South West and Central Southern England Regional Weather Discussion

[TillyS]

SWR have updated news on the landslip/flooding and the Salisbury-Exeter line is now expected to be out of action until at least the end of Sunday 10th December

 

Incident: Pinhoe | National Rail

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Major disruption between Salisbury and Exeter St Davids expected until the end of the day on Sunday 10 December. Find details of all current incidents on National...

 

I came up from Teignmouth yesterday on the other GWR route but even that was blocked between Taunton and Westbury so we re-routed via Bristol. 

With more rain expected this week and the Atlantic back to the fore things aren’t great on the flooding front.

[lettice]

High of 6.8c yesterday afternoon in that dull cloudy day.
Felt chilly through the evening, staying around 4c.
Dropped to 3c by midnight and a low of 1c by 3.30am.

Now 3.1 c, with light cloud and a blue sky.
Very light NE to Easterly wind

 

[festivalking]

Nippy one last night got down to 0.2c.

Temperatures recovering well before the next onslaught of rain.

[TillyS]

My apologies if I seem slightly railways obsessed but as someone who lives in the south-west without a car I’m acutely conscious of how important these arterial lines are.

So the situation with the Salisbury to Exeter line doesn’t look great to me. It’s a landslip above Crewkerne Tunnel. They’re saying overnight that the line will be closed until at least Monday but to my amateurish eye I could see this taking several weeks to sort out in a way which is truly declared safe?

Of course, further heavy rain this week isn’t exactly going to help matters.

Landslip and strikes see no trains running west from Salisbury - aerial pictures

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South Western Railway said the line from Salisbury to Exeter would be closed until Monday, December 11 as heavy rain over the weekend led to…

 

[festivalking]

53 minutes ago, TillyS said:

My apologies if I seem slightly railways obsessed but as someone who lives in the south-west without a car I’m acutely conscious of how important these arterial lines are.

So the situation with the Salisbury to Exeter line doesn’t look great to me. It’s a landslip above Crewkerne Tunnel. They’re saying overnight that the line will be closed until at least Monday but to my amateurish eye I could see this taking several weeks to sort out in a way which is truly declared safe?

Of course, further heavy rain this week isn’t exactly going to help matters.

Landslip and strikes see no trains running west from Salisbury - aerial pictures

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South Western Railway said the line from Salisbury to Exeter would be closed until Monday, December 11 as heavy rain over the weekend led to…

 

Fear not on the railway front! I do drive but am utterly baffled by the railway infrastructure that was hastily lost in the 60's and what an amazing integrated transport network we could of had if foresight was in operation.  Pivoting back to the weather - just look at dawlish a brisk south easterly these days closes the railway on the wall, it wouldn't be a problem if the north route was still there!

[Andy Bown]

Well when the sun came up and was shining brightly around 08.30 I was hopeful of a fine day.

Gloom, mist and fog prevail since soon after that! 
 

So little sun recently, even on the dry days. 

[Dorsetbred]

Morning All, that's a bit more like it, a frosty and foggy/misty start to the day, with the overnight low of -2.1°C at: 05:26, having climbed up  2.0°C, RH93% and light air movement from the E.

From Above

On Golden sands a quiet channel 

Edited December 6, 2023 by Dorsetbred

[Rich_Clements]

I had an early start this morning it was a bit brisk although nothing like last week and quite misty in places

[TillyS]

1 hour ago, festivalking said:

Fear not on the railway front! I do drive but am utterly baffled by the railway infrastructure that was hastily lost in the 60's and what an amazing integrated transport network we could of had if foresight was in operation.  Pivoting back to the weather - just look at dawlish a brisk south easterly these days closes the railway on the wall, it wouldn't be a problem if the north route was still there!

Although I live just along the coast from Dawlish and it’s a beautiful route I do wish the northern line would re-open. I always feel we’re living at the mercy of another storm or cliff fall. The last one to go through took out huge chunks of the sea wall between Dawlish and Teignmouth (the sea wall is closed to walkers until Christmas whilst they make repairs).

The north route is also stunningly beautiful. The re-opened double track to Okehampton is lovely. It wouldn’t really take much effort to push it through Meldon Quarry and Gunnislake to Plymouth.

[Dorsetbred]

23 hours ago, Dorsetbred said:

Out of the "Yellow area" so no issue with rain here on Friday!

Busted, the update yellow splodge marker has been out and about again..

1 hour ago, Andy Bown said:

Well when the sun came up and was shining brightly around 08.30 I was hopeful of a fine day.

Gloom, mist and fog prevail since soon after that! 
 

So little sun recently, even on the dry days. 

It's just peeped through the mist layer, here.

[*Stormforce~beka*]

I don't know why it's so cold I thought we were back under the atlantic?! Nearly froze on school run this morning

[jtay]

10 minutes ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:

I don't know why it's so cold I thought we were back under the atlantic?! Nearly froze on school run this morning

Stuck in between lows, so temps dropped overnight with the lack of wind and clear skies.

Temps will rise as this grot arrives...

[Mapantz]

-0.8°C this morning, and thick fog. Grey and 5°C.

Hoping for some rain tonight..

[Wiltshireweatherwatcher]

11 minutes ago, Mapantz said:

-0.8°C this morning, and thick fog. Grey and 5°C.

Hoping for some rain tonight..

Looking at the forecast, I don't think you'll be disappointed with the amount of rain over the next few days.

[lettice]

Nice to see sunshine and some blue sky today.
A cold feeling morning though.
Temp since last hour is now steadily rising, now 6.5c

[Rich_Clements]

44 minutes ago, jtay said:

Stuck in between lows, so temps dropped overnight with the lack of wind and clear skies.

Temps will rise as this grot arrives...

Oh Joy!

[*Stormforce~beka*]

1 hour ago, Wiltshireweatherwatcher said:

Looking at the forecast, I don't think you'll be disappointed with the amount of rain over the next few days.

I can't believe anyone is wanting yet MORE rain!

[Rich_Clements]

51 minutes ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:

I can't believe anyone is wanting yet MORE rain!

Only the Rice growers and Forrest Gump!!

[khodds]

5 hours since that last post? What’s going on?! Clearly nothing haha!

im watching this next lot of rain with trepidation as we got flooded at work on Monday.. horrendous. I work at a factory on the edge of the levels Glastonbury way and it was absolutely mental.

warehouse have removed all stock from the floor level just in case for tonight..

[*Stormforce~beka*]

We've given up the will to live 

[khodds]

2 minutes ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:

We've given up the will to live 

The time I decide to come and join in again everyone buggers off lol! 

[*Stormforce~beka*]

3 minutes ago, khodds said:

The time I decide to come and join in again everyone buggers off lol! 

. You should be here all round ... Lots of fun and games ...

[matt111]

I'm still here and guess what? It's raining yet again

Looks like a very wet 24 hours to come

[khodds]

Yep! The weather is so weird atm. Frost.. rain.. frost.. rain

[*Stormforce~beka*]

The up down temperatures are driving me mad