SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 03/03/2018 onwards

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Just now, TomSE12 said:

That's frustrating to hear. Decent dew points, around the region, at the moment.

http://www.meteociel.fr/observations-meteo/point-de-rosee.php

Regards,

Tom.

I think away from the immidete coast and you will be fine, the ground here is just dry now and ice is starting to form , seen some great icicles too!

[WhiteFox]

1 hour ago, Stargazer said:

5cm of snow here in Reading - the half marathon has had to be cancelled for the first time in its history.

Whereabouts in Reading are you stargazer? Watching the radar last night j noticed that we were catching some the greens here just south of the M4 but they kept dissipating over Reading. We got about 8cm or so (difficult to tell because of wind, but that was lowest depth measured in back garden) here in Three Mile Cross.

[musehead]

1 minute ago, Surrey said:

Some serious radar returns now... Surprised to see that

Worth mentioning that the red/yellow returns on the north of the blob (currently) on the NW radar appear to be an error. If you run through the animation you can see them appearing intermittently in the same place.

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1 minute ago, musehead said:

Worth mentioning that the red/yellow returns on the north of the blob (currently) on the NW radar appear to be an error. If you run through the animation you can see them appearing intermittently in the same place.

yep just spotted that

[Snowpuff]

Snowing in Margate. 5/10 horizontal snow, med flakes

[lottiekent]

Snowing here now in Hawkinge, reasonable sized flakes but so windy they’re not settling. 

Mall inall had about 5cm on the grass here yesterday so not bad!

[Laurence Hill]

Nice call Tom!

[James Oliver]

Heavy snow in Dover now starting to accumulate 

[PLANET THANET]

1 minute ago, Snowpuff said:

Snowing in Margate. 5/10 horizontal snow, med flakes

can confirn its the same in ramsgate 

[alexisj9]

12 minutes ago, James Oliver said:

Can't get rid of old quote sorry

Now trying to land in this heavy green part, but I think snow just to wet, shame really.

[finny]

starting to settle here now, very heavy currently

[Nick.F]

Darker skies and heavier snow flurries verging on light snow in Far North East Essex. Unexpected. 

[yamkin]

2 minutes ago, James Oliver said:

Heavy snow in Dover now starting to accumulate 

I see your cat loves the snow too. Snow trained by you no doubt 

[PLANET THANET]

according to the radar it doesn't look as though it will last to long though

still a plus though as we were forecast nothing for today as far as i am aware

Edited March 18, 2018 by PLANET THANET

[Nick.F]

Meteox.com radar showing more activity in North Sea and over the near continent. 

[East Kent Snow Desert]

It's now reached Herne Bay slightly ahead of the radar returns. 4/10 atm

[alexisj9]

Starting to settle now I think, won't stay long once it's stopped though.

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okay comparing model to live radar 

ARPEGE @ 3PM

 

HIRLAM has it but its kind of struggling a bit but I think if you run it on it sorts itself out 

AROME @ 2pm

 

[Gowon]

My parents garden in selsdon 

 

[Marie]

We did really well here in Brighton last night , I was surprised at how much we got , it cleared from roads and pavements really quickly though but when I popped out earlier to clear the car there was a good 3inches , amazing for March 

[alexisj9]

9 minutes ago, Surrey said:

okay comparing model to live radar 

ARPEGE @ 3PM

 

HIRLAM has it but its kind of struggling a bit but I think if you run it on it sorts itself out 

AROME @ 2pm

 

What does it do after, move west I assume. Wow never seen snow not even able to land on cars before just wet.

Edited March 18, 2018 by alexisj9

[crazysnowcatz4]

Moderate snow in Canterbury from the blob coming off the channel. Not sure it will lay at it is 1.5C , though the ground is either covered in snow or dry..

 

[snowray]

5 hours ago, Bevbrighton said:

Wow brilliant enjoy ? 

Yes but where is he, not a lot of point in the pic because he does not say where that is.

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4 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

What does it do after, move west I assume. Wow never seen snow not even able to land on cars before just wet.

Move off west slowly and builds slightly well that's what is modeled 

[nick sussex]

The blob is expected to move west and then more sw, some outputs have it intensifying further as it heads into the Channel.

I think it’s a case of wait and see what happens. After that still a chance of a few snow showers as some deeper upper cold moves back west.

That’s more likely in a 6 hour window after around 8 pm.

Theres not a great deal of instability left but given the flow direction the Thames Estuary might help fire up things a bit more.