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Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 31st 13, 12:11 PM
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Posted By Bruce[_5_]
Sharp little trough moving across the south of England

On Thursday, January 31, 2013 9:37:03 AM UTC, Bruce wrote:
Hi



Sharp little trough just passed through mid-Devon at 0912. Well marked on the visible satellite images from the 15 minute...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 31st 13, 09:37 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 317
Posted By Bruce[_5_]
Sharp little trough moving across the south of England

Hi

Sharp little trough just passed through mid-Devon at 0912. Well marked on the visible satellite images from the 15 minute DataPoint site (shame that from today we now will only get them every 3...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 29th 13, 04:13 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 964
Posted By Bruce[_5_]
Snow Radar

On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 12:42:07 PM UTC, wrote:
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Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 29th 13, 12:27 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 964
Posted By Bruce[_5_]
Snow Radar

On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 8:30:02 AM UTC, Mike.Trigger wrote:
Not sure if they are taking the Met Office direct feed (it is Met Office

radar data over the Uk at least) or computing it...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 27th 13, 10:24 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 505
Posted By Bruce[_5_]
Buchan cold spell on its way??

Hi

Just wandered through the latest offerings from the UKMO, GFS and ECMWF models, and they all tend towards the WSW'ly flow that we have at the moment veering NW'ly in the first few days of...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 26th 13, 11:02 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 223
Posted By Bruce[_5_]
Good view of snow cover from visible satellite imagery

Hi

Good view of the extent of the snow cover over the UK from this mornings visible satellite imagery.

Bruce.
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 23rd 13, 06:42 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 221
Posted By Bruce[_5_]
Rain & sleet tonight according to BBC Radio Devon

On Wednesday, January 23, 2013 6:10:59 PM UTC, Bruce wrote:
Hi



I've just heard the headlines for the weather in Devon tonight "some rain and sleet", which contrasted quite nicely with...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 23rd 13, 06:10 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 221
Posted By Bruce[_5_]
Rain & sleet tonight according to BBC Radio Devon

Hi

I've just heard the headlines for the weather in Devon tonight "some rain and sleet", which contrasted quite nicely with the facts of the matter which came close on its heels in the form of the...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 23rd 13, 03:34 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 799
Posted By Bruce[_5_]
So much for the thaw

Will

It's not so much the temperature as the amount of 'warm' rain that you get. My time as a "Munro Bagger" brought home to me just how much snow can disappear from a mountain side by a lot of rain...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 23rd 13, 01:01 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 259
Posted By Bruce[_5_]
Weather app

On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 9:47:13 PM UTC, Mike McMillan wrote:
Someone suggested MeteoEarth as a good little ipad app. I have down loaded it, but find weather+ much more useful, and it's free....
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 23rd 13, 12:45 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 135
Posted By Bruce[_5_]
What's this 6 inch of partly cloudy on my drive?

Hi

Just driven up to Wellington and back on the M5 and it looks like a Christmas card resplendent with what must be almost 6 inches of snow. The M5 is two lanes on the higher bits rather quiet as to...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 19th 13, 03:42 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 264
Posted By Bruce[_5_]
Strong winds over SW Portugal

Hi

Looking at the SYNOPs from across Europe (as you do) I notice that there is a very strong NW'ly gradient over southern Portugal and Spain at the moment. Porto (08545) at 1200Z has a mean wind...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 18th 13, 08:53 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 186
Posted By Bruce[_5_]
Steady snow now verging on moderate at times [mid Devon]

Hi

A steady stream of what can only be showers feeding in from across N Cornwall into
Devon. They are moving steadily from a what appears to be 290° judging by the latest frames of the rainfall...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 18th 13, 07:03 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 164
Posted By Bruce[_5_]
It's snow

Hi

I must apologise about my last post it snowed and didn't rain here in Mid Devon (~120m amsl). Air temp at midnight was +4.5° which fell rapidly as the snow started at around 0200Z. Obviously the...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 17th 13, 05:53 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 134
Posted By Bruce[_5_]
It's rain...

Hi

I cannot see that it can do anything other than rain in my part of mid Devon overnight and tomorrow. Even if the rain was moderate or heavy for a time I can't see it dragging the temperature down...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 17th 13, 02:02 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 242
Posted By Bruce[_5_]
The custard and blancmange now has a cherry on top...

On Thursday, January 17, 2013 12:49:34 PM UTC, Bruce wrote:
Hi



The Met office have just (1230 on Thursday) upped their amber alert to red for just South Wales which strikes me as a bit...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 17th 13, 12:49 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 242
Posted By Bruce[_5_]
The custard and blancmange now has a cherry on top...

Hi

The Met office have just (1230 on Thursday) upped their amber alert to red for just South Wales which strikes me as a bit bizarre and a bit overly precise but there you go.

Bruce.
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 17th 13, 12:38 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 133
Posted By Bruce[_5_]
6C in SW tomorrow?

On Thursday, January 17, 2013 10:41:17 AM UTC, Dave Cornwell wrote:
Seems a bit strange on the News 24 forecast this morning. Showing the

heavy snow from 5am from Cornwall eastwards but...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 17th 13, 11:04 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 299
Posted By Bruce[_5_]
BBC breakfast forecast...

On Thursday, January 17, 2013 7:53:38 AM UTC, Bruce wrote:
Hi



Just watched the BBC breakfast 6:45am weather forecast and they still are up to there old tricks by starting with an 0900Z...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 17th 13, 10:39 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 276
Posted By Bruce[_5_]
Bradninch light snow +4.1

Henry

You could have a quite interesting early morning tomorrow!

Bruce.
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 17th 13, 10:37 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 299
Posted By Bruce[_5_]
BBC breakfast forecast...

On Thursday, January 17, 2013 9:42:25 AM UTC, Len Wood wrote:
On Jan 17, 7:53*am, Bruce wrote:

Hi



Just watched the BBC breakfast 6:45am weather forecast...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 17th 13, 10:03 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 208
Posted By Bruce[_5_]
Surprisingly getting milder in S Wales

On Thursday, January 17, 2013 9:43:57 AM UTC, James Brown wrote:
Strange - after light snow for a few hours late last night, we now have

rain and the temperature is rising steadily - now at...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 17th 13, 09:51 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 276
Posted By Bruce[_5_]
Bradninch light snow +4.1

Hi

Very surprisingly there is very light snow in Bradninch with a temperature of +4.1°!

Admittedly the dewpoint has recently dropped to -1.7° so its quite dry air for Devon! Checking on Exeter...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 17th 13, 07:53 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 299
Posted By Bruce[_5_]
BBC breakfast forecast...

Hi

Just watched the BBC breakfast 6:45am weather forecast and they still are up to there old tricks by starting with an 0900Z first frame. This show the rain where the model thinks it should be -...
Forum: uk.sci.weather (UK Weather) January 15th 13, 08:28 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,311
Posted By Bruce[_5_]
The Great SW blizzard of 2013

Will

Not quite right I'm afraid...
There is a modest low pressure of 1000 hpa but at 0600 its over NE France and the gradient over the SW is probably around 25 knots from 340° with temperatures at...
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