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

[Nick F]

2 minutes ago, shotski said:

What do you mean by the warning bit Nick ??

Well, I think an amber may make the public take more notice of the risks of rain freezing on surfaces, been lots of accidents and travel disruption from it this morning, but, I don't know what criteria it would take for them to upgrade from yellow to amber

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[Mark]

Ice grains hitting the east facing windows now. It was just normal drizzle up until about 10 minutes ago.

[CK1981]

I still think the sweet spot for today will be in a line through Oxfordshire, Bucks, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and into East Anglia. I think areas around London and to the south will see snow, but not as much.

I hope to be proved wrong!

 

Edited March 2, 2018 by CK1981

[onepingonly]

Heavy snow now N of Portsmouth.

[frozencanals]

Afternoon all,

We the time has come to try to escape from Southend and drive round to Gatwick airport for a flight to SW France, it looks like is is going to be a bit more of a challenge than I thought.  Freezing rain in Southend at the moment coating everything with a layer of ice...  wish me luck

Cheers

FC

[Come rain snow or shine]

Looks like Kent and East Sussex are gonna get thwacked quite soon-ish.

[paget]

Light snow here in Farnham, Surrey ❄️

[IPredictASnowStorm]

So who is going to get this snow coming up someone tell me

[CrimsonSunset]

Ice pellets/rain. Poor!

[surrey snowboy]

Snow flakes mixed in with rain in Dorking but rain if anything heavier now and car outside entombed in ice! 

[Donna3397]

Big white flukes agin here in rye now.

[kold weather]

2 minutes ago, nicktabs said:

Heavy snow now N of Portsmouth.

Upto moderate snow about 25 miles up the A3, looks like this is the start of the band re-energising. The band behind it is weakening but I suspect may re-energise as well as it heads inland before it all lifts out to the north.

Places inSurrey looking well placed for some moderate snowfalls this afternoon.

Will be interesting to see what happens regarding the freezing rain.

[onepingonly]

Radar burst into life as soon as the blob hit land, not sure why? Maybe the height? I'd say it's looking good for all of us this afternoon.

[IPredictASnowStorm]

1 minute ago, kold weather said:

Upto moderate snow about 25 miles up the A3, looks like this is the start of the band re-energising. The band behind it is weakening but I suspect may re-energise as well as it heads inland before it all lifts out to the north.

Places inSurrey looking well placed for some moderate snowfalls this afternoon.

Will be interesting to see what happens regarding the freezing rain.

will I get in the heavy stuff in north west London?

[warrenb]

Rain has stopped and we have snow

[steveinsussex]

v light snow now

[Lampostwatcher]

Just now, IPredictASnowStorm said:

will I get in the heavy stuff in north west London?

80% chance of 3-7cms

[Great Plum]

We definitely had freezing rain here in Reigate - I walked over to Earlswood Lakes for some sledging - on the way back, the paths were lethal - the lake had also frozen further!

currently, frozen pellets mixed with some snow...

7 minutes ago, frozencanals said:

Afternoon all,

We the time has come to try to escape from Southend and drive round to Gatwick airport for a flight to SW France, it looks like is is going to be a bit more of a challenge than I thought.  Freezing rain in Southend at the moment coating everything with a layer of ice...  wish me luck

Cheers

FC

My sister has just driven from Colchester to horsham without incident so you should be ok!

[Darkcloud]

Had a funny old mix here this morning, drizzle, snizzle, ice pellets and finally snowflakes! Light snow at the moment 

[Oaks]

Just been out to the car ?

[paget]

Anyone else confused about what is falling from the sky? 

I can’t really tell what it is? 

I will go and catch a bit!! ?

[Lampostwatcher]

Just now, Lampostwatcher said:

80% chance of 3-7cms

further north of us 

4-8cms max

[Ellozee]

Still yet more freezing rain in Deal. Just took my dog to the park up the road as she was desperate to get out, once she was relieved she started scrabbling and sliding all the way back home! Idiot. Hoping to see some more snow-like PPN soon, as fascinating as this is, it's also treacherous and mildly terrifying trying to get anywhere at all.

[snowrye]

Light snow again,cmon,lets have 1 last snow event