[SE and East Anglia generalweather discussion 08/11/2017 onwards]

1 hour ago, craigore said:

14 days of S.Westerlys forcast now. Wind & rain to boot. Im sure the mods were forcasting heights over Scandi this time last week. What happened AGAIN !!!

Very very frustrating in the Mod thread..

We go through this every year it seems.

Hopes dashed ..

Even the more respected people dont apear to be able to offer hope.

Whinge over....

We have medium term forecast of dry and cloudy temps 3-9 which to me is the worst of all worlds.  Proper Atlantic weather would be warmer saving on heating bills and wetter replenishing ground water.  There are no upsides to coolish, cloudy and dry.

[SE and East Anglia generalweather discussion 08/11/2017 onwards]

Any chance of showers giving the odd unexpected covering n of the thames tonight?

[SE and East Anglia generalweather discussion 08/11/2017 onwards]

Are we expecting freezing rain this evening?

[SE and East Anglia generalweather discussion 08/11/2017 onwards]

Looks like people not moving for 2 hours on A41....this may be where it gets serrious

[SE and East Anglia generalweather discussion 08/11/2017 onwards]

9 minutes ago, bluearmy said:

Ben - you're either very lucky or a typical bloke ! 

Around 8/10 cms 

Yep, I was estimating just over 5cm....although to be fair I'm still in bed....

[SE & East Anglia Regional Weather Discussion 12/1/2017 11z ---->]

Waited for the blob N of London to cross over from East Anglia and it has arrived as more rain than snow sleet

[SE & East Anglia Regional Weather Discussion 12/1/2017 11z ---->]

I understand it is possible to build a snow cannon using an air compressor, power washer and a nozzle and then all you need is low temps and low wet bulb humidity. Anyone want to give it a go?

[SE England and EA Regional Weather Discussion]

2 hours ago, Blessed Weather said:

Nice start with a frost and now blue sky. Got down to -0.9C overnight, not as cold as I expected.

Here's the Met Office anomaly charts for December 2016. So for our part of the UK you can see that overall Mean Temps were slightly above the longer-term average, but the Minimum Grass Temps suggest lowish overnight temps (so frostier than normal?), but the big story is the continuing drought for our Region:

Overall Mean Temps Grass Minimum Temps

Rainfall

Despite the low rainfall our garden remains 'damp' and I suspect the slugs will still be thriving. I wonder why the low rainfall doesn't seem more linked to a drying out of the top layers of soil?

[January 2017 C.E.T. forecasts]

Forgot to do December which prevented me being wrong.

My wrong guess for Jan is 4.2

 

 

[South East and East Anglia weather discussion/Chat - 18th February onwards]

4 degrees and heavy rain on the back of the wrap around tomorrow morning. Shame we never get these synoptics in January....

[South East and East Anglia weather discussion/Chat - 18th February onwards]

I challenge anyone to get excited about the next 10 days, tbh I would sooner have mild atlantic mush - at least it is cheaper on the heating bills....

[South East and East Anglia weather discussion/Chat - 18th February onwards]

What is this weekend warmth people are talking of? bbc 10 is showing us 9/3 for both days, a max of 11/4 on mon then colder again

[South East and East Anglia weather discussion/Chat - 18th February onwards]

So are we expecting some cold drizzle with sleetiness for a couple of hours at 5AM tomorrow?

[South East and East Anglia weather discussion/Chat - 2nd February onwards]

bbc website is showing al4 will have sleet all wednesday night and snow on thurs morning. What are other models saying? Are we really that close to getting something?

[C.E.T. Forecasts for February 2016]

6.8 for me please

[Alps & Pyrenees Snow Thread 2015/16]

Having done several seasons the problem with snow this late, especially onto warm ground is that it will just not form a long lasting base which means even sizeable dumps will not last through the rest of the season.  Ideal would be soem really hard frosts, a good dump of wet snow with some rain mixed in then more normal cold January snow - not going to happen though.

[C.E.T. forecasts for January, 2016]

5.9 for me please, didn't work for ~December, hopefully better for January

[C.E.T. forecasts for December 2015 (start of 2015-16 competition year)]

Am I right in thinking the more consistently windy a month has been the smaller any correction is likely to be because the air is basically moving all the timer so local effects are mixed out?

[C.E.T. forecasts for December 2015 (start of 2015-16 competition year)]

Ha, found you at last.

I am late, my excuse is that given the weather hasn't realised winter has started how am I supposed to.

Can't see any quick turnaround so even with if there were a cold second half we would only be average overall so 5.8 for me please.

[CET Competition - the scores ongoing]

Haven't taken part in the CET competition since last winter- and now I can't see the December  thread - where is it?

[September 2015 CET forecasts]

Interesting that we are below average given it has seemed subectively to be an ok weather month.

 

From my solar output being above estimate and also my gas bill can I hazard a guess that it has been the night time temperatures that have pulled the cet down?

[February 2015 CET forecasts]

Lucky I gave you all a 30 point start in December....

[Southeast England & East Anglia - Weather Chat >> 1st Feb Onwards]

Shame today's rain is arriving late afternoon rather than 5am...

[Southeast England and East Anglia - Weather Chat]

Daughter excited - not by snow but by hoped for tweet at 7.30am cancelling netball. Other daughter x-country running in St Albans - suspect less snow and runners made of hardier stock.

Snowing not lying in st albans

[Southeast England and East Anglia - Weather Chat]

We have snow!!!!!!!

Graupel?