South West and Central Southern England Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards

[chillyblast]

Rain still absolutely hammering it down outside on the windows, been no let up since about 10pm. Winds gusty but not like they were between 12-2am, which I am glad about! was worse than I expected. 10.3c.

Edited January 24 by chillyblast

[Wiltshireweatherwatcher]

Been a pretty wet and windy night with a few crashes and bangs from things being moved in the garden. Will go out shortly to check around and tidy anything up.

For us, it looks like the worse is over with a very usable dry and sunny day ahead. Further north and over in Ireland however…

Sunday and Monday isn’t looking good for our region. Expecting revised and new weather warnings later.

 

[lettice]

Stronger wind gusts and heavy rain started around 2:30am here.

SW 15 mph, with constant gusts of 25-32mph, a couple of 38mph gusts.
7.2mm rain

Wind dying down now, just breezy, rain stopped too.

First time for a few weeks, that temp is in double figures.
10.8c now

 

 

[Rich_Clements]

Morning All,

 

Got away lightly with that one, now bright and breezy.

[Dorsetbred]

Good Morning All, a breezy night with a low of 8.2°C at: 09:09 currently 8.6°C, RH87%, rainfall 14.3mm since the rain started with a wind gust of 41.4 mph at: 05:54. The wind currently has dropped back to a gentle breeze from the WSW and scattered clouds at an altitude of 3,500 ft. The highest wind gust locally looks to be Portland with

In Poole harbour it reached

From Above

On Golden sands, plenty of white horses and not much sand.

Edited January 24 by Dorsetbred

[Wynn D Woo]

Happy Friday everyone.

Well looks like we got off quite lightly around here, a bit breezy now but some lovely sunshine with it

[chillyblast]

Afternoon all!

We definitely got off lightly compared to elsewhere, but, the rain last night and into the morning, wow, it hammered it down for hours.

Wind was obviously from a different direction to the past storm and even though it was "weaker", can't say I enjoyed listening to all the weird noises it was creating!

I wonder what the future is looking like with these storms, are they just going to get more and more extreme for us...

[*Stormforce~beka*]

I heard no rain, I heard no wind. But then I wasn't really forecast for it either which I am very greatful!

[Frosty hollows]

Luckily the worst of the storm passed over during the night and today has turned out to be the brightest day of the year so far!

[Dorsetbred]

Right so one down another to go, looking forward timing suggests Sunday night is breeze time for here, however looking a bit of a mess for the Sunday -Tuesday LP transitions across the area.

Sunday 12:00

Monday 00:00

Monday 12:00

Whilst ECM goes for a later impact Sunday 21:00

Whilst GFS go for something later at Monday 03:00

UKV suggests around Sunday 21:00 for the peak wind gusts here.

The "Windy" view of Sunday night, showing the peak around 23:00

UKV for Monday 12:00, strong gusts in the western approaches

Possible yellow paint time again.

 

However, possibility for Weds showing up from GFS

 

Edited January 24 by Dorsetbred

[Rich_Clements]

 Dorsetbred At least we get a break tomorrow

[Dorsetbred]

 Rich_Clements yes tomorrow looking chilled

[jtay]

 Dorsetbred looks great. Went shopping this morning and didn't get BBQ stuff.

Would've, if I'd been paying attention.

[jy]

I'm scarf delivering tomorrow,final batch,last lot of models to photograph lol

[chillyblast]

I have to ask, is this conveyer belt of atlantic storms normal for this region every year? I haven't been here long enough to know. It sure aint normal for me!

Maybe its a Devon / Cornwall thing.

[jy]

Lovely to see The Range selling Xmas stuff,must be some sort of money grabbing record lol

[Summertime Sadness]

 chillyblast This might be of interest to you

Named storms and low pressure systems in the UK

WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK

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What is low pressure? It is a type of weather system which brings cloud, wind and rain to the UK. If the low pressure system is intense enough, it may become a named storm.

 

[Summertime Sadness]

Does anyone know why all viewing members are now hidden?

[chillyblast]

 Summertime Sadness Thanks! will take a look.

[Dorsetbred]

1 hour ago, chillyblast said:

I have to ask, is this conveyer belt of Atlantic storms normal for this region every year?

Good question. I suppose it's case of what are you used to? If you moved from the Scottish western coast to Exeter, I think you'd find it quite pleasant through the winter. If you lived in East Anglia and moved to Exeter, you would find it fairly wet by comparison.

This recent bout as we know has been caused by the cold air injection deep into the American heartlands, creating a major pressure gradient thus increasing the speed of the Jet stream.

As for this year, has it been bad, personally I don't think so, kinda like middle of the road, apart from the excess of "Dirty HP systems" and their accompanied clag, December was slightly above average rainfall, Jan is still to resolve, but currently below average for around the Dorset area.

[jtay]

 Summertime Sadness Normally happens when it gets busy.

[Summertime Sadness]

 jtay Oh does it thanks

[snowdog]

 Summertime Sadness Not sure, but could be too many members online to list. Probably I’m completely wrong. 

[Summertime Sadness]

 snowdog Could be, I thought i'd pressed something at first

[Andy Bown]

Great day for drying washing! Loads of sunshine too! 
 

Meanwhile, memories of a dumping 4 years ago amidst lockdown home schooling!