East Anglia & South East Cold Spell Discussion Part 20

[maidstone weather]

Doesn't look as good as it did last night tbh. Ah well

[Southender]

Fingers crossed for some streamer activity soon...

[danm]

Just had a look at the radar, and those showers are gearing up from the North Sea

Seriously mate, youre always banging on about how theres going to be heavy snow and heavy showers, streamers etc. Are you just trying to wind people up?

[essex coast matt]

dutch radar looking good over the north sea, had a few hail and sleet showers this arvo, temp 2c at mo

[rmc1987]

Hi,

I've seen these two charts by the GFS

So it shows that there's a high chance of snow falling in my area tomorrow morning.

I'd just like to know if anyone could explain why it's saying this as I think it's unlikely. I haven't heard much to suggest this is going to be the case.

EDIT; The GFS shows good chance of snow from the 7th Jan too. Which is a bit exciting then gutting as it's in FI as I'd love to see that come off. Thats if I'm even reading it right lol. It had the snow over here for 7th to 10th Jan with it being close to 100% chance. I guess the run hasn't finished yet as that's as far I could see!? Once again all FI stuff and will be nowhere near as good I'd imagine but hopefully something will come out of it.

Edited December 31, 2009 by rmc1987

[saint]

Had a hail/snow shower this afternoon.

[Neilsouth]

Sleet shower ! , the cold air is here finally and its going to get colder!

[yamkin]

Hi,

I've seen these two charts by the GFS

So it shows that there's a high chance of snow falling in my area tomorrow morning.

I'd just like to know if anyone could explain why it's saying this as I think it's unlikely. I haven't heard much to suggest this is going to be the case.

EDIT; The GFS shows good chance from the 7th too. Which is gutting that it's in FI as I'd love to see that come off if I'm reading it right. It had the snow over here for 7th to 10th Jan with it being close to 100% chance. I guess the run hasn't finished as that's all I could see the last bit! Once again all FI stuff and will be nowhere near as good I'd imagine but hopefully something will come out of it.

This is a forecasters nightmare. Possibility the convection - ppn from the North Sea will move further inland

[Ben_Cambs]

Belter of runs today especially from ECM and GFS, a very cold and snowy NE/ENE in prospect for next week!

Edited December 31, 2009 by Snowman0697

[Andy H]

This is a forecasters nightmare. Possibility the convection - ppn from the North Sea will move further inland

Earlier i would of agreed but looking at the radar it looks like it might just clip the far south coast? seems to be more on a south track instead of moving across the east

[Tom D]

Everything is setting up to be a very cold, very snowy couple of weeks guys! Keep your fingers crossed that the models keep producing such amazing winter charts!

[Lowestoft]

Temperature steadily rising here in Lowestoft it's now 4.44c so I can leave my thermal underwear at home for the walk up to the pub later, that should please my old man.

[k66yla]

Just gone out in the garden to put the chickens to bed and a heavy sleet shower has just arrived, it is getting very cold out there

[yamkin]

UKMO PPN is very interesting

[Ben_Cambs]

Personally after tomorrow I dont expect any snowfall until Tuesday, and thats when the real fun begins in terms with snow

[Neilsouth]

^ Fantastic , no updates on the bbc forecasts yet of snow though

[saint]

Personally after tomorrow I dont expect any snowfall until Tuesday, and thats when the real fun begins in terms with snow

What are the current models showing Snowman!?

[MagicBat]

Earlier i would of agreed but looking at the radar it looks like it might just clip the far south coast? seems to be more on a south track instead of moving across the east

Hi Andy H,

I think its moving mainly east and heading in land towards north London. How far in land? Its hard to call at the current time.

Give it an hour or two and the met office may upgrade there warnings.

[Ben_Cambs]

What are the current models showing Snowman!?

Well it looks like at the moment a very cold and dry weekend with lots of sunshine and quite severe frosts. And proberly the same on Monday too. By Tuesday I expect snow showers coming off the North Sea to become more frequent as the day progresses and may lead to coverings to start with in some areas. A Very cold and Snowy outloo.

But 5 days away in the weather is a long time...

Edited December 31, 2009 by Snowman0697

[Neilsouth]

Heavy sleet here!! , come on get colder

[maidstone weather]

^ Fantastic , no updates on the bbc forecasts yet of snow though

that lot will be visible on the BBC forecasts from 7.57pm onwards

[PureOcean]

^ Fantastic , no updates on the bbc forecasts yet of snow though

Check out Michael's forecast on Netweather to be honest I think he is spot on! I dont think I have watched the BBC for about 10 days now, waste of time and space, or less Rob is on!

[Essexgooner]

It was supposed to start when this low pressure pulled away and dragged in cold north east winds with snow , we keep doing this EVERY time there is a cold/snow spell... Tomorrow looks great! ,this weekend looks good , next week looks great . I'll stick to a day to day basis

How very true

[jennyjane]

in gorleston earlier we saw a gritter lorry, then Southernman just phoned me to say there are on and off snow flurries at Reedham and he saw another gritter lorry (or maybe the same one) in St Olaves, just down the road.

It appears to be dropping in temperature here although no rain/sleet/snow yet.

[Matt12]

Guys, check out the latest met office rainfall radar - looks like there may be increasing activity out over east anglia! Hope this turns into something.