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sky news shows bury st edmunds for an interview at the moment and steady snow falling
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haha sorry stanmore north west london
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snowing a bit here still, things starting to look white almost
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just had a dusting in stanmore almost complete cloud cover and a hard frost
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just got back from luton airport been in switzerland for the week and had less snow it appears than here, absolutely mad at the airport, snow piled up everywhere.
people delayed 5 days apparently lucky to get our flight back was delayed by 5 hours and little information but credit to easyjet, staff working when if they hadnt would of not flown.
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bbc seems to be going more towards snow for sundat/monday in the se
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trying its hardest to snow in stanmore
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wow almost heaviest ive seen this week no def the heaviest crazy
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huge flakes now in stanmore nw london chucking it down
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steady wet snow in stanmore nw london after early sleet/rain
pretty impressed, the ground is completely nope - still swearingd, i reckon we could see major flooding at some point depending how the weather plays out
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The lower it is (ie below freezing) the better chance of snow in simple terms.
If your dewpoint is above freezing its likely to be sleet or rain.
thanks for clearing that up
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can i be a bit fresh again, i have a vague understanding of the dew point but how does it affect snowfall etc
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im in nottingham thinking of going home today rather than tomorrow i cant make up my mind if it will snow in nw london tomorrow any advice appreciated
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nottingham just looks beautiful
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anyone know when this will hit nottingham
on keepmoving motorways seem to be going downhill quick
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anyone know when i can expect the snow to hit nottingham?
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what time do you think it will hit notts need some sleep soon
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im in nottingham waiting for something white
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im at uni in nottingham and have been in london, going back up tomorrow hopefully i shall be rewarded with more snow up there
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The more technical will give you a better answer. Basically when winds become ENE in the Thames Estuary allied to very cold air moving over this area, of the sort we've had overnight, deep convection occurs. I also think the local topography of the Essex and Kent coastline gives additional lift to the air. If you look at a map of this area you'll note that the Essex coastline alligns NE to SW and the Kent coastline, more or less east/west. The coastlines narrow to about Southend over to Sheerness and this helps to funnel the snow showers WSW towards London, at the same time keeping the bitter air in contact with a source of moisture, i.e The Thames. This is why areas along the Thames corridor right into the heart of London have received such heavy snowfall and on over the West Kent and Surrey Downs. If the wind stays in this direction for any length of time the showers keep on coming and snow totals increase. The convection can become so deep that reports of thunder start coming in from those areas, as happened overnight.
I have received some of my best snowfall from these set-ups, as I have lived on the SE.London/NW.Kent borders all my life.
This certainly ranks up there as one of the best examples of a Thames Streamer that I've seen.
Still cant quite explain why Paul S. and others in the Southend/Leigh area have done so badly overnight.
Regards,
Tom.
thanks for the insightful response, loving the weather
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can someone explain to me how the thames streamer works?
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loving the met office warnings soon london will be the only spot without a warning