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The weather forecasters this morning are pretty adamant that it will only be rain (and possibly sleet) today. Potential to turn to snow tonight though with a possible covering in places. Thursday night again has potential.
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So glad I had a night off radar watching and got a good night's sleep....Good Morning Britain are really hyping up the cold weather because of this met office weather warning. So over the top. They have reporters dotted over the country...the one in Beverley where they have 3cm of snow said it's the "beast from the East" that's causing all the problems. How misinformed can they all be lol. And one of the lady reporters from Lancaster said "I'll show you how cold it is today" held up the thermometer "it showed 1c" laughable!
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In the appropriate setting perhaps I've had no issues, maybe I should think before I type, apologies.
Ok, I appreciate and accept your apology.
Let's get back to the weather
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Very silly! approach did you see the BBC forecast the band of snow yesterday. I do not understand why some take them as a godsend useless when it comes to showery precip or anything born from a unstable airmass.
Very silly??? Do you normally talk to people like that? Don't appreciate it buddy.....
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Anyone else see the BBC weather following the news? Matt Taylor paints a very gloomy picture for South East tonight. The main threat is ice. No mention whatsover of precipitation. All showers appear to be up north. And even tomorrow, only isolated, and mostly rain or sleet. Tomorrow night might be better though, through to Thursday, but nothing out of the ordinary. Friday he mentioned it getting even colder as an Easterly sets in, but once again no mention of precipitation.
I think I'll have a night off radar watch.
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As much as I like snow, I can't help wondering why some folk are so obsessed with it, to the point where they spend hours on end watching the models/faxes/radar etc and post every time there is so much as a slight change in the offing ?
It's a genuine question. Given this is a weather forum, where do you folk disappear to when the seasons change ? Are you not interested in any other types of weather ? It's like tumbleweed city in here for most of the year.
It's rather easy to get engrossed in the forum on a cold winters day/night. Not exactly outdoor weather is it? No harm done
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Doesn't sound that promising. The local weather text is even worse. This Evening and Tonight:
Remaining cold overnight, especially where any localised snow accumulations persist. Further sleet and snow showers are likely, mainly across eastern England and Scotland, leading to icy patches. Elsewhere, generally dry with a widespread frost, locally severe.
Wednesday:Cold with further isolated wintry showers in the east, snow across hills. Mainly dry elsewhere, with some sunny spells. Further rain, sleet and hill snow arrives in the northwest later.
Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:Brisk northeasterly winds with further wintry showers across some eastern parts Thursday. Otherwise dry and cold. Sunny periods Friday before turning less cold and rather cloudy from the north Saturday
Isolated wintry showers....there was a warning for heavy snow only yesterday for tomorrow with accumulations!
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Doesn't sound that promising. The local weather text is even worse. This Evening and Tonight:
Remaining cold overnight, especially where any localised snow accumulations persist. Further sleet and snow showers are likely, mainly across eastern England and Scotland, leading to icy patches. Elsewhere, generally dry with a widespread frost, locally severe.
Wednesday:Cold with further isolated wintry showers in the east, snow across hills. Mainly dry elsewhere, with some sunny spells. Further rain, sleet and hill snow arrives in the northwest later.
Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:Brisk northeasterly winds with further wintry showers across some eastern parts Thursday. Otherwise dry and cold. Sunny periods Friday before turning less cold and rather cloudy from the north Saturday
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Not on the local ones they're not - the women who do the regionals (from a studio in London, IIRC) are presenters, not meteorologists.
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Yeah, Kate Kinsella used to read the local news years ago.
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Yep Wed night Thurs into Friday looking good. Prefer it when MetO dont predict it / issue warnings as never seems to happen if they say it will
It might be better for the South East this time as the showers are unlikely to push as far west, as the wind will be N/E. But then again that was the thinking last night lol...
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The BBC 2240 local London forecast must go down as the worst short range TV forecast I have ever seen. Having seen the presenter say the odd place might see a "sleety mix", I gave in and went to bed. Imagine my surprise when I awoke this morning to 2cm and everything white – the Forest was Narnian this morning. So they didn't forecast the snow in this part of east London whatsoever, at just a few hours range.
Yes definitely very poor. The presenters don't seem very knowledgeable either. You end up being more confused than ever about what the weather will be. But surely they are using the same data as the main BBC weather presenters? I've always like Radio 5 live weather during the morning just before the half hour. It's always a BBC weather presenter, but they use up to date information regarding where the showers are at the moment etc. Much more informative
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ITV local weather says dry and sunny today. Surely that can't be right? Can't believe the difference in weather forecasts.
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why are all the bbc forecasters snow haters,bring back rob mcalwee,him and alex deakin should cover all the winter weather
I don't know tbh.But realistically most normal people don't like snow much due to the inconvenience of it. So the forecasters are presenting to them, as if snow is the enemy....I think an impartial view is better, and let people make up their own minds whether it's good or bad for them, instead of being patronising...the youtube clip of Ian Mcaskill during the extreme snow of 1991 played it just right, even though as he said it the weather was "grim", as it was really. ITV weather is not too bad. More impartial than BBC.
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Croydon and other parts of SW London are doing really well out of this train of showers. One after the other hitting the same spot. As I mentioned last night that Oxford were in a sweet spot. 7cm according to Carol K. The BBC said yesterday lunchtime that there would be nothing disruptive. Got it wrong again
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Sorry to be a party pooper, but tomorrow's snow has been downgraded now to rain and sleet by Carol Kirkwood. So the heavy showers forecasted don't look like happening. Temperatures look too high at 6c. But who knows?
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It looks like the group of showers near Lowestoft has intensified and got larger. Looks like it cold be heading for SE London/NW Kent?
It looks like the group of showers near Lowestoft has intensified and got larger. Looks like it cold be heading for SE London/NW Kent?
Snowing moderately in Dartford
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Is a streamer starting to be set up along the thames estuary? Precipitation has expanded quite markedly in the last 30mins and intensifying
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Oxford in a sweet spot. Another couple of hours of snow to go at least! I'm off to bed. Goodnight
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It's the 700hPa wind vectors you want to view when tracking PPN, surface wind direction doesn't give an accurate enough picture. 700hPa shows why the band is moving SW
Yes, makes sense when you look at these...maybe we should all have thought of looking at these wind vectors (including the forecasters) instead of just going by the wind direction...
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Well fair play to the Euro4 called it fairly well tonight. The NMM however is wrong by about 150 miles + massive FAIL.
Those in the W/NW of the region enjoy.
Do the BBC look at these ppn predictions as well? If so, they must have gone for the NMM, who as you say were well wide of the mark. Euro4 very accurate.
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The main band is weakening now anyway. Nothing much coming off the North Sea now either. Maybe a wintry mix to look forward to tomorrow lol
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Keep the faith.. It is slipping southwards west London looks fine..
No good if you live in East London eastwards though. Very poor forecast from the Met Office/BBC. How can they get things so wrong with regards to the direction of the prep?
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What a twist of fate the 500 wind vectors and 700 wind vectors all move in a SW direction roughly along the m4 corridor , hence the shift as the band moved southwards , 50 miles North / South the winds are in s more northerly direction
That's called buggers luck
What is it about the M4 corridor. Rain always to the south of it from a channel low
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Wouldnt give up just yet
But none of them arrows are pointing SW, which is the direction the precip is moving. So can't rely on these wind directions I wouldn't have thought
Southeast England & East Anglia - Weather Chat >> 1st Feb Onwards
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Showers showing signs of moving south from Hull now. It looks like the showers will become more extensive as the day goes on and turn increasingly wintry. So all to play for