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Nice while it lasted. Pretty rare for East Kent to fare better than West!
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Not bad in half an hour (Herne)
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6 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:
We'll watch and see, the big if is, if it stalls, the first front just like last time, is a warm front, the cold would stay, then the cold front catches up, and ends up occluding the warm front, that could be good for us, but not what's expected. Something to watch tomorrow, if the warm front goes through, snow to rain, if it doesn't, much more ppn, which we don't need, but it could well be mostly white.
Thanks for explaining. I wondered why the MO video showed snow an hour or so after the initial band came through and not immediately. We're certainly due a bit of luck after the 'wrong side of marginal' events in recent weeks!
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10 minutes ago, Jamie M said:
Oh yes. I remember it recently in Jan 2017 with slush here and a good cm or two around Herne/Wildwood. Mad really how much of a difference there is. At least a southerly breeze with this front might make the moderation less so for the snow which I'm hoping for really. The amount of times sea moderation has let me down is frustrating. Cooling down nicely though with 1.9°C
Yes for once this set up might be quite beneficial for us on the north coast of the county if we get up early enough that is. Just a shame it won't be around for long
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2 minutes ago, Jamie M said:
Dew point dropped here to 1.5c during the shower and I'm practically right on the coast in Herne Bay. Shows how elevation makes the difference.
Yep - just the 60m too! I used to live nearer the town and worked in Canterbury and lost count of the times when there was nothing on the ground at home but by the time I got to Herne/Wildwood there was a decent covering.
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8 minutes ago, GaryPH said:
It had been most of the time but I'm a couple of miles inland with a little elevation and it pepped up momentarily so that must have made a difference. Took a video but unable to upload it!
10 minutes ago, Neilsouth said:Yet family says it's raining in Herne Bay
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Just now, Neilsouth said:
Yet family says it's raining in Herne Bay
It had been most of the time but I'm a couple of miles inland with a little elevation and it pepped up momentarily so that must have made a difference. Took a video but unable to upload it!
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A two minute wet snow shower here near to the coast. Promising for tomorrow!
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41 minutes ago, Mark said:
Any reports from what is drifting SW across Kent right now? There seems to be some build up behind it too.
A colleague is reporting sleet currently in Canterbury
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Fingers crossed for a couple of hours of falling snow here in H.Bay in the morning. Some unexpected sleety drizzle currently here and nearest weather station (Manston) has DP below zero atm so may see a few flakes if intensity picks up!
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10 minutes ago, Jamie M said:
Haha yes indeed. It is grim out there. Ducks dont seem to mind in the park though!
Blimey! No sign of the old boys and their RC boats
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47 minutes ago, Jamie M said:
Nice and snowy here
Must be coming down the sea road from Hampton!
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22 minutes ago, PLANET THANET said:
I do agree but I am also under no illusions how difficult it is to get the right conditions for snow in east kent next to the sea, perhaps we will be lucky this winter
I'm old enough to remember the 80s snow events in Thanet. The words 'marginal on the coasts' was rarely mentioned on TV forecasts from what I recall. Those days are long gone I'm afraid
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2 hours ago, Matty88 said:
Indeed... I've seen it many times before too, the great 'rise' then 'fall' haha. I think you'll agree though the SSW ''seems'' to be having an effect on the charts though, just as it did in 2018, but I do for sure not want to curse it ! It is just as likely to flip to mild.
What gets my gripe is people (mostly newbies) on the model thread posting things like 'booom
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I'm only a lurker on the MAD thread or any other thread to be honest but more than ever I go straight to the date on any chart posted now and if it's 5 or more days away I tend to ignore it. The good stuff is so often 8+ days away but hopefully the effects of the SSW start to come into a more reliable range this week.
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Earlier snow on some surfaces has already melted (I'm only couple of miles from coast and dp above freezing) so prospects this end of East Kent do not look good
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Snizzle has turned to proper flakes in Herne but still light
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19 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:
I can confirm that, all the light blue did here is make the fog thicker, but the harder ppn behind might be something.
Just had a walk here and it was quite strange as turned foggier again yet light snow (snizzle) falling at the same time
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1 minute ago, Snowfish2 said:
IT IS AS IT HAS JUST ANOWED FOR. THE FIRST TIME!!
Keeping my eyes peeled in Herne!
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The sky here in Herne Bay has gone from that leaden grey look to that orange tint we often associate with snow. Either that or my eyesight is suffering as I squint through the kitchen window!
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Appreciate wind switches from a NE direction later but it is so frustrating for us in East Kent watching areas of wintry precipitation moving south into Belgium for hours on end. Almost as if it knows covid rates are so high here
Much like those thunderstorms in the summer that never seem to make it over the channel from France.
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20 minutes ago, Sheldon Cooper said:
Slowly Strengthening in about 1 or 2 Hours most of it will be on Lnad Let's See What Happens There Could Bring Sleet For Two Days In A Row
The netweather radar shows that sleet in exactly the same place over a 30min period so probably a glitch
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5 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:
I still have negative dp, but it is rising now the showers are getting closer. Only 0.7 temp, which will probably also rise.
Yes, its certainly the dp (+1) keeping it wet rather than white here
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Can report sleet shower here (Herne Bay), only a mile inland at 60m asl
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Being from East Kent, I'm as desperate for snow as anyone but I can't help think that if these showers coming in to the North East of England are still rain/sleet at best today, it seems very unlikely that a system from the west tomorrow is going to bear fruit for us, aside from the downs. That damn ECM getting our hopes up
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South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion January 2021 onwards
in Regional
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Yet the MO forecast summary (Fri-Tues) for the South East does not mention any sleet let alone snow for our area. This was the update at 4am so to then have a warning out a few hours later seems odd to me. I guess the wording will change this afternoon to reflect an increased risk!