South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion January 2021 onwards

[Blazerblue]

Used to have a path here, but in the last few weeks it’s been impassable as soon as we get rain.  Knee height, even in wellies can’t get through. Takes days to recede and then it starts all over again. Surrounded by fields that are also under water, nowhere for it all to drain. 

[Frostbite1980]

The odd splodge of wintriness in hertfordshire...gutted the precip is dying out 

Edited January 14, 2021 by Frostbite1980

[alexisj9]

Temps are finally below 2 lol, only just, and so far not enough for even sleet.

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Not that it will be much use but it does look like many of us will see falling snow Saturday morning with breif accumulations before it turns to rain.. Better chance further east 

[NewEra21]

4 minutes ago, clark3r said:

This winter is frustrating, reason why, it’s been colder than recent winters so far, up north they’ve been getting snow, here we have had cold rain and frosts, I don’t see much changing going forward at the moment

Yep. it's been all the more frustrating as we've had no raging PV all winter so far basically, plus we've had decent synoptics and patterns we'd bite your hand off for most winters. Unfortunately the cold just hasn't been there with them.

This winter just feels like such a wasted opportunity, so many things in our favour and yet nothing will just fall right for us. The only hope is that with further SSWs to come, something will finally shift the puzzle pieces around and we'll finally get a proper cold shot. Without all of this marginal, cold wet stuff.

[SHM040519]

Just now, Surrey said:

Not that it will be much use but it does look like many of us will see falling snow Saturday morning with breif accumulations before it turns to rain.. Better chance further east 

There’s still time for changes. Today changed rapidly for people up north! Let’s see where we are this time tomorrow! Today has been sooooo terrible here! Flooding  everywhere 

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Sorry to add to above post...

 

Isn't February and March our snowiest months? 

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Just now, Ben Capee McInnes said:

There’s still time for changes. Today changed rapidly for people up north! Let’s see where we are this time tomorrow! Today has been sooooo terrible here! Flooding  everywhere 

Yes I think places like Surrey hills, downs etc may get a few cm 

[Frostbite1980]

3 minutes ago, Surrey said:

Sorry to add to above post...

 

Isn't February and March our snowiest months? 

If conditions allow like always 

[londonblizzard]

Actually a little intensification of the precip north of london over the home counties as it's making its way down towards London. For londoners, could the timing of temperatures also lowering poooossibly favour some of this turning to snow by the time it gets to us? ramp over

[stainesbloke]

2 hours ago, Paul Sherman said:

And even in Dallas where snow is pretty rare they made the most of Snowman Building 

Love this picture from a Friend who lives East of Dallas 

 

My brother lives in Austin, Texas and they had an inch of snow a few days ago. Quite unusual there

Edited January 14, 2021 by stainesbloke

[Jason M]

2 minutes ago, Surrey said:

Sorry to add to above post...

 

Isn't February and March our snowiest months? 

These days July usually has as many days with falling snow as December and January.

[Frostbite1980]

14 minutes ago, Tim Bland said:

Wet snow Stevenage DP 0.5 temp 1c

Thats optimistic mate wouldnt call it wet snow at all unless you are in a different part of Stevenage? 

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1 minute ago, Frostbite1980 said:

If conditions allow like always 

Yeah I think reason being is because feb and March are typical battleground and slider heaven if you get it right because the sea Temps are at the lowest there is less mixing. 

Have to get the setup bang on though 

[Hurricane Debby]

Thank god it's stopped raining. This is the most miserable and depressing winter ever.

[Southender]

This has to be one of the wettest opening 2 week January periods ever. Think we’ve had around 50mm+ already. Doesn’t get much worse than this. Plenty more to come next 10 days as well by the looks of it

[Bogman]

3 minutes ago, Frostbite1980 said:

Thats optimistic mate wouldnt call it wet snow at all unless you are in a different part of Stevenage? 

Drizzle, again, in Potters Bar. 

Will be heading back to Codicote in an hour. Expect drizzle there to, not snow.

[Frostbite1980]

19 minutes ago, Bogman said:

Drizzle, again, in Potters Bar. 

Will be heading back to Codicote in an hour. Expect drizzle there to, not snow.

I would still rain hede with the odd wintry splash 

[PLANET THANET]

hi there

  just thought I would repost this link that a person posted earlier and I have gone on it and just had a snow fix !!!!

Webcams – Settle and Carlisle Railway Trust

SETTLECARLISLETRUST.ORG.UK

 

[Mark]

24 minutes ago, londonblizzard said:

Actually a little intensification of the precip north of london over the home counties as it's making its way down towards London. For londoners, could the timing of temperatures also lowering poooossibly favour some of this turning to snow by the time it gets to us? ramp over

I thought that. The precip type view on the radar doesn't give a good view of the intensity

[londonblizzard]

1 minute ago, Mark said:

I thought that. The precip type view on the radar doesn't give a good view of the intensity

now it's over me. pure rain

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20 minutes ago, Southender said:

This has to be one of the wettest opening 2 week January periods ever. Think we’ve had around 50mm+ already. Doesn’t get much worse than this. Plenty more to come next 10 days as well by the looks of it

This is the issue with any SSW while some deliver you could end up on the wrong side of things and get a serious amount of rain/snow or dry weather.. It totally depends how the bits fall into place and if it benefits us for colder weather.. 

[Nimbusman]

2 minutes ago, PLANET THANET said:

hi there

  just thought I would repost this link that a person posted earlier and I have gone on it and just had a snow fix !!!!

Webcams – Settle and Carlisle Railway Trust

SETTLECARLISLETRUST.ORG.UK

 

Absolutely still belting down there, be handy for next week when they get another dumping. This is what it’s come to... desperate vicarious snow fixes!

[Bradley in Kent]

2 minutes ago, Frostbite1980 said:

I would still rain hede with the odd wintry splash 

'the odd wintry splash'... Haha, I can see that becoming a normal expression in years to come when Northerly to Easterly winds no longer deliver snow... 

[Frostbite1980]

4 minutes ago, Bradley in Kent said:

'the odd wintry splash'... Haha, I can see that becoming a normal expression in years to come when Northerly to Easterly winds no longer deliver snow... 

Just glad im moving to lincolnshire in a cpuple of weeks... mifht give me a bit of a chance