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Farmer friend of mine has had to rescue 4 cars stuck in drifts tonight in East Suffolk. He's just got back home and there's reports of another one stuck. Could be a long night.
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4 minutes ago, lewis clark said:
Hearing of loads of accidents locally already all roads are like a sheet off ice, if we get anymore snow on top itll be nightmares tomorrow morning.
The problem is compounded by the fact it's been a Sunday during lockdown. The roads just aren't getting the traffic on them to turn the salt to a saline solution. It's near on useless gritting when there's no traffic.
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9 minutes ago, lewis028 said:
Just see this video on Facebook down bread and cheese hill, a lot of black ice out and about please be careful out there folks.
Haha, that's going to be a fun 87 point turn to get it pointing back down the hill. He was lucky to not hit anything there. Bet his backside was like a rabbit's nose though
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You guys will go mad if you try and follow every streamer tonight as it comes and goes. It's just pot luck.....could be some nice surprises for some when the open the curtains tomorrow morning.
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2 minutes ago, Tim Bland said:
Not sure if it’s to do with snow being carried a long way in the wind but snow here (Stevenage) for most of the evening but according to the radar we are north of the precip. Does anyone know at what height the radar picks up precipitation is it when it leaves the clouds
Not sure, but can't be that high as I remember during the beast from the east the radar was picking up blowing snow when nothing was falling
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Really different feel to things out there now. We have 11cm of snow laying, -2C, powder snow falling and wind has picked up. I've just done a 5 mile journey from my parents (within Covid rules before anyone says anything) and I only just made it back. Drifting is getting quite bad here and the Amber warnings are very much warranted now in this part of the world.
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Latest MetOffice forecast is mentioning Severe frosts from tomorrow night. That's between -6.6C and -11.5C by the official definition. Certainly looks plausable over the snow fields.
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8cm here now. -0.8C and very slowly falling. Still snowing lightly
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31 minutes ago, Mr_Pessimistic said:
But where exactly is the deben valley?
It runs from Debenham through to Woodbridge following the river Deben. I’m near Framlingham
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Still snowing and very wintery in east Suffolk
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Finally some westward movement on that band of heavier precipitation over the coast it was seem.....very slowly though but could improve things early afternoon here. We'll see.
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Still holding some hope for tomorrow
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Looking very wintery here in East Suffolk. Switching between light and moderate snow. Temp -0.1C
Hopeful the snow may intensify a bit later
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8 minutes ago, General Cluster said:
We now have near-blizzard conditions; snow blowing off roofs and visibility falling!
Great to hear as I'm not too far from you (near Framlingham). It's certainly looking wintery out there now; much better than it looked when I woke up at 5.30am!
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Quickly improving picture here in East Suffolk. Now 0.1C, wind is getting stronger, snow has got a bit heavier, and now readily settling. Radar picture also improving.
For anyone despondant about the situation this morning, I would suggest catching up with the BBC forecast on BBC Breakfast. Confimation that things are expected to turn to snow more widely and also lots of talk about showers leading to good accumulations tomorrow, perhaps well inland too.
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4 minutes ago, Paul Sherman said:
Its a Kent Clipper plain and simple. Yes you can also call it the Mid Kent Streamer when winds are NE or NNE, no good to anyone unless your are east of Gravesend or west of Dover.
Hoping the guys down there enjoy it and get some cracking pics.
Just Essex and Suffolk now on the no snow list I think
Hi Paul.
Why do you say Essex and Suffolk on the no snow list? Snowing in Suffolk and 0.6C now (down from 1.0C at 5.30am). Radar also now starting to show some heavier precip appearing off the coast of Suffolk and Essex. Not still all to play for?
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Snowing in East Suffolk (no real elevation) and 1.0C. Obviously not laying.
I woke up and looked at the radar and thought precipitation was going to be the issue, not temperature! Actually surprised how heavy it is compared to what the radar shows
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14 minutes ago, hernebaylooby said:
Come on darcy paste me in white stuff
Sounds like a line from the alternative version of Pride and Prejudice
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1 minute ago, Downpour said:
That chart is 1900 tomorrow - everything pushed back?
That's cumulative position by 1900 tomorrow, ie everything that's fallen before.
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Even though i'm in one of the sweet spots, slap bang in the middle of the amber warning area, I have a horrible feeling that most of the snow is going to end up further east and south and be a Kent/Essex only affair tomorrow. Call me pessimistic but have been disappointed too many times before.
A very interesting week coming up. With winds falling lighter towards the end of the week and deep cold well entrenched, we are going to see some severe overnight frosts over those areas with good snow cover.
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17 minutes ago, Ian Docwra said:
'Red' surely means a danger to life - is it REALLY likely to become that in the small area of EA and Kent affected by the heavier snow? I can't see it. The dangers of very heavy snow are totally different to those from rain (destructive flooding, etc). 'Amber' already covers the issues of being cut off, roads blocked, etc. A 'red' snow warning must surely be things like roofs collapsing for there to be a danger to life.
Not necessarily. In 2018 our village was cut off for 4 days. If someone had had a medical emergency there’s no ambulances getting through. That’s a danger to life. Also think about home help etc. Luckily we’re a small community and looked out for the elderly in that spell
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2 minutes ago, Snowman31 said:
Doesn't tie in with their warning and looks further west
I wonder if the strength of the wind in the extreme east is also a factor. 50mph gusts can cause significant drifting which makes things so much more difficult for transport.
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17 minutes ago, Southender said:
Thanks.
That would surpass the minima we had here in 2010, in fact it could be the coldest I've recorded in my 20 years of recording weather.
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Intrigued to see how low the night time minima could be over East Anglia during next week. With good snow cover I'm hoping minus double figures isn't out of the question? Glad I filled up on heating oil last week!
South East, London and East Anglia regional discussion - 8th February onwards
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Another 4cm overnight here taking the total to 17cm. Winds have fallen lighter so drifting isn’t as bad as it was in the night, but only the major roads are passable this morning.