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1 minute ago, D.V.R said:

I think the ppn from France has arrived... the snow is really fine but it's being blown around by strong winds making it feel like a blizzard 

Radar confirms that.

Just now, kold weather said:

The warm front is destabilising the across Surrey and Hampshire. The second front will move at some point this morning as well. So should be plenty of snow around.

Yep, looks like it from the radar. One band is just off the coast, with the heavier stuff nudging the west sussex coast.

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2 minutes ago, StLuke said:

Estuary looks like it is firing up again, radar returns intensifying on ever update with greens appearing on North Kent coast. Just checked out the window and it's starting to snow again in Southend. 

 

I guess i could jump in the car and drive there from west sussex.... but that would be desperate   

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Hey, in March 1977 there was a near identical weather/synoptic situation. A blizzard was forecast for the south, but in the end only the south west copped it - and biiiig time. Or was it Feb 1978 ... 

 

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Yawn, just got up after 3 hours sleep to look for a flake, lol. Any flake.  

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8 minutes ago, stubbys said:

Ah ok, thank you, so it' actually the low that is moving in a NE direction and not the precipitation? Thus giving the false illusion on the radar?

 

And/or it's rotating its fronts north eastwards

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14 minutes ago, stubbys said:

 

 

Is it me or are those the wind directions at the moment? Because that is how the animation plays out, UK ENE winds and France SW winds, almost a split right along the channel ?

The bands of precipitation are moving approx north east wards, but the winds will generally be east or south easterlies, at least in northern france. Looking at the sky an hour ago in West Sussex, the highish clouds were moving approx in an easterly direction, against an easterly wind,  indicating the movement of approaching weather systems from an approx westerly direction.

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1 minute ago, Essex Chelle said:

Just in from work wind is howling hete near the estuary. I'e not had chance to read today's posts so can someone update me 're storm emma and it' tracks etc. Im now due to go to Bognor in 36 hours time and I been losing faith getting really miserable in fact that we may have to cancel. What' it looking like?

 

Could be a dodgy trip. Wait and see, though.

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56 minutes ago, West Sussex Kate said:

I think West Sussex is ready for The Beast from the East part 2! 

 

Bring it on.

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This cold spell could be extended.  A new shallow high feature to the north east seems ready to put the low on a more NW track, and keep it a bit more south. Interesting.

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9 minutes ago, turkishfella said:

nothing falling from sky in Brighton  I am checking this radar, do you guys think it is good one?

https://www.meteociel.fr/observations-meteo/radar2.php?region=uk&mode=1

 

The streamer that gave some flakes over brighton has moved west.

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32 minutes ago, Darren Chilcott said:

Just very light (non landing) snow in mid Sussex after none all day............but absolutely bitterly cold out. Almost froze my face walking home from the station - complete contrast to this morning when it was evry cold but still. 

Loving the football on telly....as mentioned above they’ll need the orange ball soon ! 

 

Flecks and a few flakes in Steyning, West Sussex. All eyes on tomo - and tonight's surprise modest streamer over us, Brighton included. 

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Met Office pressure chart for 12 noon Sat shows a modest high pressure system over south west norway, having moved there from north norway, where it was 12 hours earlier, and seemingly grow in size.  Will it beef itself up and thus disrupt milder air incursion into the UK from the south...

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/surface-pressure/#?tab=surfacePressureColour&fcTime=1520035200

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23 minutes ago, cobbett said:

a rare flake has been spotted in Farnham

Corn or the ice variety?

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3 minutes ago, seb said:

Nice upgrade on public forecast as well, in line with info from my mate as per post above.

 

i expect any sleet will be on the south coast only, but even there snow could fall. 

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9 minutes ago, SnowBungle said:

I haven’t had a chance to look at models and forecasts today. What’s expected for Kent before the thaw this weekend? 

Seems the SE’s snow event for tomorrow and Friday has vanished from Met Office’s weather warnings.

 

The beeb at 1.30pm today said snow at times in the south east, up to and including parts of essex - fer tomo. Some snow likely on Fri.

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The BBC tv forecast has just shown snow at times in Kent, London area/Essex and all of Sussex ... tomo. 

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One more point about airflows from the north pole: it was a cold front from the north that kicked off the '62-63 winter, on about boxing day.  Although the wind was often from the north east, east and south east, a nice little polar low brought  widespread snow to the UK overnight. 

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7 minutes ago, Daniel* said:

I wouldn’t say that I’ve been in the wrong place for five years. But I’ve struck good since yesterday. With the snow shower trains last night, it was some of the heaviest snowfall I’ve even seen. You can’t beat a good easterly, anything polar maritime and I’m not interested you just can’t get this dry snow here. Better than March 2013 here without doubt, powder on ground for second day decent thickness, blowing about in wind is this real.  

Polar can deliver big time, when a trough or polar low moves south over the UK, with temps sub zero.  It has happend in March before, too, but with temps less sub zero in the day.

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Just now, stainesbloke said:

Haha, she probably voted Brexit too!

Spot on. It was in Steyning. *Very* brexit area. And she was probably over age 70 - not that all pensioners are brexiters.

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Weather quote of the year or ever, which i overheard in a shop today with the temp outside at  -1C:

A shopper said the the till person: "It's too cold to snow"

Werll I just had to intervene to say, "No, It can snow at -18C. It snows in the antarctic, arctic and siberia, which are much colder than us."

"Oh" was her stunned surprise.  Did she ever wonder why extremely cold areas are snow covered?!!!

 

 

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6 minutes ago, Bricriu said:

How accurate are car thermometers- mine is showing - 7c in Surrey at the moment. Did someone mentions showers are heading towards London?

 

Accurate or ish. -7 sounds about right. it was -9 in Odiham ][Hants] 3 hours ago. -12 is forecast for parts of the south.

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5 minutes ago, Kawaii said:

Do you think it will come to North East London? 

 

I'd say so, because of the change in wind direction that has now happened.

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4 minutes ago, Daenerys said:

Looks like we are in the same boat in terms of snow! 

 

Possibly. Epsom more chance than Farnham, at least to get it sooner [obviously], but Farnham, where i once lived, might. I remember looking for snow showers from the East / North East, one winter. Success! 

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2 minutes ago, Daenerys said:

So please tell me Epsom finally has a chance?! Albeit when I’m asleep 

If they keep their tack and strength, why not.

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Looks like parts of Surrey and Mid and West Sussex will get hit tonight er in these early hours.