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Nice covering here of no mor than a few millimetres, see it as a base for further falls...
(Tunbridge wells)
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Been snowing lightly here in Tunbridge Wells all morning. Getting heavier but still no settling though...
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Yes and it was 48 hours before he blew his front right tyre at 50mph! Right old Mess on the Rim
Btw I lied about the Rain in Leigh On Sea and we are having some interesting weather - Look Below
If you watch 1 timelapse watch this - Simply amazing, every 1 second of the timelapse is 30 minutes of the snowstorm
When the hell was this?!
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Light snow, looks cold out there now...
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Light snow, laying on cars but not much else here in Tunbridge Wells...
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Great to hear people getting snow. Here in Tunbridge we are getting a light sleet. Drove down from Orpington, gor really excited that we were going to have epic journey back as it was practically a blizzard. Sadly it all turned sleety on the M25.
Fingers crossed.
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To me, it smells of snow. These cold events now aren't happy till theyve dumped a load of snow...
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About4-6inches in Tunbridge Wells. Whoopee!
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Thank you John for your explanation, though the maths are far beyond me.
In the winter of 62/63 I was a humble scientific assistant at Heathrow when we had the situation on a number of times when the warmer Atlantic airs made an approach but beyond getting as far as the far SW peninsula of the UK they were really unable to penetrate to any great extent. I think we had one occasion where a warm front approached from the SW to be preceeded by snow and the precipitation to remain as snow behind it. This appears to have been a rare occurance and brought some gasps of amazement.
If my memory serves correct the final break through came from the north west. For most of the time North West Scotland (Stornaway logged up quite a few +4C's) was pretty mild in comparison to SE England and it seemed to me at the time that the attack was coming from the weakest point and a bit like using low gear to drive a car up a hill, whereas in high gear the engine would stall.
I also get the impression that it must take a terrific amount of energy to dislodge a well established "cold pool" and it really does become a battle of the air masses, the energy of the warm fighting against the inertia of the cold.
It is interesting to note that over the past few days the timing of the warmer incursion has steadily been moved from just before Christmas until after.
So despite what Joe B is saying I am watching this space with interest, though I am not putting any money on it either way.
Interesting. Makes sense to me. I notice that the models often underestimate the stubbornness of cold. This last week has been a great example. 3 day forecasts constantly predicting breakdowns of cold - as they are now - that never materializes. watch this space!
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Does anyone have any thoughts on what the rain band will be doing as it slowly heads north? Will it reach as far as Cambs, Northants, The Wash and, if it does, will it turn to snow as it did on Monday night?
Given how cold it is, and how the models seem to understimate the snow risk I think the inland areas have got a good chance of some very heavy snow. Stay out of the car!
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I know it's winter but....
is it normal to see so many lows?!
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/europe/surface_pressure.html
I think this winter event has been consistently understimated since the first big dump. Not sure it's going to go quietly.... echoes of 1963.
South East and East Anglia Regional Discussion 22nd February 2013 20:00hrs>
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Covering in Tunbridge wells of about 1 inch. Sky looks pregnant but no snow falling