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  • Location: ramsgate 42m asl
  • Location: ramsgate 42m asl

here in ramsgate although it snowed for quite a few hours yesterday, it did not amount to much (approx 1cm) , it was still nice to see and looking outside this morning although we were in the amber zone It doesn't look like we had anymore overnight and the grass is showing through in many places :hi:

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  • Location: Folkestone, Kent 101ft/30m ASL
  • Location: Folkestone, Kent 101ft/30m ASL
23 minutes ago, TomSE12 said:

Just going to post up a couple of radar links. Firstly Meteox.

http://www.meteox.com/h.aspx?r=&jaar=-3&soort=loop1uur

Shows an area ppn., moving out of Germany, into Belgium, which could clip into our region, later.

Now the Dutch radar site.

https://www.buienradar.nl/

Which shows some areas of light "sneeuw", in the same areas, although dissipating could well reinvigorate , when it crosses the southern N.Sea/Channel.

Regards,

Tom.

This seems like a decent radar too:

https://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/radar?LANG=en&STRUCTUR=_&CREG=frfr&CONT=frfr&BIG=0&LOOP=1&LTYP=std&ROAD=0&CITY=&L=0&SLP=0&W=0&LF=0&SUM=0

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  • Location: Boxley - Kent 133.9 m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Sunny Days and a little Snow.
  • Location: Boxley - Kent 133.9 m ASL

Regarding snow potential for later today, like Tom & others have stated its worth keeping an eye on but keep expectations low, more often than not you'll then be rewarded.

It does have potential to catch a few of us out, so if travelling about today always be prepared.

I've stuck the goat (sorry coat) in the boot just in case 

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  • Location: Lee, London. SE12, 41 mts. 134.5 ft asl.
  • Weather Preferences: Cold, Snowy Weather
  • Location: Lee, London. SE12, 41 mts. 134.5 ft asl.
3 minutes ago, lottiekent said:

Thanks Lottie.

Regards,

Tom.

 

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  • Location: Cricklewood, north London
  • Location: Cricklewood, north London
1 hour ago, nick sussex said:

I think the UKMO need to admit they messed up.

There was clearly no convergence zone , that implies convection which I think puzzled a few in here yesterday .

Cloud associated with the frontal wave would stop convection. It was clear from the sat pics where the proper convection was and it was nowhere near the se.

Anyway on today still a chance of some snow running west out of the Continent more especially towards Channel facing coastal areas ,the fact that the Met Office haven’t said much is probably a good thing  ! 

Nick, I think you're one of the most informed posters on here, but posts like this wind me up. Why would the UKMO admit they messed up? Amber warning Lincolnshire and Yorkshire - they got that right. Amber for the SW - they're getting that right. The amber for London and SE was slightly out but only by 50 / 60 miles, hardly a huge fail on their part. Also, to state the obvious, a warning is merely a prediction, it doesn't guarantee snow. It's like some 'amateur forecasters' on here take pleasure in seeing the pros get it slightly wrong. Bizarre.

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  • Location: Nymburk, Czech Republic and Staines, UK
  • Weather Preferences: Sunny and warm in summer, thunderstorms, snow, fog, frost, squall lines
  • Location: Nymburk, Czech Republic and Staines, UK
1 hour ago, Snowflake Queen said:

Even more snow to come ? 

Maybe, though am not expecting much. I didn’t think there’d be much last night but am very impressed with the amount my area received. Could be a surprise or two yet?

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  • Location: Bromley
  • Location: Bromley

Just got up and it looks like all of that south stuff missed bromley after all - guess there’s an inch on the grass but that was from the morning - roll on this evening if we get some surprise snow

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  • Location: South Essex
  • Location: South Essex
2 minutes ago, Big Snow said:

Nick, I think you're one of the most informed posters on here, but posts like this wind me up. Why would the UKMO admit they messed up? Amber warning Lincolnshire and Yorkshire - they got that right. Amber for the SW - they're getting that right. The amber for London and SE was slightly out but only by 50 / 60 miles, hardly a huge fail on their part. Also, to state the obvious, a warning is merely a prediction, it doesn't guarantee snow. It's like some 'amateur forecasters' on here take pleasure in seeing the pros get it slightly wrong. Bizarre.

I'm in the amber zone and it snowed for hours and often fairly heavily so I'm not sure they did get it wrong. We have a good covering on grass and most surfaces but it looks much less because the ground temps were so high. Can't recall seeing snow melt in sub zero temps in the way it did yesterday evening! Especially as it was below zero for most of daylight hours.

Ironically if it were to snow today I reckon it would stick more readily. 

 

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  • Location: Reigate Surrey
  • Location: Reigate Surrey
7 minutes ago, Big Snow said:

Nick, I think you're one of the most informed posters on here, but posts like this wind me up. Why would the UKMO admit they messed up? Amber warning Lincolnshire and Yorkshire - they got that right. Amber for the SW - they're getting that right. The amber for London and SE was slightly out but only by 50 / 60 miles, hardly a huge fail on their part. Also, to state the obvious, a warning is merely a prediction, it doesn't guarantee snow. It's like some 'amateur forecasters' on here take pleasure in seeing the pros get it slightly wrong. Bizarre.

Why - because they have messed up massively . They are presumably responsible for the warnings leading to about a 100 cancelled flights from Heathrow for no reason!. I'm sure the holidaymakers are in Nicks court here. I'd be fuming.  60 miles out at 12 hours notice is pathetic and woeful. 

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  • Location: Folkestone, Kent 101ft/30m ASL
  • Location: Folkestone, Kent 101ft/30m ASL
13 minutes ago, James Oliver said:

Have I got the track right? 

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I think so. It’s the blob below I’m watching..

