Kent Clipper

It looks like the pivot point is way up near Derby. You couldn't make this stuff up.

How good would it be to get an evening dusting out of this that will then last until the morning and then (potentially) gets topped up

Just been looking at that. Timing for this could be good if holds together.

Snow amounts across Kent will depend on how much of a continental low level feed we pull in as the system arrives. The GFS 6z pulls up some briefly less cold uppers after the initial snow event turning things back to rain for a while before the cold undercut from the west as part of the system pulls away. Fortunately it looks as if most precipitation is in association with the leading edge (lasting 2 or 3 hours) before a brief less cold blip (with hopefully little or no precipitation in the afternoon. By evening we could well see further light falls from the wrap around before a very cold and icy night. Its very exciting.

I still remember the no. 0898 500 402 !!! ( how sad am i lol) I became quite addicted to calling it, especially in the winter of 95/96 when there were countless snow opportunities in the pipeline

Got quite lucky here (over local high ground) considering we are so far south with just over 2cm. The first upper warm front intensified as it crossed over while we were just about still in the cold air. Its rapidly melting now but it was fun while it lasted and the kids enjoyed a snowball fight.

Snowing in Folkestone. The DP is edging up though. Currently -0.6c (it was -1.1c at 6am). Nice to see it falling near sea level on the south coast (even if it is briefly).

4.7 / 4.5 down from 5.6/5.4 at 8am. For low level Kent to get something semi decent out of this we need to draw in a continental ESE'ly undercut, rather than a boundary level warming ENE'ly off that pesky soupy North Sea. An interesting day ahead.

Its made landfall at Sandwich. t2m's around Deal and Kingsdown are still around 0 32f, dewpoints around -1c (30f).

Sleety precipitation moving in but its very light and the car is still partially frozen (but starting the thaw a little). Heavier stuff moving into Deal soon. The upper air is starting to stir a little now. Hoping that the heavier radar returns swing this one in our favour. Could be a surprise little event for SE Kent. 0.5 / 0.0

Please please please, 0.4c / 0.0c.

Upper air parameters are virtually identical to the Kent rainfest we experienced earlier in the week. The difference this time is we have very light breezes (less than 7mph) between the boundary layer and 850Pa that is preventing mixing through the layers. After 9pm we pick up to a 11-13 mph ENE'ly between 950-850, which increases the risk of mixing out and the likelihood of more rain in the mix. A fascinating couple of hours ahead. The radar looks tantalising !

Things getting quite serious here in Folkestone. Drifting too !

Light rain showers here in Folkestone. 4.2c following a low of 3.0c. 3.4mm rainfall so far today in a light NE'ly.

We had a light shower in Folkestone at around 3.15pm. The was a brief heavier burst containing sleet. The airmass is now cooling and there are some interesting radar returns running along the south coast heading this way. I wonder if we could get some wet snow out of this ?