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2 minutes ago, Paul Sherman said:

Really is interesting the areas North of the Estuary with that wedge of warmer dewpoints and solid rain, the colder undercutting has no doubt gone through with the reports of snow now South of the Thames further East into Kent. 

Here is hoping Thursday's does not suffer the same fate North of the warmer Estuary. Am surprised about Chelmsford still having rain though as thats fully 14 miles NW of the Estuary

Lakenheath and Mildenhall have turned West in the last hour and dropped like a stone, there is hope.

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1 minute ago, Nqp15hhu said:

Absolutely nothing falling here

Little drizzle here in the last hour but no more than that yet.

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2 minutes ago, chionomaniac said:

Action stations. We have splodgy rain in Burgess Hill!

SPLODGY

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1 minute ago, Mustang said:

I hardly ever post on here but I visit this forum everyday since I signed up years ago, just not as prolific as most on here (sorry for reporting rain at my location I'll stay quiet from now on)

I think it is something to do with those that have to tell every 5mins just to wind people up.

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Temps and dp's dropping from the NW and SE, dp's to the west of EA going negative.

Radar turning more pink and plenty reports of snow to our West and Northwest.

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Rain has turned to snow on the moors in the SW

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Still looking as close to marginal as we could get, looking at GFS, it puts the 528 line in front of the main band just as the heavier stuff moves in around evening time.

By midnight the 528 line is well into France and precip band centred over our region.

Ive used the 528 line a lot in marginal set ups before and it tends to work quite well.

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Temps under the front look to be quite low from S.Wales up to Newcastle with dp's around the 0c mark.

Reports from those areas are still of patchy snow/sleet but places are turning more white.

I see some small areas of pink on the moors in the SW so good signs the cold is undercutting, just want to hold it back a little bit longer.

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13 minutes ago, Kent Blizzard said:

I'm going to look really odd walking about later with a canoe and paddle in one hand and a sledge in the other....I just like to be prepared for everything

 

 

I give you the sledge boat.

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3 minutes ago, FetchCB said:

and while we wait for the 2cm to bring the country to a standstill

Chicago is preparing to come to a standstill....https://abc7chicago.com/live/

because of the cold. they have had their high temperature for today ....-17c ...expected to fall to minus 37c 

Marginal at best

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10 minutes ago, CanadianCoops said:

Interesting that the front is moving quicker than anticipated and due to arrive earlier here. Both go against getting higher snowfall amounts. That said a few cms still possible but likely more with elevation. I think the changes will go against anyone near coast/at sea level getting accumulations. I might be wrong. I hope I am.

Agree, not something i wanted to see, the slower front was the better evo.

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2 minutes ago, Weathizard said:

If you call a ‘cold spell’ 6c by day then your idea of a cold spell is clearly different to mine mate, there’s going to be a lot of people disappointed by tonight IMO

I think a week of snow chances across the UK is a cold spell yes, would be nice to think any falls might not melt to fast but you can't have it all.

Don't get your expectations up every time people mention cold and snow, people seem to think that every snow or cold spell is going to be The perfect storm, welcome to reality the spectrum of different kinds of snow event is endless.

I do hope your cornflakes taste better tomorrow anyway

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1 minute ago, Weathizard said:

Ok here goes - am I the only one who isn’t satisfied by this slushfest? In our region realistically the snow isn’t going to last regardless of if we get a CM or 2 laying it’ll be melted by midday

Given all the good signals we’ve had this winter and proper cold forecasts this all just seems like a bit of damp squib to me, don’t get me wrong I might be on my own with this it’s probably my location swaying me but cold rain is just depressing rubbish! I crave proper cold and proper snow, sod all the marginality.

Also, call me bitter but how is it we look like the sweet spot then as we get towards the off the north and midlands are always the favoured ones? Rant over, yes someone did p**s on my cornflakes  

Did you not use the p#@? on the cornflakes line last Friday when you claimed the cold this week to be dead and buried.

New week, new material??

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Temps and Dps across the region.

 

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Morning all,

Chilly night here down to -4c, hovering now around the 0c mark.

My thoughts for tonight are still good, didn't pay too much attention to last nights bbc forecast purely because they had the front pretty much through us by this evening, don't know what its showing this morning but that evo was just to fast considering meto warnings don't start till this evening.

Obviously i would love things to be a bit less marginal, but some great snowfalls have come from charts you would swear were going to be a washout.

Buckle up and get ready for the ride people, 

GOOD LUCK

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2 minutes ago, Paul Sherman said:

Ah the same question we have had for the past 15 years.

We tried a 3 counties and a Norfplk/Suffolk Group before but then those regionals went dead and everyone went back in with the SE & East Anglia around 9 years ago so there you have it. If you want to frequent the East Midlands, Lincs threads then by all means be my guest

I've always really liked it this way, it can get extremely busy during extreme weather, but at the same time i don't have to look too much into the other regionals to see what reports are coming in my direction.

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35 minutes ago, P-M said:

Imagine him at the COBR meeting for extreme weather "well the thing is prime minister there's the possibility of some very concerning weather from latest weather models.  I'll let you know just after the event on what I'm thinking."    

The tweet is talking primarily about Tuesdays low, so is talking post that event.

Edit, I'm hours behind

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Dropping fast

 

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Maybe give the outside sensor a clean or a blow out, maybe something got in there, i would say if your temps match other stations (which they do) and your dps have looked ok before, then a sensor issue, pain in the backside now though.

@Sky High

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1 minute ago, Sky High said:

Thanks Chris

I have an Oregon weather reader from Argos. Well actually my wife does, but what's hers is mine, right? It now says 26% humidity. I wonder why the reading would be wrong and how I can fix it.

Has it got an inside and outside humidity on it or just outside?

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6 minutes ago, Sky High said:

Trying to work out my dewpoint.

My temp is 3.9c

My humidity is 24%

So dewpoint -15c. 

Does that seem right?

That is right calculation wise, but you need to check the RH, that looks way to low.

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4 minutes ago, Froze were the Days said:

What's the latest on tomorrow evenings cataclysmic event?...GFS showing low to far north or ECM showing low not oriented right, GFS/P to far south or Icon maybe bang on! haven't been in MOD thread after last night but I bet that's what it's like ...personally feel It will be all a lot hot air (for this region) as per the winter so far!

I live in hope of a change...

They'll be fine in there, go and ask

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1 minute ago, lassie23 said:

what if it reverses and ends up on the east coast of america

It would be one of those oval tracks that just goes round and round and round and round..................and round

 

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North Track

South Track

AARRRGHHH!! 

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7 minutes ago, Lauren said:

Honestly, I think a lot of people are going to be disappointed. I'm not quite sure what people are looking at on the models to be ramping it up so much. Looks to be a mildly snowy event to me.

Me neither