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

[snowwonder]

5 minutes ago, kold weather said:

Wow radar really has lighted up over the N.France coast!!

Looks like HIRLAM was right all along, just as I and a few of the rest of us expected. 

Going to need a big eastward extension to the amber warning, at least to London, E.Sussex. Probably amounts in Hampshire and Surrey upto 10-15cm as HIRLAM now looking accurate.

From the other thread but wouldnt be surprised to see Beds and Bucks in that too. Agree? 

 

[Ellozee]

4 minutes ago, shotski said:

Come on! Who lives in the green bit ?

 I do... Deal microclimate! 

[danm]

2 minutes ago, kold weather said:

It does indeed, I think the warning signs were there last night with how it handled the wind direction that this all could come further eastwards...but it MAY have even slightly under-estimated it as well amazingly!

Waiting for the Met officeto extend amber warning eastwards...

Is there any risk of it fizzling out before it reaches more eastern areas? I'm hoping at least the G. London area will benefit to some degree as we're so close to the action at the moment.

[saint]

Light snow also growing rapidly over the London area on the latest few radar grabs.

[Dazzer6666]

1 minute ago, bobbydog said:

mate, i can guarantee you we had freezing drizzle this morning for around 10 mins. it froze to my windscreen.

Exactly what I had (bit down the road from you in Burgess Hill) - same duration, must have been about 12.45pm.  Not much at all, but wasn't snow. 

[kold weather]

2 minutes ago, CK1981 said:

If it continues to play out as modelled by HIRLAM (I think it will), areas to the west of London could see 9 hours of continuous snow. Not heavy all the time, but enough to add the amounts you suggest above. We already have 8cm on the ground here, so another 10cm would be the deepest in this neck of the woods for many years!

That also ignores the very real chance of 3-5cms from the front coming up tomorrow as well!

[Nikkib74]

2 minutes ago, West is Best said:

Blimey ... really pepping up. This was 14.30:

 

 

And now:

 

 

Southern Britain in the firing line

Just looking at these, surely it would take a Herculean almost impossible exit stage left for this to not hit more Easterly Southern counties now? Or am I still clutching at straws? ?

[danm]

1 minute ago, saint said:

Light snow also growing rapidly over the London area on the latest few radar grabs.

Currently at work in central London - nothing here at the moment.

Edited March 1, 2018 by danm

[Gowon]

light snow here

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Just got home from sledging with the younger siblings, left phone at home come back and check radar.. 

Oh HILRAM you little beaut 

[Bazza118]

as Steve mentioned earlier we need to see if instability develops further east to the main low centre, and it does appear to be the case looking at the latest radar

[snowbob]

It’s still edging east

[steveinsussex]

Radar says should be snowing here but nothing falling from the sky

[snowking]

Some very light snow falling again in Greenwich now

Looks as though the whole system is building on the Eastern flank

And that's before we see what happens as the stuff growing Eastwards in France hits the channel...

[turkishfella]

Very windy in Brighton but not a single thing falling down from the sky 

[CK1981]

Just seen the latest forecast from ITV, which was about as much use as a wet fart in a space suit. It showed snow well west of Hampshire and nothing at all in this neck of the woods (apart from the odd shower). It was nothing like what the radar is actually showing or what has been modelled by HIRLAM.

Edited March 1, 2018 by CK1981

[Storme]

7 minutes ago, bobbydog said:

mate, i can guarantee you we had freezing drizzle this morning for around 10 mins. it froze to my windscreen.

OH just confirmed he had freezing rain first thing this morning too.

[tomp456]

Gosh. Really getting teased here. 

Snow stopped again, but sky turning darker. Hoping for some bigger flakes for a prolonged amount of time. 

Someone or something, somewhere, somehow, please make it happen for us southern coastal lot! 

 

Edited March 1, 2018 by tomp456

[Southender]

It is pivoting NW and the Eastern flank will just get eroded. Can’t rule out a light covering for those in the W/SW of the region though. Good luck chaps ??

[SMU]

So as highlighted the PPN has actually built now - slightly interested

Very mild here now -1.9c

[steveinsussex]

Just now, Southender said:

It is pivoting NW and the Eastern flank will just get eroded. Can’t rule out a light covering for those in the W/SW of the region though. Good luck chaps ??

Pretty much

 

hope folk don’t get too excited 

tomorrow looks interesting 

[paget]

Still very small plentiful snow! Very windy.  It's actually settling which is surprising as the flakes are weeny! 

(farnham, Surrey) 

[EML Network]

This is torture, sitting here watching the snow simply running 3 or 4 miles away arrgghhhh

[EJA]

Light snow in Brighton 

[Dazzer6666]

A few flakes flitting about in Mid Sussex now........