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

[Hotspur62]

Well today was a total bust forecast wise.Was expecting a repeat of yesterday and although started off bright here in locksbottom that went by 9.30 and it has been a gloomy old day with the odd spot of rain now and again.Still warm though and was very pleasant working today in t shirt and shortsDon’t think I will be doing that again for the next 10 days if the forecast is right as it looks like getting colder from Friday and unseasonably cold from next Monday!

Edited March 31, 2021 by Hotspur62

[tinybill]

could get interesting  over  easter!!

[snowrye]

Hi fellow south easterners, I hope everybody is well, not been on here much lately, but thought I'd pop in, and what do I find, hysteria, in the mod thread, no, that's not a pretty flower either. Old man winter not finished yet, what a shock after the last couple of day's. 

[Floatylight]

Hi

All popped in for opinions on snow for bh mon.??

 

[Jimmyh]

Morning all well  well well. Our climate never ceases to have something up its sleave... gone from shorts and a t-shirt to coming back on here when friends tell me snow is predicted on Monday. 

Think it will be a couple of layers for golf Monday afternoon... unbelievable waited 4 months to play golf and 2nd game its cold enough for snow. My hibernation in here usually lasts till summer 

@TomSE12 so sorry to read about your son. 

 

[Blazerblue]

Brisk NE wind this morning, blows away the cobwebs first thing, not as cold as the last few mornings though. Still got snow symbols for monday/tuesday for this area.

[glowgreen]

what all this about snow monday . that said is it april fools day today 

[Kent Blizzard]

21 minutes ago, glowgreen said:

what all this about snow monday . that said is it april fools day today 

Probably more sleet and hail for the South East IMO, but still an interesting brief spell coming up. The feel like temperatures will be of interest.

[Blazerblue]

Talking to my mum this morning, she said that the day my sister was born, 4th April 1966, there was snow in south Harrow, quite a bit she remembers, so you never know, we might get some mon/tue.

[suffolk lady]

What a change in weather and temps, cold grey and howling wind here stood outside earlier cleaning tumble dry filter that wind is bitter cold, cant believe yesterday sat outside with coffee and no top coat. Looks like i could be needing my snow boots for monday oh what fun 

[Freeze]

Big variations around the region. Feels warmer here than yesterday as the sun is out and temps are roughly the same still t shirt and shorts for me. Cold hasn't quite reached here yet.

[Delka]

22.8c tuesday & 23.2c yesterday but only just pushed 10c today so feeling quite chilly compared to the last couple days already.. not looking forward to anything colder or possibly snowy anymore now i’ve had a taste of summer!

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Morning all, thought I would drop in after a hectic month with my business (which is good!)

We potted up the giant bamboo this week 

 

pretty tough going but we managed it and they look stunning...

not sure what all the hype is with the current cold spell incoming. A lot of disappointed coldies I fear... I got sun burn on Tuesday on my face the sun is gaining its strength back meaning any snow will last 5 minutes...infact many places will probably see a mix of hail and sleet ..

More looking forward to the risk of some potential thunderstorms with any cold uppers and sun strength now its a recepie for April showers..

Although not un common to see cold in April its not the ideal situation... with restrictions relaxing this will only mean people mix indoors... rule breaking is past 60% now... with most admitting to breaking some kind a rule..

Not to mention all our farmers planning crops etc now have an added worry of frosts etc.. not ideal when you are trying to repair an economy...

 

Edited April 2, 2021 by Surrey

[Tom Quintavalle]

Morning all,

I hope I find yourselves and your Families, well.

On behalf of my Wife Colette, myself and my extended Family, I would like to thank all those Members, for their kind words above, regarding my Son and Colette's Stepson.

For those of you that have lost loved ones, the time between their passing and the Funeral, is one of deep sorrow.

Antony's Funeral, on Wednesday, went as well as can be expected. There was a small Family gathering, which would have been so much more, had it not been for the Coronavirus Pandemic. 

After 5 Weeks of intense sadness, I hope we can all now find closure and start to function normally again.

Some of you will have noticed that I've changed my Avatar photo, to my favourite one of my children.

Myself and Colette refer to this photo, as John Boy Walton and the Cabbage Patch Kid (remember them?).

They were around 4 and 18 Months, in that photo. The little Lady, my Daughter Hayley, is now 37 and a half, and was very brave on Wednesday Morning, getting up to say a few words about her big Brother, and best Friend.

Antony is now in the arms of his beautiful Mother, and no doubt being spoilt by his Nannies and Step Nanny.

It must be over 5 Weeks, since I made a Weather related post, so here goes.

I can remember making a post, before that awful Family news hit us in late February, that the Weather can be very fickle, when transitioning from Winter to Spring.

It certainly looks to be in a capricious mood, currently.

After a flirtation with early Summer like conditions, we now look like being plunged back into Winter, once again.

It's not uncommon for the Weather to behave like this, as this image from 26th April 1950 shows:

This was the scene on Hayes Common, 2 and a half miles South of my home Town of Bromley, Kent, on that Day.

The culprit was a Depression, which formed East of Iceland, and tracked South, into the North Sea, tugging down Arctic air, turning heavy Rain, to heavy Snow, in the early hours of Wednesday 26th April. By 7 A,M., every Main Road leading into Sevenoaks was blocked, by fallen trees and Telegraph Poles.  Hundreds of miles of Telegraph Wires, were brought down, throughout Kent, due to the clinging nature, of the very wet Snow. Cars and Buses, skidded off Snow covered Roads in Biggin Hill and Westerham. In Orpington, traffic became entangled in Telegraph Wires. Some areas recorded a foot of Snow. Below, is an archive chart of the Synoptic situation, at 18z on that very wintry Day: 

I'd like to give my thanks to S.E. Meteorologist, Ian Currie, for his kind permission in reproducing that image of Hayes Common and the accompanying text, from the Kent County Weather Book, which he co-wrote.

Hope you all have a good, Good Friday but go easy on the Chocolate and Hot X Buns!!

Kind Regards,

Tom, Colette and Family.   

[Snow Shoes]

GEM & GFS showing max daily surface temperature of 2-3c across most of the south-east Mon-Wed and yet the met office app continues to show max temp of 7c across South-East (barely cold enough for sleet) . So wondering which of them is right ? 

[SLEETY]

bbc have temps of 9c still in SE monday so not even that cold ,

[suffolk lady]

grey cold and windy here, heating on so quite cosy sat here with my cuppa been toying with the idea of making  hot cross buns but as ive been good and washed floor after hubbys decorating yesterdaymaybe not. Happy easter to you all and even if you were able to be in sunny spain new rule there now is masks to be worn on beaches not much fun according to my family that live there.

[Lauren]

Cold but very pleasant out there. Went for a 6 mile walk in the country this morning and seeing the flowers beginning to bloom and trees with blossom gives me hope better days are coming.

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Wall to wall sunshine here now... beautiful 

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Blue skies replaced with a layer of cloud.. crazy how fast things change 

[Mark wheeler]

Nice forecast for Monday and Tuesday from the Met . Let's get summer type weather going after this though .

[andymcpool]

Bring back Steve m...

[Blazerblue]

Yesterday was cold, grey and windy, today is a repeat. On the plus side, its not raining.

[suffolk lady]

think we are shareing your weather blazerblue, glad we are at home in the warm, catchphrase for today hi de hi happy campers and the best of luck out there

[suffolk lady]

ps our area gets lots of campers and camper vans.