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  • Location: NR Worthing SE Coast
  • Location: NR Worthing SE Coast

Very Poor performance from the models regarding snowfall amounts and the met office,places in the Amber  warning never received anything like the snow amounts mentioned..

All the millions spent with our money to

Very disappointing amounts here and the last Easterly.

probably be waiting 20 years for the next beast from the east again:gathering:

im booking a ride on the trans Siberian express 

 

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  • Location: Lee, London. SE12, 41 mts. 134.5 ft asl.
  • Weather Preferences: Cold, Snowy Weather
  • Location: Lee, London. SE12, 41 mts. 134.5 ft asl.

Lottie, keep an eye on that light "sneeuw/neige", about to leave the Belgian coast.

Regards,

Tom.

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  • Location: Dover Kent 10m asl/ Leeds W Yorks 120m asl
  • Location: Dover Kent 10m asl/ Leeds W Yorks 120m asl
1 minute ago, TomSE12 said:

Lottie, keep an eye on that light "sneeuw/neige", about to leave the Belgian coast.

Regards,

Tom.

Dover-Folkestone coast's name on it? 

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  • Location: Cricklewood, north London
  • Location: Cricklewood, north London
1 minute ago, snowspotter said:

Why - because they have messed up massively . They are presumably responsible for the warnings leading to about a 100 cancelled flights from Heathrow for no reason!. I'm sure the holidaymakers are in Nicks court here. I'd be fuming.  60 miles out at 12 hours notice is pathetic and woeful. 

They did not mess up massively. As I said, two of the three amber warning areas were absolutely spot on, and the other was only slightly out. Furthermore, the HIRLAM model (which for some reason everyone seems to be praising) was showing 10cms+ around the Thames estuary and across London - look how wrong that turned out. 

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  • Location: Raynes Park, London SW20
  • Location: Raynes Park, London SW20
11 minutes ago, Jason M said:

I'm in the amber zone and it snowed for hours and often fairly heavily so I'm not sure they did get it wrong. We have a good covering on grass and most surfaces but it looks much less because the ground temps were so high. Can't recall seeing snow melt in sub zero temps in the way it did yesterday evening! Especially as it was below zero for most of daylight hours.

Ironically if it were to snow today I reckon it would stick more readily. 

 

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  • Location: Reigate Surrey
  • Location: Reigate Surrey
Just now, Big Snow said:

They did not mess up massively. As I said, two of the three amber warning areas were absolutely spot on, and the other was only slightly out. Furthermore, the HIRLAM model (which for some reason everyone seems to be praising) was showing 10cms+ around the Thames estuary and across London - look how wrong that turned out. 

I'm talking about the South East warning not Lincolnshire. i.e the 1 out of 3 mess up !

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  • Location: Cricklewood, north London
  • Location: Cricklewood, north London
3 minutes ago, snowspotter said:

Just to remind people here is yesterdays forecast. If you think they got that right then you must be a top spin doctor 

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I'm not saying the got it right. Clearly, that's out by a distance. My point is that, considering that's the only part of their warning which went awry, I think it's fair to cut them some slack. 

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  • Location: Reigate Surrey
  • Location: Reigate Surrey
Just now, Big Snow said:

I'm not saying the got it right. Clearly, that's out by a distance. My point is that, considering that's the only part of their warning which went awry, I think it's fair to cut them some slack. 

Not if you live where I do :rofl:

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  • Location: Raynes Park, London SW20
  • Location: Raynes Park, London SW20
9 minutes ago, snowspotter said:

Why - because they have messed up massively . They are presumably responsible for the warnings leading to about a 100 cancelled flights from Heathrow for no reason!. I'm sure the holidaymakers are in Nicks court here. I'd be fuming.  60 miles out at 12 hours notice is pathetic and woeful. 

No - they got the SE warning completely wrong.  Look at the geographical spread of the warning area - it mirrors streamer like activity. There was no steamer and they got a bit lucky in the western part of the warning area due to the wave disturbance from the south.  All in all, they (and a lot of the NWP) were wrong.

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  • Location: Reading/New York/Chicago
  • Location: Reading/New York/Chicago
3 minutes ago, Big Snow said:

They did not mess up massively. As I said, two of the three amber warning areas were absolutely spot on, and the other was only slightly out. Furthermore, the HIRLAM model (which for some reason everyone seems to be praising) was showing 10cms+ around the Thames estuary and across London - look how wrong that turned out. 

I'm with you on this one. Models were pointing to a set up that would deliver. They had to go with what the models were telling them. An upper warm front certainly preventing things from panning out as forecast but I don't recall any models showing that in the lead up.

To the west of London, the amber warning was closer to the mark and Heathrow flights would have been cancelled in advance. Far better for airlines to plan ahead rather than have their operations in a total mess and taking days to recover.

These setups are notoriously hard to forecast; maybe amber warning should have been cancelled earlier to the east, but really all preparations were in place well ahead so it would have made little difference.

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  • Location: Mill Corner East Sussex, 55m asl
  • Weather Preferences: snow,thunder,tornados
  • Location: Mill Corner East Sussex, 55m asl

Well,this is what I ended up with,less than the last beast,and thats,saying something

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  • Location: Reading/New York/Chicago
  • Location: Reading/New York/Chicago
5 minutes ago, mulzy said:

No - they got the SE warning completely wrong.  Look at the geographical spread of the warning area - it mirrors streamer like activity. There was no steamer and they got a bit lucky in the western part of the warning area due to the wave disturbance from the south.  All in all, they (and a lot of the NWP) were wrong.

The models got it wrong, not the individual forecasters! It's a little like blaming the models when an easterly fails; sometimes the weather catches us all out!

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