Daniel*

Or Dastardly Daniel! Sorry my geography is poor in that region I must have got it confused with another location, well in 50-100 years time it may be getting towards coastal due to coastal erosion. I'm delighted that this thread is alive again

It was forecasted to be a sleety mix near the coast as snow starved as I am I'll take anything that comes, powder snow in my location is incredibly rare. I would be most deflated if I ended with zilch.

In fact it isn't....snow can fall accumulations on other hand. Dew point is -4C the temp is hovering at 3C at the mo I'm getting a horrible feeling it is going to clip here.

Live a little? Well Mr Blobby needs to slow down.....

5.847 million according to 2011 census you missed a zero.

Suggesting it being a complete washout IDO is providing an inaccurate assessment, what he wants folk to hear no doubt about that, even the forecast raised it.

Healthy batch of showers.

Bloody Nora I'm getting heart palpitations I may be in a good place. Chasing after snow will be the death of me! I think the Estuary might cause the blob to perk up...fingers crossed snow deprivation is horrid.

0.1mm breaking the bank there, where did you acquire this? The E4 is also showing a blob in that rough area.

IDO is wrong. The front stalls over SE/EA with some back-edge snow being offered.

Interesting for 0000 considering I have not had over 1cm in 3 years the time is nigh.

Convective snow showers I like.

The other bit to the warning

Chief Forecaster's assessment: The colder airmass already established across Scotland and the north of England will continue south to affect most other parts by Sunday evening. Showers will feed in on the north to northeasterly winds, particularly affecting the more northern and eastern parts of Scotland, along with northern England during Sunday daytime, but progressing further south into the north and East Midlands along with parts of east and southeast England during Sunday evening and overnight into Monday. Not everywhere will see the snow showers, but some may become aligned in bands from time to time, leading to the risk of some moderate accumulations of snow, most likely over northern Scotland and northeast England. Ice will also be a hazard on untreated surfaces, particularly between showers overnight, with those areas just inland from the coasts of eastern and southeast England at particular risk as the showers will fall as a wintry mix. London snow shield fully operating...

Interesting this 'mass' covering London & Southeast has remained pretty much stationary for hours on end. I expect it to turn wintry as we go deeper into the night snizzle?

ECM has the precip lingering all night long it should in theory turn to sleet/snow eventually into the dark depths of the night with those colder dew points moving in 850's not spectacular, It's like trying to flog a dead horse....

Icy cold rain it is horrible you can only imagine if better parameters were in place.

Certainly possible sub zero dew points pushing south through the night. Looking at the radar the precip seems to be building if this can linger a definite risk is there.

In traditional settings if only the mainland was colder this would have all fallen as snow how unfortunate. We're still on for some snow this weekend - latter part of Sunday into Monday afternoon before pressure builds. Slight accumulations probable for those who tend to do well out of N/E winds. Moving on a quite raw day a brisk easterly wind the feel like temperature is much colder. Ian has remarked on the MO are going with a blocked end of Feb into early March favouring cold conditions to ensue, what does this mean? Well no early start to spring, occasional sleet showers ect ect.

I'm dubious about it being sealed deal yet. Such swings in the last 24 hours infers little confidence.

Could you elaborate on this? An upgrade for the immediate future colder 850's further south I reckon the chilterns may get a light covering.

The ECM precip charts have been quite consistent with heaviest precip through the mouth of the river affecting S Essex, N/NW Kent & Greater London. I suspect there will be convection firing off from the Estuary....

Cheeky ENE wind for a time on Sunday, perhaps ECMWF is showing a Thames streamer - that does sound far fetched in all honesty a possibility nonetheless. Thoughts?