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

[alexisj9]

38 minutes ago, D.V.R said:

That last picture looks lethal.. Can't somebody at least throw some grit down on that pavement?

I don't know where there is any or I would have done it already. People who live on the hill up to here, cleared one side with shovels, it was just like mine, but impossible to walk down. Unfortunately, I don't have a shovel, or the strength to do that either.

Edited February 9, 2021 by alexisj9

[Scandinavian High.]

Nice walk in the snow today Orpington Kent..

[spayne]

1 minute ago, snowblind said:

Heavy snow shower, starting to settle on the clear bits of road and pavement.

that’s heading straight to my area in N London, save us some.!!

[Wimbledon88]

3 minutes ago, yamkin said:

Snow has got heavier here in Shirley, Croydon ❄❄❄

Same here, roads and pavements white again. Pretty heavy now. Will add to the earlier fall. 

[Joanne Swann]

snowing nicely here ,getting heavier

[Snow Dayz]

Starting to pickup now in Coney Hall fingers crossed probably last chance of decent snow in this cold spell!

[jamesgold]

Still not much in Bromley, I like the look of that potential streamer even if it’s too far north for me right now. Gives some hope that things can happen..

[Paul Sherman]

QE2SS

Quite the streamer setting up its source somewhere in the Thames near the QE2 bridge

All very strange this cold spell wondering though is there any converging winds in that part of SW Essex and NW Kent kicking this off 

[Vortex3929]

2 hours ago, alexisj9 said:

What's left after today's sunny skies.

I can not walk down that, using next doors stairs.

and that road and pavement are dangerous. Cars still driving on it though.

It's very similar here. Sheet ice. It's the worst part of winter. A rapid thaw under sunny skies to dry everything out or heavy snow to cover the ice completely is needed. But this cold spell has days to come yet so I understand. 

Looks like I'm breaking out the ice spike things for my boots to reduce the risk of slips and falls. Ironically "I'm still standing" by Elton John, albeit a metal version was on my playlist on the dog walk earlier.... 

Be careful out there alexis

Edited February 9, 2021 by UKSnakey
Fixed spelling mistakes

[maplesyrup]

So are there signs of a Thames streamer overnight or is this going down as the one of the worst easterly events for SW London in history?

[throwoff]

Think Medways seen its last hurrah for this spell.

lovely to it settle, here’s hoping for more in the next couple of weeks 

[Shutterbug Netty]

Really snowing here again, road and driveway covered again

[tight isobar]

That heavier band heading for my house..  in a south westerly track..north London and surrounding @bucks south.. if we can get this feed going.. it’s game on accumulation time!!

Edited February 9, 2021 by tight isobar

[Stabilo19]

Looks like the cold, dry winds are drying up the surfaces in C London tonight and the snowflakes are lingering on the ground here.. could the ground temps finally be suitable for settling?

Maybe too little, too late! 

[zubzero]

1 hour ago, wellington boot said:

Are these charts publicly available anywhere? I've been looking for them on and off the past couple of days and can't find them.

Hello, try this it's great for viewing various wind highest 

earth :: a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions

EARTH.NULLSCHOOL.NET

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See current wind, weather, ocean, and pollution conditions, as forecast by supercomputers, on an interactive animated map. Updated every three hours.

 

Edited February 9, 2021 by zubzero

[Coopsy]

11 minutes ago, throwoff said:

Think Medways seen its last hurrah for this spell.

lovely to it settle, here’s hoping for more in the next couple of weeks 

You may have a chance with the convergence zone tomorrow. 

[Hotspur62]

Looks like in terms of snow we are done here in Locksbottom.We peaked at 8cms here earlier this morning but probably lost 1cm during the early afternoon even though we didn’t get above -0.1.The next interesting thing to see for me is how cold somewhere gets in next 2-3 nights.I reckon there could be a -12 somewhere either tomorrow or Thursday night.Here I reckon we could get a -6 which would comfortably beat our coldest night of winter by nearly 3 degrees.

Longer term it seems we are needing a miracle as all major models are looking for it to turn milder probably by Monday,which is a bit contradictory to latest met office update which gives an indication of milder weather mainly for SW UK.We shall see but fascinating how it will pan out.Personally not ready for Spring and would love another cold 5/6 day spell which would give more widespread snow to not just SE but whole of the UK.Still time but clock is ticking.

 

stay safe

[Mark wheeler]

Just now, tight isobar said:

That heavier band heading for my house.. north London and surrounding @bucks south.. if we can get this feed going.. it’s game on accumulation time!!

Quite a difference in the description of tonight’s forecast , I’ve cherry picked some charts but the Beeb do have some support from the euro 4 

[Gowon]

16 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

I don't know where there is any or I would have done it already. People who live on the hill up to here, cleared one side with shovels, it was just like mine, but impossible to walk down. Unfortunately, I don't have a shovel, or the strength to do that either.

Yeah it would be handy to have a grit bucket nearby - I don't think we have any round my area either but I'm sure there used to be in the past.. Maybe the councils don't think it's a necessity anymore.

We do have one directly outside where I work and the council has been using it to grit the paths surrounding the school.

[lassie23]

Just started sowing here

[Gowon]

I have light snow atm that has left a dusting so far.

[Easily sled]

18 minutes ago, maplesyrup said:

So are there signs of a Thames streamer overnight or is this going down as the one of the worst easterly events for SW London in history?

Agreed it’s been awful for us. So close yet so far! 

[Gowon]

Just now, lassie23 said:

Just started sowing here

What you sowing?

[paget]

39 minutes ago, Surrey said:

Well it's coming down here I'm under the tiny band in West London around Surrey.. 

it’s not here! (Farnham, Surrey) seems very localised! 

[Biggin]

25 minutes ago, Snow Dayz said:

Starting to pickup now in Coney Hall fingers crossed probably last chance of decent snow in this cold spell!

You live in Coney Hall Village.... Snap.