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[Purplepixii]

Mark Neal Ballooning, on 12 December 2011 - 21:37 , said:

Just Me, You and Nick L by the looks of it, who are reguarly posting in this thread.. Comon southerner's step forward..
We have now reached 6.6mm of rain, should be plenty more before the night is out.
Mark.

Greetings from another southerner! Wind, rain and more wind - love it!

[jy]

This was a pretty quiet site comparitivly speaking over the last two years,especially considering the weather we had.However,here in Central Southern England i have seen more lying snow in the last two Winters than the other 19 that i have lived here put together..
Steve Murr sent me an informative,letter and stats showing that this part of England had the least number of days of lying snow,historically speaking ,in the UK.
Luckily living in London and Kent prior to moving down i had seen plenty of snow.One mystery though is that my birthday,which is early Feb used to coincide with cold and snow,however that has rarely been so in the past 20 years.
Its very wet and windy here tonight,might well have some tree work and fences to do by this weekend,if the forecasts prove correct.

[Nick L]

Max gust of 39mph so far this evening, and 10.4mm of rain.

[Mark 'Ox' Neal]

Currently it's 10.4c, 9.6mm of rain has also fallen. Wind is 30mph, Gusts of 48mph. Wet, Windy, Wild Night.

[PompeyFC]

in Gosport right on the south coast - extremely windy and torrential rain

[Nick L]

16.8mm now...I'll be needing a boat to uni in the morning at this rate!

[WhiteFox]

I think this is the first time that the sound of rain has ever woken me up. It is wild out there. Sheets of rain driven by strong winds battering the window. Looking at the met radar, the echoes are glowing red. It's similar conditions to a squall line, but the radar echo is more of a squall blob. Loving it!

[flyer]

Well that backend line that just went through was the most impressive on the wind front. It produced the most impressve squall of all, branches all over the shop.
Well Friday maybe even more impressive.!

Cheers

me

[No balls like Snow Balls]

I live in Thame not far from the Chilterns, In fact I can see the tops from the rear bedroom window lol. Might get some snow this evening on the Chilterns if the BBC weather forecast this morning is to be believed. Fingers crossed.

[Snow Obsession]

Afternoon!

Thought I'd pop over and say hello. I usually post in the 3 counties and EA thread but I think I'm probably closer to some of you. It's very difficult being borderline! So if you don't mind I might float between the two...

A cold wind and a heavy rain shower earlier here - sadly not even sleet...

[No balls like Snow Balls]

Snow Obsession, on 13 December 2011 - 12:47 , said:

Afternoon!

Thought I'd pop over and say hello. I usually post in the 3 counties and EA thread but I think I'm probably closer to some of you. It's very difficult being borderline! So if you don't mind I might float between the two...

A cold wind and a heavy rain shower earlier here - sadly not even sleet...

You might get some snow tonight in any precip as I would have thought Wycombe is definately of high enough elevation.

[Snow Obsession]

No balls like Snow Balls, on 13 December 2011 - 12:48 , said:

You might get some snow tonight in any precip as I would have thought Wycombe is definately of high enough elevation.

Unfortunately I live in the valley between the big hills, but you never know!! Will report back tomorrow

[lambski]

Apparently a trampoline caused havoc with traffic on Portland last night. Alot quieter today in this neck of the woods,

[Mark 'Ox' Neal]

Hey guys, first snow of the year for Headington, Oxford. Didn't settle, but was heavy for a good 10 minutes before turning back to rain. Then another show 15 mins ago and it snowed again. A welcome Suprise, I live on a hill just to the east of Oxford City centre. Apparently it was sleet/wet snow there!

[Mark 'Ox' Neal]

For those who don't believe me.. http://www.oxfordmai...sed_it/?ref=rss

[Nick L]

Ended up with around 29mm last night, very impressive!

[Kiwi]

Mark Neal Ballooning, on 13 December 2011 - 13:34 , said:

Hey guys, first snow of the year for Headington, Oxford. Didn't settle, but was heavy for a good 10 minutes before turning back to rain. Then another show 15 mins ago and it snowed again. A welcome Suprise, I live on a hill just to the east of Oxford City centre. Apparently it was sleet/wet snow there!

Ahh ....the advantages of living "up north"
Sunny and cool here "in the midlands".
No doubt its even warmer down on the costa solent.

[No balls like Snow Balls]

Mark Neal Ballooning, on 13 December 2011 - 14:03 , said:

For those who don't believe me.. http://www.oxfordmai...sed_it/?ref=rss

Lol there can't be much "news" going on in Oxford today

[Mark 'Ox' Neal]

Nick L, on 13 December 2011 - 14:10 , said:

Ended up with around 29mm last night, very impressive!

We managed to get a total of 15.6mm in Headington,Oxfordshire.

Kiwi, on 13 December 2011 - 14:17 , said:

Ahh ....the advantages of living "up north"
Sunny and cool here "in the midlands".
No doubt its even warmer down on the costa solent.

Its a chilly temperature now -3.1c.dropped to 1.8c when it snowed

Edited by Mark Neal Ballooning, 13 December 2011 - 14:29 .

[No balls like Snow Balls]

Latest radar showing another shower for Oxford area coming down from the Costwolds, should hit within the hour.
The one you had earlier Mark fizzled out before it got to London.

Edited by No balls like Snow Balls, 13 December 2011 - 14:35 .