Southeast England & East Anglia - Weather Chat >> 1st Feb Onwards

[shotski]

I see the Wash Wacker streamer has been producing for the last hour, dropping off a bit now tho http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

It's Rain now unfortunately , but a good covering on the ground from earlier.

[Biggin]

It's Rain now unfortunately , but a good covering on the ground from earlier.

[Snow Shoes]

Wow! What's the asl of Reigate Hill Plum? Wondering if it's worth a trip up to Boxhill again which is about 275 I think?x

 

yes both very similar in height (below) 

 

Reigate hill is 771 feet (235 m) high

Box Hill  735 ft (224 m) high  

[Coopsy]

Looking at all the parameters for tonight I would say the flow alignment is NOT condusive to a thames streamer - it looks more like a Mid kent streamer flow to me ( or even east kent.)

 

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I would say east of say Gillingham perhaps Sittinbourne at the moment but anything can change last minute

[Neilsouth]

The usual suspects ramping I see

 

Sort of..

 

Rubbish here again rain/sleet. Might as well get this so called winter out the way SOB

[Captain Shortwave]

The sky is brightening up here, that streamer running from the wash will likely turn to rain except for over the hills. That line of showers is the dividing line between the less cold air toppling in from the north and the cold air pushing into the south east from the continent.

Last chance saloon now, what can the north sea must in terms of snow showers.

[Rw3991]

Would anyone kindly be able to tell me the height of devils dyke thanks.

[Azores Hi]

Hi Steve. Good to see you back posting on the Mod Discussion. Hopefully signifies there's still some possibilities left for this winter!

 

If you've got time, could you remind me who stands to benefit from a "Mid Kent Streamer". I suspect I'll be a bit too far west, having of course been too far south and east so far this week.

Draw a line Canterbury Ashford Hastings, that line and all points east at risk IMO. Showers need to kick up in intensity though as it all looks a bit feable right now.

[Coopsy]

Would anyone kindly be able to tell me the height of devils dyke thanks.

http://www.paraglidingmap.com/sites/devil-s-dyke

 

193m

[White Christmas]

I would say east of say Gillingham perhaps Sittinbourne at the moment but anything can change last minute

hope you are right,  just off to work hopefully get the deliveries done before it starts and then i can chill and watch

[Azores Hi]

MMMmmmm drizzle in Ashford

[Southender]

This wash streamer is so localised. You are looking about about 30-40 miles in width stretching SW from the Wash down to Oxford. Frustrating to watch when you are not under it, great when you are!

As for later, I agree with what others have said, the wind will not have enough of an Easterly element to it for a Thames streamer. If any convection is going to spark off, then I would say the likes of Maidstone down towards Tunbridge Wells and East of that will have the best shot. Other than that, cold and dry.

Edited February 5, 2015 by Shrimper

[mickeyb44]

Oh well, I will now mostly not be on herts snow watch today / tonight.

Hope kent gets some decent snow.

[lawrenk]

Draw a line Canterbury Ashford Hastings, that line and all points east at risk IMO. Showers need to kick up in intensity though as it all looks a bit feable right now.

Cheers Azores. As I suspected I'll be a bit too far west. Just need an "extreme south coast clipper" which I'll be too far north for and I'll have completed the full set!   

[warrenb]

No chance here, 3.1C and DP of 2C

Roll on the bright crisp days I say

[A Wintry Mix]

Draw a line Canterbury Ashford Hastings, that line and all points east at risk IMO. Showers need to kick up in intensity though as it all looks a bit feable right now.

You have forgotten to say Thanet will stay clear of anything wintry! Lol

[Kentspur]

Can see this being another non event surprise surprise my snow symbols on BBC have downgraded again.from 4 hours of snow symbols last night to 1 this morning and now a sleet symbol= rubbish! When will there ever be a time for an upgrade?!

[Nick.F]

ooh unexpected light snow....

 

edit: Now hail

 

 

 

and snow again...

Edited February 5, 2015 by Nick.F

[tcc]

Here in Crawley we had two hours of snow from about 7.30 this morning, didn't really settle as too wet but it was nice to see some snow falling!

 

Had another little burst of sleety snow around 9.30. Can't see the North Downs but presumed they've got a nice covering.

 

My "target" this year was to see some snow falling and to see lying snow, achieved both of those in cold spell, I've known worse cold spells!

 

I remember the ones from the mid naughties where you very luck to see snow falling, even more if it laid. Back then you got one snowy scene per cold spell. In this cold spell I've seen snow fall over a number of days, only thin missing was the lying to a proper depth of at least an inch, however overall it's been pretty good

[Mark Neal.]

Oxford looks good right now.

Nope mainly light and patchy this time with nothing settling,

[lawrenk]

You canna break the laws of physics, cap'n!

 

It's a cold spell, Jim, but not as we know it...

[Coopsy]

That's weird - the radar from 10:15 to 10:30 onwards suddenly loses all of those potent showers to our north east in the north sea. Radar issues or totally dying out?

Edited February 5, 2015 by Nemesis

[Gowon]

That's weird - the radar from 10:15 to 10:30 onwards suddenly loses all of those potent showers to our north east in the north sea. Radar issues or totally dying out?

 looks like radar issues.. they've reappeared now

[Kent Blizzard]

Keep an eye on the Dutch Radar, I find it better in these situations

http://www.buienradar.nl/

[mickeyb44]

Thanks for letting me know Mark, I thought oxford was getting a decent size snow shower earlier, shame.

Herts snow watch, well and truly cancelled, on to the next cold spell if and when it happens.