The Great Meteorological Thread

I've ot long been back from a night out,
four inches of snow (and still falling) made for an interesting drive home;)
Its only been little flakes, almost frozen rain, God knows how deep it would have been
by now, had it been proper snow!
 
only a couple of inches here and it was turning to sleet earlier has stopped now
Did plan a trip out but it seems the idiots were out on the M25 last night so they sure as hell will be later today and it will be blocked as per normal !!!!
 
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This is the scene from my lounge this morning, the Thames Estuary is about 1/4 mile in front of the flat and Kent is just in the background.....

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Well, last night, winter has arrived properly for me.

The snowstorm I got to see last night is very easily up there on my list of memorable weather events. Not just because of the intensity of the snow but how it come howling in a strong Force 7 southernly wind.
By dawnbreak, I've worked out there is a 14 snow depth on average but with drifts of up to two feet.
As a result of all that, all the usual every day objects are now looking like works of art sculptures, eg: cars, pillar boxs, bollards, bins, etc.

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My sister's two maine coon kittens seeing snow for the first time, and not having a clue on what they are supposed to do next. You could almost hear their thoughts . . .

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Most of next week looks set to continue being cold over Southern and Eastern parts of the UK as we remain under the influence of the continental air flow, as a result the threat of further outbreaks of sleet and snow will never be too far away.
Northern and Western parts will often be rather cloudy and not as cold.

Looking ahead further still, the model outputs has been hinting strongly of a return back to our default Atlantic mode from the 15th Feb onwards with weather fronts coming in from the west bringing alternating spells of rain and sunshine and nearer-normal temperatures.
 
It's thawing out fast here, been quite pleasant day:D
 
Ian D J said:
Looking ahead further still, the model outputs has been hinting strongly of a return back to our default Atlantic mode from the 15th Feb onwards with weather fronts coming in from the west bringing alternating spells of rain and sunshine and nearer-normal temperatures.
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Oh well it was fun while it lasted :D
Cool images BTW Ian :thumbs:
 
It's been snowing here today :eek:
thankfully not too much :D
Damn cold though
 
A lady friend had found a way to transport her little charge about the town as the "big freeze" continues over Kent . . .

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While I'm here, I might as well issue a weather heads up, valid for tomorrow afternoon, through the night and into Friday morning.

It does look like a band of rain moving southwards over Scotland will turn into as snow at it's leading edge over the Oxford and Northants area during the course of tomorrow afternoon and into the night. I'd say about 3 cm to 6 cm is likely before it all turns into as rain and decay away all together by Friday morning. Snow may also fall over Yorkshire and Lincs but it is likely to be light.
It'll be mostly as rain over the South West, West Wales and most of Scotland, but it may fall as freezing rain (rain turning into as ice on impact on ground surfaces) over the highest ground.
Kent, Sussex and East Anglia are expected to stay dry, save for perhaps a slight dusting of snow.

Then it will be a little less cold and become drier we go into the weekend as high pressure rebuilds over the UK, but will still be very cold by night with a hard frost as well as freezing fog.
 
Oooo errrrr
Looks like my drive home tomorrow night from Oxford to the highest village in Somerset may be a tad interesting :)
There is still great piles of snow along the roads in the Oxford Science Park; fresh snow is going to lie unless it warms up considerably.
 
Ian D J said:
It does look like a band of rain moving southwards over Scotland will turn into as snow at it's leading edge over the Oxford and Northants area during the course of tomorrow afternoon and into the night. I'd say about 3 cm to 6 cm is likely before it all turns into as rain and decay away all together by Friday morning. .
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Ooo I am between the two so Imay of may not have a share then.
I'd rather not TBH it was fun while it lasted ( and its still laying in places).
 
Ian D J said:
It'll be mostly as rain over the South West, West Wales and most of Scotland, but it may fall as freezing rain (rain turning into as ice on impact on ground surfaces) over the highest ground.
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Here it's just a smattering of sorta crunchy rain! Not falling as wet as sleet, not hard balls like hail but crunchy underfoot and melting. It's about +1C right now. Turning to very cold rain.
No snow so far to speak of this year :(
 
Carter64 said:
Here it's just a smattering of sorta crunchy rain! Not falling as wet as sleet, not hard balls like hail but crunchy underfoot and melting. It's about +1C right now. Turning to very cold rain.
No snow so far to speak of this year :(
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Hi Mike.

