Jimmyh

Surely there is no way with thousands of miles across the atlantic that this could reach us as a cat 1 remnants yes but an organised hurricane no surely

Is it me or has the hurricane season been extremely quiet so far this season. This normally has a bearing on weather later in august as it did a couple of years ago in august when we got the remnants of hurricanes. My feeling for autumn is that it will be wild wet and windy in october and quietening down in Nobvember and December

I thought i was going to be in the no storms club this year as well but i was near the one that exploded near crystal palace so i will just have to say that up until 4pm saturday i was in the no storms club. And so my new pass has been removed very quickly lol :whistling:

One abiding memory when i was a lot younger is when it went so dark at midday the lights in the streets cam e on and the rain was relenting

what i will say is i am so thankful that we have removed the truly awful weather of the last week or so. I truly hate wet mild and windy days. Give me a day like today and i am as happy as a pig in.... So we dont quite no what is happening in the next couple of weeks. If we get anywhere near what happened in December then we will be buried. Why because it is true winter, witner was only a couple of days old when the last blast blew in Roll on more model watching with anticipation. Agreed just to wipe the smile off of ian brown would be nice.... Wonder with all this frost we will get any ice days coming up

Surely if Katla blows in comparison to where it is would see shut down of air travel for numerous months. It is twice the size.

totally agree nick. would be corporate suicide

I have watched this story grow over the last couple of days, and do believe that it is far better to stay with caution than the airlines and especially willie walsh saying nothing is wrong with his plane. Remember that KLM nearly lost a plane in 1995 when it flew through a Volcano cloud. The best infor that is available at thew moment really seems to bve on the Met office website concerning where they found the ash.... Now i live near gatwick and was surpised to read ash detected at 5,000 feet. Now we know commercial airliners fly higher than this but the concern is that if it was detected at that level then surely it is likely to be higher as well. We must must side on the air of caution as we in this country are taking a direct hit from the ash cloud whether we like it or not. Willie walsh does concern me.....

This is so very sad of our litigation society now. Do you think in 63 or 87 in fact people sued each other for cleaning your path it is crazy and really gets on my wick

really amased by the fall in beckenham first one to use our street at 7am this morning lovely fresh snow about an inch and a half lovely really nice

well it says 12.04 updated

has anyone seen the future radar for London on the BBC graphics, still showing a lump of snow on it

Nick Sussex, having read your informative posts for the last couple of years, do you think the thaw has begun as per the comments on metcheck or is this a slight blip.

happier here now as it has just started to snow again

so guys what is going on has the thaw started or is it that the winds came from a slightly different direction now. I am hoping for a dumping but not expecting any. Will the winds swing back to the east???? that is where most of our potential for se london beckenham is i always think

Yup Just watched that looked really really good

clouds building in central london now as well

oh well it is really thumping it doen now has been for 10 minutes in warren street in fact it actually getting heavier lol

absolutely thumping down here in warren street

1 and a halh inches in beckenham happy enough wanted more tho

I think with out a doubt this is the most intense bit of weather we have had here for a long long time. I am going to stick my neck out here, young poster i know and say this really is like 87 for me. I think the set ups are definately the best i can remember for a long time.

Here in Beckenham this morning huge flakes then sleet then rain..... Now frozen and still a good cover of snow. Watching for later in the week and hoping

Greetings one and all. Having read these posts for numerous years, decided it was time to join the forum. Some of the most spectacular snowfall here in Beckenham at moment with a truly wild wind. Really enjoying this, think it could be a late nite. First post done