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Streamer seems to be dying out. The Meteox.nl site sees snow until about 2pm and then nothing.

Kent Borders poster....I'm in Staplecross TN32 5QW (near Bodiam Castle)

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Quite a bit here. Must have started at 5am or so because the milkman didn't leave any footprints. 4-5" I'd guess. Nice looking streamer on the radar.

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1c and snowing in Staplecross (East Sussex / Kent border) for the last 15 minutes or so. Trying to settle. Waiting for the schools to close again - expecting to see the boy shortly...

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Must have lost 4-5" of snow since about 6pm last night, and still melting fast. TBH, I'd now like it to thaw completely and await a reload later this winter. The boy's school is now open again too - much that he loved playing in it, his constant presence was a distraction!!

Fresh piccie of the remaining snow cover:

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Looks like Cherbourg's going to get it again too

Meteox

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Greetings from East Sussex. Lots of snow yesterday, but just tiny (but persistent) amounts today. About 110m ASL elevation in Staplecross so not suffering much melting as yet, still got the 7-8", most of which came from yesterday's Kent streamer. Snowballs come up a bit damp, and footprints turn to slush at lower elevations. The boy highly disappointed that he may have to go back to school tomorrow.

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Snow losing its pattern now on the NW radar thingy. Could get a bit random. No idea if that's good or not.

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LOL. Maybe you should go out more!!!

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This is a dirty looking one coming down into N Kent (courtey of NW obviously)

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total whiteout here in Hastings now; guess we've had a good 2" since early evening.

I think you had the joy of the remains of the streamer added to the lump. Another set due in about an hour judging by the radarry thing, currently hitting Essex and N Kent.

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Not wuch sign of the travel moving torwards easterly weather yet. The latest part of the Kent streamer looks like it may pass to the east of us, having been spot on for a while

Edit: I lied. Seems to be snowing somewhat. Bail out, bail out!

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don't think the weekend will be anything like that - that was SEVERE! incredible drifting, the snow didn't fully melt until well into March!

Remember it well. Asdaville had hardly any snow at all, but Dengie got it hard. Got snowed in (most unfortunately) at the White Horse on the Dengie Straight during the course of it. Not sure if it was snowing when we left . Too few hills for tobogganing..had to move to Sussex!

Latest NW piccie (It said that I can't post them to any OTHER forums...if the mod wants to say I shouldn't then I won't any more PS sorry). I do recommend the NW service. The missus works in the local shop and was able to tell people what was going to be happening for the next couple of hours as a result. Pint of lager price for a month.

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How can that be? we've had nothing! - must me very localised and be over in a blink of an eye.

From the rainttoday map the Dengie peninsular only clipped the very northern edge of the lump. Don't worry too much. If 1987 was anything to go by, when I lived in Tillingham, we were snowed in for a week, with drifts half way up the door and blocking the road to Southminster entirely where it drifted off the fields.

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Lovely looking lump coming into NE Kent heading towards E Sussex. Splendid. Been snowing here for the last hour or so. Another 3cm according to the boy who claims to have found one part of the garden that he hasn't yet made a snowman from.

I signed up for a month of the NW radar today....has anybody else found that even despite the 10-15 minute delay on getting the latest update, the actual snowfall takes another 10 minutes or so to arrive? I suppose snow takes a while to fall

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The Kent streamer looks like it's pivoting round to a more NEly direction from the previous NNE and looks to have some heavyish snow in it. I'm just a few miles from the base now (as at 1805 NW radar) as it skews. Bring it on!!

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Streamer!!!!!!!!!

Yes, I see that on the NW radar going through Whitstable, Canterbury etc. I'm at the base of it and about 10 miles West. Does it stay the same width or is there some other effect as it hits the coast? Sorry for the silly questions

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same here, and still no let up - lovely

6 inches on the ground now.

Would you mind sending it a few miles SE to us? Had half an hour of it earlier. All quiet currently....the MetO invent radar shows your snow beautifully

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For you Eastbourne chaps, you should be getting it soon - started here in Staplecross about 10 minutes ago. Not very heavy yet but looks like it means business. See that the streamer is quite narrow - might be worth drawing a line from the NE Kent peeps getting decent snowfalls through my position to see where it's going next!

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Ah yes. Here we go. Strong leading front as the snow started while the sun was still shining brightly. Coming down at quite a rate now, bigger flakes than we've seen over the last couple of days and adding nicely to the 10cm or so we currently have. The boy is quite pleased, understandably, with no school for two days and huge opportunities for sledging and snowballs.

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Beautiful sunny start to the day after blizzard conditions last night, the icy small stuff which hurts when it hits you. Can see a bunch of cloud north of me, presumably the snow-bearing stuff which is currently hitting the Ashford / Maidstone / Tunbridge Wells peeps.

More snow. Yum.

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Piccies from Bodiam / Staplecross, East Sussex

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Have just registered - thanks to all the knowledgeable posters on here. Some of you seem to have a better handle on things than the official forecasters

East Sussex / SW Kent border (near Bodiam Castle) not faring too badly. We had about 4cm overnight (mostly later in the session, and on top of some days-old crunchy stuff) and have had steady but mainly light snow all day - now got about 7cm. Snowfall seems to be thickening up somewhat currently. Took the dogs out in the woods this morning and was surprised to see that the 'permafrost' which had set in after several days of sub-zero temps had melted somewhat. Took some piccies and will post them when I've found out how!