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lottiekent Experienced

lottiekent

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  • Location: Folkestone, Kent 101ft/30m ASL
  • Location: Folkestone, Kent 101ft/30m ASL
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11 minutes ago, shackletonexplorer said:

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

Nothing here in Folkestone either. Doesn’t look like it’s heading this way any time soon either. All the icicles are falling off the house instead.

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Neilsouth Experienced

Neilsouth

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  • Location: Home near Sellindge, 80m/250feet, 5miles from Coast
  • Weather Preferences: Severe Storms and Snow
  • Location: Home near Sellindge, 80m/250feet, 5miles from Coast
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SHM040519 Aficionado

SHM040519

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  • Location: Canterbury, Kent
  • Location: Canterbury, Kent
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Light snow on and off here. Seem to be just missing the heavier stuff. Seems the convection is here most of the day and I’m sure I saw somewhere at midnight the twig is still over us? 
 

 

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Dami Maestro

Dami

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  • Location: Bedfordshire 33m above mean sea level
  • Weather Preferences: Snowy and thundery.
  • Location: Bedfordshire 33m above mean sea level
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lovely heavier stuff now, bigger flakes too!

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echodelta21 Explorer

echodelta21

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  • Location: Romford, Essex (previously Biggin Hill, Kent)
  • Weather Preferences: Easygoing, but winter is meant to be white, dammit!
  • Location: Romford, Essex (previously Biggin Hill, Kent)
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My personal opinion (and sure it's dictated by the lack of settled snow here, just as people who currently have boatloads of it will disagree) is that streamers are an absolute lottery and a complete waste of time unless you are one of the favoured few.  4/10 for this spell here, and that's being generous for the shear snowfall longevity given that it's actually produced next to nothing here.

Give me frontal snow any day of the week...at least then it's not usually an argument between those that want a ENE vs NE...

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Gowon

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  • Location: Croydon. South London. 161 ft asl
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms, snow, warm sunny days.
  • Location: Croydon. South London. 161 ft asl
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12 minutes ago, southbank said:

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

It is indeed 

I've only been at my school for 3 years, so I don't know what Crown point was like in your day but they've recently built a Lidl just to the side of it.

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PUTIN Apprentice

PUTIN

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  • Location: LOWESTOFT (most Easterly town in British Isles)
  • Location: LOWESTOFT (most Easterly town in British Isles)
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Just now, Djdazzle said:

Typical - finally get some better convection, and the wind direction changes.

 

Presumably the wind change is WHY we are getting 'better convection'.

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North Downs Snowboarder

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  • Location: New Ash Green, NW Kent
  • Location: New Ash Green, NW Kent
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Heaviest snow of the spell so far here on the North Downs. Has recovered all the surfaces cleared by the wind/gritting. Sorry can't post any new pics, mobile phone reception is bad here, seems to be stopping any phone > computer transfer

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danm Maestro

danm

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  • Location: Home: Chingford, London (NE). Work: London (C)
  • Weather Preferences: Winter: cold and snowy. Summer: hot and sunny
  • Location: Home: Chingford, London (NE). Work: London (C)
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Just now, North Downs Snowboarder said:

Heaviest snow of the spell so far here on the North Downs. Has recovered all the surfaces cleared by the wind/gritting. Sorry can't post any new pics, mobile phone reception is bad here, seems to be stopping any phone > computer transfer

You can upload photos here from your phone...

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MAF Experienced

MAF

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  • Location: SE London
  • Location: SE London
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looking at the radar, it seems anything originating around Colchester is then in a line to cross SE london. however, nothing has managed to survive the distance and has evaporated by the time it gets to Chelmsford. 

Glorious looking day outside my office, Lambeth bridge bathed in sun and still the odd patch of snow laying.

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craigore Aficionado

craigore

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  • Location: Ramsgate,East Kent.
  • Weather Preferences: BEASTERLYS
  • Location: Ramsgate,East Kent.
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9 minutes ago, SHM040519 said:

Light snow on and off here. Seem to be just missing the heavier stuff. Seems the convection is here most of the day and I’m sure I saw somewhere at midnight the twig is still over us? 
 

 

Yeah.

Defo hoping for better than the odd flake falling.

If we can keep cloud cover it would help slow any thaw.

That sun has some strength to it today.

Theres a 2degree difference between having sun or cloud right now..

Going on last nights charts this evening was always looking better for us 

Wasnt expecting things to get going till mch later today..

Thoughts ?

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SHM040519 Aficionado

SHM040519

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  • Location: Canterbury, Kent
  • Location: Canterbury, Kent
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Just now, craigore said:

Yeah.

Defo hoping for better than the odd flake falling.

If we can keep cloud cover it would help slow any thaw.

That sun has some strength to it today.

Theres a 2degree difference between having sun or cloud right now..

Going on last nights charts this evening was always looking better for us 

Wasnt expecting things to get going till mch later today..

Thoughts ?

.

No idea! Not sure if the right fax but it is midnight tomorrow and the twig is still there. Also met have put a warning for Snow tomorrow for us till 11am. 

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PLANET THANET Aficionado

PLANET THANET

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  • Location: ramsgate 42m asl
  • Location: ramsgate 42m asl
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3 minutes ago, craigore said:

Yeah.

Defo hoping for better than the odd flake falling.

If we can keep cloud cover it would help slow any thaw.

That sun has some strength to it today.

Theres a 2degree difference between having sun or cloud right now..

Going on last nights charts this evening was always looking better for us 

Wasnt expecting things to get going till mch later today..

Thoughts ?

.

the met outlook for us in ramsgate tonight is that we have forecast heavy snow from 6pm until 3am but.......bbc show us with the odd flake occasionally.... your guess is as good as mine !!

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Jamie M Accomplished

Jamie M

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  • Location: Herne Bay, Kent (14 m)
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms & Snow
  • Location: Herne Bay, Kent (14 m)
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5 minutes ago, SHM040519 said:

No idea! Not sure if the right fax but it is midnight tomorrow and the twig is still there. Also met have put a warning for Snow tomorrow for us till 11am. 

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That would be quite the pasting. No solar radiation, all showers, caked.

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TheGate

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  • Location: Halstead, Kent. North Downs 180m asl
  • Location: Halstead, Kent. North Downs 180m asl
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-1.1c and -3.2c DP - heaviest snow of the spell so far. Thick flakes and lots of them, seems to be train of showers crossing the SE corner of the M25.

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Number 23

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  • Location: Chelmsford, Essex
  • Weather Preferences: Anything interesting!
  • Location: Chelmsford, Essex
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Bit of light snow here to round off things. Expected nothing at all so making the most of it, as who knows, it could be years before I see it again!

 

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SHM040519

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  • Location: Canterbury, Kent
  • Location: Canterbury, Kent
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1 minute ago, Jamie M said:

That would be quite the pasting. No solar radiation, all showers, caked.

Quite happy to have had some showers already considering we weren't expecting them till this afternoon! Let's see what happens later! 

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