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

[Gowon]

10 minutes ago, yamkin said:

Light snow in Shirley, Croydon

Nice to know.. Nothing in Streatham yet.

[lutfishah]

I think this will hit Croydon. 

 

[Paul Sherman]

If those showers up near Felixstowe and Clacton can hold together SE Essex, Medway Towns down to Brighton could be in for a treat. And also areas adjacent to that as well, extending westwards into East London etc

[craigore]

Dark clouds to the East.

Still the sun shines.

Temp  briefly up to 2c (fallen back to 1c)

Snow sliding off conservatory roof..

None of this is amusing me

Bring on them showers..

 

[Neilsouth]

Heaviest snow so far!! LOVE IT :D :D :D 

[glowgreen]

heaviest snow of the entire event now coming down in strood kent . settling instantly and proper flakes 

[Woodboss]

6 minutes ago, Marie said:

Light snow here , sun pops out every now and then 

It's kind of the same here too just up the road,looking like we may actually get a bit in our neck of the woods today! 

[danm]

1 hour ago, Paul Sherman said:

Yh got to agree with you mate, really underwhelming for most but there are some Jackpot zones just not as many as usual this time. Parts of NE Essex and SE Suffolk have had something similar to 1991 and 1987 whereas 40 miles down the coast it just about breaks into the top 10. 

I would say areas North of Norwich, SE Suffolk and NE Essex have hit the jackpot but thats literally a fraction of the SE Population and thats why most are disgruntled given the set up

For here in NE London we haven’t had the deep snow depths- probably topped out at about an inch or so on surfaces where the snow hadn’t drifted or didn’t melt - but I suppose beggars can’t be choosers. We’ve had a dearth of cold spells in the SE since 2013, so we’re comparing this to only a couple of other spells from the last 8 years. 
 

To me there are several indicators of a good spell - snow depths, number of days of falling snow, how cold it gets and how long the snow lasts on the ground. In terms of depths it’s been a 4 or 5 out of 10. We’ve had 3 straight days of almost continuous snowfall, between light and moderate and occasionally heavy. Possibly some more snow showers today which will make it 4 straight days. The lack of sustained heavy snow has been a bit of a downer, convection has been shallow so we haven’t seen the really high rates of snowfall which would have given more of us deeper accumulating snow. For depth of cold, it’s been very good so far. Monday was perfect. -2c all day, very low dew points, powdery, drifting snow, no hint of marginality at all. For number of days of lying snow, we’re on day 3/4 now and much of the snow we have now could last until the end of the weekend if it stays cold enough. That’s nearly a week - that doesn’t happen very often in the SE. 

Edited February 10, 2021 by danm

[craigore]

Moderate flurry now.

Temp dropped bck to 0c..

[Marie]

2 minutes ago, Woodboss said:

It's kind of the same here too just up the road,looking like we may actually get a bit in our neck of the woods today! 

I hope so , but I’m not feeling optimistic

[Oaks]

Had a heavy burst now back to a light flurry. Being teased here. 

[Jamie M]

[shackletonexplorer]

5 minutes ago, Neilsouth said:

Heaviest snow so far!! LOVE IT

So weird - I'm in Brabourne Lees, 2 miles away and it's bright sunshine

[southbank]

12 minutes ago, D.V.R said:

It was a clear sunny morning in Streatham and now the clouds are building to my east. 

It's amazing how beautiful the snow looks when the sun is out. 

The clouds building to my east 

 

small world lol - i went to St Joseph college at crown point , havent seen the back of it nearly 32 years prob all change around there

[TSNWK]

9 minutes ago, Paul Sherman said:

If those showers up near Felixstowe and Clacton can hold together SE Essex, Medway Towns down to Brighton could be in for a treat. And also areas adjacent to that as well, extending westwards into East London etc

That's the million dollar question? Will they hold together? They usually fizzle out as they head south west into london region unless there is some convection high up..

[Lord Grogon]

This could be good. 

Stay on target.......

[Freeze]

Still dull and cloudy. Still snowless! 1.5c

Edited February 10, 2021 by Freeze

[Snoopie42]

3 minutes ago, Marie said:

I hope so , but I’m not feeling optimistic

Positive thoughts @Marie ! You look to be in a great position if the heavier showers hold together! Fingers crossed!

[WestKentGal]

now this is what we've been waiting for, proper big flakes swirling around, love it and the radar could bring more later today  

[dubmuffin]

That brief shower of graupel has settled nicely on all surfaces today

[Woodboss]

Just now, Marie said:

I hope so , but I’m not feeling optimistic

Must admit not too optimistic here either,everything has fizzled out by the time it gets down to our zone so far! 

[Dami]

Woke up to a flurry, now moderate snow. comes in fits and starts.

[Jamie M]

Felixstowe getting quite the dumping

[blackmme]

4th day of show up here on the North Norfolk Coast.  
We are up on Beacon Hill that forms the highest point in Norfolk at 110 mtrs  (which of course isn’t saying much ).

The snow showers were pretty constant through the night.

Absolutely beautiful to look at.

[alexisj9]

Don't know about further north obviously but dovers wind is at ene again for now.