Kent, Home counties and south London general weather discussion 25/02/2018 onwards

[crazy_diamond]

5 minutes ago, JennyJane1 said:

That was where i lived.

Lol, all the kids went to Heycroft! I recall a big snow event in 1986, kids loved it!

Edited February 25, 2018 by crazy_diamond

[snowray]

43 minutes ago, tinybill said:

well country file is saying blizzards  thu  /fri  so that mean the southeast/east will come to a halt|!!

I thought you never paid any attention to the BBC forecasts thought TB?

Oh, and be careful on them dodgy bridges around Ipswich with all the upcoming ice and snow.....

[Stuie]

4 minutes ago, Steve Murr said:

8PM sat rep shows a nice arc around la hague ...

Steve, you are deffo going have to elaborate on this...

EDIT: I would say a dumping in East Anglia but...

Edited February 25, 2018 by Stuie W

[JennyJane1]

1 minute ago, crazy_diamond said:

Lol, all the kids went to Heycroft! I recall a big snow event in 1986, kids loved it!

i taught at heycroft for a while, in the 1990s, small world.

[Justin123]

Halo round the moon, some moisture up there, clouds building in canvey now, surprisingly I’m not that cold, sheltered from the wind in the back alley I suppose ?

[Speedbird]

for the C2C commuters - contingency plans in place for tomorrow evening

[throwoff]

That band on the Dutch radar seems to be gathering power

[James Oliver]

 

I don't feel that these images are matching up?

[Speedbird]

1 minute ago, JennyJane1 said:

i taught at heycroft for a while, in the 1990s, small world.

my daughter goes there, my son to Eastwood Academy

[The Beast From The East]

Just been outside and there is a thin cloud layer coming across here in Kent near maidstone. Hopefully it will lead to something later in the night. 0 degrees as well at mo. ?

[jojobut]

40 minutes ago, shotski said:

This is going to sound a bit sad but don’t forget to look after the frogs in your pond. Many of them hibernate in the silt at the bottom and breathe through their skin ?

if it freezes over for too long the oxygen runs out so make sure there is always a small hole ?

Our frogs were croaking away Monday but I think they have changed their minds and gone back into hibernation! 

[Lowestoft Weather]

Just now, throwoff said:

That band on the Dutch radar seems to be gathering power

It's ready to smash into Lowestoft for midnight and dump 4 feet.......

[Justin123]

I need to take a break 

[snowray]

29 minutes ago, Speedbird said:

current radar shows a cluster heading SW which is likely to clip the Kent coast before heading off to France . . .

Ohh  how lovely, for the French...

[snowy weather]

The forecast is getting better and better for Crawley on Monday night

[snowray]

27 minutes ago, Paul Sherman said:

Going cloudy this end of the Estuary already, lost the clear skies now

 

Clouding over here too, but can still see the moon so just high cloud.

[Captain Shortwave]

Max temperatures for the coming week, courtesey of the GFS.

      

Tomorrow - 1C                                                   Tuesday - 1C but likely to be an                    Wednesday - (-1C) Ice day for all

                                                                           ice day for most

   

Thursday - (-1C ) again a regionwide ice     Friday - 4C (Take with a huge pinch of salt 

day                                                                as this requires the milder air to actually reach us.

I am 28 years old and this spell will be the coldest in my living memory (I can't recall 1991 as I was a wee nipper), this is the real deal so remember to wrap up warm, and be careful driving in what will likely be very icy and potentially snowy conditions. Also make sure that any vulnerable people you might know are okay, if the cold ends by the weekend it won't be too bad but if like the ECM op it continues into the following week then these people will likely struggle.

Anyway, here it is, for all the let downs. This is a proper beast from the east.

[Scandinavian High.]

Unchanged bbc weather blizzards the whole of southern England and in the south east all snow Friday 

Edited February 25, 2018 by abbie123

[James Oliver]

Woohoo!!

[Southender]

17 minutes ago, Paul Sherman said:

We probably all walk down the Aisles of Lidl near Progress Road stocking up on our 50 pints of Milk not knowing we are all weather nerds - Hahahaha

SS9 toffs in Aldi.....I highly doubt that ??

[john mac]

5 minutes ago, throwoff said:

That band on the Dutch radar seems to be gathering power

Power or powder???

[Justin123]

1 minute ago, James Oliver said:

Woohoo!!

Shame it was anaprop?

[Lazarus42]

35 minutes ago, pages said:

I can't understand why the BBC are paying  Metogroup or any supplier for that matter.

I know they didn't renew met office contract to save money, which makes sense.

But as licence payers what we should be asking is why do they need contract with anyone, they already have forecasters/presenters which are paid for a couple of minute recording why not just employ presenters/forecasters and ask them to use the free charts on Meteociel to make basis of their forecast I am sure they have the IT staff/capability to change free charts into graphics. If the forecasters aren't clever enough to do that get new ones.

Its not like the meteogroup actually have better models as they don't have access to MOGREPS, and BBC only need to forecast  3 days ahead so the free GFS/UKMO charts ain't going to be wrong at that range anyway. Its just waste of money and they make themselves look stupid doing a 7 day ahead forecast which is obviously going to be very different come day 5 let alone 7.

One of the main reasons I cancelled my TV licence.

Love the storm glass pics! Have been looking for a good one. Can anyone name the one shown? Such a cool piece of forecasting history...

[crazy_diamond]

1 minute ago, Southender said:

SS9 toffs in Aldi.....I highly doubt that ??

Lol, times is hard......

[yamkin]

Updated MetO's Forecast Is Impressive