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Moderate snow now in Chelmsford and the wind seems to have picked up.
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Ok I was just about to go to bed but will stay up for a while longer in the hope of an immenient pasting?!
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I can hear thunder to the N/NE of Chelmsford.
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Let's see if this stuff is any colder
I would have thought it was merely elevation - they say center of Chelmsford has 1.5 ins which is not far off what I show in my picture (1 ins?) - compared to 4 ins on the "hills", if Essex can be said to have those.
But... Bradwell and Southend have 3 inches? Doesn't make sense on my theory, unless they had even more PPN... and I had a lot. spectacular and scary with the wind for just a while
Side note - to the north of South Woodham is a hill, called radar hill. wonders if that has micro climate effect?
Essex has 1 hill and that is Danbury! I think it is abount 200m asl. I have always wanted to live there, not just becuase they have more snow in winter!!
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I can confirm 12CM here in Danbury (4.7in)
Ah but Danbury in on top of a hill. Downtown Chelmsford has about 1" to 1.5"
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measured the bin here in Chelmsford - just under 4 inches
and still snowing although not as hard as eariler
up to max amounts we had last year already - going to be interesting tomorrow morning if even more to come !
I think you need to get your ruler out mate. Just walked 2.5 miles from Chelmsford to home and max is about 1.5 inches?! Might be 4" by breakfast time?
Simon
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Look at the M25 in essex!!-
Just spotted an accident at Horncross in Kent, going to be lots more of these me thinks!!
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Nothing to speak of in Chelmsford yet, just the odd flake. Alhtough as I type it is suddenly setting to get dark and now light snow falling. Could this be the start of something good?
Simon
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Heres your map to show the location- you probably already have one similar-
http://www.christmas-in-lapland.co.uk/images/lapland_map.jpg
Currently there is a warmer plume of air that has moved up through Central Europe into Finland & Norway- giving them milder temperatures-
You can see on the 850 temps that its warm relative to the norm-
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn002.png
The green 0C will be the equivalent to above average temperatures in that region-
At T 120 ( day 5)
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn1202.png
You are seeing a lot more Colder air pushing off the greenland Shelf & spread Eastwards, this will begin to effect the FAR northern extremes of Norway & Finland-
Day 6 & 7 it looks as though the predominent flow for that area is Westerly, which will be enough for lapland at least to sit in Artic air, & you should see the webcams start to turn back to white- however there is a sharp cut off from Polar to less Cool Maritime air pushing through Central Norway & any slight shift in Wind direction will keep the polar air away from even the Northern Coastal areas-
A mild outlook then - at least for 4-5 days, then the prospect of something colder which hopefully will reach lapland just before you leave..
7-10 days looks good at the moment as both the GFS & ECM models show a progressivly colder pattern evolving-
S
Steve,
Any chance of an update, from my basic understanding it looks like it is going to cold or very cold for the foreseable future (which is what you would expect for Lapland!), what I really want to know is what are the prospects for significant snowfall this week.
From what I can see there is a threat of snow for much of this week particularly Tuesday and Wednesday, with low pressure dominating for much of this week.
There is only generally a few inches of snow lying where we are off to so some more snow is desperately needed.
Cheers
Simon
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Please can somebody point in the direction of the charts for precipitation, as I am desperate to see whether there is going to be any snow forthcoming from the colder weather that is beginning to set in.
Thanks
Simon
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Thanks guys for your help.
Simon
Sorry one other thing, where can I see the predicted precipitation charts?
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Help, I have booked holiday to Lapland (LEVI) for a week on 6th Dec. Just checked the cams this morning and I am panicking as it is raining.
Is anyone able to provide an insight into the weather (for Finland) than can be expected in the next 7 to 10 days and hopefully provide with some reassurance.
Cheers
Simon
I have just notice that I have posted this to the wrong forum, unfortunately I am not sure how to move it! Could a moderator please help?
Thanks
Simon
East Anglia & South East Cold Spell Discussion 9
in Spring Weather Discussion
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Snow in Chelmsford seems to have increased in intensity in the last 5 mins, now quite heavy.