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    London & South East Cold Spell Discussion

    in Spring Weather Discussion

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    Well Im giving it to 22:30 tonight on radar watch then calling it a day- although I already know its game set & match-

    The problem here isnt what the weathers done its the expectation brought about by TV forecasters ( met ones) who are not given enough time to properly convey a message to the audience- & so like a heard of lemmings the general public refer to the MET office site- for warning which quite frankly is an un-usable shambles-

    This Easterly- or shall I say North easterly has been for the Majority pretty dry as the curvature of the isolines is such that the flow suits the extreme east of Essex, a small strip of Central Kent & parts of East + west Sussex-

    We could have made this very easy at the start, & said pretty much faversham up to Gravesend & areas all points SW- along the compass - Plus the SE corner of essex- Felixstowe to Ipswich-

    Tonight will be a case of the meek watch in envy as the rich get richer-

    Ive mentioned sittingbourne about 5/6 times now each day & had Ashford originally as my Jackout zone- both have varified with snow now exceeding 30cms in some locations- & when all said & done somewhere will have 40/45cm-

    Sadly the sliding scale of snow locally to these areas isnt uniform, its at very sharp gradient- so drive out of sittingbourne 10 miles wither way- ( more especially west) & you go from 12 inches to 2/3-

    Its a pity because in terms of cold its been the best for years & would have delivered for so many more people had the wind been a bit more westerly vectored-

    As for the longivity now- I think we have a chance of snow moving in from the SW in 3 days time, the likley hood is though it will be away towards Hampshire/ dorset & we will be dry-

    That leaves us *Potentially* with another 8-10 days of very cold surface air & snow Cover- but not much in the way of snow- very 1986 esque-

    good for those in Kent as it will be a sledging fest-

    Exciting- not really- abnormal yes-

    We need a reload from the East to bring the threat of snow back........

    S

    Thank you for your thoughts, i can feel your frustration with the met and the thread, please keep us informed of your now casting.

    With regards to the European radar, what should we be watching right now ?

    London & South East Cold Spell Discussion

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    We've actually moved to Staplehurst just before Christmas, but sadly I'm stuck with this username lol which tends to cause some confusion admittedly.  :unknw: I seem to be within the western edge of the shower train, the eastern edge being Ashford way and all points in between here and Ashford having significant snowfall :yahoo:

    In which case could you update your profile to show Staplehurst ?

    London & South East Cold Spell Discussion

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    London & Se England Cold Spell Discussion

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    London & Se England Cold Spell Discussion

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    London & Se England Cold Spell Discussion

    in Spring Weather Discussion

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    Now that's a better interface! According to the Highways Agency people are still doing nearly 50mph between J9 and J10!

    Err they are doing 32 mph coast bound, and 60 mph london bound - remember they capture this speed by taking the first 5 digits of your number plate, when it snows sometimes only the first 2 or 3 register - thus wrong mph readings.

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