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Cheers guys will get a few hours 

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Is it worth me staying up do you think ? 

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Flurry with biggest flakes of this spell so far , too far west for anything significant today though . I love this type if showers though.

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Gone very dark here and heavier light shower 

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13 minutes ago, Hotspur62 said:

Interesting!is that our former member SM?We shall see.All dependent on shift in wind direction later today and this evening.

Not Steve I don't think though he gets tagged in 

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I need sleep lol

 

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Light snow here now

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Would be my third night of staying up , eyes are heavy not sure tonight if I will be lucky 

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5 minutes ago, Met4Cast said:

Possible Kent streamer tonight transitioning to Londons streamer tomorrow.

Shaded area: Highest risk of snow this evening and tonight, uncertain how much will accumulate, depends how intense we can get the showers/how prolonged they are. 

Black line: This is the area at risk during tomorrow as winds become much more easterly. UKV has developing convergence zone later tomorrow afternoon>evening which could pep up showers, though current precip modelling isn't really showing this very well.

Wow , yes please both in my area 

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Have very light snow here now dusting the surfaces

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Damn was just about to go to bed , why did I move from Rochester last year lol , though Shorne isn't far , think wind direction is wrong for me though,  may give it another 30 mins was up all last night fir nothing.

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23 minutes ago, Kentspur said:

How about for snowless Gravesend/Northfleet hope I'm not too far west still can't get over how Dartford and Bluewater have snow but not here can't win either direction lol

I doubt that,  nothing in Greenhithe apart from a bit on cars in ingress Park, it can't be much

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4 hours ago, abovefreezing said:

@ 51, am I the oldest "big kid" in ere?

52

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Afternoon all , is it still looking like 1 am for the turn ?

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1 hour ago, Kentspur said:

I've only just woken up after my night shift care to share the images as there's way too many posts for me to catch up whats the rough estimates? I've just seen im inside the Amber warning zone just about! ?❄

You're in it and I'm just outside grrr

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8 minutes ago, greenhithe said:

 we have had some epic snows in the past one i renember was in the 80s were we open our front door to see a wall of snow ( 6ft drifts)

and before the bypass was built we got snowed in and had food diliveries  by pony and trap  hence why i have a 4X4 mokka

That must have been 87 , remember that well , I was in Darenth then , was totally cut off for days.

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12 minutes ago, Snow Queen one said:

That met office forcast is pants for my area.  Told my family to be prepared for snow.  Regretting it now.

Maidstone will do fine don't worry , that only goes up to Sunday anyway , thing will change several times before the event.

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5 minutes ago, simonhall6 said:

Who’s the immature one who’s had a play with a green felt tip pen ?

me 

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12 minutes ago, kold weather said:

Much snowier UKMO 12z run btw:

Pretty close to the GFSp actually!

Perfect

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Ok , I couldn't hold off anymore , I have put out a warning on my local FB page , I hope I haven't put the mockers on it lol , needless to say it has been met with severe scepticism  

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3 minutes ago, MAF said:

Another word of caution.... it is still only Thursday, such a lot may change in the coming days; I wouldn't start making lifestyle choices just yet (personally just my opinion)  

I am still holding off warning anyone especially with the uncertainty of the tracking of that low on Sunday.

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6 hours ago, Kentspur said:

My mum lives in Strood. There was a run of winters in the 1990s and even early 2000s where we'd be snowless in Dartford and you could guarantee once you got past Gravesend Medway would have some nice falls of snow with a NEly flow there that then went on to head through mid Kent Tunbridge Wells etc and into Northern parts of Sussex occasionally, I always remember 90% of winters Chatham and Gillingham in particular having a lot more snow than anywhere west of here! 

 

I also remember a very localised 10cm snowfall in Strood that came out of nowhere which I believe to have been around 1st December 1996, absolutely nothing in Dartford or Gravesend then got to London Road Strood and suddenly boom heavy snow shower left a nice few inches, but there was nothing further East in Medway! Was the most bizarre localised snowfall I've ever known!

Its so unusual we get a snowy ENE flow to bring the goods home to the NW Kent/SE London borders and the same over the river in Essex/ E London though early January 2003 was the first decent snowfall I remember in these areas since probably the famous Feb 1991 event and we could be on the cusp of a historic  "Thames streamer" which is still good for medway also 

I definitely saw more snow when I moved to Rochester from Dartford and I was very low , just 5 mins walk from the high street, but then there was a Thames streamer a few years back where we missed out and my mum got plenty back in Dartford so it's swings and roundabouts really. 

I am right on the Thames so any streamers i will enjoy until I return to medway hopefully next year.

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2 minutes ago, UKSnakey said:

You're welcome. Medway towns 

Ah ok , I moved from Rochester last year ,seen some good falls there , right on the river now hopefully my altitude doesn't affect me.

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1 minute ago, UKSnakey said:

@gooner265 I'm biased to the netweather one personally. I also "cheat" by reading this topic as theres nothing more definitive and accurate than peoples own reports! Removes any anaprop (anomalous propagation/ "fake radar returns")

Thanks mate , which part of N Kent are you?

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Just now, UKSnakey said:

Similar yes, but i recall it showed the se England on there as well. Mucho thankies though and have bookmarked too. The more radar views the better

What are the best radars to use , I know some you have to pay for?