Wales/Cymru Regional Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards

[snefnug]

@Wetterfrosch  I get that, and note that all attempts by mods to separate it into model related stuff  and hunt for cold have all failed. What was interesting were the two sub headings in the Storms thread set up by @Mcconnor8, and so ably informed by him and @Jordan S,  which helped me and many others in understand img the weather maps etc.  they were really actually useful.  

[Wetterfrosch]

 snefnug Admittedly, these two plus one or two others do indeed inject some factual life blood into the thread without all the emotions that wishful thinking, speculation and IMBY remarks are brought in by others.

Coming to the end of a rather wild day, starting with two thunderstorms accompanied by hail in the morning to more persistent rain from early afternoon onwards and strong gusty winds throughout but now gradually subsiding. Lights flickered, went even out briefly, landline off since mid-afternoon but weirdly enough Internet still working but signal dodgy at times. All in all, Herminia has proved more impactful here that Eowyn. Looking forward to a drier period come midweek, giving the muddy mess that my back lawn has turned into a chance to dry out a bit. Nos da pawb!

[Jordan S]

 snefnug

Hi, just wanted to pop in the thread briefly just to answer, that symbol is for fog

[snefnug]

 Jordan S  why thank you Jordan.  Makes sense that.  Just never seen it before on Netweather.  Just had a look at the forecast and we have some more, and yes it is indeed foggy outside.  

[snefnug]

 Wetterfrosch Crikey!  I gather further down the land there was a lot of thundery activity.  Hope you are right re period of calm.  Could just do with it staying rain free long enough for Earth to desog!  

[Wetterfrosch]

That'll be the day - all of Wales under >1048 hPa barometric pressure and Cornwall even touching on 1056 hPA and that's the mighty ECM for 7 February!!! But don't be too cheerful as the Daily Star already announces biblical rainfall for western Britain just four days later. We have been told that extremes will become more extreme and here we go. Will probably all have gone flat again by tomorrow but at least raises eyebrows in between!

Nice surprise to wake up this morning to see a brighter sky but didn't last too long. All grey and murky again but after a drizzly period mid-morning largely dry now and, best of all, barely a breeze which is very much welcome! 

[snefnug]

 Wetterfrosch  Wetterfrosch ho hum, plus ca change…..   vile weather has moved up country it seems, blowy windy day with driving rain coming a northerly direction.  Not any easty beasty but northern west.  Still vile though.

[Wetterfrosch]

 snefnug Yes, NW'lies, that's where I'm sheltered by the hillside above and why storm Darragh was rather restrained in our valley back in December. Sorry to hear you had another miserable day. While the ground is still sodden I 'amused' myself by knocking up a batch of bread but the time will come when I will no longer slide around in the mud outdoors.

[The4Seasons]

Did anyone else just see the stunning sunset sky this evening? A real beauty

[andymusic]

So it seems a cold easterly could be on the cards for February 2025, mix of Siberian and Scandi.

[snefnug]

 andymusic hoooooooo.  Is that your Easterly Beasterly spidery snow senses waking up there?

 

[Loadsa2000]

interesting article on the BBC Could the UK actually get colder with global warming? - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn938ze4yyeo

Edited February 1 by Loadsa2000

[Wetterfrosch]

 Loadsa2 Very interesting reading and is actually an idea that was first floated as far back as the late 70's, if I remember rightly by Norwegian scientists. That should suit our coldies in the MOD thread, if they live long enough to see it happening, that is!

 

 

 

[SLAMMER]

does anyone know where we can get monthly stats for January 2025?  In the moaning thread they are moaning about it being a rubbish month but here it seems to have been relatively bright and dry compared to previous months allbeit with a few storms thrown in.

[snefnug]

 SLAMMER

Hi Slammer.  This is the link to the METO Jan 2025 stats.  

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/assets/metofficegovuk/pdf/weather/learn-about/uk-past-events/interesting/2025/2025_01_wind_rain_snow.pdf

[snowyowl74]

I have no idea whats happening weather wise, who cares about the weather when we have some of the best strat charts in years. T

[snefnug]

 snowyowl74 but surely fab strat charts going to impact weather?

[Wetterfrosch]

 wimblettben Late reply to your post,  snefnug was on the right track. It is actually a fogbow which in essence is formed in the same way as a rainbow but because  of the smaller size of the water droplets appears largely monochrome rather than in spectral colours. This one was recently spotted on the Brocken mountain in Germany (the same mountain top that gave the Brocken spectre it's name).

 The following explanation comes courtesy of Wikipedia:

'Fogbows form in the same way as rainbows, but they are formed by much smaller cloud and fog droplets that diffract light extensively. They are almost white with faint reds on the outside and blues inside; often one or more broad supernumerary bands can be discerned inside the inner edge. The colours are dim because the bow in each colour is very broad and the colours overlap. Fogbows are commonly seen over water when air in contact with the cooler water is chilled, but they can be found anywhere if the fog is thin enough for the sun to shine through and the sun is fairly bright. They are very large—almost as big as a rainbow and much broader. They sometimes appear with a glory at the bow's centre.'

Apparently a fog bow seen in clouds, for instance looking down from an airplane is referred to as a cloud bow.

[Coilspring]

So no mention here of the snow potential tomorrow and possibly next week? 

[andymusic]

Yes should be a couple of cms snow tomorrow and into Saturday

Edited February 6 by andymusic

[snefnug]

Gordon Bennett!   There’s more flippy flopping on MADMOD than a pancake competition!  

[Jackfrost]

 Coilspring  Yeah, I think what we're seeing is an example of "if it's not happening in the most populated parts of England, it might as well not be happening at all".

I wouldn't go as far as to call the next few days a snow event, but we're likely to see patchy yet persistent light snow over a 12-18-hour period above ~100 m with some settling above ~200 m.

 

In other words, not something we'll be talking about in a decade from now but nice to see nonetheless!

Edited February 6 by Jackfrost

[Missdolly]

Chilly out there today , windy seems to have calmed a little. Forecast for snow from 4 pm today , doubtful we'll get much though .

[andymusic]

Forecasts is 1-5cms of snow in some places. Radar is looking full of it to the east, just coming into Wales now.

Edited February 7 by andymusic

[andymusic]

Update it's started snowing