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

[snowbob]

1 minute ago, tight isobar said:

Don’t give up the ghost !! The vents are looking great for the region.. and a pack of shower activity ..the N-Sea is primmed.. and some danish.. almost systematic like feature making eyes for our shores!! .. the potential tonight is good =v-good!

If only mate

the returns always look good

just never materialises

great spell for cold

but snow a no show 

surely a great easterly is when the whole region gets pasted 

just my thoughts

[craigore]

34 minutes ago, chionomaniac said:

II’ve had a look at UKV tonight. Suggestion is that as the wind swings more NE a convergence zone pivots from the Thames estuary southwards, so the band will move southward at the westerly point as the night progresses. By midday tomorrow the pivot should be from the estuary to Brighton before moving even further east during the afternoon. So those areas in the pivot zone should get some snow depending upon the strength of the convergence and wind strength.  Perhaps 2-5 cm in some areas.

The last chance saloon for these areas methinks

I thought East kent/Kent was more in the firing line tmrow wth that convergence along wth east sussex.?

[Daniel*]

And it still doesn’t want to settle lol!

 

[Icebox]

24 minutes ago, snowrye said:

Anybody know what this bright echo, to the east of margate is, it's been there for hours, never moves, just shows up.with variable intensity

Thanet wind farm.

[tight isobar]

2 minutes ago, snowbob said:

If only mate

the returns always look good

just never materialises

great spell for cold

but snow a no show 

surely a great easterly is when the whole region gets pasted 

just my thoughts

I’ll agree mate.. it’s been underwhelming for a large part .. but still some fuel in the tank... imo!!!

[craigore]

25 minutes ago, snowrye said:

Anybody know what this bright echo, to the east of margate is, it's been there for hours, never moves, just shows up.with variable intensity

Annoying isnt it..

Was there all day yesterday. Kept thinking I was gonna get heavier ppn..

 

Soon realized theres an issue.. 

[Mal_UK]

Snowed quite heavily here around half an hour ago, enough to redust my car which was completely clear after my drive this afternoon.  Still snowing but eased off a bit. 

[turkishfella]

Another winter, another disappointment here in Brighton

[nobble]

You guys are a lot nearer the sea than me 

don’t give up , I’ve nearly had 2 cm from a streamer tonight

[chionomaniac]

21 minutes ago, Tim Bland said:

Not buying GFSp for the weekend and Monday then Chino? 

Nope. I don’t rule that out, more that that scenario is too far away for close short term analysis. 

[Marie]

5 minutes ago, turkishfella said:

Another winter, another disappointment here in Brighton

Try and be positive , we saw snow , it’s been better than the last few years . I know it’s frustrating but fingers crossed tomorrow might give us a bit more  

[chionomaniac]

16 minutes ago, craigore said:

I thought East kent/Kent was more in the firing line tmrow wth that convergence along wth east sussex.?

Yep, agree with that at cz drops south

[chionomaniac]

1 minute ago, Marie said:

Try and be positive , we saw snow , it’s been better than the last few years . I know it’s frustrating but fingers crossed tomorrow might give us a bit more  

Yep marie, and Brighton still has a fair chance tomorrow of an unexpected snowfall from the dropping convergence zone.  Another day of radar watching

[alexisj9]

The feature now shows on radar as light snow in places moving north.

[UKSupercell]

Any possibility of snow in East Hants tonight? 

Woke up this morn to another dusting, more than Monday's too. Very white everywhere but polystyrene really. Half of it was gone though by close of play today, with the slight sunshine we had this afternoon, despite being bitterly cold (I would know, I was working outside in it!) 

Be nice to wake up to an actual light covering at the very least, something made of actual flakes.....Not that see any chance of any streamers down here reaching these parts "west." 

Perhaps the weekend will be better.....

[alexisj9]

3 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

The feature now shows on radar as light snow in places moving north.

At least I think it'll keep moving north, but the ppn is moving with the wind.

[chionomaniac]

Keeping an eye on another possible unforecast convergence zone developing between Tenterden and burgess Hill on last few radar runs.

[John Stevens]

26 minutes ago, craigore said:

Annoying isnt it..

Was there all day yesterday. Kept thinking I was gonna get heavier ppn..

 

Soon realized theres an issue.. 

It’s is the Thanet wind farm array, almost perfectly aligned with this satellite photo of the location

[chionomaniac]

In fact more widespread than that. Worth watching

[m1chaels]

So locally we are forecast -8 for tomorrow night - were are the recent and longer term min temp records for the SE?

[chionomaniac]

Half hour change shows signs of this light precip

[Marie]

14 minutes ago, chionomaniac said:

Yep marie, and Brighton still has a fair chance tomorrow of an unexpected snowfall from the dropping convergence zone.  Another day of radar watching

What time roughly tomorrow could this be over Brighton ? I’m working and won’t be able to watch radar , I don’t want to miss it  

[snowbob]

Looks as though more heading into the estuary too

[Marie]

It’s snowing here , didn’t think we were due anything ? 

[snowrye]

2 minutes ago, chionomaniac said:

Half hour change shows signs of this light precip

Im in that zone, in northiam, there's nothing I can see falling