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

[dubmuffin]

Decided to walk to the shop to make the most of the heavy burst, lovely out there, winter wonderland, proper snow falling, managing to settle on some pavements and even the driveway in places. I felt very optimistic, like when snow first starts to settle and you get that sense of the possibilities to come. Shame it's eased off a bit now, but felt blizzardy whilst we were out.

[James Oliver]

Just now, Ellozee said:

All in all it was a fairly pathetic effort at snowing. Didn't really start, ended quick sharp. Hopefully there's more on it's way shortly, guess it's a mix of radar and window watching for now.

Yeah agreed! I've been sat on the radar since 4pm.

[weathergeek]

Small flakes but lots of them and falling vertically so covering nicely here in Epsom!!!

[mulzy]

Heavy snow in RP but frustratingly not settling on roads / concrete @ -1.1C.  

[Come rain snow or shine]

Who remembers -  in Jan 2010 i think it was ... when a trough moved up from North East France, turned into a low that stalled over southern england for many hours and gave a lot of us a foot of snow? Can that happen tonight? I'll ask Mr Blobby to fix it for us.  

[James Gold]

That gap is filling in a bit now - and a better bit in Belgium- gotta hope that makes it all the way up to SE London 

[Gowon]

The snow is fine but still settling nicely

[SMU]

2 minutes ago, nick sussex said:

Some colder uppers are expected to move west into the region during the evening and into the early hours.

The flow looks ene so the Thames Estuary might help here.

Yes surprised to see the -10c line appear from 10pm to 1pm tomorrow - another 15 hours !!!

We are actually alligned perfect for a thames streamer with surface temps @-1c !!!

545 just updated !!!!

 10pm

 1pm

545

[RichmondWeather]

With a bit of Shostakovich on the side, just fantastic. Without a doubt better than the offering from the first 'beast', even if that lasted longer. Snow starting to return to the roads.

[steveinsussex]

6 minutes ago, snowy weather said:

I commute to london for work, shall I not bother tomorrow and take a snow day?

lol no

[Ellozee]

4 minutes ago, Come rain snow or shine said:

Who remembers -  in Jan 2010 i think it was ... when a trough moved up from North East France, turned into a low that stalled over southern england for many hours and gave a lot of us a foot of snow? Can that happen tonight? I'll ask Mr Blobby to fix it for us.  

The only time I remember seeing deep accumulation of snow in Deal. The roads were filled, the hedges and fences were drifts. Being coastal and low-lying we rarely do well from any other kind of set up.

Edited March 18, 2018 by Ellozee
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[Dipsy]

14 minutes ago, Great Plum said:

Wow, proper snow falling in Reigate...

And it's settling!

[snowy weather]

4 minutes ago, steveinsussex said:

lol no

Im already sending out a few texts to my colleagues that it looks like it will be difficult haha. Just to gauge the mood haha.

To be fair it has settled on the roads etc...

 

[James Gold]

1 minute ago, Steve Murr said:

Yes surprised to see the -10c line appear from 10pm to 1pm tomorrow - another 15 hours !!!

We are actually alligned perfect for a thames streamer with surface temps @-1c !!!

545 just updated !!!!

 10pm

 1pm

545

How is south London faring from a possible streamer - did great in the streamer the last beast but is it different this time in any way?

[lassie23]

what douche bag do the bbc get their weather from

[steveinsussex]

All over here, another 0.1mm on the floor

[East Kent Snow Desert]

First proper sized flakes since lunchtime now appearing in H.bay

[nick sussex]

2 minutes ago, Steve Murr said:

Yes surprised to see the -10c line appear from 10pm to 1pm tomorrow - another 15 hours !!!

We are actually alligned perfect for a thames streamer with surface temps @-1c !!!

545 just updated !!!!

 10pm

 1pm

545

Yes , Steve how about instability. Everything else looks good . 

[steveinsussex]

1 minute ago, snowy weather said:

Im already sending out a few texts to my colleagues that it looks like it will be difficult haha. Just to gauge the mood haha.

To be fair it has settled on the roads etc...

 

Dont be ridiculous, there are no transport issues

[James Gold]

1 minute ago, lassie23 said:

what douche bag do the bbc get their weather from

Meteo group or something - haven’t seen a correct bbc forecast for ages

[SenlacJack]

2 or 3 hours of continuous precipitation here in St Leonards-on Sea so far, varying between light/moderate snow and snizzle. Settling on some surfaces, current temperature bang on 0.0c.

[EWS]

2 minutes ago, Ellozee said:

The only time I remember seeing deep accumulation of snow in Deal. The roads were filled, the hedges and fences were drifts. Being coastal and low lyiB we rarely do well from any other kind of set up.

As a child, I remember having quite deep, laying snow about 3-4 miles inland from Deal a few times - enough for the schools to close. This was in the 80's though!

[Woollymummy]

Staring out the window towards the East, I see there is a bank of cloud approaching but a great big patch of clear blue sky coming first, I have not seen that all day. Took the washing in, nicely freeze dried and stiff.

[lawrenk]

2 minutes ago, steveinsussex said:

All over here, another 0.1mm on the floor

Take care out on the roads Steve.

[NO LONGER POSTING]

white out now and settling fast! Looks fantastic on radar with more filling in over places that missed out