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Already back down to -3.2 in Canterbury,, which puts it 2 degrees lower than the Meto forecast , by the way have you spotted the new drizzle symbol on Meto and BBC, can't remember that before..

A bone chilling -12C min last night in Canterbury now reading -11.4

Radar seems to show it more southerly than expected at this time and arcing round quicker than expected, if I'm not mistaken.. Got to like the tripod like formation on the radar , a litteral three pronged attack, that will make it very hit and miss!

I do agree that the radar does show the ppt further east than predicted . I suppose using ready reckoning and allowing for the pivoting of the front , you would want the sweet spot over dare I say Carlisle tomorrow at around 3.00PM , then we might get more than expected in our corner.

Anyway even if we do miss out now, we could be on for a St Vals snow fest....hehe great minds think alike Shrimper

Sadly the 18z and Meto output show the sweet spot of the snow further west, although also slightly further south. This wouldn't be good in this corner, still 24hrs to go .. watching the radar tomorrow will show us the truth.

Pinpoint accuracy is indeed impossible, I remember a few years back being told that there would be little no snow, only to wake up to a good 10 inches of snow.. So it is possible for things to change last minute.

Well you see you don't have Queen "cold for the next 2 weeks " Kaddy to advise you.. It looks like about 3 - 6 hours of fairly steady if not spectacular snow. Around 1.30 - 200am ish could be the peak.. can't be sure though

Reckon you will get 3 - 5 cm..

Don't think we will miss out tomorrow night, just unlikely to be in the sweet spot. , It wouldn't take much of a shift to the south or east to make a major difference in snow quantity , although admitedly a shift to the west could mean missing out completely.. Still should pick up 1 - 3 cm , not a lot but still snow.

Some snow snizzle grains falling at the moment , no new covering here.

Gosh it's cold in Canterbury -9.6 and dropping

Snow in Canterbury, almost to the minute I posted an hour or so back. Very light but falling on freezing ground, Muir factor 2-3 I would say.

I've turned on the Canterbury snow magnet to suck those showers into the Stour streamer or Thanet Diverson. They way they are moving in something should hit planet Thanet in about 20 minutes and the Cathedral city in around 1 hour. Lets see

Still just below freezing in Canterbury -0.7, nasty misty fog, icy roads, not good combination

Around about 12cm here in Canterbury

Well time for me to check out from snowy Canterbury , Murr factor 4 still and couple of mm more than yesterday, paths are gone, patio gone, still can see grass tops. If we are in the sweet spot I have my spade and broom inside and will send my children out to shovel the path in the morning. Night night sleep well all or not at all if you are on lamp post watch!

Bit off topic but they would never take you to your nearest school, CRB checks and all that anyway the DFE have banned snow.

Well I guess it is because warm air = moist air on most occasions, + the process of making snow is exothermic ie it gives out heat believe it or not..

Canterbury -1.3 , very liitle new snow, a few mm left over from yesterday, definite snow factor 4 now, maybe a rising 5?

Just started in Canterbury, better than snow grains, snow factor 3 or 4 I guess.

Nothing in Canterbury yet,, if it's snowing in Faversham, must be about 30 minutes away if my speed calculations are correct

can confirm temperature rise in canterbury , must be warm air coming now a barmy -1.5

front seems to be doing about 20 miles per hour, therefore I guess it will be about 6hrs ( 7.00 PM ) London , 7 hrs to Medway towns ( 8.00 Pm) , 8hrs to Canterbury ( 9.00pm) 9hrs to Dover, Looks like about 5 - 6 hours worth of precipm a gap of around 4 - 5 hours then another 2 - 3 hours presuming it doesn't run out of steam or preferably snow. Guess Brighton should see the fun start to kick off around same time as London..

Not exactly due to being surrounded by water at ground level the air coming from the sea is still likely to be warmer than the land by around 10 degrees at the moment. Warm air rises cold air falls ( normally ) , however higher up in the atmosphere the pattern is more complex. What will happen if I am not much mistaken is that the very cold air is very very dense, the mild air will have a big problem trying to push it away. The warm air will rise over the top of it. The warm air is very moist, the moisture will drop out the sky as lovely snow , if you like that sort of thing