South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion February 2021 onwards

[Maidstone marginal]

1 minute ago, Snowflake Queen said:

When was the last time we saw that ? Genuine question btw 

Feb 2009 and maybe Jan 2010 also

 

[Flaked Queen]

Honestly can’t remember if it did much for me ( Uxbridge)

[Maidstone marginal]

1 minute ago, Snowflake Queen said:

Honestly can’t remember if it did much for me ( Uxbridge)

The Feb 09 event was in a narrow corridor from the far north west of Kent and maybe south Essex, through south London and into central and west Surrey like leatherhead for example 

[Stabilo19]

Well the GFS is suggesting most parts of the region could be below freezing from 6am Sunday until 6pm Thursday (!!) along with windchills of -6°C to -10°C most of the time.  

And there are hints of a delayed breakdown in the MAD thread. This could become a memorable spell of cold weather if we can improve on the longevity! 

[Flaked Queen]

1 minute ago, Maidstone marginal said:

The Feb 09 event was in a narrow corridor from the far north west of Kent and maybe south Essex, through south London and into central and west Surrey like leatherhead for example 

Somewhere in my pics I have my children ( all now adults ) after a huge snow event and a huge snowman ️ 

[Big Dave]

21 minutes ago, yamkin said:

Croydon Council have been updated with very interesting snow amounts too.

Snow will continue through much of Sunday and some locations will get 15 cm (5.9 inches). Snow showers during Monday & Tuesday with a further 4 cm (1.6 inches) in places. Temps will struggle to rise above freezing during the day.

Gritters/gritting teams are all primed and ready to go from Saturday evening.

Please bear in mind that Croydon Council are expecting the rain to quickly turn to snow during Saturday night.

Been cautious ever since getting caught with pants down in 2010

[Maidstone marginal]

2 minutes ago, Snowflake Queen said:

Somewhere in my pics I have my children ( all now adults ) after a huge snow event and a huge snowman ️ 

Well it's hard to say when your big snow event was. You need to narrow the timescale 

[Lauren]

I will remain healthily pessimistic but this is the best it's looked so far for Medway IMO this whole winter.

[Flaked Queen]

Just now, Maidstone marginal said:

Well it's hard to say when your big snow event was. You need to narrow the timescale 

I know hence why I’m looking for my snow pic on here ... bare with !

 

[Flaked Queen]

Found it !!

[Maidstone marginal]

4 minutes ago, Lauren said:

I will remain healthily pessimistic but this is the best it's looked so far for Medway IMO this whole winter.

Detling hill may do ok providing there's precipitation. Same on Boxley downs. Maidstone town centre and the low parts of Chatham and Rochester,, it's to be confirmed.

[Uxbridge90]

So more importantly, where is the socially distanced SE & EA regional snow fight happening on Sunday then? 

[jamesgold]

4 minutes ago, Uxbridge90 said:

Some very optimistic and unrealistic predictions from them!

40cm in London everyone !!

[Oaks]

This is looking good for me

 

[Snowman31]

I'm beginning to think the Snow on Sunday is going to miss us. Keeps moving south and east. Will be in France by the time Sunday arrives. 

[Maidstone marginal]

Just now, Uxbridge90 said:

So more importantly, where is the socially distanced SE & EA regional snow fight happening on Sunday then? 

Hastingleigh near Ashford. It always wins on the snow front 

[SnowBear]

12 minutes ago, Snowflake Queen said:

Found it !!

Hopefully if we get a decent dumping you can finally beat your record? Lol

[Flaked Queen]

Night all happy snow chasing ️️️ Hope you all get a good pounding of snow and lots of snow Pics

[Nick F]

Nice upgrade to the depth of cold from 18z GFS across SE England, with a finger of -10C T850s, the model playing catch up with EC and UKMO which were already showing these values on their earlier runs.

[Paul Sherman]

7 minutes ago, jamesgold said:

40cm in London everyone !!

Lol ridiculous estimates

[Nick L]

(Michael Fish style)...Needless to say we're not going to be seeing a foot of snow across the SE in the next couple of days, but having that said that we should see some decent snow cover by Monday morning 

EC is a bit underwhelming for my neck of the woods, GFS is my best friend tonight, always thought that was the best model... 

[lassie23]

35 minutes ago, Snowflake Queen said:

Honestly can’t remember if it did much for me ( Uxbridge)

is Uxbridge a snow shield 

[chionomaniac]

2 minutes ago, Paul Sherman said:

Lol ridiculous estimates

Haha

[snowblind]

Just a little bit of advice to keep you all warm. If, as seems likely, large parts of the region remain below freezing from Saturday night until Wednesday or Thursday next week, I would advise anyone who has a condensing boiler with a condensate pipe that runs outside, to lag it properly. I found out that mine wasn't during the BFTE in 2018. It froze and stopped the boiler from working. I managed to defrost it eventually but it had knackered the boiler and I had to wait 3 days for an engineer to get it going again, not fun.

It's a thin plastic pipe, about 1cm in diameter, that runs from the boiler to the nearest drain and takes condensation away from the boiler. Even if you think yours is lagged check it for any gaps or broken lagging. It doesn't take much to freeze it so put the thickest lagging you can fit around it.

Edited February 4, 2021 by snowblind

[snowblind]

13 minutes ago, jamesgold said:

40cm in London everyone !!