[South East, London and East Anglia regional discussion - 8th February onwards]

Morning all

This will probably be my last post of this fruitful spell IMBY

8th day wth lying snow. All be it rather patchy now but still good cover in north facing areas.

Dropped to -2.0c

Currently-0.2c

I've had 4 ice days out of the 7 days.(top temp was only 1.5c )

Ground is Rock hard water buts frozen solid.

If this had continued there wouldn't have been good for the birds.

Fully expecting the snow to be gone by tomorow morning wth plus temps inbound.

It's been a very enjoyable week.

See you all for the nxt chase . Bye for now.

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16z obs

-0.7c

Snow cover # check.

Clouds building.

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1 hour ago, Oaks said:

 

Impressive 

I lived at Pewell bay, Thanet in 1987 , sea shore froze out (and yes I walked on it) to about 800 yards , now that was exceptional..

Still -2.6c here now.

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Dropped to -4.2c

Currently -3.5

6th day wth lying snow.

Bitter wind

Loving it

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4 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

Same here, roof, back garden, front garden, and even on the pavement opposite, my house is south facing, and the sun just isn't getting there.

Here also.

All of back and side of house good snow cover.

Bushs , conifurs, shrubs still wth many centimetres of snow

Sorh facing areas patchy (but very icy)

Temp here now -3.1c

Snow not going anywhere fast until maybe sunday night/monday.

It's been a cold spell.

 

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Zero or below all day here.

That's 3 ice days out of the 6 day spell so far..( top temp was yesterday,  hit 1.7c)

Cold one coming tonight.. 

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Morning peeps.

Very cold wind blowing out there this morning 

Just walked dog.

Lots of ice everywhere.

Gardens still have a good layer of snow , so that's the 6th day of lying..

Temp fell to -2.7c

Currently -1.5c

Thin high level cloud , sun breaking through though

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Top temp today managed 1.3c

Now  at -1.5c , gonna be a cold one tonight.

Snow cover , clear skies and light wind off the frozen continent. (Coldest night this year for me stands at -3.3 , so fully expecting that to be broken over the nxt few nights.

Lost a lot of lying snow south facing areas but back garden which is North facing still chocka.

Lovely dog walk today in the Alpine air.

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35 minutes ago, Maidstone marginal said:

That's great news. Thanet did best in Feb 2012. I was living there. That was a genuine 15 cm. And it lasted a few days too 

Your right and I should of remembered that one. Weve had many dumps of the decades but it's the ones that stay on the ground for a week + that stay wth you..

I should of added 95 (brutally cold here ).to that list..

 

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39 minutes ago, SHM040519 said:

We got about 5/6cm last night. Ended with 12/13cm which is a good total. 3rd highest I have seen here! 1st being 2010 when we had around 30cm and 2018 when we had 18. Hopefully one more cold spell which would be fab. I would love to do that one day in America! Hopefully we can get some cracking storms this summer!

It's been a good spell.

Cold and longevity (wth few days to go)

8/10

Depth of snow 6/10 (combined totals probably close to 18cm, wth inbetween slight thaws)

Days wth falling snow and snow cover  8/10.(5 days falling snow , 5 days laying snow wth possibly couple more days to come)

One to remember but at the age of 48 I've seen a some  better ,(84,87,91,10,13) having said that no complaints after 3 years wth nowt I'll take it..

It's fun guys,  happy chasing for nxt time.

Current temp -0.2c 

Sunny.

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34 minutes ago, crazysnowcatz4 said:

-3.1 C in Canterbury Has been snowing all night according to radar, a thick layer in back garden , will measure in  when it is light.. Would estimate another 10 - 15 cm in the last 24 hours.

 

Wow..

You must of been in a sweet spot.

Snowed all evening here then lightest snow throughout the night.

I would say a fresh 7cm on top of the old..(that would make a combined 23 cm over all from 5 days wth snow events.)

-1.6c here at mo..

 

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Morning peeps 

Very lightly snowing still this morning at manston.

Now officially makes it 5 consecutive days wth falling snow to go along wth 5 days of laying snow.

Epic....

Too early to measure as I'm watching from the bed.. Will report back soon wth detail..

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After 5 nights of chasing I'm feeling more than a little fatigued.  Gonna have to call it a night.

Been a great day and topped off a good spell.

Happy hunting guys.

Currently light snow.

Temp -1.2c

 

 

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1 minute ago, A Wintry Mix said:

Back in the late 70's it seemed a regular occurrence to get snowed in at Monkton with drifts completely blocking  roads and it was cold enough for us to skate along the dykes.

I lived in Minster during the 80s

82,84,85,87 were great winters.

Couldn't get out of the village and when you got to the top of the roundabout the snow drifts were 5 foot high..

Great memories 

 

 

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9 minutes ago, stubbys said:

Went up Nethercourt 2 days ago, by the time I got there it was like icy mud and snow, still alright, but I think early tomorrow could be quite good.

Yep.

I was there on Monday also.

Mud fest by the time I got there .

Told my kids if they want to go in the morning then it has to be an early one before every kid in Thanet gets there..

Should be a good few fresh inches on it tonight..

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6 minutes ago, stubbys said:

Just started up again Ramsgate, might get the sled out again tomorrow if it keeps up overnight.

Hasent really stopped at manston since 6ish.

Back garden is looking rather impressive now.

Cant see a blade of grass..

And yes sledging sounds good tmrow..

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Need to see falling snow after midnight to register 5 days of falling snow .

That would put it up there wth some of the best spells.

I was analysing this spell to soon I think.

Been great this afternoon/evening.

Do we think tmrow is likely to be an ice day?

Meto has Zero IMBY.

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Best fallling snow for a very long time..

Looks magical.

So so heavy and big.

On par wth 2013 now for depth..

The last shower alone has just dropped 3cm..

Temp now fallen to -1.9c.

 

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25 minutes ago, SHM040519 said:

Seems to be just west of us. Some more coming tho and it is snowing here

Do we think this is the convergence...

If so it's gone from me already. lefd a few cm , but back to milky blue skies.

Flipping cold now.

-0.2c (feels colder though)

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33 minutes ago, SHM040519 said:

Whiteout here now! Looks good for next few hours

Heaviest snow here since 2010 now..

All thr bits that melted have now filled back in and adding depth to what we had already.

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2 minutes ago, SHM040519 said:

Whiteout here now! Looks good for next few hours

Yeah 

Hasnt stopped here now for half hour , looks like it's in for the afternoon..

Mabe the twig is ahead of schedule  , therefore that might mean it's not wth us tonight !

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1 minute ago, SHM040519 said:

The convergence line is still on us at midnight according to the earlier fax! 

Let's hope so 

Would have settled better in an hour or so.

Any way looking good.

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Hooray 

Absolutely chucking it down.

Big big flakes.

Settling now.

 

Temp hovering at zero.didnt expect this till this evening if im honest.

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Beafy shower moving through manston now.

Temp 0.5c

Settling on snow but struggling where snow melted..

Heaviest I've seen since Sunday..

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6 minutes ago, Atmogenic said:

wow... 

Nothing really falling from the light pink .

The really heavy stuff is just to the north of us at present..