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

[SenlacJack]

After 3 days of snizzle and very light snow which did manage to settle on some surfaces it's now snowing 'properly' here in St Leonards on Sea. By properly I mean decent size snowflakes and readily settling on surfaces which previously remained uncovered.

[Ian Docwra]

1 minute ago, Wimbledon88 said:

Latest Met office further outlook. 

Looks like this winter is Far from over. Bear in mind their outlooks have been amazingly accurate recently. 

No, no, no - ITV weather has just confirmed double figures temps. from Monday onwards for a week plus.

[Mark wheeler]

Heaviest snow shower of the cold spell just past through here .

[Gowon]

3 minutes ago, Ian Docwra said:

Actually some UHI effect seems to be sustaining/bolstering the ones coming across Central London.

Is that what's causing them to grow?

[NYCSnow]

One of those blobs moving out of central London just passed over Surbiton. Really nice big flakes and quite heavy but only lasted barely a minute. You could see the snow floating about in the sky above before it suddenly arrived. 

[GSP]

6 minutes ago, Ian Docwra said:

No, no, no - ITV weather has just confirmed double figures temps. from Monday onwards for a week plus.

Yes if you receive any more snow, make the very most of it!

[North Downs Snowboarder]

5 minutes ago, D.V.R said:

Is that what's causing them to grow?

Compare the temps inside and outside London right now on NW's Current Weather map - the UHI is an absolute blowtorch

[SHM040519]

That stream has now hit here. Moderate snowfall 

[GSP]

We’ll be in T-shirts next week!

 

 

[abovefreezing]

'kin ell! Maybe an inch fallen here in the last hour!

[Blazerblue]

Another heavy shower whilst out with woofers

[GSP]

I’d wait a while before you clean your car until the Saharan dust has cleared!

[clark3r]

It failed again today

[abovefreezing]

2 minutes ago, clark3r said:

It failed again today

Certainly not here, it didn't! Coming down still. Settled on everything at last!

Edited February 10, 2021 by abovefreezing

[Neilsouth]

Roughly we've had about 9cm of snow during this snow spell, and most of it was from today, with about 4CM falling since midday!! . And it keeps on Snowing!!!

[clark3r]

2 minutes ago, abovefreezing said:

Certainly not here, it didn't! Coming down still. Settled on everything at last!

Great hopefully my area may get its turn before the end of the month

[Kent Blizzard]

Decent snow flurries at times earlier today.

Is that it for NW/N Kent for today or a little flurry or two this evening?

[abovefreezing]

Just now, Kent Blizzard said:

Decent snow flurries at times earlier today.

Is that it for NW/N Kent for today or a little flurry or two this evening?

Loads more incoming on the radar for hours yet ...

[Freeze]

3 minutes ago, clark3r said:

Great hopefully my area may get its turn before the end of the month

I'd rather it warm up now so we can sit on the beach sunbathing

[Neilsouth]

1 hour ago, zubzero said:

Sorry to be picky but that's not a whiteout. Very nice though

Drive through it then! Good luck and post your results

[mb018538]

59 minutes ago, Freeze said:

Worse spot for snow? Try living on the south coast! At least the summers are good eh.

I think living directly on the south coast you kind of expect to not do too well for snowfall. We definitely do badly here for an inland area. The best event I can remember well was the late January 2003 event that dumped loads here.

[SHM040519]

Caking it down here. Radar seems good for a while now. We seems to be right in the middle of the stream 

Edited February 10, 2021 by SHM040519

[Ian Docwra]

3 minutes ago, Neilsouth said:

Drive through it then! Good luck and post your results

A 'whiteout' is when it's impossible to distinguish ground from sky, and a 'blizzard' is when heavy falling and/or lying snow is blown around severely by sustained strong winds, giving prolonged horizontal snow and major drifting.  What's happened today has been moderate to heavy snow showers.  Still wouldn't drive through them, though.

[Kent Blizzard]

8 minutes ago, abovefreezing said:

Loads more incoming on the radar for hours yet ...

Ok thanks, just now seems all to the east of me at present, those in line fade out as they past Colchester.

[pureasthedriven]

30 minutes ago, Ian Docwra said:

No, no, no - ITV weather has just confirmed double figures temps. from Monday onwards for a week plus.

That’s amazingly bullish from the MO at that range. Interesting...