South East, London and East Anglia regional discussion - 8th February onwards

[Coopsy]

@alexisj9youre looking good from the green blob incoming 

[Neilsouth]

Heavy snow shower just went through Herne Bay, through Canterbury

[pureasthedriven]

5 minutes ago, wintermaster said:

Well I’m 1 mile from Horley it’s snowing. Check your lamppost

Snowy weather says the same. Nothin here! 

[pinball wizard]

11 minutes ago, Arrows1986 said:

27cm on the table.  Very impressed and hopefully abit more. Im hoping those home grown showers give us a little bit

Which bit of Ipswich are you? I'm going to do a final measure tomorrow morning..

[steveinsussex]

11 minutes ago, chionomaniac said:

Interestingly, the light snow/ snizzle has picked up in intensity inland across the region south of the Thames in the last half hour. Don’t mind that trend

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Snowing in EG

[ITSY]

Another garbage night. Snow showers always fizzle out after thetford. I’ve never seen it snow So lightly for so long whilst accumulating To nothing! Not sure what torment is worse - snow in cambridge or arsenal on a weekend! 

[craigore]

3 minutes ago, Neilsouth said:

Heavy snow shower just went through Herne Bay, through Canterbury

Yep we had it first in Thanet . Filled all the foot prints and recovered the roads..

-3.3c.

[yamkin]

 

[Met4Cast]

As this band dies away hopefully we see an hour or two of clear skies edging in to allow temperatures to plummet. 

I love nights like this! Waiting to see whether or not a Thames streamer fires into action, wind direction & depth of cold both look good for it and some high-res models are certainly suggesting the possibility too, somewhat surprised there isn't a Met Amber warning out, I guess that's mainly down to the uncertainty though, when these things go right they can deliver incredibly well.

[Arrows1986]

2 minutes ago, pinball wizard said:

Which bit of Ipswich are you? I'm going to do a final measure tomorrow morning..

Over SW next to gypswick Park 

[Sno' problem]

I haven't had a chance to look at the models or forecasts, but having just got home, the wind seems to have switched to more of an ENE'ly, perfect conditions for a Thames streamer to form. Radar looking good in the Thames Estuary too. Is it just me?

[Captain Shortwave]

7 minutes ago, Sparky68 said:

This coming off the wash Matt ?

Seems to be coming more from north Norfolk rather than a convergence off the Wash. It looks a bit more hopeful for western parts of the region on the radar. Don’t expect much but possibly most might end up waking to a dusting of snow.

[Sno' problem]

3 minutes ago, yamkin said:

 

Exactly what I was hoping for. Nice!

Just now, Djdazzle said:

The convection in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and Suffolk is quite meagre.

It can change in an instant with the right conditions and they seem to be almost there. Worth keeping an eye on the radar, things can change very quickly.

Edited February 8, 2021 by Sno' problem

[Djdazzle]

1 minute ago, yamkin said:

 

The convection in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and Suffolk is quite meagre.

[snowy weather]

Hammering it down in Crawley

I think tomorow will be a surprise to many. 

[chionomaniac]

Well hopefully when I get up a streamer has formed to surprise me. No doubt my snow body clock will ensure I wake up and check a few times during the night. 

[jamesgold]

Need some more convection to start happening please, I guess we have a while for this streamer to set up. I might go to bed now and wake up early

[pureasthedriven]

1 minute ago, snowy weather said:

Hammering it down in Crawley

I think tomorow will be a surprise to many. 

Hammering?! I can cope with snow reports across the region when it’s Essex or Suffolk but not when it’s one mile away!

[Bradley in Kent]

A good day for snow lovers in the Maidstone area, in fact, more has come down today!

Been very cold all day, where even snow settling between bricks or on car doors has stayed put; normally those melt a few hours after.

Had a couple hours of moderate snow this evening with bigger flakes and have at long last reached 5cm (the threshold for that amber warning). 

Everything is now properly covered, so I can now sign this off as a complete and successful snow event ❄ 

Edited February 8, 2021 by Bradley in Kent

[Ice Day]

2 minutes ago, chionomaniac said:

Well hopefully when I get up a streamer has formed to surprise me. No doubt my snow body clock will ensure I wake up and check a few times during the night. 

Not just me then?! These 4.00am check ins are killing me 

[Karmamel]

22 minutes ago, Jamie M said:

Can hear it falling. Probably the last shower for here as the energy goes.

 

Did I miss it in whitstable

[Jackski4]

Latest forecast on bbc London news has a streamer setting up from 1AM until 6AM over Essex. Showers before and after.

[Nick F]

Haven't seen the sun in 2 days, usually in a convective easterly you get some sunshine between the snow showers, that's something that's been a miss.

A lot of showers gathering out in the south North Sea, hopefully a good onen for later...

[alexisj9]

14 minutes ago, Coopsy said:

@alexisj9youre looking good from the green blob incoming 

Yep that was lovely, and looking at radar perhaps a lot more behind it, hopefully it should pep up a bit.

[fatyido]

9 minutes ago, ITSY said:

Another garbage night. Snow showers always fizzle out after thetford. I’ve never seen it snow So lightly for so long whilst accumulating To nothing! Not sure what torment is worse - snow in cambridge or arsenal on a weekend! 

I feel your pain. I’m even further west in St Neots and it’s so frustrating to see all the reports coming in of heavy settling snow, when we’re just getting pointless light flakes blowing around in the wind.