Weather warnings part 2 - will they fade away, or is bad weather set to remain?

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

new thread. other one full.

Quite a few flowering dandelions in the very bottom of the Pewsey Vale here, on the greensand - the bit where tbh you could plant a piece of an old lamp-post and it would grow and burst into light!

However also large amounts of horizontal sleet. Horizontal because it's being blown into your face at that angle due to the gale force wind.

Gloria that's very high brow!

Strawberries at this time of year? It looks cold and wet this coming week. Going to be the worst of all worlds.

My guineapig is making a valiant effort in eating the grass.

Thanks OYBBK :) I have made 'may have to cancel' plans with other friends , it's getting a bit mad, haven't seen anyone other than Flood Friends at the weekends for ages.

Just came home from work, one of the main roads is completely covered in water in 3 places, one quite deep - it was a tad interesting for a minute there! (country road, fields etiher side looking like lakes!).

Bit concerned as it's all woods around here, especially my journey to work - after what everyone has been saying about the trees - which I hadn't even given a thought to!

Grass - I wish I had some! The chickens seem to have made an amazing attempt to eat it all this winter. What with all the rain, it has turned in to a muddy mess.

Noooo!!! It's snowing!

And here!! make it stop!!

It's attempting to snow here (Leicester) but not trying very hard. Dull and 1.7C at the moment. According to uksnowmap, any snow/sleet/wintry stuff is over the Midlands at the moment!

According to bbc weather, we should be at 3C now but we're still stuck at 1.7C. Looking at raintoday, there's a great wodge (might not be a genuine meteorological term) of rain coming from the east ~ it'll be interesting what sort of weather we get when that reaches us.

And I guess we knew already that January would break records when it came to the monthly rain amounts.

We have snow ~ quite big flakes as well! Yipeeeeee!

Not fair....I want a little bit of snow...(sulking)

It didn't last very long ~ only 10-15 minutes at the most. We're now having a sleety/snowy shower and we're up to 1.8C. Still no sign of the 4C high that we were forecast for today.

Dry here now, but very dark.

Tomorrow looks hideous-rain, rain and then some more rain.

No snow here and it doesn't feel that cold either, it's has been dry all day ( maybe the calm before the storm), I have stocked up on food so I don't have to go out for the next few days ( just incase the roads flood, plus I hate driving in the rain ).

Amber warnings are out for Somerset for rain tomorrow.

OYBK - Looks like Metcheck are following your predictions of a very bad start to February.

Taken from Metcheck Website;-

"We are aware that this Winter has been mild, wet and windy but the next week will make the Winter we've seen so far just "slightly damp" compared to the amount of rainfall we can expect over the next 7 days. Some areas across the South-west could see their entire average February rainfall fall in the space of just a few days. "

Those poor people in Somerset. :(

I don't think they are terribly far off, it doesn't look quite so bad in the latest model run but its cold comfort, still very very wet.

Another bomb on the way.

Oh no. Is Central South ie Oxfordshire, W Berkshire going to be bad too? You were spot on up to our last flood OYBBK, we haven't bothered trying to sort the house from that event, am glad about that at least. Met office is giving us pretty dry forecast for Sat 0600 through to Mon 1500, are they wrong? We NEED that window. Please, please

Nemno, it is, but as you've seen there is that potential respite time, though I'd expect some showers. GFS brings the edge of Mondays rain into your area at lunchtime but its too far in advance to have any accuracy about that.

Thank you for replying OYBBK

Not at all :)

Im bored now

send snow here

Im bored now

Surely you are busy on the cotils now? EH?? Bai Crai!!