hour.

[kumquat]

8 minutes ago, Bristle Si said:

Streamer setting up from the Bristol Channel - snow showers expected in next hour.

Would like to see it slightly further south, but yeah, could get an overnight dusting.

[Bristawl Si]

4 minutes ago, kumquat said:

Would like to see it slightly further south, but yeah, could get an overnight dusting.

On radar looks like it might head slightly north/north west of our region. Hey-ho. Looks to early Jan for next chance or even later, in the Winter

[matt111]

Not quite as cold now as earlier, it didn't drop that much more and now it's gone back up a bit to -2.8°C.

[Bristawl Si]

A positively balmy 2c this morning.

[<torbay>]

Lots of ice out there this morning. Had a few heavy showers before daybreak and turned everything into an ice rink. Multiple accidents reported in the area ! 

[Rich_Clements]

Even without going outside its visibly above freezing, the first time in days, what a cold snap that was.

[dec10snow]

Oddly, still around freezing here. I wonder if all the cold air has sunk as Taunton does sit in a valley surrounded by a lot of hills!

[lettice]

A high of 3.8c mid afternoon
From 6pm yesterday and overnight the temp hovered around 0c to -1, with a low of -1.7c at 5am.
A frost this morning.
Its been warming up quickly and is now 3c
Cloudy this morning.

[Frosty hollows]

In London and it's below freezing.....colder than Benson for once!

[mike5900]

It still  freezing  here. -1.3c 

[Bristawl Si]

Temp risen to 3c; the heavy frost that's been on roofs and lawns here is starting to melt for 1st time in nearly a week.

[offerman]

I noticed a very heavy shower coming into Dorset. Is this snow as it bumps into the cold air? 

[fromey]

Slow thaw setting now, 6 days of lying snow 4 ice days the other 2 barely scrapping above 0c for a few mins.

all in all not bad for the beginning of winter 

[Mapantz]

-5.5°C this morning. Still -1.4°C now.

Might grab another air frost tonight.