SE and East Anglia generalweather discussion 08/11/2017 onwards

[butler_son]

9 minutes ago, handler66 said:

Showers coming into the crawley/sussex area frontal edge is turning to Snow

That must be some showers before the main course tomorrow... but I'll keep the curtains open to see what they do in this part of Surrey none the less!

[Brocken Spectre]

Slight fluctuation in temps here in The Medway Valley, rose as that cloud came through but that now has dispersed they have dipped slightly.

Though I expect temps to rise over the next 6 hours. 

I hate knife-edge snow events....they are sure to disappoint, seen too many end up wet non events... they are the weather equivalent of a bit of "Brewer's", disappointing for all involved

[Ice Day]

Blimey, 115 users on this forum tonight......a lot of sleepless night's coming up!

[snowray]

23 minutes ago, Nick L said:

Slightly insulting but okay, if you insist.

Not referring to you nick in particular, its just that the weather presenters on the TV, and Met Office, just read the script don't they? In my day they were weather forecasters in the real sense, and its not just in this country that its changed for the worst, trust me.

[saint]

5 minutes ago, bluearmy said:

Good luck everyone - let's hope it isn't too frustrating where the snow falls  with snowy skies but wet ground! 

Gotta have faith for our area BA! 

[Nick L]

1 minute ago, snowray said:

Not referring to you nick in particular, its just that the weather presenters on the TV, and Met Office, just read the script don't they? In my day they were weather forecasters in the real sense, and its not just in this country that its changed for the worst, trust me.

Ah fair enough. Some of them are presenters with a basic weather background yes. Some are genuine meteorologists though (Phil Avery for example, and as much as I'm not a fan of his presenting style, Tomasz Schafernaker).

[Mark Neal.]

2 minutes ago, saint said:

Gotta have faith for our area BA! 

1-1 draw earlier! About right imo. We were better in 1st half, you certainly second half. Hopefully we both share the snow tomorrow too!

[Brocken Spectre]

3 minutes ago, snowray said:

........ its just that the weather presenters on the TV, and Met Office, just read the script don't they?

BBC guys (ie after the news) are all (most??) Met Office Metrologist that present on TV.....Unlike the ones on local or ITV Meridian

Edited December 9, 2017 by Brocken Spectre

[steveinsussex]

Having just stood outside for a few moments i can confirm a few flakes of snow!

[saint]

1 minute ago, Mark N said:

1-1 draw earlier! About right imo. We were better in 1st half, you certainly second half. Hopefully we both share the snow tomorrow too!

Thought we let you off second half, but first half you should have at least scored a second! I did quite enjoy the late equaliser. Were you there today? 

[Nick F]

Good luck everyone tomorrow, in what looks like a risk of snow shifting south to cover more of our area. I'll be at work at Heathrow tomorrow, so be interesting if there is some snow or whether it stays further north.

Anyone noticed the frontal wave feature running along the south early Thursday gets undercut by cold air from NW to bring a snow risk for our area according to GFS:

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

1 minute ago, Nick L said:

...and as much as I'm not a fan of his presenting style, Tomasz Schafernaker).

I wasn't aware that he is actually a fully-qualified meteorologist. 

[Mark Neal.]

1 minute ago, saint said:

Thought we let you off second half, but first half you should have at least scored a second! I did quite enjoy the late equaliser. Were you there today? 

I was there! Bloody freezing, frost in one goalmouth. Yeah we were hanging on towards the end, last few weeks has taken its toll and you certainly went for it! 

[Country Boy]

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[yamkin]

1 hour ago, Matty J said:

These BBC forcasts do my head in.

On the 20:55 just now she's got a temp displayed as 0c and all the precip is blue, so rain! But then when she runs it forward the temperature increases but there's now a fair bit of white, so snow!

We are less than 12hrs away and neither us, or the "experts" seem to have any clue if we're getting rain or snow 

 

 

 

 

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[Man With Beard]

ARGEPE 18Z on the way, Sunday pretty much the same as the 12Z, snow into S London/Kent at times but also rain at times here too.

[Nick L]

Just now, chrisbell-nottheweatherman said:

I wasn't aware that he is actually a fully-qualified meteorologist. 

Yep, did the same course as I did just a few years before!

[Captain Shortwave]

Funny old world but it was supposed to be clear with temperatures well below freezing, but it is currently cloudy and not particularly cold woth temperatures comfortably above freezing (still 2c which is the same as it was by late afternoon) with no real sign of any clear skies coming this way.

Edited December 9, 2017 by Captain Shortwave

[saint]

2 minutes ago, Mark N said:

I was there! Bloody freezing, frost in one goalmouth. Yeah we were hanging on towards the end, last few weeks has taken its toll and you certainly went for it! 

It was cold wasn't it! I was struggling to keep warm. An enjoyable game, however, and hopefully like you said we both get snow! 

[norfolksnow]

Anyone have an idea of the most northern point of snow ? eg lincs ect

cheers Jason

[snowy weather]

21 minutes ago, handler66 said:

Showers coming into the crawley/sussex area frontal edge is turning to Snow

Great stuff.

What site is That?

[Tom Jarvis]

@Steve Murr in 137m asl and right on the edge of the Ashdown Forest. If it continues to move south will I be in with a chance?

[mpkio2]

27 minutes ago, Steve Murr said:

Second 18z run in

Hirlam - best chart T15

BBC just updated with "Heavy Snow" at 10 tomorrow morning for my area.

That correlates to what the HIRLAM is showing!

Hey! I can dream!

[snowray]

28 minutes ago, mpkio2 said:

Good evening all, fellow southerners!

Are snow chances have upgraded a bit over the past few hours, huh?

This is what BBC are forecasting for my area in Central.North West London.....

A mixture of sleet/rain and to top it off, some heavy snow?

Surely not!

Tomorrows gonna be a LONG day and I gotta feeling a few surprises may crop up for our region.

Heres to hoping....

 

Well at least they are not showing 7/8/9c any more, about time!

[Britneyfan]

Who is staying up to see the first snowflakes fall?