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Funny how this topic only ever gets brought up when people don't get the snow they wanted. Think how many thousands of forecasts a year they put out, the majority of which are accurate, only for some people to slate them when they get the minority wrong.

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Cor. Blimey. Very heavy fine snow in Wembley. It's like a baby February 2nd - a little mini streamer all of our own!

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No how you're feeling mate, I've been chasing pish around on a radar screen for the last week watching streams set up everywhere but here, finally the winds turned favourable up the Thames for a couple of seconds this evening but now I'm back to watching Kent getting the big dollops and I'm scanning the streamer for flecks that my come way.

What a desperate exisitence, can we not get a direct Easterly for more than a minute?

Know exactly how you feel mate, but we had out turn last February. Also it is only weather...

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fairly heavy snow here. Sting in the tail? probably not.

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Just had a brief burst of fairly heavy snow in Wembley, huge flakes. Heaviest here since Wednesday.

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I'm taking the Countrytracks forecast with a massive pinch of salt, if theres any left. They got it pretty wrong last week, nothing to say they'll get it right this week. Personally, I think areas such as Wales, the West Country and parts of the midlands are going to get hammered midweek, can't see much here.

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I'm so frustrated with this weather. I really want to slate the BBC but I know how hard it is to forecast snow. But what annoys me is the sheer relentlessness of their incorrect forecasts. Still forcasting up to 5cm for London is just plain wrong! I might be proved wrong myself, but I doubt it. It's been a fantastic cold spell for the UK in general but, for London, it's hard not to think what might have been.

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Well we officially have light snow here. And I'm officially confused.

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Flakes in the wind here. It's trying. Would if it could etc

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Im sorry but you must have a rain cloud directly over Croydon which never ends...You

get snow continuous whe n most of the SE is dry....

Please show me your radar as Im shocked that Croydon is getting this snow.

It's that Croydon micro-climate again...

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There's nothing quite like the disappointment of not getting forcasted snow...I guess only people who love snow understand the pain! Hey ho, more important things in life than the weather, and there will be plenty more chances this winter!!

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That's right. There's only 10 million people in London and they think we want to know about the wilds of Kent? Peter Cockcroft is the only guy who forecasts for is and he often strays into "London area" or, my pet hate,"to the west of London" so does he mean west London or somewhere outside london down th m4, such as slough?

I'm so glad other people have noticed this!!

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Toys out of pram time me thinks.

Either youre being ironic or that's quite a pointless post...

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Only got 18cm here

That's a bit rubbish, try harder next time

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Shall I go and measure the snow on the garden chair?

If it's more than the 8 semi-melted cms in my back garden, then no

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Just been out for a measure, 23 flat cm. I seriously have not seen this much snow in my life!

23cm?? That's not fair, you can't have all that! Give it back. Now.

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MetO have issued a severe warning of more snow for the Croydon Borough. There must be something the MetO and Sky News know that some on here don't. Francis Wilson tells all how it is, so I'll be interested to see how things unfold with the prospect of more snow tonight into Sunday & Monday.

I don't mean to sound rude mate, but the Croydon Borough must have its own micro-climate. Even if we do get snow, and I'm sure we will do tomorrow, it is unlikely to be in any way 'severe'. Unless what is termed 'severe' nowadays actually means 'a bit on the heavy side'

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Same here - very respected posters here saying its game up for most yet Sky / BBC still running with it

BBC and Sky have been wrong for London everyday since Wednesday.

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This is what Francis Wilson from Sky News was referring too. Too much doom and gloom on here at the moment.

You're possibly the most optimistic Londoner on here with regards to snow mate - I wish I shared it!!!

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It's all that same line of snow streaming through. Even the good old chilterns have missed out in recent days, I usually welcome a chilterns dumpi g as we in Ealing pick up a few cms from their dregs!

Lol. Cheers steve, keep the posts coming

I'm still amazed at the variation in snow amounts between here and outer London. Here we have 3 inches, in Barnet theres 5, and in Watford (ok, not technically London but close) theres 6!!

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I think you'll find large areas of Sussex, including here in Brighton, also have plebty of snow

Apologies. Kent, Essex,...and Sussex.

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I have to agree and also with Mr Murrs post too. Unless something has gone drastically wrong with the weather. I remember the guy Joe B from Accuweather saying the UK was going to get the mother of all snowstorms last Sunday then having to backtrack a few days later, I sense the same happening with our own forecasters and yet Francis Wilson on Sky was forecasting this snow it like the BBC were earlier... unless of course they know something that isnt apparent to others. If so we will wake tomorrow to the forecasted centimetres nationwide however at the moment it seems the party is over for now... who's got the hoover! Im off down the pub!

I personally don't understand why Francis Wilson is so rated as a forcaster. I can remember literally countless times when his forecasts have hyped up snow events and we've had bugger all.

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I love how this thread is divided neatly into two groups:

1- Those in parts of Kent and Essex that are up to their knees in crisp, powdery, glorious magical snow

2- Everyone else

I'm bored of being in the second group now.

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Well Im giving it to 22:30 tonight on radar watch then calling it a day- although I already know its game set & match-

The problem here isnt what the weathers done its the expectation brought about by TV forecasters ( met ones) who are not given enough time to properly convey a message to the audience- & so like a heard of lemmings the general public refer to the MET office site- for warning which quite frankly is an un-usable shambles-

This Easterly- or shall I say North easterly has been for the Majority pretty dry as the curvature of the isolines is such that the flow suits the extreme east of Essex, a small strip of Central Kent & parts of East + west Sussex-

We could have made this very easy at the start, & said pretty much faversham up to Gravesend & areas all points SW- along the compass - Plus the SE corner of essex- Felixstowe to Ipswich-

Tonight will be a case of the meek watch in envy as the rich get richer-

Ive mentioned sittingbourne about 5/6 times now each day & had Ashford originally as my Jackout zone- both have varified with snow now exceeding 30cms in some locations- & when all said & done somewhere will have 40/45cm-

Sadly the sliding scale of snow locally to these areas isnt uniform, its at very sharp gradient- so drive out of sittingbourne 10 miles wither way- ( more especially west) & you go from 12 inches to 2/3-

Its a pity because in terms of cold its been the best for years & would have delivered for so many more people had the wind been a bit more westerly vectored-

As for the longivity now- I think we have a chance of snow moving in from the SW in 3 days time, the likley hood is though it will be away towards Hampshire/ dorset & we will be dry-

That leaves us *Potentially* with another 8-10 days of very cold surface air & snow Cover- but not much in the way of snow- very 1986 esque-

good for those in Kent as it will be a sledging fest-

Exciting- not really- abnormal yes-

We need a reload from the East to bring the threat of snow back........

S

The words 'final nail in the coffin' spring to mine. I can't help but think back to Thursday's BBC London forecast: Snow showers Thursday, snow showers Friday, snow showers Saturday, heavy snow Sunday. We've had two flurries.

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Hello to all ,

How much you thing NW london (Harrow) is going to get over the week

Thanks!

Impossible to say at the moment, but I wouldn't bother looking past tonight/tomorrow if I were you, during which time we're supposedly meant to see a couple of cms, perhaps a tad more.