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    Kent, Home counties and south London general weather discussion 25/02/2018 onwards

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    Just now, stainesbloke said:

    Do you have a plot too, or grow at home? Hope the newt is ok, never seen one! Do the slugs get killed by the cold? Hope so lol. Another critter I’d like to see gone is the false widow spider, numbers here have just exploded in the last few years. I like our native spiders but those can do one!!

    At home. Lots of newts here.  Yes, cold kills slugs. I reckon i got bitten by a false widow spider 2 years ago. Talk about painful. 

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    Kent, Home counties and south London general weather discussion 25/02/2018 onwards

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    8 minutes ago, pages said:

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    further east than planned 

    Definitely sending some energy off to the East. next hour watching that radar  could be interesting and not just for tonight if that low is sending a shortwave east we will pull the colder Dew points and uppers back in, might get a bit more snow tomorrow, lets see what is does and what 18z says before declaring this spell over.

    It's a spin off, mini low, i think, judging by the pressure charts. Hope it contimues east and deepens. That would be more than fun.

    Kent, Home counties and south London general weather discussion 25/02/2018 onwards

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    Just now, stainesbloke said:

    Hehe, a lot of people hibernate in winter. Do you play football every week? Who do you play for? 

    Grow a mixture of fruit and vegetables on the plot, tend to grow stuff that’s more expensive in the shops, like tender stem broccoli, cherry tomatoes, apricots and then all the rest is stuff is stuff I love to eat

     

    I grow food, too. The gr8 thing about severe cold is that it zaps slugs, though I'm a bit concerned for a female great crested newt that was on the prowl for food at night two weeks ago. Hope she got snug at the first hint of the beast.

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    Kent, Home counties and south London general weather discussion 25/02/2018 onwards

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    5 minutes ago, Reefseeker said:

    As I waved the snow goodbye this evening, I wondered when you are off storm chasing for me and my son to stay up far too late waiting for the live stream to kick in following you all. It's something we look forward to every year after winter has passed and there are no more dreams of snow to be had. 

    On that subject, echoing what so many others have said, what a great cold spell it's been. I have seen falling snow every day since Monday, worn our 'Austria gear' because it is so cold outside, found out the dog really doesn't like snow and likes his 'snow coat' even less, and seen freezing rain on cars and bin lids. And of course, had snow on the ground to top it all off, with some lovely unexpected streamers and just catching the edge of the west country snow yesterday (my homeland in the Mendips got plastered). 

    It's been a time of reminiscing with my son, who is 18 now, so 13 during the last proper snow, and 10 for the 2010 event, which was fabulous for us. Some of you know he has aspergers/special educational needs, so he is still in some ways a 6 year old in the body of an 18 year old, and he really misses 'old times' when it was OK for him to feel and act young, whereas now he really struggles with the complications of his evolving 'grown-up' life. The snow has instantly transported him and me back to this younger times, and today we spent hours in the woodlands in Esher tramping around in the snow just like the good old days, while yesterday we even managed to sledge down a bit of grass that had sufficient snow not to take out the whole of the bottom of it. The passing of time as shown through years between snow falls eh?

    As with many others, I am here all year (and now reaching my 10th year - WOT?), but you can't beat a great winter spell for the excitement it brings. I really hope we don't have such a long wait between this one and the next:cold:

     

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    All the very best for your son.  

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    Kent, Home counties and south London general weather discussion 25/02/2018 onwards

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    My fav winters: 

    1962-63, which lasted for 3 months, with dense freezing fog in the first month, then the beast, with an occasional northern and western incursion, for nearly 3 months. Even the one or two western incursions were very cold, with snow, not rain.   I had a newspaper round, on foot. Never missed one, and i was yet to become a teen. We had no central heating, tv or phone, and the loo was --- outside. Brrrr. 

    Early-ish 1965. Cold and snowy at times. Also notable for the pirate radio stations, all at sea, starting to fill the airwaves.

    Xmas eve + Xmas day 1970. A cold North Easterly set in by 24th. Snow started at about 6pm that day; continued all night and well into Xmas day. Nice! Big, swirling flakes on the big day. Not long after, in Jan '71, the temp got to 18C in Wales - at that time the highest ever january temperature recorded in the UK.

    1978/79. The 1970s were mainly marked by mild, *very* boring wet winters and two very hot summers, but by December 1978 things had changed. The winter was grey, cold, iced up and frosty, with the odd sunny spell. Not much snow where i was except for the occasional heavy job, which was very welcome. Lots of snow grains just b4 xmas, which turned the SE white but gave way to a non white xmas. Boo. But then the cold re-started.

    1981/82. Often cold and snowy. A white xmas in the south and east at least, by which time the snow had lain for weeks, and been added to.  Worth checking out.

    1984/85: Great for snow. Even had a snow shower in Guildford in May '85. Check this winter out!

    January 1987. Totally 100% brilliant. 3 days of the beast + snow non stop for 3 days. A winter wonderland.

    Early 1991: Cold at times, with some good snow falls.

    1995. Nice snow b4 xmas. Very cold spell of weather. 

    2009/2010. Mega.  Dittto 2010/11.

    2013. The March was excellent for snow.

    2018. Boring until ... now.

     

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    Kent, Home counties and south London general weather discussion 25/02/2018 onwards

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    1 hour ago, Stu_London said:

    My best winter events

    1) Jan 87

    2) Feb 91

    3) Multiple events 79

    4) Dec 10

    5) Feb 09

    6) Feb/Mar 18

    7) Dec 81

    8 ) Mar 13

    Feb 86 was good too, but I was living in the west country then - it was cold but dry everywhere else.

     

    OK, here's a quick stab at mine: 1962-63, which lasted for 3 months, with dense freezing fog in the first month, then the beast, with an occasional northern and western incursion, for nearly 3 months. Even the one or two western incursions were very cold, with snow, not rain.   I had a newspaper round, on foot. Never missed one, and i was yet to become a teen.

    1965. Cold and snowy at times. Nota

    Xmas eve + xmas day 1970. A cold NE had set in. Snow started at aboy 6pm of the 24th; Contned all night and well into xmaa day. 

     

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    Kent, Home counties and south London general weather discussion 25/02/2018 onwards

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    26 minutes ago, Ellozee said:

    Well I'm just looking forward to the first french plume thunderstorm in spring, usually get a Kent clipper around April... Which is only next month! This has been a memorable cold snap and even if it's all gone by the morning I'm sure 90% of this forum have now seen and enjoyed a bit of winter.

     

     

    You're jumping the gun a bit. There will be more snow in March... 

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    Kent, Home counties and south London general weather discussion 25/02/2018 onwards

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    5 minutes ago, Paul Sherman said:

    Yep was a good spell of wintry weather

    Would place it about 5th in notable spells of the last 45 years (My Age)

    But its got to be up there with the best for how late in the season it was. To have subzero temps for 4 days running (Even now it is still -1c) is something else

    The sea has frozen over 4 times in those 45 years in 1987, 1991 and 2010 which again goes to show what a notable spell this was.

    The freezing rain episode is only the 2nd in 45 years as well following 2010 with that as well.

    The only downside was the lack of Thundersnow and strong convection from streamers but overall if added up over the 4 snow episodes would say around 30cm (1 foot) but max depth was achieved on Wednesday morning with 17cm. Tuesday had 7cm, Thursday had 2cm and today another 4cm.

    See you all next year because I hope the models have the snow risk wrong for late next weekend and Spring can finally be sprung

     

    I remember 1956 ... as a young child, looking at a very frosty pavement with snowflakes frozen to it, and being amazed at white stuff that began to fall.  I was hooked.

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