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  • Location: Gillingham, Kent
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, Thunderstorms,
  • Location: Gillingham, Kent

Agreed - Throw the models out for tonight. The low to the NW is definitely more developed than most models expected, many modelling it as a open wave disturbance. It's now a confirmed Polar Low.

 

The tracking? Who knows, as said above likely SSE but whether our region will manage to get the snow is a completely different story altogether. Based on previous events i'd say the risk is quite low. 

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  • Location: herne bay,kent
  • Weather Preferences: lots of snow and cold crisp mornings! thunder storms!
  • Location: herne bay,kent

Well it hasnt even had the decency to rain here!

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  • Location: Gillingham, Kent
  • Weather Preferences: Snow Snow and more Snow!
  • Location: Gillingham, Kent

Don't forget the thunder and lightning!

 

Just goes to show how much unstable air masses in a westerly breeze can offer. 

 

We might not be getting white out snow in Medway and that still upsets me a bit but I can't remember having this much fun radar/lamppost/model/forecast watching for a long time. 

 

I could wake up to 2 inches of snow as easily as nothing at all just on the basis of the tiniest shifts in the air mass.

 

It's brilliant!

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  • Location: Home near Sellindge, 80m/250feet, 5miles from Coast
  • Weather Preferences: Severe Storms and Snow
  • Location: Home near Sellindge, 80m/250feet, 5miles from Coast

Well it hasnt even had the decency to rain here!

 

It pretty much split in half over the entire length of the north kent coast

 

Annoyed :(

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  • Location: Home near Sellindge, 80m/250feet, 5miles from Coast
  • Weather Preferences: Severe Storms and Snow
  • Location: Home near Sellindge, 80m/250feet, 5miles from Coast

% of that happening steve??

 

Usually with every single model showing that, it's been pushed into france or not happening at all... So I'd rate it at 10%

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  • Location: Southend-On-Sea, South East Essex.
  • Location: Southend-On-Sea, South East Essex.

Agreed - Throw the models out for tonight. The low to the NW is definitely more developed than most models expected, many modelling it as a open wave disturbance. It's now a confirmed Polar Low.

 

The tracking? Who knows, as said above likely SSE but whether our region will manage to get the snow is a completely different story altogether. Based on previous events i'd say the risk is quite low.

With any luck as it tracks down through the Irish Sea into Wales it will get a good shove ESE. Worst case it should spawn some shower trains as it passes.

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  • Location: South Norfolk, 44 m ASL.
  • Weather Preferences: Varied and not extreme.
  • Location: South Norfolk, 44 m ASL.

Melting has stopped here now with around 1 cm remaining, though concrete surfaces have all but cleared.

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  • Location: Waltham Abbey, West Essex 144ft a.s.l.
  • Weather Preferences: snow, thunderstorms
  • Location: Waltham Abbey, West Essex 144ft a.s.l.

Light snow in chingford

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  • Location: Godalming
  • Location: Godalming

Wow, that was incredible in Guildford just now. Heavy hail shower turning the ground white turning to heavy snow and now steady snow continuing. Everything white over/

 

Just goes to show how marginal this is, a couple miles south its a damp squib with a few flakes so far. Evaporative cooling in the heavier showers seems to be the difference at the moment.

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  • Location: Gillingham, Kent
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, Thunderstorms,
  • Location: Gillingham, Kent

Dad just texted me to say that it's snowing in Balham, SW London.

 

Next band should be all snow

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  • Location: SE,London (Catford)
  • Location: SE,London (Catford)

Usually with every single model showing that, it's been pushed into france or not happening at all... So I'd rate it at 10%

Knew it!! Same buggers that pinch our thunderstorms as well, but lets hope its our year for a change :aggressive:

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  • Location: Tullynessle, Alford, Aberdeenshire
  • Weather Preferences: Cold Cold Cold
  • Location: Tullynessle, Alford, Aberdeenshire

Had a lovely shower turned to sleet now but still it was great to see!

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  • Location: Alresford, Near Colchester, Essex
  • Weather Preferences: As long as it's not North Sea muck, I'll cope.
  • Location: Alresford, Near Colchester, Essex

Agreed - Throw the models out for tonight. The low to the NW is definitely more developed than most models expected, many modelling it as a open wave disturbance. It's now a confirmed Polar Low.

 

The tracking? Who knows, as said above likely SSE but whether our region will manage to get the snow is a completely different story altogether. Based on previous events i'd say the risk is quite low. 

 

Polar lows die out quickly when hitting land. If it's a proper polar low, it'd be a busted flush by the time it tracked here, over land from NW Scotland.

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  • Location: Wivenhoe, North East Essex, 2m asl
  • Location: Wivenhoe, North East Essex, 2m asl

Raining here my hunt goes on

23 months and Counting

 

Make a cup of tea, sit down and in that time your wait may be over.

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  • Location: Alresford, Near Colchester, Essex
  • Weather Preferences: As long as it's not North Sea muck, I'll cope.
  • Location: Alresford, Near Colchester, Essex

yeah she just text me the same-

 

Lol! :D

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