South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion February 2021 onwards

[UKSupercell]

44 minutes ago, kold weather said:

I'm honestly not convinced,

1: Any precip tonight is going to be real weak here, I suppose we might scrape a slight dusting from it but lets not pretend thats some sort of victory, its not.

2: I don't think there is enough instablity to get a true streamer this far west without it starting to rapidly decay, and I don't see any signs its going to be that potent sadly. Its not going Feb 91/09 for sure in our neck of the woods. Probably dandruff snow and cloud whilst 10-20 miles upstream will be proper coverings

3: We are highly likely to be too far east, I reckon it will be lucky to get past Somerset, they usually don't make it this far east when facing down a strong block.

Sorry that sounds bleak I know, but I'm not really seeing much to be positive with. The areas of snow that the models bring through look weaker in reality at the moment than forecasted by the high resolution models. For example the band to our west gives 1cm to our region on ARPEGE. No chance thats happening.

1. At present it looks like you're right. But I'll hold you to it! 

2. Some of the snow charts from the last few days seem to suggest there may be snow round here, but we'll find out soon. 

3. I'm not so sure, but you're probably right. 

Cold and cloudy this week then I guess. Just like late Dec early Jan. Yawn! 

[Southender]

I asked the question 

Edited February 7, 2021 by Southender

[NYCSnow]

Not sure if you can call it a streamer but we’re under that thin line of light snow snow just west of London which is now starting to lightly cover the rooftops and cars. Not great but best it’s been all day! 

[yamkin]

Been snowing here non stop since 7am. Still snowing and sticking to everything. Gritters are out in force

[Jason M]

Sky cleared here for about 10 mins and temp plummeted. There has been water on next doors flat roof all day, but it froze in 10 mins flat. Maybe it will just now tip the balance to allow anything that falls to settle.

[Howie]

Well I've been sat here complaining and just peaked out the window to see white

[Edwardmjg]

We have between 16cm and 20cm in the Elham valley and it’s still snowing. Easily the biggest snow event here since March 2013.

[Neilsouth]

13 minutes ago, DAVE_ALLEN said:

Wind at City Airport has veered 50o Between NE and ENE any streamers will head more towards London, and Surrey and Kent away from the kent coast.. imo.

Wind is still veering mostly NE, not due to change to atleast the early hours

[LightningLover]

@classylady It’s started snowing again! Looks like we could get further top ups tonight

[Natty68]

Took these pictures just now, mainly for proof to myself that it had snowed if it has all disappeared tomorrow morning..lol

[Robster]

Certainly is coming down hard in Norwich at the moment. Roads and pavements are now being covered. 

[kold weather]

Just now, Edwardmjg said:

We have between 16cm and 20cm in the Elham valley and it’s still snowing. Easily the biggest snow event here since March 2013.

I suspect by the end of tomorrow there will be plenty of parts around the amber warning that will have similar amounts. You may well be on for 30cms, I'm sure someone will end up getting in that ballpark.

 

[Howie]

Edmonton, North London

[Biggin]

13 minutes ago, Southender said:

NE’ly staying until tomorrow evening I think. Well that’s what the METO app says. Hardly reliable I know!

Talking of wind

 

 

[Gonzolio Martinez]

Just now, Robster said:

Certainly is coming down hard in Norwich at the moment. Roads and pavements are now being covered. 

Yeah, it's odd as the radar has us in a clear spot. Only small flakes though still, just lots of them.

[IanT]

4 minutes ago, NYCSnow said:

Not sure if you can call it a streamer but we’re under that thin line of light snow snow just west of London which is now starting to lightly cover the rooftops and cars. Not great but best it’s been all day! 

I call that a streamer.

[Delka]

Just now, Robster said:

Certainly is coming down hard in Norwich at the moment. Roads and pavements are now being covered. 

would love to know why the radar is doing such a bad job over Norfolk currently, but nice to hear that Norwich is finally in on the action!

been light snow in Dereham for over an hour now from a stream of showers, can't help but think no matter how much falls now the roads are going to be treacherous now its decided to stick on them!

[Hotspur62]

Well we ended with about 5cms in Locksbottom by 6pm so delighted with that and it matches BFTE 2018.All a matter of luck with streamers that will continue till about midday Tuesday if forecasts are right.Our heaviest snow was between about 2.30-4pm when the majority of snow fell.

Temp now -1.5 and dropped below zero from about 7am this morning so claiming it as an ice day
 

Good luck to those who haven’t seen snow today and really hope showers overnight and tomorrow penetrate further inland .

 

stay safe

[Sparky68]

its trying to snow here, catch the odd flake on the cameras.

[Captain Shortwave]

19 minutes ago, FetchCB said:

Funnily enough the met office app (yes I know) has us having heavy snow overnight and into tomorrow morning 

The fax charts have convergence zones in and around the Wash and I'm wondering if that is what is forming off the coast of North Norfolk. 

As the temps drop inland that feature could penetrate further inland. 

Of course now that has been signalled by the Met Office app it won't happen

Fax charts picking these up for tomorrow night, Tuesday and indeed Wednesday 

      

  

This suggests reasonable chances for a good chunk of East Anglia over the coming days, in fact the Euro 4 gives a covering for most of East Anglia (Some parts seeing over 10cm). Areas south west of London appear to struggle though.

End of run

Yes the model shows higher than I have stated, but at this moment it is better to be conservative and then be delighted if some spots see big totals. Still a solid 72 hours (Eastern parts probably the full amount of time, western parts probably seeing conditions turn sunnier through Wednesday).

Edited February 7, 2021 by Captain Shortwave

[DAVE_ALLEN]

5 minutes ago, yamkin said:

Been snowing here non stop since 7am. Still snowing and sticking to everything. Gritters are out in force

They've chucked so much grit in our street, its deeper than the snowgrains.. Grrrr.

[Wonderland]

3 minutes ago, Gonzolio Martinez said:

Yeah, it's odd as the radar has us in a clear spot. Only small flakes though still, just lots of them.

It is odd, and was the same earlier as well.

[hurricane-anna]

Oh streamer out in north norfolk please please come here... must be mad but spent the last 2 hours in the garden sleeves rolled up soaking wet cleaning and refilling my hot tub soo gonna get my ass out there in an hour or 2 when its finished filling up for an ice cold beer and a couple of jagerbombs... snow falling whilst I'm in there would just be the cherry on the top of a bloody cold knackeringafternoon... please please weather gods... I'm not greedy... just some falling snow

[Mark wheeler]

Epic scenes in Chessington  now .

Edited February 7, 2021 by Mark wheeler

[lawrenk]

3 minutes ago, Natty68 said:

Bit worried about the snow east of me on the map, it looks like it could be pretty deep.

 

If it snows all night I dread to think how deep it'll be in the morning. Pretty but deep.

I think you’ll find quite a few on here would like to have that problem.

Light snow again here, that isnt really adding much to what’s still on the ground. Hoping it might pep up somewhat during the evening and night.

Regardless, we’ve done OK here today, not as much as I’d hoped but not bad compared to some who’ve missed out so far.