From what I've gathered, freezing rain is now already being an issue over Northern England, and will be over the Midlands, East Wales and over the highest ground at the mid-Southern Counties as we go into tonight.
Snow may also fall over the East Midlands and in an area between Derby and Oxford, with slightly less amounts anywhere to the east of the mentioned areas.
Looks like East Anglia, Essex, London, Sussex and Kent will get off lightly as it remains cold and cloudy but dry.

My forecast for today in my Cloud Master blog might explain things a little bit more in detail - but I have a feeling that everything will be slightly a little bit to the east as planned: http://thecloudmaster.webs.com/
 
No snow at all - apart from a ten minute flurry a couple of weeks ago - this year, and there's hardly been any frost or ice. It's chilly/damp, which I hate, but I'd rather put up with that than snow. Still a way to go though. Not like SA, winter lasted 3 months, if that - and was bitterly cold at night, but often warm and sunny during the day.
 
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No snow at all - apart from a ten minute flurry a couple of weeks ago - this year, and there's hardly been any frost or ice. It's chilly/damp, which I hate, but I'd rather put up with that than snow. Still a way to go though. Not like SA, winter lasted 3 months, if that - and was bitterly cold at night, but often warm and sunny during the day.
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I bet this climate is more than enough to make you want to head back to South Africa. I have a family friend who lives there and she's saying how "blooming hot" it is being there.
But in my case, after 20 years of working in a moist and humid tomato greenhouse I've had my fair share of heat. :D

michael23 said:
we have freezing rain mixed with snow here. started around 10 minutes ago.
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That does fit in with the forecasts . . . be careful where you are as it's going to get very nasty with ice at around your area as you go into tonight. The same also goes for those living in the surrounding counties close by your area. :eek: :shake:
 
Ian D J said:
I bet this climate is more than enough to make you want to head back to South Africa. I have a family friend who lives there and she's saying how "blooming hot" it is being there.
But in my case, after 20 years of working in a moist and humid tomato greenhouse I've had my fair share of heat. :D
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It does, actually. My kids still live there and wind me up by texting me to say how hot/sunny it is. Johannesburg never gets humid though. It's nearly 6,000 ft above sea level. Winter nights are freezing, down to 0 C, but the days can be lovely. Summer is hot, with violent thunderstorms and torrential rain, but it dries up quickly!
 
Seems to me as the whole cloud bank has gone further east than expected and now making landfall between the Humber and the Wash

Snow flakes in the air here and looks like the East Midlands will get the worst of it
 
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Seems to me as the whole cloud bank has gone further east than expected and now making landfall between the Humber and the Wash

Snow flakes in the air here and looks like the East Midlands will get the worst of it
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The way I see it, I think there's going to be two separate events come tonight.

1) The area of freezing rain, sleet and snow may still come about over the "expected" areas as per all forecasts as the complex weather system work it's way in from the north west and come up against the cold air sitting over England and West Wales.

2) Eastern England and the South East of England having it's own minor snow event created by a weak cold front.
I believe the Lincs and Cambridge area may get to pick up a noteable amount (up to 5 cm). Less so over Sussex, Essex and Kent but at 1 cm to 3 cm, it'll provide a little bit of top up as it falls on still frozen-ground - especially since it'll still be under the influence of this dry cold continental airmass. That's a slight upgrade here since the mentioned area wasn't expecting any snowfall at all.

As Michael had already pointed out, it looks like the freezing rain event is now starting to take a hold. And around the Derbyshire area as mentioned.
 
Currently snowing in Milton keynes. It's only lightly coming down but we do have a dusting on the ground. We've had the occasional snow flakes since around midday, with more persistent snow starting about 5 this evening, but that was very light and only lasted 30 mins.

Hoping for a lot more overnight, have tomorrow off so will go out for a walk with the camera.
 
Weather has been quite indecisive since my last post! It has gone through rain, frozen rain and then to snow. Was settling on car roofs though. Will be interesting to see what has happened by the morning. Hoping for a top up of snow!
 
Its been snowing steadily for a couple of hours now, and I guess there is about 3/4in of depth to it as I type
 
Its still at it here.
The paths and grass are the same level now ;)
 
*tiptoes back in*

Helloooo from a sunny Ainsdale!

