Three Counties & East Anglia Regional Discussion - January 22nd 2013 14:00hrs>

[Snowy Easterlies]

game over, what a waste of my evening, why did the radar have to tease me with false hope

[Bolton67]

Some bright echoes now just to my WSW. if these evaporate, then it's off with the radar.

[Balls Of Snow]

bit of snizzle here

[Steve C]

Ohhh dear, Alex Dolan on BBC Look East attempting to explain an SSW...then handing over to good old Jim Bacon to actually explain it

Painful watching

SK

Probably painful for weather enthusiasts to watch (I didn't see it myself, as I was leaving work) but 95% of the general population wouldn't care less about a SSW, so likely not as cringeworthy as it might have appeared.

[REAVE]

game over, what a waste of my evening, why did the radar have to tease me with false hope

Lol seems to be a recurring theme this winter usually we do alright from anything southerly with the chilterns

Pepping up precipitation this year it's been unbelievable that a 5mile radius has had almost half the amount as everywhere else !

[Steve C]

Pretty miserable here currently, with the drip, drip, drip of a slow thaw. To be honest in 3 or 4 weeks I'll be seriously looking forward to Spring. It's not the cold, I just find the dark starts to become wearing and I'll be willing on the earlier sunrises and later sunsets.

[Bolton67]

Well, Green echoes right bang over my head, yet the moon is out?????

That's me for the night, 3am start in the morning.

Wonder if the rain will evaporate when it comes smashing through at the weekend?

[Snowy Easterlies]

i wish this pointless front would just clear off now since its not giving me anything, so the skies can clear and temps can fall sharply, but this annoying legacy of cloud will remain all night i think and temps wil stay at 0c

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Snowangel-MK]

Had some light snow here, gave a dusting on the cleared path but nothing much !

[mackerel sky]

Well, Green echoes right bang over my head, yet the moon is out?????

That's me for the night, 3am start in the morning.

Wonder if the rain will evaporate when it comes smashing through at the weekend?

Same here, green returns on the radar and a hazy moon!

[jimben]

Same here in Moulton, under the yellow, very bizarre

Edited January 22, 2013 by jimben

[Snowangel-MK]

Here is what the citizens of Milton Keynes have been doing with their snow....

and my favourite....

Edited January 22, 2013 by MKsnowangel

[Ben_Cambs]

Temperature continuing to drop here, around 0C. DP below -2C. Would rather have the lower temperatures and dew points to be honest instead of wet snow. Not sure how cold it will get tonight here, maybe a few degrees below zero. Wednesday and Thursday night have the potential to be very bitter indeed, I think we will see at least one more set of sub -10C recordings before this cold spell is out!

The transition to milder weather is appearing to take place during Friday night into Saturday, with the possibility of a spell of snow preceding the rain until the colder temperatures are mixed out.

[REAVE]

Currently snowing lightly here now

[mackerel sky]

A few flakes in Rushden too. Very little, but proper flakes not snizzle. Temperature -0.1C, dewpoint -0.6C.

[Snowy Easterlies]

Currently snowing lightly here now

not here though

Edited January 22, 2013 by Snowy Easterlies

[Timmytour]

i haven't given up all hope of the Atlantic being beaten back.....but I have to say the chances are fading. Instead it looks as if a brief if any spell of leading edge snow will soon be overtaken by heavy heavy rain on friday....with more to come at the end of the weekend. Windy as well though not as bad as further west.

On the other hand...If the cold block did put up a stiffer resistance than just about anything or anyone apart from blind hope thinks it will...the weekend could bring Narnai - the Original motion picture our way and last weekend would just seem like a prequel!

[JABWootton]

not here though

Not Here Also

[Grinzzz]

On the other hand...If the cold block did put up a stiffer resistance than just about anything or anyone apart from blind hope thinks it will...the weekend could bring Narnai - the Original motion picture our way and last weekend would just seem like a prequel!

I'm probably talking rubbish (since I've only been looking at the charts for a few weeks) but the latest GFS run is quite a bit different than previous ones in the earlier frames....I wonder

[REAVE]

Not Here Also

It would have been it has stopped now though

[TEITS]

Just a quick heads up to expect some incredibly low temps during Thursday evening/overnight. Seems those who retain deep snow cover could see mins drop below -10C, I reckon someone in the W of this region could hit -15C!!!

[mackerel sky]

Slightly bigger flakes falling here, but light. Not bothering to watch it any further - have to be up at 5am.

[Timmytour]

Just a quick heads up to expect some incredibly low temps during Thursday evening/overnight. Seems those who retain deep snow cover could see mins drop below -10C, I reckon someone in the W of this region could hit -15C!!!

Funny enough it would be happening just as the cold spell seems set to end. And the relative lack of such extreme negatives over the course of the two weeks is something that stands out for me this month. We've had great amounts of snowfall and lengthy periods of snow falling......yet the ponds and lakes are barely frozen...only just enough to hold the snow. One such night won't help much but might create the impression of more ice solidity so I do fear a couple of "fell through the ice while trying to rescue a dog" type stories as a result. In truth I've seen more freezing of ponds and lakes from much les simpressive cold snaps. I guess the extent of the cloud we've had....which in turn bought the snow...hasn't helped in this regard.

[Floatylight]

can anyone explain why this lot shifts east when u forward the radar lol?

[Eskimo]

No one is ever in the chat room any more