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

[snowrye]

1 minute ago, Come rain snow or shine said:

 

Man up, there's precipitation in the channel lol

Im digging deep,im digging deep

[snowbob]

It will make it it seems

but will it be rain or snow !!

[Daniel*]

1 minute ago, snowbob said:

It will make it it seems

but will it be rain or snow !!

It’s the dew point you need to watch I think Euro4 rises them above freezing by 0300. 

[snowbob]

Just now, Daniel* said:

It’s the dew point you need to watch I think Euro4 rises them above freezing by 0300. 

Tight call

[Southender]

Love how the snow turns night into day almost. Getting all emotional here ?

[snowrye]

Temps are on the up,think we have to concede defeat,it's been fun,but I think thats it for THIS particular episode,I do feel that winter is not over for us just yet

[HammerJack]

Well what an action packed 3 weeks we have had. The SSW happened then we had two weeks of absolutely brilliant model watching. The ups the downs, the toy throwing and the boom charts. 

Personally for here the snow hasn’t been on the same level as 2009 & 2010, but I cannot remember ever witnessing such cold weather. The ‘Beast from the East’ brought bitterly winds and ice days. 

Today was the first time I can ever remember seeing freezing rain, what an absolute day it was.

To top it all off, we have have this great website, with great people giving great updates and the amateur weather forecasters who in my opinion have done a better job than the pros. 

Once the thaw sets in over the weekend I’ll start looking forward to spring and summer and the good family times I’ll have.

But I’m a bit sad that after all the hype it’s finally finishing.

Thanks all, you are all a great bunch of people.

[Rambo]

Just now, Southender said:

Love how the snow turns night into day almost. Getting all emotional here ?

Yeh, its lovely...makes you want to be outside!

Its soo peaceful as well, even during the day, I'll hear the odd car, but the most noise is coming from families pulling their kids about on sledges!

[Paul Sherman]

Had a quick look around the region at Dewpoints. Seems there is a wedge over London, Kent, South Essex that dewpoints are at between 0c and 0.5c so looking likely you dont want the precip there. Further West and South West through Surrey, Berks, Herts, Bucks etc the Dewpoints are -1 and -2 so that is doable.

If your in Essex or Kent, Blob stay away!!

[Southender]

Just now, Paul Sherman said:

Had a quick look around the region at Dewpoints. Seems there is a wedge over London, Kent, South Essex that dewpoints are at between 0c and 0.5c so looking likely you dont want the precip there. Further West and South West through Surrey, Berks, Herts, Bucks etc the Dewpoints are -1 and -2 so that is doable.

If your in Essex or Kent, Blob stay away!!

Can hear the dreaded drip @Paul Sherman

[Paul Sherman]

1 minute ago, Southender said:

Can hear the dreaded drip @Paul Sherman

Yh, I reckon we might get one more day sledging tomorrow (am) before the slopes go to slush.

Will be out early with the kids over Langdon Hills tomorrow for 1 more day of winter fun!

[Southender]

2 minutes ago, Paul Sherman said:

Yh, I reckon we might get one more day sledging tomorrow (am) before the slopes go to slush.

Will be out early with the kids over Langdon Hills tomorrow for 1 more day of winter fun!

Enjoy mate. Will be a long time before we see these scenes again.

[snowbob]

10 minutes ago, Paul Sherman said:

Had a quick look around the region at Dewpoints. Seems there is a wedge over London, Kent, South Essex that dewpoints are at between 0c and 0.5c so looking likely you dont want the precip there. Further West and South West through Surrey, Berks, Herts, Bucks etc the Dewpoints are -1 and -2 so that is doable.

If your in Essex or Kent, Blob stay away!!

Hoping biggin Hill might get one last hurrah

[Paul Sherman]

Just now, snowbob said:

Hoping biggin Hill might get one last hurrah

Well you have the Elevation so should be ok, good luck

[paget]

Temp now up to -0.6

dp -1.1

Blob is just about on me 

not sure much is happening yet! 

Still feels pretty cold 

[Come rain snow or shine]

8 minutes ago, Southender said:

Enjoy mate. Will be a long time before we see these scenes again.

We don't know. Major cold and snowy winters bunched together in the 1960s, 1980s and the later 00s including, so here;s hoping for next year. Mid March might bring a cold spell. 

[Rambo]

Oh god...I do hope there isnt a lot of unhappy people waking up tomorrow after the rain has washed half the laying snow away

[paget]

Big heavy snow in Farnham Surrey 

just inside the blob!

temps are rising quickly though 

Edited March 2, 2018 by paget

[Come rain snow or shine]

Just now, Rambo said:

Oh god...I do hope there isnt a lot of unhappy people waking up tomorrow after the rain has washed half the laying snow away

The desperate among us are hoping any rain tonight in our region will turn to snow as it hits inland a bit... 

[john mac]

Still got dew point of -2c 

could get a bit more!!

[Don]

I fear the dreaded big T is now knocking on the door......

Edited March 2, 2018 by Don

[john mac]

No drip drip yet!!

[Darkcloud]

Really sad it's over but am now hoping for a quick clean thaw, can't be doing with that grey sloppy slush that hangs around for days!

[Don]

Just now, john mac said:

No drip drip yet!!

No drip drip here yet either.  However, won't be long now

 

[John Michael How]

So did we have any accumulation totals for the region for the last few days. It's very hard to judge with the sunny day melting half of ours on Wednesday when we were just missing  the cloud cover and streamer that got Essex and London. but I'd guess overrall somewhere in north-central Kent or Essex got the most? I think in total we had about 8-9inches fall in Gravesend but only 4-5inches remained after the Wednesday melt day& extra small accumulations since. 

 While Other areas accumulated more  on other days. The drifts on my way to work between Gravesend and Meopham were very impressive several feet high above my car in places! I stopped to take pics. 

 

I was surprised by the lack of snow in Surrey! I was around Guildford this morning while delivering there was barely a cm before the PM snow came. Still a lovely spell of weather for us coldies to savour and a snow fix achieved for another year for us all- I'll leave you with my pics of the drifts just south of Gravesend today. Goodbye Beast from the east 2018!

Edited March 2, 2018 by John Michael How