South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion Sept 2019 onwards

[Zak M]

Some sleet is falling in the rain over parts of Luton and the surrounding areas

[Dami]

9 hours ago, lassie23 said:

Looking for some warm sunshine now, snow can wait until next winter.

quite lass. I think it is a done deal now. 

Here's to the thunder i won't get either.

[Bogman]

13 minutes ago, Dami said:

quite lass. I think it is a done deal now. 

Here's to the thunder i won't get either.

 

[SMU]

52 minutes ago, Zak M said:

Some sleet is falling in the rain over parts of Luton and the surrounding areas

I just walked out of work wondering if I could see some flakes on way home over the tops

[Wimbledon88]

That system quite a bit further north than forecast. Another soggy morning. 6c. March certainly carrying on where February left off. Wet spring ahead i reckon. 

Edited March 5, 2020 by Wimbledon88

[snowrye]

Unbelievably its raining

[sunnijim]

Some sleet in the mix here with elevation up on the Sussex Downs.

Apart from some hail showers the first wintriness this Winter here( although technically Spring)

[Pistebasher]

Gfs had this rain forecast for last two days albeit a little earlier for landfall, Met office didnt and now issue a yellow.....

Edited March 5, 2020 by Pistebasher
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[Kentish Man]

2 hours ago, Wimbledon88 said:

That system quite a bit further north than forecast. Another soggy morning. 6c. March certainly carrying on where February left off. Wet spring ahead i reckon. 

It's not the first time the forecast for "southern counties" is a bit off to put it kindly. If you listened to BBC forecasters bleating how this would be a much better week last Sunday you'd be forgiven for wondering why this is possibly going to turn out the wettest week of all down here just without the wind.  

[Wimbledon88]

18 minutes ago, Kentish Man said:

It's not the first time the forecast for "southern counties" is a bit off to put it kindly. If you listened to BBC forecasters bleating how this would be a much better week last Sunday you'd be forgiven for wondering why this is possibly going to turn out the wettest week of all down here just without the wind.  

They ie MET etc just cant seem to get a handle on systems moving through the channel. Never have been able to. Very strange in this day and age. Just lmagine if the temps ans DPs were 6 degrees lower!

[SMU]

We were supposed to be on the periphery but its tracked about 20 miles further north so its lashing down here

sods law - on the periphery for rain & it goes North > predicted snow & it would have gone south.

5c & horrific out there

[alexisj9]

3 hours ago, Wimbledon88 said:

That system quite a bit further north than forecast. Another soggy morning. 6c. March certainly carrying on where February left off. Wet spring ahead i reckon. 

Yep raining cats and dogs here, was expecting some on the North edge drizzle. 

[Froze were the Days]

Wrong forecast, last night forecast had this rain skirting along the channel coasts...so we now have another dreadful day to look forward to. The last 6 months seem like an ongoing meteorological nightmare!

[alexisj9]

1 minute ago, Froze were the Days said:

Wrong forecast, last night forecast had this rain skirting along the channel coasts...so we now have another dreadful day to look forward to. The last 6 months seem like an ongoing meteorological nightmare!

So did this mornings on itv. 

[Neilsouth]

Just now, Froze were the Days said:

Wrong forecast, last night forecast had this rain skirting along the channel coasts...so we now have another dreadful day to look forward to. The last 6 months seem like an ongoing meteorological nightmare!

Agreed! 

Bar the odd day, it's been raining with a constant wind since October! Really depressing and **** , I can't remember it being like this for many years  

[snowrye]

Another channel low without decent cold air in place, would have been epic, cmon spring, hurry up please

[NO LONGER POSTING]

1 hour ago, Pistebasher said:

Gfs had this rain forecast for last two days albeit a little earlier for landfall, Met office didnt and now issue a yellow.....

Yep.. It's true GFS had this spot on for a few days. 

Back tracked to southern solution that the high res was showing then went back to original plan.. 

[Froze were the Days]

11 minutes ago, snowrye said:

Another channel low without decent cold air in place, would have been epic, cmon spring, hurry up please

Because there is consistent low pressure everywhere in the Atlantic...omnipresent low pressure near Iceland/Greenland, you're never going to get any depth of cold with LP always in that vicinity.

Also noticed the North Atlantic SST profiles is cold again which has been the case since 2013, we really need the area south of Greenland to Iceland to be warmer than average which sometimes alludes to heights being set up.

Edited March 5, 2020 by Froze were the Days

[lawrenk]

Dreadful morning here in East Sussex.

Would have been epic had cold air been in place and this was all snow but, of course, the precipitation would have come nowhere near us if that was the case.

[Wimbledon88]

Torrential rain now in the capital. 

Temp down to 5c.

[Dami]

Bit of a breeze and cloud. some light rain.

That's the post.

 

[Mac_SE]

Properly unpleasant out there. At least the more recent rain was accompanied by mild, this is just properly cold and wet.

Any sign of the HP that was mooted last week to dry things up from next Sunday?

[snowray]

1 hour ago, Froze were the Days said:

Because there is consistent low pressure everywhere in the Atlantic...omnipresent low pressure near Iceland/Greenland, you're never going to get any depth of cold with LP always in that vicinity.

Also noticed the North Atlantic SST profiles is cold again which has been the case since 2013, we really need the area south of Greenland to Iceland to be warmer than average which sometimes alludes to heights being set up.

Undoubtedly Met Office would have been spot on and it would have missed us completely if it had been cold enough for snow.

[Wimbledon88]

12 minutes ago, Mac_SE said:

Properly unpleasant out there. At least the more recent rain was accompanied by mild, this is just properly cold and wet.

Any sign of the HP that was mooted last week to dry things up from next Sunday?

Nope, according to the 10 day forcast from the MET, another 10 days of very wet unsettled weather. Then avain, they said today would be dry so who knows.

[TROY]

Well its like a mid winter day here in East Dene. Cold Dark and wet. Moderate to Heavy rain Dull skies. Temp only 6c Thats 46 F.  But The good thing is there is no wind. Straight down rain. A Day too stay indoors with a roaring log fire. A Tipple or two. Reading some very old Dandy comics.