Matty J

Problem is we very rarely have anything let alone it all. Proper easterlies are rare as rocking horse lemon now. The last really decent spell we had was 2010.

We always seem to suffer in these events mate, it does my brain in! I’d be less annoyed if places more coastal than me like Canvey had rain but they’ve had decent snowfall. This is easily the coldest rain temps i can remember. If it rains at these temperatures I honestly don’t know what we need to actually get snow!

What a utter frustration Rained all evening, turned to snow briefly and gave a slushy covering and now it’s gone back to rain. I don’t get it! I live by the estuary but places like Canvey further south have had massive flakes and a very decent covering!

I’m in Heybridge and we have rain! Despite a temperature below freezing and frost still coating most surfaces. Hopefully it turns soon like it seems to be in other places.

Briliant, just our luck! Absolutely baltic outside with everywhere still coated in frost and yet it’s bloody raining!! Make it make sense

Well with today being the last day of cold i think it’s time to sum up this cold spell. Days of falling snow = 6 Days of lying snow = 7+ (Still plenty around) Ice Days Icicles (The best since Feb 91!) Biting easterly wind Overall I’d give it 8/10 tbh. I missed the 2018 spell as i was on holiday so for me this has easily been the best and snowiest spell since December 2010! And to see videos of the sea at Southend frozen i think demonstrates how cold it has been! I’d welcome another beast before the end of winter but if it’s not to be then I’ve had my snow fix so roll on some warmth

I’d put today down as the coldest day of this spell here too. I’ve worked outside in it all week and today was the only day I’ve been cold, that wind was absolutely biting!

Been snowing in Brentwood for the last hour, only light but still a suprise! Bitterly cold in the wind. A very decent cold spell I’d say ??

Well this cold spell has been more than decent! Woke up again to another powder dusting, thats 5 days of falling snow and we’ve had just over 12 cms I’d guess. It was sunny when i left Heybridge, now in Basildon and it’s like a winter wonderland. The showers overnight have obviously been concentrated more down this way. ️️

Been absolutely chucking it down in Brentwood for the last 20 mins, some of the heaviest snow I’ve seen! Parked for 10 minutes to do a delivery and the windscreen had fully covered over

Well this cold spell, after a slightly delayed start has been rather good! Went out to go to work this morning and we easily had another 2 inches overnight, probably nearer 3. Very suprising! Its still snowing now. ️

Really coming down still here! I got in from work at 6pm and it was snowing and now the van and all the tracks i left in the road and driveway are fully covered again. Very dry snow, blowing around nicely in the wind ️

Still snowing here and now even the main roads are being covered again. Yesterday 6cm or so had frozen to the van with a lovely inch of powder on top which must have fallen in the night Its absolutely baltic out there now! Hopefully this keeps up all day

Well the radar didn’t look promising before bed last night but I’ve woken up to maybe another CM or 2 so the showers must have got going overnight. Everything is now covered including the roads and paths and the rest of the lying snow has been topped up, it looks absolutely baltic out there! ️ ️ Snow is coming down again now

Well about 1hr before dark the temperature finally dropped enough to allow the roads and paths to be dusted after being soaked all day long. All other sufaces have around 5cm but we had dripping all day so with a degree or 2 colder we would have been absolutely buried! Everything is now frozen solid and the wind is absolutely biting