[London & South East Cold Spell Discussion]

Well a couple of cms would only be 1.5cm away from the "big one" a week ago so will do for me, not expecting a deluge, just enough for disruption with hilarious consequences - i.e about 0.5mm if London is anything to go by

[London & Se Cold Spell Discussion]

Hi luv, probably been for a while. let the dogs out into the back garden. Could just see the snizzle from the security light in garden. Take about 2 months 2 get accumalation from that.

Jan

calm before the storm I hope!

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My son was at Brinsbury today, he reckons you have plenty up there already. Please let me have the snow instead. :lol:

Seriously though he has to check Chi college website in the morning to see if they are open up there tomorrow so i reckon a good chance of a lot for you just up the road from there.

It is so close to Bognor now, can't be long for you...

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Got snizzle now. Flurries floating in the wind

Jan

Hi Jan, we have had tiny flakes in the wind since I left work in croydon at 6pm - nothing on the radar - and not actually settling of course - too light, but it's keeping me on floodlight watch. Has it just started there or do you think it has been going for a while?

[London & Se Cold Spell Discussion]

Temp 1.0 Dew -1.2 here in Burgess Hill.

My weather station says Stormy much percipitation

looks like you will get more than me then - mine says, precipitation, very unsettled

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Whar is your temp and DP?

If it's snowing to our west, we have to be fine surely.

temp 1.5 dew -1.2 - was -1.8 at around 6.30. guess it shouldn't rise much during the night, but it always worries me

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I feel quite confident of snow here but dew point is slowly creeping up - how depressing will it be to wake up to rain?

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I know i am clutching at straws here, but heavier precipitation has appeared in the bottom left hand corner of my netweather radar zoom. the start of the swivel perhaps? i'm so sad aren't i?

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I'm pretty sure it will all turn to rain tomorrow. Sorry peeps

Jan

But can we have some rush hour chaos first please

[London & Se Cold Spell Discussion]

i dont think it will reach the south east, sorry guys its stalled over wiltshire:diablo:

seems to have stopped at the isle of wight wall - bugger

[South West England Cold Spell Discussion:]

Hi, just thought I would pop in to the parallel universe that is the SW discussion to enjoy your snow reports. Any news from Bournemouth - have friends down that way?

[London & Se Cold Spell Discussion]

precipitation hasn't moved east much on netweather radar since about 2pm - oh hurry up! still v v light snow here

[London & Se Cold Spell Discussion]

Remote, extreme lamp post watching! Oh no! A whole new side to my addiction!

lol we have to get it where we can

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Poor old Yamkin, even when he's not here he still gets the mick taken! I'll stick up for the lad though as I live a couple of miles away from him. He's never reported any snow that hasn't actually been falling but I do think he exaggerates the levels of snow falling a little. Often I'd find myself looking out at moderate snow but he'd regard it as heavy etc Maybe it was heavier in Shirley...who knows. He did also point out, eventually, that over the weekend when it did pretty much snow all the time (albeit VERY light) that it wasn't actually settling and the thaw was well in place. Had all that snow settled, then I don't think we'd have gained any more then an inch or 2 at BEST, it was that light.

Anyway, I'm stuck in west london again tonight, so not the best place for any settling snow. I'll be interested to see what develops elsewhere and will definitely look forward to Yamkins input!

Yes it is funny, but i will say that I don't live that far away either and he is higher up and its nearly always snowing here when he reports it and if it isn't it soon starts. It is just because he reports it in red bold caps :lol:

Actually, it is snowing very lightly here in lowercase black normal

[London & Se Cold Spell Discussion]

Thanks Dubmuffin that page has just been bookmarked. Now need to update aging (but good) weather station for one that can give me RH

Ah yes, you need 2 out of 3 readings for that one...

[London & Se Cold Spell Discussion]

There doesn't seem to be much beyond these showers at the moment on Rain Today but in so many of these circumstances I've put the computer down for an hour or two only to find further pepping up - so who knows - more might build up to the East yet! Temp is also down to 0.4C here and looks to be falling a bit further. Would love to have a dew point "meter" if such a thing exists - right - off to Google for one!

This one is good if you have your relative humidity reading: http://www.dpcalc.org/

[London & Se Cold Spell Discussion]

HEAVY SNOWFALL RIGHT NOW :lol:

Here too, proper snow - and re-settling

[London & Se Cold Spell Discussion]

RJM, on 10 January 2010 - 20:11 , said:

Thank you Mikel Nimbus for this. So overall 850 uppers of around -8C or less, plus 528 dam or less, plus dew point <0C, plus surface air temp of as close to 0C as possible (up to 2C?) is overall a higher probability for snow

Except when it isn't! Watch out for the warm sectors...

[London & Se Cold Spell Discussion]

Snowing here

lol - it always does snow here too albeit a bit sleety, dewpoint/temp slightly lower now, who knows we could be in for a surprise

[London & Se Cold Spell Discussion]

Another heavier burst here now, I know it won't settle but am really happy to watch it fall. Temp 1.8 dew 0.3

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I have just got back from an afternnoon sleging in Oxted where you wouldn't believe there was any kind of thaw going on. It snowed constantly, sometimes very heavily and I have the bruises to show what a fab afternoon it was. The drive back through Farleigh at around 5pm was great, snow covering the roads again and it wasn't until we drove back into Croydon that I could see the effects of the afternoons thaw. Very happy, at least I made the most of it out there rather than being sad looking out of the window here all day.

So when is the next lot due?

[London & Se Cold Spell Discussion]

flakes slightly larger and more frequent now and it has got darker, feeling more hopeful and off to Oxted again soon for a sledge, any weather reports from over that way - freak blizzards perhaps

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If we do get a surprise dumping during the evening, I will be pleased of course, but what a shame as it's back to work tomorrow - I was so looking forward to actually getting snow on a weekend

[London & Se Cold Spell Discussion]

Is there any small chance that the flow could get stuck from the east like it did from the NE this week?

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Very light snow now

It's always snowing in Yamkinland

not snowing here but was a bit earlier, hoping for a last hurrah later before its all back to normal for a while. Rather sad looking outside now as the pavements and grass are slowly reappeaaring