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

[Southender]

1 minute ago, VillagePlank said:

LP is also deeper than forecast currently at 994mb and deepening.

Deeper & Slower. Perfect....

[Uxbridge90]

Just now, Steve Murr said:

Gritters have NO chance this eve

rain to snow means the rain washes away the grit & when it snows theres not enough time to recover anything other than major roads = Chaos

looking out the window here in Eltham pondering the journey home @615 secretly hoping to get stuck

if not a snow drive to bluebell hill !

Hi Steve

Any chance this may slow down as it moves South East?

Cheers

[Tom Jarvis]

Just now, Southender said:

Steve, if you go up Bluebell Hill, you should go live on facebook like Reed Timmer does 

Thumbs up to that 

[Ben Blizzard]

1 minute ago, Steve Murr said:

Gritters have NO chance this eve

rain to snow means the rain washes away the grit & when it snows theres not enough time to recover anything other than major roads = Chaos

looking out the window here in Eltham pondering the journey home @615 secretly hoping to get stuck

if not a snow drive to bluebell hill !

What are your views on snow to lover levels Steve? Is the PPN heavy enough for snow to settle on extremely wet ground?

[stewfox]

9 minutes ago, Stu_London said:

Huge Wintryness upgrade on the NW radar in the last 10 minutes.

Areas now affected

Cotswolds, Chilterns, West Mids, Dartmoor, Exmoor, Mendips, most of Wales

 

Def changes here in last half hour. Its sleet and 'trying to snow'

The sun wont of course have much of a influence (going down now)  guess evaporating cooling helps

Still think places further south will get some snow

I have a hill 6 miles away 600ft not sure if its worth a journey

[warrenb]

5.3C here, and getting dark

[A Wintry Mix]

Temp slowly beginning to drop, still 6.2 though, looking forward to an interesting week ahead!

[titchjuicy]

2 minutes ago, Steve Murr said:

Gritters have NO chance this eve

rain to snow means the rain washes away the grit & when it snows theres not enough time to recover anything other than major roads = Chaos

looking out the window here in Eltham pondering the journey home @615 secretly hoping to get stuck

if not a snow drive to bluebell hill !

I'm (deliberately) walking home from the City to East Dulwich. Might delay my journey slightly to hopefully make most of the conditions

[VillagePlank]

BBC now forecasting that rain will turn to snow approx 4pm today across London and Home Counties with snow settling on the hils around London.

[snowy weather]

Just now, Steve Murr said:

Gritters have NO chance this eve

rain to snow means the rain washes away the grit & when it snows theres not enough time to recover anything other than major roads = Chaos

looking out the window here in Eltham pondering the journey home @615 secretly hoping to get stuck

if not a snow drive to bluebell hill !

In your opinion has there been a downgrade or an upgrade in the last couple of hours?

In my area it is now showing some sleet where there was snow. 

 

[FetchCB]

Peterborough dew point 0.9C temp 4.8C and wind has has switched from SW to NNW

[spayne]

now snowing in Leamington Spa.!!

[VillagePlank]

Just now, snowy weather said:

In your opinion has there been a downgrade or an upgrade in the last couple of hours?

In my area it is now showing some sleet where there was snow. 

 

An upgrade a downgrade a big sulk a party like no one has even seen before. Just about everything, but the overall synposis looks the same as GFS 06z.

[MONKEYJAM]

Temps dropping quicker now ! But catch up with dp? 4.8c dp 4.5c pressure 995 rain rate 5.4mm/h

[exodus]

4 degrees

 

DP 3.5

[Mike Storm]

5.1c here doen from 6.3 an hour ago  

[Shere Khan]

Heavy sleet here in Rickmansworth NW London

[Ben Blizzard]

I went away for about 5 minutes and 13 new posts!! I can't keep up! And the snow has even started yet.... 

[stewfox]

1 minute ago, VillagePlank said:

An upgrade a downgrade a big sulk a party like no one has even seen before. Just about everything, but the overall synposis looks the same as GFS 06z.

Well its getting dark so back to most useful tool we have when looking for snow in southern UK

[Weathizard]

For tomorrow... interesting.

[VillagePlank]

For guidance, it looks to me as the Euro4 has got this one (particularly LP depth at this time)

 

 

And the Euro4 is going for ...

... up to 20cms accumulated snow around some places in the SE.

 

Edited January 12, 2017 by VillagePlank

[MKN]

Just now, Weathizard said:

For tomorrow... interesting.

Much further west on the 12z

[sawboinsider]

The sun will set about 4:15pm today, temps already getting lower, so sun going down soon will help further I would think.

[SMU]

18 minutes ago, Uxbridge90 said:

Hi Steve

Any chance this may slow down as it moves South East?

Cheers

Possibly however no stall out !

[Ben Blizzard]

1 minute ago, VillagePlank said:

For guidance, it looks to me as the Euro4 has got this one,

 

 

And the Euro4 is going for ...

... up to 20cms accumulated snow around some places in the SE.