Kent Blizzard

Hammering it down where I'm working in Lordswood, going to wrap things up for the day and get home!!! Snow and Hail combined.

The big question is how long can the sea keep throwing it out towards us? if can keep it going for a few hours after dark then many places will get at least a covering.

You can't beat big fluffy flakes

The moisture should start coming in about 2/3am i.e RH

West Kingsdown had snow falling earlier (Admittedly Altitude helps) ...but don't worry yourself at this stage.

What's this based on? Not the metO symbols again surely??

I'd ignore the symbols most of the time, let alone at this stage. Not recently for obviously reasons but the amount of time they say rain but it's been dry you would not believe. Take it as a positive it shows precipitation if at all, the rest is nowcast.

As I said yesterday, Medway towns can have different weather types, bone dry in Gillingham but places like Lordswood snowed under Like you, I'm taking it as it comes, not building any hopes up and hopefully be delighted.

I'm going into the next day or so with a very open mind, I usually do well out of a Thames Streamer, once it kicks in I want to start seeing longevity. Just a few centimetres on the ground will certainly hang about for a while, changing the landscape......and as a landscaper I'm not sure how much work will get done next week, ground will certainly be firm

Yep, It can be a totally different world round that area within a couple of miles, to the point where people in Chatham/Gillingham would think your lying if you said you was snowed in

The feel like temps will certainly feel a lot colder! For me the Beeb seem to overdo the temperature, especially during the warmer months.

Nothing falling from the Sky a few.minutes, I looked at the radar and thought the same, cloud building and as Alexis says it's got noticeably cooler.

Afternoon Met4Cast I'm also keeping a close eye on it, I've a landscaping project starting in Lordswood. Even 2-3cm would most likely rule out it starting, That depth can also cause chaos on the roads round that way off the.main routes.

Some interesting weather coming up, we will certainly learn a thing or two from it. Dry but cold will do me just fine, working outside what's seemed like endless days of rain has been a right struggle, looking forward to this afternoon (not). I'm pretty sure we will have some snow opportunities but it's not worth getting stressed over, especially after every run. I sometimes wish we didn't have access to so much information (data), as a kid I was excited to see a snow symbol on tv weather maps...that was the chase

What a dull dark start to the working year! Looking quite messy today with some strong gusts this after especially along the South Coast. I think more would have been said about this if the FI chase wasn't on

Tomorrow is looking a very damp one!! And Thursday considerably breezy!! Plan the Christmas shopping trips wisely

As much as I'd like to see a proper White Christmas one year, I'm old enough to know the chaos it will cause for many. In the Covid days it was hard not having family around over Christmas. If we had a White Christmas it would create the same feel, with family/ourselves not being able to travel about, not wanting to run the risk of being stranded and so on, especially the elders. I know some would be praying for it though, not for the snow but so it's an excuse not to see family A cold blast, bit of frost will do me fine for this year! I'll even let the heating go on for a while, but not the oven!! Christmas Air-Fryer Dinner

Morning all, nice chilly but sunny start to the day. The fact the MetO keeps mentioning precipitation in the written forecast is a good thing imo. Plenty more twist and turns to come, still in the game!!

Lots of interest still in my opinion and again it's not even Winter yet, It's a decent bonus to have an early chase. I'd rather have a slim chance of a snow flurry and cold weather than the damp mess we've had for most of Autumn. It looks a complicated set-up to my untrained eye, plenty of twists, turns and nowcasting, not worth worrying about when and how the cold spell ends.

What was the ground temps last December when he had snow? Our snow lasted a week, then some rain came in to wash it away

Yep I think we all have a decent enough chance of seeing some snow, how much is up for debate though, it'll be nice just to see some falling before Winter even starts. The Christmas decorations going up and some snow on the ground would really remind me of 2009/10. It was good to see some before Christmas last year also. It'll be interesting how the Met Office plays this over the coming days, warnings and stuff. The latest written forecast was 4am this morning. "Sunny periods and isolated showers Wednesday. Cloudier Thursday and Friday as an area of heavy rain makes uncertain northeastward progress, possibly falling as snow over higher hills. Becoming cold. Breezy."

Certainly has, now some heavy drizzle! We certainly have an interesting week ahead Lauren, plenty of twists and turns to come. I think we will all certainly learn something from this week one way or another.

I always like an early chance of seeing snow, even just a quick flurry. Now if we was at the end of Feb I'd start to feel a bit nervous!! BUT we can relax, Winter not even started yet LOL

Morning all Quite a dull and chilly start, quite gusty also which is adding to the cool factor.

Regarding the December snowfall last year, does anyone have any notes of frosts prior to that? If at all? P.S The MAD thread starting to get into full swing...It'll be a long Winter for some