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

[James1979]

Minus 10c forecast for last night... actual was minus 4.6, miles off. Anyone hit double figures in the South East?!

Edited February 11, 2021 by James1979
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[glowgreen]

4 minutes ago, James1979 said:

Minus 10c forecast for last night... actual was minus 4.6, miles off. Anyone hit double figures?!

bot sure for down this end but it went down to -21 in the highlands overnight thats the coldest temp since 2010 

[East Kent Snow Desert]

The one part of the garden unspoilt by the kids and the wind indicates we have a depth of 15cm in total. A tad more than the 2018 BFTE.

8.5/10

 

[Angus Mcoatup]

-8 here overnight, -4 now, no more snow ️ Overnight or today, I think that’s our lot now for this cold spell.

[James1979]

6 minutes ago, glowgreen said:

bot sure for down this end but it went down to -21 in the highlands overnight thats the coldest temp since 2010 

That's brutal!! Record is -27c isnt it? Not a bad effort at trying to beat it! 

Edited February 11, 2021 by James1979

[Jamie M]

Nowhere got under that -10°C mark last night. Marham came very close at -9.7°C

[Matty J]

Well this cold spell has been more than decent! Woke up again to another powder dusting, thats 5 days of falling snow and we’ve had just over 12 cms I’d guess.

It was sunny when i left Heybridge, now in Basildon and it’s like a winter wonderland. The showers overnight have obviously been concentrated more down this way. ️️

[timboy666]

1 minute ago, James1979 said:

That's brutal!! Record is -27c isnt it? Not a bad effort! 

wasnt that back in the 1980s ?

[Angus Mcoatup]

3 minutes ago, Jamie M said:

Nowhere got under that -10°C mark last night. Marham came very close at -9.7°C

Mariam is only 8 miles from where I am.

[James1979]

1 minute ago, timboy666 said:

wasnt that back in the 1980s ?

-27.2 in 1895, 1982 and 1995 per that polymath Google....

[GSP]

Looking at the radar, think the show/snow is over. Not a bad last hurrah though this morning!

[Angus Mcoatup]

5 minutes ago, timboy666 said:

wasnt that back in the 1980s ?

I was out in Stirling at -20 on new year eve 2010, that was cold, even had frost on eyebrows.

Edited February 11, 2021 by Angus Mcoatup

[Ackkers]

Braemar actually made -22.9C. Coldest since 1995 and coldest Feb night since 1986.

[not2bad]

13 minutes ago, GSP said:

Looking at the radar, think the show/snow is over. Not a bad last hurrah though this morning!

Oh no, the pain lol. I think you are right although I was telling everyone this time yesterday that this was probably the last of the snow for our part of the world.

[E17boy]

Morning peeps

Nice dusting of snow here in Walthamstow all the roads are covered was a nice morning surprise. Looks like a sunny day today once these clouds clear.

have a great day everyone 

stay safe

take care

[Oaks]

Beautiful winter's  morning here, fresh snow glistening in the sun with blue skies overhead

[RJM]

So on my level patio table it's 16.5 cm (blank 1/2 plastic on ruler before measurements begin). Which is 6.5 inches. On lawn its a bit all over the place but the most level I could find was 15 cm, 6 inches

[Lauren]

Measured snow at deepest bit and we have 9cm.

[Nimbusman]

Looks all over this morning for any extension to the cold spell as we head into next week now. Great that some places in the region got some last chance saloon snow last night - we caught one really heavy shower as way of send of here too.

Scores on the door for here:

Snow: 9.5/10

Cold: 6.5/10 (may rate higher)

Duration: 8/10 

Overall: 8.5/10 - due to the depth of snow. 

Back to the MOD thread and the next hunt for cold beyond next week! 

[Bazza118]

another dusting overnight and a beautiful cold and sunny morning. Very crunchy underfoot, but it looks like it will be back to sliding in the mud for a short while next week!

[danm]

Another dusting last night, all surfaces covered. 

[tesaro]

Just measured our Snow here in West Suffolk. After 3 days of frequent Showers and a biting Frost last Night, we have the grand total of  nope - still swearing A**. Going to take the Dog out in a bit and frolic in all that lovely  Frost

Glad most got something especially 40 Miles East of here. You need a very special set of circumstances here for a decent fall of Snow. Trouble is, nobody knows what these are!

I can see one more chase this Season in 10 Days or so. Who’s in?

[Paul Sherman]

Quite happy with how yesterday went, and my forecast was pretty good overall. Expected the Twig to be over Mid Kent then relaxing eastwards and the divergence and convergence eased away south into the channel. ALways knew places from Medway Towns to East kent were going to be in the sweet spot with this NE Set-Up. 

As expected a new area of convergence was expected from Midnight until 8am this morning in the Thames Estuary as winds relaxed to first ENE then East and now East South East which would bring more of the Thames Corridoor into play and NW Kent and parts of London.

I know some were not overly hopeful but the High Pressure was far enough north for this little window of opportunity to have its final farewell and looks like the Estuary SST's of 7c mixed with Uppers clinging on around -9c were enough to generate some lift at 650mb for some shallow to medium sized showers with tops around 10,000ft to 14,000ft in some cases, indeed some instances of Thundersnow occured last night as well off the Kent and Essex coasts.

I think the nice thing going forward is we seem to be on the cusp of a nice dry spell of weather which should hopefully help the water table out a bit if a reload comes in the last week of February.

[Methuselah]

Another inch or two overnight... What a lovely spell this has been!

[snowrye]

Right, on to the next chase then