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

[Dbarb]

Would today's snow increase the chances of snow for tomorrow as it lowers the air temperatures?

[snowblind]

1 minute ago, Dbarb said:

looks like Essex is the hardest hit with widespread totals of 5 inches.  

I've done an official measurement on the wheelie bin and we have 5cms here at the moment. Still snowing but lighter than before. I've studied the warning maps on the met office site and reckon I'm just in the Amber warning zone so maybe a bit more to come, hopefully.

[Southender]

1 minute ago, Paul Sherman said:

How bizarre is that, now the pivot has started and its moving South its all rain now, just shows how crucial the wind direction is in these instances!

Pretty pish eh Paul. Still at least we have seen snow I suppose ??

[North London Hotspur]

1 minute ago, Hearts in Herts said:

yes we definitely do seem to have done well here. I don't think it's letting up any time soon either. Been going since at least 5.30am when my other half woke me up after he looked out of the window to it all white outside.

I think Stevenage has done best in England for this snowfall :-)

[Seasonal Trim]

Just now, Southender said:

Pretty pish eh Paul. Still at least we have seen snow I suppose ??

Are we likely to see it turn back to snow in SE Essex?

[Southends Snowshield]

4 minutes ago, Paul Sherman said:

How bizarre is that, now the pivot has started and its moving South its all rain now, just shows how crucial the wind direction is in these instances!

are we likely to get much more in Leigh ?

[Rob Deacon]

Haywards Heath West sussex, 17.1mm of rain so far today in my garden, temp now 7.6c !!! massive jump in temp since 9am

[Daniel*]

Oh WOW it’s coming down very nice now what a lovely surprise a snow day in the book.  

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

Just logged-in, so I don't know much about what's happened other than reading what's been posted here in the last few minutes.  Early sleety rain here has transitioned to wet snow that's trying to lay but isn't really doing so.  Any uopdates for later today/tomorrow that I need to be aware of?

[Easily sled]

In Feltham west London (1 mile from Heathrow) we have light rain. Think we were just on the wrong side of the line, barely a covering left from this morning now. Well done to all those on the right side! May have to jump in the car with the kids shortly to find the proper stuff.

[Neilsouth]

How depressing

I live not far off 600ft and not a single snow flake, yet north kent ON THE BLOODY COAST and it was snowing heavy

[Angel Wings]

Still Snowing here in Chelmsford 

[Ben Blizzard]

Just grey nothingness here - had very light dusting earlier though. Come on, pivot, PIVOT!  So frustrating watching all the snow just a tad to the north of me all morning! 

 

Edit - I don't get why I've been under light snow on the radar for a few hours now, yet nothing has fallen since around 8? 

Edited December 10, 2017 by Ben Blizzard

[Summer Sun]

Looking at the radar half of London has rain half has snow

[ReindeerMarmalade]

Wind's picking up a bit where I am, temp 5.5 and DP 6

[Me & angel fiance]

5 minutes ago, North London Hotspur said:

I think Stevenage has done best in England for this snowfall :-)

Awww it knows it's my last winter here... pulling out all the stops for me 

[echodelta21]

Still clinging on to light but persistent snow in Romford.  About an inch on the garden table, which was a surprise as I thought this was more likely to transition to snow in the evening and overnight!

Part of me is old enough now to still be thrilled at snow falling, but slightly unamused that I've got to drive my train in it tomorrow. And I don't think it's likely we'll get the magic 8 inches somehow (no dirty comments!)

[Uxbridge90]

Literally on the border between rain and snow!

Not looking good for our covering now.

[Dbarb]

Just went outside and have got a solid 5 inches of lying snow!

[SHM040519]

Does anyone know when the air will be cold enough again for snow? 

[Me & angel fiance]

1 minute ago, Dbarb said:

Just went outside and have got a solid 5 inches of lying snow!

where abouts are you?

 

[Dami]

much finer snow here now, but i count myself very very lucky today. 

 

[Matty J]

10 minutes ago, Southender said:

Not this part!

1cm of slush

NW Essex have done well as expected 

We've done massively well here and totally unexpected! I'm 13 miles north of you as the crow flies, in Heybridge. We have a good 4+ inches and its still snowing.

At 6am it was torrential rain!

[Ben Blizzard]

Sat here waiting for it to start snowing again like

[Matty88]

Started light and patchy (but all settled so a dusting) up until 7-8am in south Cambs - since then it’s been really heavy and must have accumulated a good 4 inches now. Keep it coming!!! 

 

I think ink the situation has been much better than forecast for EA- I always knew the GFS would struggle with the true cold air displacement. A big event this for sure 

 

feel sorry for the poor souls on the South and South East coast though! 

Edited December 10, 2017 by Matt Ralph