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

[stainesbloke]

The cloud and rain have gone at last, clear skies to start today here and colder at 1C.

[Jimmyh]

Good morning all I have to say. I love this time of year. It is still and cold sun is just breaking through the clouds and we know it's cold as the nose drips. Love to also say that I can't stand wind and rain. I have a mile walk both ways to station to Welling and from cannon Street and thankfully it has not happened this year. Can count on one hand how many times that has happened this winter. Long may it continue. Hopefully we will see something at beginning of Feb but I am as happy as now without wind and rain.

Have a good day all

[Kent Blizzard]

A continued cold theme till we get towards more season temps, we've done well in the SE if it's colder weather your after. Those away from the SE it will tell you winter is over yet for us certainly not, winters not all about snow!

Way into FI it does look like by the middle of next week we start to flirt with double digit temps but that's a long way off and pointless to worry about at this stage, things can and do change in FI we often spot cold at 10days for it to change to mild in the reliable so who's to say it can't flip from mild to cold.

Enjoy the freshness 

 

Edited January 17, 2017 by Kent Blizzard

[lassie23]

10 minutes ago, Kent Blizzard said:

A continued cold theme till we get towards more season temps, we've done well in the SE if it's colder weather your after. Those away from the SE it will tell you winter is over yet for us certainly not, winters not all about snow!

Way into FI it does look like by the middle of next week we start to flirt with double digit temps but that's a long way off and pointless to worry about at this stage, things can and do change in FI we often spot cold at 10days for it to change to mild in the reliable so who's to say it can't flip from mild to cold.

Enjoy the freshness 

 

Winter is all about snow

[alexisj9]

Temp went down to -1.2 over night here, only just got to plus figures now at 0.2 Patchy cloud about. Not much of a breeze. 

[TROY]

Sun is breaking out at last. Temp is 3c here in Seaford . Nice to see some clear sky at last. Good Health

[SMU]

Dead still here & very cold-

just cleaned one of my cars & the roof was icing up as I did it!

this is the type of dry cold we can get from the continent

suspect it will be -4 here tonight- 

[snowbob]

18 minutes ago, Steve Murr said:

Dead still here & very cold-

just cleaned one of my cars & the roof was icing up as I did it!

this is the type of dry cold we can get from the continent

suspect it will be -4 here tonight- 

Hi steve

have you spotted anything on the horizon yet.

i know sometimes you spot things on the models some ( especially myself) often miss

[Emz by the Thames]

Ah, such a pretty morning, sunlight though mist is lovely - nothing like forecasted over the weekend. I didn't think it was that cold - but I scraped my car only for it to freeze up again while in Tesco! And when your car is 17 years old, it's tricky! My locks refroze in the car park and I had try various methods to unfreeze it!! I must have looked like a right lemon, though!! 

Edited January 17, 2017 by Team Squirrel

[alexisj9]

59 minutes ago, Team Squirrel said:

Ah, such a pretty morning, sunlight though mist is lovely - nothing like forecasted over the weekend. I didn't think it was that cold - but I scraped my car only for it to freeze up again while in Tesco! And when your car is 17 years old, it's tricky! My locks refroze in the car park and I had try various methods to unfreeze it!! I must have looked like a right lemon, though!! 

It probably happened to others too. Just checked my temp, it's is only 1.9 out now at 13:00. Didn't expect that.

Edited January 17, 2017 by alexisj9

[stainesbloke]

4 hours ago, lassie23 said:

Winter is all about snow

And therefore general disappointment here as it rarely snows. Been looking through vegetable seed catalogues and planning what to grow this year. Are you going to bother with melons?

[lassie23]

41 minutes ago, stainesbloke said:

And therefore general disappointment here as it rarely snows. Been looking through vegetable seed catalogues and planning what to grow this year. Are you going to bother with melons?

I will, but is there an easier one to grow than a watermelon, which seems impossible unless you have a green house.

Edited January 17, 2017 by lassie23

[Blessed Weather]

Our Region definitely the place to be at the moment, enjoying frost and sunshine whilst the rest of the UK sits under dull, grey skies.

Radar 13.15

It's interesting to see the variation in forecast min temps for tonight from the various High Res models. So for fun, here's the rankings!

First the benchmark from BBC/Met Office issued this lunchtime showing widely -3C and lowest -5C:

Numpty prize goes to HIRLAM with +1C widely and lowest -1C:

Poor effort from NMM with 0C widely and lowest -1C:

Not much better from GFS with -1C widely and lowest -2C:

Top of the class is Arpege, mirroring the MetOff with -3C widely and lowest -5C:

 

 

[SP1986]

Poor temperature modelling is something that afflicts the Netherlands too. Quite often it will forecast -2 or -3 and it turns out nearer -7C .. however oddly it forecasts Germany's temperatures often spot on.

[stainesbloke]

44 minutes ago, lassie23 said:

I will, but is there an easier one to grow than a watermelon, which seems impossible unless you have a green house.

http://www.plantsofdistinction.co.uk/gourmet-selection/melon/melon-alvaro-FI

http://www.thompson-morgan.com/fruit/fruit-seeds/all-fruit-seeds/melon-outdoor-wonder/gww4958TM

These will grow outside and ripen well, think I'll try one this year. 

So nice to see the sun today, looks very chilly tonight.

[seaside 60]

What a cracking day, all I remember seeing is blue skies.

Its 3.6c now so nice and cool, absolutely perfect.

[lassie23]

15 minutes ago, stainesbloke said:

http://www.plantsofdistinction.co.uk/gourmet-selection/melon/melon-alvaro-FI

http://www.thompson-morgan.com/fruit/fruit-seeds/all-fruit-seeds/melon-outdoor-wonder/gww4958TM

These will grow outside and ripen well, think I'll try one this year. 

So nice to see the sun today, looks very chilly tonight.

I'll go for gallia

[TROY]

Its been a super Sunny day here in Seaford, a little on the chilly side, just sneaked up to 4C. Lovely clear blue skies. Good Health to you all.

[Convergence]

It's unusual for temperatures in the channel to be lower than those on land, Sandettie light vessel in the Eastern Channel has been showing sub zero temp and dew point for a while now whereas the temperature inland here has been around 5 or 6 all afternoon. Now the sun's going down, it's absolutely plummeting and down to 1 degree already. Should be a good frost tonight.

[Dami]

Foggy this morning and chilly on the legs, just feels fresh now, didn't feel cold at all. The slight frost and ice gone.

Looked more like autumn. 

[TheGate]

definitely going to be a cold one tonight, clear and pink at sunset, already -0.7c and dropping like a stone. 

 

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Going to be a cold one tonight as mentioned Brrr 

[MONKEYJAM]

On 12/01/2017 at 16:49, MONKEYJAM said:

Snow here in Woking and starting to lay on top of the cars

Looking like it's going to be a lot colder tonight ! Temps bottomed out at -1.3c at 8.41am topped at 5.3c 1.46pm. Temps now down to 0.9c

[craigore]

Let me tell you here right on the coast the top temp today was 0.9c which is pretty amazing right by the sea not far off an ice day.

Right now we are already down to -2.1c  (at 5.25)

Would have been perfect if that easterly had arrived. Once again we are left wondering if only..

[craigore]

-2.6 now.. beginning to wonder how low we will go tonight my lowest so far is -3.6 and that was end of November.