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do i spot a lesser spotted Weather warning? This time for thunderstorms 

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have to say this Norwester is stronger than most things we have felt through the winter period

 

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Today wad probably one of the most surreal days in a while. Temp in car on way to whitstable comfortable 19 degrees all the way. Arrived in whitstable to be met by gale force winds wild horses across the sea and a but of crabbing fun lol. Earliest one of the season but a lot of fun. I tell you Kathleen is packing a punch next to the bridge. Very impressive feature this. 

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Blimey proper hail here I just fainted something exciting happening 

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This awful sorry I am now done with this winter 

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@lassie23 fog index in full affect here next to the bridge 

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Please please give me some blinking interesting weather cold and frost wind and rain snow sleet anything. Having worked from home this dirty high is boring and naff. Oh to have 1inch of snow or sleet and proper stuff bored of this now 

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Wow defo windiest part of the evening here next to the bridge. Proper shaking gusts now

[Storm Isha, Amber ⚠️]

9 minutes ago, Nick123 said:

It's still a very severe storm however

Sorry iow can you say that it's been downgrading. Nothing I  the models I can see have downgraded it one bit 

[Storm Isha, Amber ⚠️]

46 minutes ago, Richard Fisher said:

No real concern shown on latest BBC1 22:30 live broadcast just mentioned Windy for Sunday. 

They never do its meteo group. No longer the met office 

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1 minute ago, sunnijim said:

Have only checked gfs so far and Met Office app, neither super reliable!

Read the thread on Isha that looks horrible. And we will be the last to get it. A few knowledgeable posters posting in there. Wind speed could be a real concern by Sunday evening.

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6 hours ago, Tom Quintavalle said:

Morning all, again.

Shall I really jinx our Snow chances next Week, by attempting the foolhardy Synoptic "pattern matching".

The Synoptic chart on the left, is from Tues. 8th December, 1981.

As I'm an old f--t, I remember the December 18981 event, vividly.

I lived in Camberwell S.E. London. at the time. Heavy Rain transitioned to heavy Snow, during the early Morning Rush Hour, and even though Camberwell is an Inner London location and the ground was very wet from the heavy Rain that had been falling for a couple of hours, surprisingly the Snow settled quickly once the intensity kicked in.

It still remains the "best" Rain > Snow event, I've witnessed. This surge of bitter Arctic air that Morning was the catalyst for ushering in the very Wintry December, of 1981.

On the right, is the European [ECMWF] Model as it sees the Synoptic situation in the late Morning, next Tuesday [16th]:

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There you go, I've really jinxed our Region's Snow chances, now!!

Regards,

Tom Q. 

Mate do you remember the snow depth cup. That was always such fun 

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1 hour ago, Froze were the Days said:

Latest in MAD thread: UKMO - stunning (lots of tongues hanging from mouths, smiling heart shaped eyes emojis) - GFS - 'bin it' 'what's it doing' (just the other day posters salivating over it). You couldn't make it up...could be GEM's turn tomorrow for much love as UKMO is given the boot!

It's nuts. I always dip out after morning wake up. Return after work and gauge how much .... has been spoken. Today it was 23 pages between 7am and now. It is such a fun game to play

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I just dipped my toe into the mental place. 29 pages in 12 hours that's some impressive ramping..... 

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11 hours ago, Froze were the Days said:

Some are setting themselves up for a HUGE fall if this cold spell doesn't come off in the MAD thread...reading through a few posts - 'northern blocking galore' 'ensembles are amazing' etc. etc. and we're talking near 10 days away from the majority of charts being shown for anything significant, still to pin point where HP settles at the weekend.

I'm getting some giant Pat Jennings size gloves to catch the toys so I can pass them onto my grandkids next Xmas

 

 

Don't forget the all important prozac 

[SE, London and East Anglia Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 on]

Well that was a near 3 hour journey home from Baker Street to crayford trees down on lines. So I think I have done public transport now tube trains (not running) ba k on tube dlr bus terminated as driver run  out of driving time and a 2.5k walk home eek

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It's going through now next to the bridge and it's biblical 

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Anyone under that squall line looks pretty potent 

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Looks a bit blowy tomorrow... thinking the ball on the golf course might get blown into the hole lol. 

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Festive greetings to all of us wonderful chasers. We dream of hot summer days and thunderstorms yo keep us entertained in the evening and snow a plenty in the winter.... we continue tyhe chase this winter. From a former member of BBC snow watch. Let it snow at dome point!!!! 

Happy xmas

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More bins have blown over throughout all of the storms this autumnal/winter so far. Very impressive wind 

[SE, London & EA - Weather Discussion]

Just now, Mark wheeler said:

Yeah it is indeed, those were the days .

real fans with real fun times end up in 15 different positions in the shed middle with a bit of celery and the coppers hats being knocked off oh those were the days

[SE, London & EA - Weather Discussion]

1 minute ago, Mark wheeler said:

Snow in Chessington 

Mark is that the old shed end in your profile pic? 

[SE, London & EA - Weather Discussion]

9 minutes ago, Jimmyh said:

Well its teasing here near the Bridge... guess a little bit too close to the estuary. Nice to see anyway and I really do believe that this winter has all the hallmarks of being something absolutely epic. We need all the players to be in our favour but to see a vortex not where it should be and all that figid air locked up in the Scandi lets see Fingers crossed. 

intensity increasing now

 

[SE, London & EA - Weather Discussion]

Well its teasing here near the Bridge... guess a little bit too close to the estuary. Nice to see anyway and I really do believe that this winter has all the hallmarks of being something absolutely epic. We need all the players to be in our favour but to see a vortex not where it should be and all that figid air locked up in the Scandi lets see Fingers crossed.