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    SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 07/11/2018

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    Posted · Edited by EWS

    Usually we do so well for snow due to elevation and location right on the very outside edge of the North Downs - not last night! I went to bed around 10.30 having watched the lovely yellow blob losing some of its intensity as it pivoted toward me. I woke up a few times in the night and forced myself not to get out of bed and look out the window! Clearly we did have some snow overnight, but it had already started melting by 7am and really wasn't anything to write home about. Another heavy snow snower on my way to work on the A21, just before junction 4 of the M25 but was falling as sleety rain on the M25 itself. 

    Still hopeful that Feb might bring us a nice Easterly which seems to be better for my location. Very happy for those who had a decent amount overnight, have loved seeing the photos so far. Enjoy! 

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    SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 07/11/2018

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    Update from Southeastern

     

    Update: Winter Weather Timetable on Friday 1 February

    Hello,

    As promised, we’re emailing to update you on the timetable we plan to run this week. 

    We’ll run our Winter Weather Timetable on Friday 1st February, as bad weather is forecast. Train times will be different and Peak services will be busier, so please travel earlier or later to avoid the busiest trains.

    Snow is expected to start falling from Thursday evening, so travel earlier if you can to avoid the winter weather.

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    SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 07/11/2018

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    1 minute ago, Hotspur61 said:

    Transition to snow now complete in Locksbottom.Temp dropped from 3.4 at 7.30 to 2.2 at 8.30.Maybe just maybe we might get a good covering if temperature continues to drop.Would think favoured spots like Biggin Hill Knockholt Halsted etc will have lying snow by 9pm if intensity is kept up.

    Surprisingly, it's already settling on cars in Chelsfield after only a little while. 

    SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 07/11/2018

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    29 minutes ago, TomSE12 said:

    Below is a photo of a frozen, Pegwell Bay, between Ramsgate and Sandwich, in February 1985.

    After a very cold January, CET of 0.8c, February came in with a slightly milder CET of 2.1c.

    This photo reproduced with the kind permission of Ian Currie, from his Kent County Weather Book. Excuse my thumb!!

    image.thumb.png.e782960198377e07eeaa1288eeee2e0f.png

    12 months later, the FEB.1986 CET, came in at -1.1c :shok:

    Oh, for a February as cold as 1986 this year but with a bit more snow, please!!

    Although, what little snow fell in S.E.London, hung around due to the intensity of the cold.

    Regards,

    Tom.  :hi:

    With the now-gone Richborough Power Station in the background! That photo feels like 'home' to me

    SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 07/11/2018

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    Posted · Edited by EWS

    Just had an e-mail from Southeastern trains warning of possibly disruption on / from Thursday:

    Advanced severe weather alert

    Possible Winter Weather Timetable from Thursday

    Hello,

    We’re emailing to let you know in advance that due to forecast bad weather, we may need to run a Winter Weather Timetable from Thursday 31 January. 

    We’ll confirm this at least 24 hours in advance of the change and will send you another email to let you know.

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    SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 07/11/2018

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    3 minutes ago, yamkin said:

    Yes, this band ppn is on the way out soon. Euro & Hirlam models are forecasting more snow approx 21:00 tonight in the SE including London ❄️

    Thanks Yamkin   I'm having difficulty seeing where the next lot is coming from - I can see the showers coming SE from Cheshire, but these don't seem to fit the 9pm ish timeframe. 

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    SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 07/11/2018

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    1 hour ago, TomSE12 said:

    Hi Lottie,

    Yes let's hope UKMO are right, if so your area SHOULD, do well. Ah Feb 1983, Capel resembled a Siberian wasteland!!

    You would never have thought that Bromley and Capel were located in the same County, albeit they're a long way apart.

    I have some lovely photos of my son and daughter (Antony and Hayley), up to their knees in snow at Capel, either Feb 1991 or 1994, I'm not sure. My children have the photos over in Chislehurst. I'll have to dig them out, as I nearly had to that day at Capel!! I also have some lovely photos of them feeding deer at a snow blanketed, Knole Park, Sevenoaks, again either Feb 1991 or 1994. We had a lovely day in Sevenoaks. Some of the photos are almost Lowryesque. Matchstick figures silhouetted against the snow covered landscape. Lots of people were sledging on the slopes around Knole Park. Plenty on dinner trays, black bin liners, anything they could lay their hands on. I'll have to post the photos up, when I can find them.

    Regards,

    Tom. :hi:

    Hi Tom,

    I suspect it was 1991 - I was at school in Sandwich at the time, which closed early as the snow started coming down and we barely made it home to Thanet before everything stopped and we were snowed in for a couple of days. That was the deepest and most disruptive snow, I believe, since 1987 and really sticks in my memory (mostly because I was so bored being stuck at home, I actually got completely up to date with my GCSE coursework before school reopened )

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    SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 07/11/2018

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    Posted · Edited by EWS

    14 hours ago, TomSE12 said:

     

    The photo below, shows an abandoned line of traffic, on the road between Dover and Deal, this was taken after an easterly gale caused huge snowfalls, throughout Kent. The date was 19th Feb,1969.

    image.thumb.png.e0d0de05125ef16a0f8849085b99773a.png            image.thumb.png.4013b234c10ee94b7a56792fe59b6186.png The z500 chart associated with that event.

     

    I lived in a tiny village between Deal and Sandwich in 1987 - this brings back memories! Thanks for posting, Tom, really enjoying the photos. 

     

    EDIT: I wasn't born in 1969 but the 87 snowfall was probably the most disruptive I experienced while living that rurally. Then later that hear, the october 'hurricane' brought more weeks of no power, school closed etc etc. 

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    SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 26/03/2018 onwards

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    1 hour ago, Reefseeker said:

    Interesting you say that, I have been worried at how poorly I have felt all summer, especially in the mornings, with my head and sinuses 'full of a cold' endlessly until lunch time. I hadn't thought the weather could play this much havoc, yet last week in Cyprus I had none of those symptoms. Anyway, this morning is grey but not especially cold, and it looks as if we had some light drizzle overnight. Happy birthdays to my fellow Virgoans on the site:)

    Agreed, that is interesting - I had terrible hayfever this year that lasted longer than normal (although OK for 10 days in Crete!). It's been better since late July, but I've woken up today with a blocked nose that I can tell isn't illness - I think it's my sinuses. I would never have linked this to the weather!

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    SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 26/03/2018 onwards

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    25 minutes ago, Hotspur61 said:

    absolutley hammering down again here in Locksbottom!!Temp dropped down to just 15 degrees!!This makes up for all the times we missed the heavy showers in June and July.The garden is loving this rain as it is soaking in nicely

    I meant to reply but cleverly sent a sticky note by mistake - didn't even know that functionality existed! Anyway, I was only thinking that our garden had turned from yellow to mostly green in about 5 days!

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