Finally found a way around my stupid dongle so i can get enough internety stuff to finally be able to browse the forums again! :banana:

So hope fully I'll be a regular again! :D
 
norvic-boy said:
*tiptoes back in*

Helloooo from a sunny Ainsdale!

Finally found a way around my stupid dongle so i can get enough internety stuff to finally be able to browse the forums again! :banana:

So hope fully I'll be a regular again! :D
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Cor! Holy thread revival Batman! :D Hi Toby and welcome back!

The early taste of spring continued into today as it turned out pleasantly bright and very mild here at Folkestone.
Doesn't help the current drought situation, though! (Sorry to put a downer on this thread already). :shake: :lol:
 
Ian D J said:
Doesn't help the current drought situation, though! (Sorry to put a downer on this thread already). :shake: :lol:
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And we have almost turned full circle :D
(although its not really a laughing matter)

I've been incarcerated working in Hastings these past two weeks,
and the weather has gone from 3 inches of laying snow, and -10oC
to a silly +17oC and sunny yesterday.

This all very much reminds me of a saying that my friend in South Dakota USA, uses.
"If you don't like the weather, wait for a couple of hours and you will get something you
do like" :D
 
Cobra said:
And we have almost turned full circle :D
(although its not really a laughing matter)

I've been incarcerated working in Hastings these past two weeks,
and the weather has gone from 3 inches of laying snow, and -10oC
to a silly +17oC and sunny yesterday.

This all very much reminds me of a saying that my friend in South Dakota USA, uses.
"If you don't like the weather, wait for a couple of hours and you will get something you
do like" :D
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Hi Chris! Whereas here in the UK, it's usually a fortnight's wait. :shake: :D

It'll be cloudy for most tomorrow, but is likely to stay mainly dry. Sunday does look being somewhat brighter, especially over the South.
Temperatures should recover back to as the seasonal norm (8 C to 10 C).
 
Not sure about you lot in the east and south-east but a beautiful sequence of weather at the moment, for the last three nights, had rainfall in the night and then sunshine with splatterings of Stratocumulus and cumulus!

Makes for good photography but unfortunately water quality assignments and weather forecasting assignments are taking priority!

Sounds like you're gonna have a repeat of last year Ian with a severe drought; how are things down there? Or are the government overreacting?

Hope all are well :)
 
norvic-boy said:
Not sure about you lot in the east and south-east but a beautiful sequence of weather at the moment, for the last three nights, had rainfall in the night and then sunshine with splatterings of Stratocumulus and cumulus!

Makes for good photography but unfortunately water quality assignments and weather forecasting assignments are taking priority!

Sounds like you're gonna have a repeat of last year Ian with a severe drought; how are things down there? Or are the government overreacting?

Hope all are well :)
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Hi Toby and welcome back!

Indeed it has been rather . . . properly wet in the past couple of days. With 19.5 mm under my belt since 9 am yesterday that is very welcomed rain considering how dry it is being at this neck of the woods.

Now in a bit I have to out out in that bitter cold wind and rain to get the papers (it is still raining).
 
18 mm has fallen here at Folkestone since 9 pm last night. Add that to yesterday's 15 mm and that'll be twice as much rainfall in the past 30 hours than the whole of February put together for my location.

As any rain events goes this is being a noteable one, and the amount and longevity were well forecasted (I expected 20 to 40 mm out of it all).

While it was very grim and cold in the past couple of days, the rain is very welcome at this rather thirsty part of the world after what it has been an unusually dry Winter.
 
Blimey you have had a lot!

Another sunny day up here in the West Lancs! Bit of stargazing on the sand dunes tonight I think :)
 
norvic-boy said:
Blimey you have had a lot!

Another sunny day up here in the West Lancs! Bit of stargazing on the sand dunes tonight I think :)
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Had another 3.5 mm this morning, bringing my tally to 42.5 mm over a 48 hour period.
Still rather overcast and cold here at Folkestone. While it has stopped raining for now, the sun is being very reluctant to show up.
 
michael23 said:
Been quite sunny for the last couple of days with no rain to speak of.
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Evenin' Michael. It'll be quite a different picture for your location tomorrow with rain and strong winds!

But I'm very confident that the rest of March will go along in a quiet and settled fashion as high pressure dominates our weather. While there'll be some dry and bright weather about, I suspect night time fog and frost will continue to be a regular feature and day time temperatures will stick at around average values for this time of year (8 C North to 13 C South).
 
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