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

[Mark wheeler]

Lights flickered here too wtf

[TheToastPeople]

At this point i would like to see the lights flickering! its not even raining anymore here now

[Ben Lewis]

Lights flickering here too

My virgin media TV and internet also went dead!

Can anyone explain why this is happening in lots of locations? 

[southbank]

Lights flickering in Sutton 

[Met4Cast]

Lights flickered here in Sittingbourne too

[Uxbridge90]

Lights flickering in west london

[snowsummer]

Just now, southbank said:

Lights flickering in Sutton 

Same in brentwood now. Thats a very big area thats experiencing it now

[southbank]

Also snow melt and snizzle , did have this

[frozencanals]

 

Still coming down here in Westcliff, temps holding at 0.4 for the moment, the wind is biting though....

 

[steveinsussex]

at least 3-4 cm's here

[Mapantz]

Even more odd, the lights are flickering right the way over here, too. I just thought i'd drop that in!

[jamesbhx]

http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/ everything looks ok from a National Grid point of view...

[mickeyb44]

Wow, sudden demand for electricity across the region.

No precipitation here for last hour.

Edited January 12, 2017 by mickeyb44

[Buckster]

power cut map webpage is down for maintenance atm

great timing !

[alexisj9]

Is there flooding in any power stations somewhere?

[Emz by the Thames]

Lights flickering in the pub!

[West Sussex Kate]

3 minutes ago, southbank said:

Lights flickering in Sutton 

Yep got that here too. The lights in the house keep flickering.

Edited January 12, 2017 by West Sussex Kate

[Snow Slave]

4 minutes ago, EWS said:

Lights flickered twice here too - how strange that it's over such a large area. 

I was thinking that as well?  How can it be over such a massive area ?

Are we not all on separate grids? 

Sometimes when the power goes out people up the road still have power so flickering light over such a large area just seems really odd to me.

 

May be it's aliens! Lol

[Kent Blizzard]

Shifting the load -   flickering etc

[simple68]

You get a build up of snow & ice on the Insulators. This creates a small arc or short which results in flickering lights 

[<<Ryan>>]

Yeah, just lost power for a split second here. Still snowing moderately. 1.5cm here, hoping for an inch

[mulzy]

Temperatures rising here now as the sleet relents.  Partial covering melting.

0.9C (up from 0.6C 30 minutes ago)

[Long haul to mild]

Flickering lights up here in Ipswich too.

 

However, the sleet we had earlier is now back to rain. Looks like a bit of a non-event here.

[Met4Cast]

Snow is probably setting on the power grids and causing minor fluctuations, that's probably all it is

[TheGate]

Sevenoaks to Halstead took 50 minutes. Star hill road is blocked due to a stuck bus and Polhill is really tricky, probably 5cm up here but very slippery stuff. If this turns to ice tonight, then roads will be impossible