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  • Location: Mill Corner East Sussex, 55m asl
  • Weather Preferences: snow,thunder,tornados
  • Location: Mill Corner East Sussex, 55m asl
1 minute ago, James Gold said:

We’re not in a great place for northerly winds in terms of snow are we?

Sometimes we do ok,but it's a north east wind for me

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  • Location: Caterham-on-the-hill, Surrey, 190m asl (home), Heathrow (work)
  • Location: Caterham-on-the-hill, Surrey, 190m asl (home), Heathrow (work)
1 minute ago, James Gold said:

We’re not in a great place for northerly winds in terms of snow are we?

Sometimes they can deliver, even in early April, 6th April 2008 a good example where parts of the SE saw 5-10cm from snow moving south during the day too. Northerlies generally become the coldest source as we head into April as the continent to the east warms up but arctic stays cold.

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  • Location: Saltdean,Nr Brighton,East Sussex,Hither Green,SE London.
  • Location: Saltdean,Nr Brighton,East Sussex,Hither Green,SE London.
30 minutes ago, Nick F said:

Sometimes they can deliver, even in early April, 6th April 2008 a good example where parts of the SE saw 5-10cm from snow moving south during the day too. Northerlies generally become the coldest source as we head into April as the continent to the east warms up but arctic stays cold.

Remember it well.Think it was a Sunday.A band of snow worked in during the afternoon.Temperatures in Hastings were -1c at 3pm! Snowfall on the beach and a very decent fall of snow that lasted well into the following day.

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  • Location: Croydon. South London. 161 ft asl
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms, snow, warm sunny days.
  • Location: Croydon. South London. 161 ft asl
1 hour ago, DonnaThw said:

sleeping again young man ???????

I know, but I'm always tired :sorry:

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  • Location: Caterham-on-the-hill, Surrey, 190m asl (home), Heathrow (work)
  • Location: Caterham-on-the-hill, Surrey, 190m asl (home), Heathrow (work)

Still some grass in the garden covered in snow in the shade of the front north side of the house and also back south side shaded by trees and fence, Sun pretty much made easy work of unshaded snow but temps not high enough today to melt shaded snow.

Drove past Biggin Hill airfield earlier and there were some largish drifts that were piling over into the side of the main road that runs past the end of the runway, where it is very exposed to the wind blowing down the runway from the east.

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  • Location: Cheddington, Buckinghamshire
  • Weather Preferences: Winter: Cold & Snowy, Summer: Just not hot
  • Location: Cheddington, Buckinghamshire

Got a nice sugar dusting here in Bucks.

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I think this front sums up the last x2 beasts from here -

Never totally unlucky in terms of missing out but always to North / south / east / west of all the decent ( yellow & orange snow )

Always just persistent averageness !

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  • Location: Cheddington, Buckinghamshire
  • Weather Preferences: Winter: Cold & Snowy, Summer: Just not hot
  • Location: Cheddington, Buckinghamshire
3 minutes ago, Steve Murr said:

I think this front sums up the last x2 beasts from here -

Never totally unlucky in terms of missing out but always to North / south / east / west of all the decent ( yellow & orange snow )

Always just persistent averageness !

It's been like Dec 2010 for me, very notable cold but meh in terms of snow amounts. Although having said that, I loved the dry snow, never had that before and never seen proper drifting before either. Plus the number of days of snow falling this month have been pretty impressive.

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Just now, Nick L said:

It's been like Dec 2010 for me, very notable cold but meh in terms of snow amounts. Although having said that, I loved the dry snow, never had that before and never seen proper drifting before either. Plus the number of days of snow falling this month have been pretty impressive.

17cm beast 1

7cm beast 2 sounds a great haul - but compared with the synoptics especially beast 2 up until about T-36/48 when the upper air cold pool was progged to cross Kent I was expecting 20-30cm-

Then radar watching it all just miss ( is being on the periphery ) is bloody annoying !

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  • Location: Rotherhithe, 5.8M ASL
  • Location: Rotherhithe, 5.8M ASL
Just now, Steve Murr said:

Daniel how do you get 5 min intervals on home & dry - I only get 15?

Settings and help you can choose 

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  • Location: Rotherhithe, 5.8M ASL
  • Location: Rotherhithe, 5.8M ASL

Pretty sure it’s raining. Great! 

Temp has risen a fair bit 2.5C dew point good issue too light.

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  • Location: Cheddington, Buckinghamshire
  • Weather Preferences: Winter: Cold & Snowy, Summer: Just not hot
  • Location: Cheddington, Buckinghamshire
Just now, Steve Murr said:

Officially signing off For Winter 17/18 ( unless something outrageous happens )

An Apt pic of my sons sledge with the last dusting...

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Until the Nuisance from the North over the Easter weekend...

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18 minutes ago, Steve Murr said:

Officially signing off For Winter 17/18 ( unless something outrageous happens )

An Apt pic of my sons sledge with the last dusting...

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You have said this before only to appear a week later-with that in mind you will be back at Easter

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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.
42 minutes ago, Nick L said:

Until the Nuisance from the North over the Easter weekend...

Hi Nick,

If it were to be a 2 day northerly "toppler", how about The "Dwarf from the North". And remember, if we start to see depressions rolling of the Atlantic, giving a cool, unsettled start to Summer. Will it be the "Pest from the West"? I shall have to patent that. You heard it here first, on Net Weather!!:D

Regards,

Tom.

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  • Location: Greatstone, Romney Marsh, Kent
  • Location: Greatstone, Romney Marsh, Kent

Early red sky at dawn has quickly given way to some light showery rain, the wind has fallen light and both the temperature and DP are positive. Back to some kind of normality at last down here on the coast of Kent :)

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  • Location: Folkestone, Kent 101ft/30m ASL
  • Location: Folkestone, Kent 101ft/30m ASL

Morning

As the sun didn’t come out yesterday we kept the snow from Saturday and Sunday (all 5cm of it) but sleet here already making light work of what was left on grass and sheds etc.

Some impressive icicles from this which is something I haven’t seen for a few years!

Also, I should say we also didn’t benefit greatly from good snow cover with either event. An inch or so at most from the first beast and two inches (on non concrete surfaces) from this one. Heavy snow was always a few miles to every direction but here! 

Encouraging signs of winters cooling again though as per 2009/2010 etc? We will see...

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