South West & Central Southern England - Weather Chat, 6th December and Onwards...

[jethro]

2 minutes ago, Frosty hollows said:

Just don't mention spring on the mod thread!

I don't know why they get so worked up. I'm a model reading numpty, seriously clueless when it comes to deciphering what all those coloured blobs mean, where they'll go, how and why they move around but....even a prize idiot like me can understand what makes it happen is decided by enormous drivers like the El Nino. All the experts have said all along that a cold winter was very unlikely this year. Cold here, if it happened at all, was going to come at the back end of winter, so why the surprise and disappointment?

It's akin to playing the lottery four times a day, every day and despite the odds of something like 45 million to one, expecting your numbers to come up and throwing a tantrum when they don't.  I kind of understand the disappointment, but I'll never understand the tantrums - especially those ones thrown at other people for not wanting cold weather. Surely that's like blaming other lottery players for your numbers not coming up, on the basis that them playing and hoping their numbers win, will somehow influence why you didn't win. Freud would have loved reading the MAD thread.

[jethro]

13 minutes ago, knocker said:

Your okay he's up in the Cairngorms at the moment.

That's because he's from Bristol and knows just how far away from the SW you have to go to see snow. There's a memorial to Robert Scott in the graveyard here, his parents lived in the village and are buried here, although born in Plymouth he lived here too....look how far he was prepared to go to see snow.

[jtay]

Vile out this morning, as expected. Another soaking.

I had to extend my 24hr rain total axis to 40mm, before I went to bed last night. It already needs extending again.

[Andy Bown]

3 hours ago, jethro said:

Morning.

The pigeons are nesting and the blackbird boys are fighting. The frogs are auditioning for a re-mix release with Paul McCartney and the owls are staking their claim to their tree for the summer. Wildlife awakening after enduring the long, cold, record breaking, two day winter.

If it carries on like this the Springwatch team will be out in force and a crotchety Chris Packham will be grumbling his winter holiday has been cut short.

 

 

Amusingly BBC are doing 'Winterwatch' this week!

I got very lucky with working outside this morning as I managed to time things in the drizzly drier slot between the rain bands, 17mm emptied from my gauge an hour ago and the monthly mm is now beginning to increase further under a downpour.

Only 12.3c lol.

[William Grimsley]

2 hours ago, jtay said:

Vile out this morning, as expected. Another soaking.

I had to extend my 24hr rain total axis to 40mm, before I went to bed last night. It already needs extending again.

Auto extend might be needed. Cumulus...

[Mapantz]

Finally stopped raining here. I've had issues with one gauge under-reading due to the constant strong winds, so I've been constantly checking the manual gauge against my Netatmo one, so I could update my website one..

18mm yesterday, 28mm today. 43.3mm for the last 24hrs. The manual gauge did record slightly more, but I've averaged it from the Netatmo gauge.
207.6mm for the month!

Currently..

Temp: 12.2°C - Hum: 90% - Bar: 1008.76hPa - Wind: WSW @ 10mph

Edited January 27, 2016 by Mapantz

[lettice]

Rain just stopping here now.
Had constant rain since mid afternoon yesterday.
19.8mm today and 8.6mm yesterday.

12c. 1007 hPa, WSW 16mph and a few 45 - 52 mph gusts mid morning.

Edited January 27, 2016 by lettice

[Rich_Clements]

The sun almost came out here about 2pm  

[knocker]

The wind at last dropping. Not been much rain of late but still overcast with As and Sc,

[Dorsetbred]

1 hour ago, Mapantz said:

Finally stopped raining here. I've had issues with one gauge under-reading due to the constant strong winds, so I've been constantly checking the manual gauge against my Netatmo one, so I could update my website one..

18mm yesterday, 28mm today. 43.3mm for the last 24hrs. The manual gauge did record slightly more, but I've averaged it from the Netatmo gauge.
207.6mm for the month!

Currently..

Temp: 12.2°C - Hum: 90% - Bar: 1008.76hPa - Wind: WSW @ 10mph

Running right alongside of you with 44.2mm since this cloudburst started yesterday..

 

[jethro]

I know it's old news but there are some stunning shots here of NYC in the snow storm last week:

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2016/01/nyc-blizzard-photo/

[karlos1983]

Knock knock......

who's there?

That ECM......

 

Thats not far off perfection for our region. Shame there's only one way to go from a chart like that, downgrades lol

Edited January 27, 2016 by karlos1983

[Zephyr]

This mornings moon, the night cleared perfect for it and can see Jupiter right next to it although I just have pics of the moon!

 

[knocker]

Clear morning with a little Cu. Temp 7C and a breeze from the WNW.

[Dorsetbred]

Morning all, currently:

Temp 0.7°C

DP -0.3°C

RH 93%

1021.7mb  Rising

Rainfall 8.3mm 

Conditions: Dry with a ground frost.

[ThundersnowDays]

Nice surprise -2 and a slight frost.

[Lyn-M]

Very much lower rainfall totals here than in other parts of Dorset.  9.9mm to 09.00 yesterday and a further 1.8mm from the rest of the system.  Our small streams are still on flood alert in spite of that and assuming the worst for tomorrow and early Saturday.

1.6°C min here and a slight ground frost.

[Frosty hollows]

Ground frost here -1.0C. Clear, crisp, blue sky day. Lovely!

[MP-R]

Surprise frost this morning and beautiful sunshine. Looks like alternating over the next few days with cloudy mild rubbish tomorrow and sunday, and chilly brightness today and saturday.

[Rich_Clements]

Oh a lovely start today, shame its not going to last

[festivalking]

Bit of a frosty surprise this morning. -0.3C as i left this morning, surprising as lowest predicted temps last night was 4c! Lovely and sunny shame i'm indoors all day 

 

[jtay]

Min of 0.2C between 8-9am this morning.... and what a morning. Lovely stuff.

[Rich_Clements]

2 hours ago, jtay said:

Min of 0.2C between 8-9am this morning.... and what a morning. Lovely stuff.

Lovely photos

[Mapantz]

Sunny start after a low of 2.2°C
Cloud has increased, sun has almost gone.
 

Temp: 10°C - Hum: 57% - Dew: 1.9°C - Bar:  1027.65hPa - Wind:  SW/WSW @ 10mph

[jtay]

Bit cloudy from 1 'til 2pm and the wind picked up early afternoon, but other than that it's been a cracker today. Oh for a day like today at the weekend, or any weekend...