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I'm glued to the radar already lol
And the front is already looking very intense - no wonder the warnings were issued!
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My boss told me not to bother coming in tomorrow. I said, oh that's nice of you, I'll see you on Monday morning. He replied, don't bother, your fired!
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Who cares what it's showing after the initial event? Let's get the snow first and then radar watch, there's not much point in worrying about something further down the road before anything has even fallen yet.
Unfortunately, there is nothing worse than having a great roaring blizzard only to see it all washed away a day or two later!
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It's a good plan- I might even go to bed now and get up at midnight... will that work?
Good luck to everybody; enjoy what could well be a historic event!
Stay safe, too.
EDIT: I'm too excited to go to sleep now!
Maybe such a rare roaring blizzard deserves an all night vigil!
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I wouldn't want to be taking a walk over the Brecon Beacons tomorrow! Take care.
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Judging by the 6z NMM lite animation I've just run, folk should also prepare for some wind-driven snow during the early part of the event.
I am talking winds in excess of 30mph here, albeit for a brief period and prone coastal locations may well get gusts in the range of 40 to 50mph.
In terms of snow, things may be marginal at first, in the usual locations but the BBC (MetO affiliated) forecasts I have seen, show widespread reasonable amounts of SNOW and Cornwall getting in on the act eventually, later into the event.
That will cause some serious drifting - possibly well over 1 metre drifts!
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It's on its way!
Beautiful sunrise under way at the moment - a precursor to a lot of snow?
I think we can be confident now that the rain/sleet threat has truly gone for our neck of the woods.
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The ECM is still excellent and signals a reload albeit in FI.
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IAN F's forecast seems to be following the along the lines of the ECM and that channel LP for Monday: Blizzard 2 - The Return.
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One thing I will say about Cockthaw is that he seems to focus on central London. Last Feb he talked about minimal amounts of snow in London, which came as a surprise to many in the capital who had 3-4 inches and a Sunday of sledging. Yet central London was clear. Not saying this is what is happening here but maybe he is factoring the intense heat trapping that occurs in the middle of town. Just a thought.
"Cockthaw" - love it!
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That looks ominous! Almost 'The Day After Tomorrow'.
ECM just fantastic.
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36 Hrs from now and there's going to be an awful lot of radar watching!
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Yeah but most of the heavy snow will have fallen by then...it's always the same along the South Coast of England, it could be snowing on Mercury, indeed it could be snowing in the inner core of the sun...and it would still rain here :-(...I'm still hopeful, but I'm not getting my hopes up...if needs be I'll get some warm clothes on and talk a trundle up onto the South Downs !
I used to live up in Hollingbury when I lived in Brighton as a child. It could be a blizzard up there but raining in the centre. So yes, I would advise a trip up to the Downs.
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South east kent won't see any friday
I'm sure you'll have had a few good cm by Saturday night.
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Now might be the the time to go and get milk and bread in before the rush starts! Our village goes mad when there is snow and people buy up everything, even all the vegtables are gone.
Strange that - almost a primeval instinct!
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Met office and bbc now showing snow all day friday into sat with heavy snow for six hours between 12-6..
It can't get much better than that - pure heaven!
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we dont do to bad according to the norwegians forcast..
I used to live in Norway near to Oslo and every year in that area they get metres and metres of snowfall. Average winter day temperatures are -15 deg C. The coldest I experienced there was -25 deg C and that was daytime too!
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Tomorrow never comes,lets hope it does
You mean the day after tomorrow! Watch out for them wolves.
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I just had to pop in here to say that I'm a bit jealous you lot are in the sweet zone to getting a roaring blizzard with 15cm to 20cm and perhaps 1metre + drifts - you lucky dastards!
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I've seen too many other sources that give me great confidence, the MET O will update on Friday and their TV output is already saying snow all the way through the weekend!
OK, just over an hour and the GFS 12z will cover us in snow (probably!!!)
What do you think about the threat of sleet/rain for our neck of the woods, Coast? Would you say 50/50?
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Just drawn up a map
It's a pretty rough estimate, obviously some areas will see slightly more or slightly less, but as a ballpark figure based on the latest NAE & NMM
Seems a pretty decent guide. I hope that the occlusion doesn't cause a sleet/rain scenario for us here again like last Monday. The MET are predicting this again and it would be a shame to have a roaring blizzard only to be washed away before we can get out and enjoy it.
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I know that many frown on Piers Corbyn but I have to say that he has been right so far about UK winters being colder and snowier. The man has made his mark as far as I'm concerned.
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Live Broadcast with Philip Avery on BBC news channel just now:
Really ramping it up for the West Midlands, northern England and Scotland on Friday.
Yes we had snow graphics on the SE but nothing compared to further west. :-(
Yes but with the cold block staying put, we in the SE, can still have 'our finest hour'. Be patient, it is coming!
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Why still do the met office want to start with as the weather breaks down
Don't like that bit
I too thought that to be a little confusing. Not quite sure what they mean by that.
London & South East Regional Discussion 17th January 2013, 12z onwards
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Well, we are getting nearer to the great event - let's hope it's a good one!