South East and East Anglia weather discussion/Chat - 18th February onwards

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Snow falling and settling in Oxford being reported 

Edited March 4, 2016 by Surrey

[Mark wheeler]

22 minutes ago, Ben Lewis said:

Well the shower that passed at 3.30pm gave Snow with the sun out beforehand.

The shower overhead right now without the sun is giving Rain...

Work that one out ?!?!?!

Was the first one heavier may be cooling affect. So annoying isn't it. That batch around oxford seems to be producing snow that wasn't forecasted so I hold out some hope but not a lot.

Edited March 4, 2016 by Mark wheeler

[Mark wheeler]

2 minutes ago, Surrey said:

Snow falling and settling in Oxford being reported 

Beat me to it lol 

[stainesbloke]

4 minutes ago, Surrey said:

Snow falling and settling in Oxford being reported 

Not too far away...wonder if we'll see a dusting in the morning? Temperature here hovering around 3C....

[Sno' problem]

The ppn is pivoting over Oxfordshire, building slightly as time goes on. Right now there will be some places getting quite a nice covering, especially in the Chilterns.

Meanwhile clear skies here, temps dropping, but DP's rising, slowly... Could be interesting later on.

Edited March 4, 2016 by Sno' problem

[Captain Shortwave]

Yeah I am kind of envious of those in Oxfordshire under that near stationary area of snow.

[Daniel*]

Interestingly overnight South East England is going to experience the coldest temps.

[Ben Lewis]

Friend on Facebook, snow coming down heavy in Weatley - Oxford 

Edit: now it's raining 

Edited March 4, 2016 by Ben Lewis

[Sno' problem]

I can't see any settling snow on any of the traffic cameras around Oxford, or anywhere in our region right now:

http://www.trafficengland.com/

[stewfox]

12 minutes ago, Captain Shortwave said:

Yeah I am kind of envious of those in Oxfordshire under that near stationary area of snow.

Sleety snow here not settling

[Captain Shortwave]

Just now, stewfox said:

Sleety snow here not settling

Ah that sucks, hopefully the conditions will improve as it looks like the precipitation will hang around for a while longer.

Anyways back here partly cloudy skies though interestingly the forecast now suggests transient snow tomorrow morning though over higher ground so I am screwed being in the flattest place in the entire universe

[Mark wheeler]

Metoffice updated warning . Nothing special but highlights the uncertainty 

 

Rain or sleet is likely to fall onto frozen ground to bring a risk of ice on untreated surfaces on Saturday morning. In addition, some transient snow is possible, mainly above 200 metres where 1 cm may settle for a time very locally. This is an update to the warning since some wet snow has already fallen across parts of the Midlands and may lead to icy surfaces on Friday evening - hence this area is now included and the start time has been brought forward. Please be aware of the potential for difficult driving conditions and slippery surfaces.

 

Clear skies on Friday evening will allow temperatures to fall widely below freezing. Later in the night a frontal band will move in from the northwest bringing a mixture of rain, sleet, and perhaps some transient snow - the snow mostly on high ground, with a centimetre perhaps settling on the Cotswolds and Chilterns for a time - also across parts of the Midlands on Friday evening. However, the main hazard is likely to be ice formation where rain or sleet falls onto sub-zero surfaces, or washes off earlier road treatment. The risk of ice will occur earliest across the northwest of the yellow area before reducing by dawn - by this time the risk will transfer further southeast, although there is some uncertainty as to how quickly this will occur and it is possible that precipitation may not reach the far southeast of England until mid morning when the road temperatures will have risen above freezing.

Edited March 4, 2016 by Mark wheeler

[Marie]

Heavy hail here everything white , looks like snow though so I'm happy lol 

[stewfox]

3 minutes ago, Captain Shortwave said:

Ah that sucks, hopefully the conditions will improve as it looks like the precipitation will hang around for a while longer.

Anyways back here partly cloudy skies though interestingly the forecast now suggests transient snow tomorrow morning though over higher ground so I am screwed being in the flattest place in the entire universe

Its a height thing me thinks , maybe another 6m off up to the roof

[pegg24]

9 minutes ago, stewfox said:

Its a height thing me thinks , maybe another 6m off up to the roof

Be nice for the whole country to get a good dumping this country everything is about your elevation and everything so marginal. 

Edited March 4, 2016 by pegg24

[Sno' problem]

Some snow settling in High Wycombe:

http://public.highwaystrafficcameras.co.uk/cctvpublicaccess/html/58507.html

(Camera: 58507 - M40 50/6A J4  on traffic England)

Edited March 4, 2016 by Sno' problem

[Gowon]

Anyone getting snowfall to the south of me? 

[Daniel*]

1 hour ago, pegg24 said:

Be nice for the whole country to get a good dumping this country everything is about your elevation and everything so marginal. 

Tell me about it I do not have much. 

These showers moving up from Sussex coast are pivoting towards London area in synergy with that band of precipitation to West Country. 

What is being seen on the ground folks? 

[<<Ryan>>]

3 minutes ago, Daniel* said:

These showers moving up from Sussex coast are pivoting towards London area in synergy with that band of precipitation to West Country. 

What is being seen on the ground folks? 

Drizzling here currently. Sleet and hail in heavier burst not long ago.

[Daniel*]

DPs are perfectly adequate away from coasts our western pals need to spread the love....

[pegg24]

20 minutes ago, Daniel* said:

DPs are perfectly adequate away from coasts our western pals need to spread the love....

Was like that scraping the car this morning before work and was sunny. About midnight when was a bit warm you guessed it was rain.  Funny how when it cold enough we got no precipitation lol.

[EJA]

Sleeting .......

[EJA]

Now snowing but not settling ....

[Captain Shortwave]

We already have an air frost here. A very cold night to come. Hopefully we can get a little snow tomorrow.

[crazysnowcatz4]

Well below freezing in Canterbury at the moment , my weather stations is actually warning of snow,,, radar shows the weather system trying to pivot but the showers seem to evaporate just after leaving the channel and meeting the really cold air. Beeb presenter warned sleety rain and mentioned a possible light covering on top of ice by the morning which won't be fun, take care on the roads and pavements when you get up.