SE & East Anglia Regional Weather Discussion 12/1/2017 11z ---->

[West Sussex Kate]

Steve Murr Snow Scale

 

0- Nothing / Nada / just curtain dust + flies around the outside light

NA
1- Odd pellet here & there- however we can mentally confirm there are 'flakes'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKyq5b9QCSU
2- visible light snow falling- not visible to the lampost yet ( unless you stand underneath & obscure the light)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnaHFK1BtEk
3- flurry level- makes light blue on the radar & a few flakes seen across the lamppost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI0djWoGH9M
4- we can confirm snow falling without staring at the light- Can confirm to friends & loved ones its snowing via text etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njwf5MGpjkk
5- Status 2- moderate flurry, its fine snow at the moment still- it looks quite hard in terms of snow falling however its not amounting to anything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlSFCEz8P24
6- proper flakes falling- you will see them now- the odd bigger flake mixed in with the moderate fine snow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xNk8kYZ7-8
7- transition to normal flakes all complete- moderate snow outside

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIlKVz5pD_Q
8- 20p flakes going at a steady pace now- accumulating around 0.5cm - 1cm per hour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LofytcUcM-I
9- heavy 20p Snow - visibly accumulating + 1cm per hour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OV16a63RrY
10- entry level heavy snow arriving- 50p flakes fluttering in the 20p flakes.. awaiting the beast...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8lP29XsIMU
11- 50p flakes nearly transitioned over- we can call it heavy settling snow 2cm ++ per hour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA0RDmR6gpU
12- Very heavy snow inch per hour all 50p flakes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-K2Be9tbgw
13- Blizzard- combined with +40 MPH wind-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCyVsWazg6U

[ItNeverSnowsInWindsor]

Looks like the observed temperatures are slightly higher than those forecast on METO earlier. For e.g. Benson was 4.5C and forecast was 4C at 3pm.

Is the LOW pressure system slowing down ?

Edited January 12, 2017 by prolongedSnowLover

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Can confirm a big temp drop on the last half hour and sleet now mixed in with rain @stainesbloke. You're not far from me you seeing it.. 

[Snow Obsession]

Sleeting in High Wycombe...

[MONKEYJAM]

Dp dropping like a stone here !! 0.2c a minute 

[stainesbloke]

Just now, Surrey said:

Can confirm a big temp drop on the last half hour and sleet now mixed in with rain @stainesbloke. You're not far from me you seeing it.. 

Yes definitely sleety on the hill!

[exodus]

Winds shifted to NE now... temperature and dew point falling. 3.5 Celsius and dp2.9.

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

4 minutes ago, prolongedSnowLover said:

That's because you're still on the South side of the low.

I'd imagine so.  Probably the warm air inflow to the developing shortwave low.

[Canterbury Snow]

We have new HD Infra Red CCTV cameras on the house that even show droplets in FOG! (kept thinking it was raining outside)

Can't wait to see what snow looks like on them tonight!!! :-D

Edited January 12, 2017 by Canterbury Snow

[Kent Blizzard]

Woohooooo starting to turn Sleety to the Western/Northern edges of the region.

I change of underpants required 

[SMU]

Just sitting in my car

wintry splodges on the screen !

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

Just now, Steve Murr said:

Just sitting in my car

wintry splodges on the screen !

See your snow index posted above, SM!

[Snowman31]

Does anyone know the best place to find a local weather station for my area apart from wunderground?

 

[warrenb]

Can confirm from work colleague snowing in Warwick

[MONKEYJAM]

Only if all this rain was snow this would be a good dump ! 8.4mm of rain so far, not shaw what that would be in snow depth?

[simon65]

sleet just started in Linslade ,Leighton buzzard !tempp 3.4

[SMU]

17 minutes ago, West Sussex Kate said:

Steve Murr Snow Scale

 

0- Nothing / Nada / just curtain dust + flies around the outside light

NA
1- Odd pellet here & there- however we can mentally confirm there are 'flakes'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKyq5b9QCSU
2- visible light snow falling- not visible to the lampost yet ( unless you stand underneath & obscure the light)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnaHFK1BtEk
3- flurry level- makes light blue on the radar & a few flakes seen across the lamppost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI0djWoGH9M
4- we can confirm snow falling without staring at the light- Can confirm to friends & loved ones its snowing via text etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njwf5MGpjkk
5- Status 2- moderate flurry, its fine snow at the moment still- it looks quite hard in terms of snow falling however its not amounting to anything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlSFCEz8P24
6- proper flakes falling- you will see them now- the odd bigger flake mixed in with the moderate fine snow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xNk8kYZ7-8
7- transition to normal flakes all complete- moderate snow outside

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIlKVz5pD_Q
8- 20p flakes going at a steady pace now- accumulating around 0.5cm - 1cm per hour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LofytcUcM-I
9- heavy 20p Snow - visibly accumulating + 1cm per hour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OV16a63RrY
10- entry level heavy snow arriving- 50p flakes fluttering in the 20p flakes.. awaiting the beast...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8lP29XsIMU
11- 50p flakes nearly transitioned over- we can call it heavy settling snow 2cm ++ per hour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA0RDmR6gpU
12- Very heavy snow inch per hour all 50p flakes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-K2Be9tbgw
13- Blizzard- combined with +40 MPH wind-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCyVsWazg6U

Cheers /)

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Could this actually for once be going in our favour?  Lucky 7s and stuff.. 

[titchjuicy]

2 minutes ago, Steve Murr said:

Just sitting in my car

wintry splodges on the screen !

sure it's not bird $h1t?

[Marie]

Come on temp still rising here

[Bogman]

For the first time in probably 20 years I saw snow ploughs today.

3 on my journey back from Gloucester to Hertfordshire.

[Met4Cast]

Keep sneaking off at work to check the radar & this forum. Latest 6z is amazing for this coming week for our region! Bring. It. On. 

[March]

Just moderate rain here. 

[Mike Storm]

Temp down to 4.6 dp 4.0 in Crayford 

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

3 minutes ago, Marie said:

Come on temp still rising here

You're on the warm side of the front, and probably in the area where warm air advection into the developing shortwave low is situated - it's colder here!

Edited January 12, 2017 by chrisbell-nottheweatherman
Correcting typo.