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Light snow, getting heavier and dusting over the gaps left after yesterdays thaw

2 1/2 inches overnight, roads are super dangerous out there this morning. Temp: -11.7c!! Dew: -12.6c

We've just about been on the southern edge of the Medway snow zone thankfully. Friends 5 miles north reporting 20cm after the last clump went through. Head south out the village a few miles and you'd be wondering what all the fuss was about!

The last band of snow lasted about an hour and dropped another two inches here in Hawkhurst, everything covered. Lost an inch of snow cover during the day today, but topped back up at a respectable 6 inches now Temp: -4.2c Dew: -6.4c

Just shy of 5 inches in Hawkhurst with 7-9 inches where drifting has occurred. Roads were really bad but starting to clear up a little more now. Wouldn't mind a couple inches top up tonight

Heavier snow shower in Hastings, turning the roads white once more. Just a dusting of snow in general, but I do have a two foot inch drift on my window ledge! Around an inch of snow back at home in Hawkhurst.

Light flurry in Hastings currently. Good luck to everyone looking for a covering this week!

Couple of flakes mixed in here with the heavier burst which went through earlier. Been just the wrong side of marginal so many times this winter!

Sleety/wet snow shower in Hastings just now

Whiteout in Hastings, as can be seen on the seafront webcam right now: https://www.beaming.co.uk/company/hastings-pier-webcam/

Full on seagull feathers falling from the sky here in Hastings, the flakes are huge! Seems to be melting pretty swiftly between the heavier showers though.

Heavy snow in Hastings, look to be in a good position with the heavy band brushing the south coast - May scrape a cm or two! Everything white outside, including the main road

Heavy snow shower here, left a covering on all surfaces

Showers are now falling as rain in Hastings after the snow flurries of this morning. Should see these turn back to snow as the colder air digs in and the sun starts to go down later this afternoon.

Sleet showers through the night, turning to snow showers this morning giving a light sugar coating on cars, bins etc. Not expecting too much, but it's nice to have some wintry weather around

A couple more from last night

Wow wow wow. Everything thrown in tonight. Extremely close cg's, marble sized hail, flash flooding, strong winds.. What a night! Just the one pic for now, it's late!

Back end of the storm off the Kent coast

If only if was still night time, those along the Kent coast would be getting an incredible light show out to sea! I can actually hear deep distant rumbles from the big storm out in the channel

View out to sea from camber

A little disappointed with lack of early morning activity, though there's still chance over the next few hours across the far southeast. This is my view out the window this morning

ESTOFEX forecast: A level 2 was issued for eastern England, northern France into Benelux and northern and central Germany mainly for severe wind gusts and large hail and to a lesser extent excessive precipitation. England, northern France, Benelux, northern and central Germany into the Czech Republic Plume of warm and unstable air masses spreads eastwards on Thursday. Axis of this warm air is expected over The Channel in the morning and noon hours. Strong warm air advection could result in clusters of storms forming early in the period spreading eastward along the warm front. Weak surface-based CAPE limits the severe potential of these storms, but they could be maintained due to frontogenetical forcing on their way to the Benelux countries and north-western Germany. If these storms manage to root the boundary-layer, favourably curved hodographs indicate a risk of supercells, capable of producing large hail and severe wind gusts. In the afternoon, some storms are possible further south-east over the mountains of central or southern Germany as well as the Czech Republic. Vertical wind shear is weak to moderate, allowing for multicells that can merge to clusters and travel eastward. Large hail is possible, as well as severe wind gusts and excessive rain. Weak low-level convergence may limit storm initiation, though. Later in the period, approaching short-wave trough from the west is expected. With evolving southerly low-level flow, warm air advection along the edges of the warm plume increases especially over northern France and the south-eastern UK. Latest models agree in strong moisture increase below the EML along the warm front and moderate to high CAPE is forecast. Additionally, long hodographs with deep-layer shear around 20 m/s and 0-3km shear around 15 m/s will support well-developed multicells or supercells. Current thinking is that storms form in the afternoon and evening across England and northern France, quickly spreading into the North Sea and the Benelux countries. First storms may be capable of producing large or very large hail. Given strong 0-3 km vertical wind shear, bow echoes may form later on with severe wind gusts the main threat. Additionally, excessive rain and tornadoes are not ruled out. Storms will continue to move eastwards into Germany in the evening hours and can also affect the Czech Republic overnight when severe potential gradually decreases as storms become elevated.

Here: . ENH/SLGT risks have been issued for SE UK, Benelux into W Germany with threat for isolated large hail, severe winds and torrential rainfall. Models are again overdoing near-surface dewpoints but strong insolation should still easily result in strong instability in the afternoon, MLCAPE likely in excess of 2000 J/kg. Placed under moderate shear, favorable conditions are in place for organized storms, including supercells. Strong cap should limit storm initiation until quite late in the afternoon but once the forcing increases and capping weakens, at least some isolated storms can be expected across S-SE England as well as far NE France into Belgium and S Netherlands. Main threats will be large hail and severe winds. Some clustering can be expected towards the evening when storms continue into W Germany.

If we're lucky we may get our own storms to view towards the end of next week

Another view of the funnel in Kent today