chrisbell-nottheweatherman

D'oh! Sorry folks! :lol:

Funny you mention it, in the last 5 minute update on NW radar the shower direction is a little more NE'rly.

Yes Neil, that hook is what I'm watching too. I get that as a risk for Kent, and I see the risk for Lincolnshire, but why are MetO showing the risk are being in between as well?

Louise Lear now saying on BBC1 that the warning is for showers in Lincolnshire and Kent.

My point precisely, Neil - the only interesting feature I can see for my area is that further north about level with the north bank of the Humber, but further out. EDIT: Also the band off the Northumbrian coast.

OK, for those of you who have access to the NW 5 minute radar, please compare it with the link tinybill posted and tell me that I'm not going mad, because, to me, they are not showing the same as each other. :o EDIT: Before any clever clogs points it out, I know the Buienradar is a forecast run, but I'm comparing the start of the run with our 5-minute radar.

I'm making my comparison of the section where the two overlap. :o

Strangely, that radar doesn't look to correlate with our NW radar?

Lovely pictures, thanks for showing them to us.

Thanks - now going to have lunch and I may go out again this afternoon. Iceni - great photo; the pleasures of interesting weather eh?

Looks like you had 1/2 to 1 inch more than us, but not looking dissimilar here.

Yep, we had that earlier!

Yeah, must have looked a bit strange LOL!

Thanks Donna - really just waned to say good afternoon to everyone here after being such a grouch last night with the constant requests to put location in etc. Thankfully I don't have to bother now!

Hellooo? Anyone read my post?

I haven't been on since last night because I got ready this morning and have now been outside enjoying myself in my electric wheelchair - plenty of spin turns and skids! (Yes, I am disabled; for those who are now feeling embarrassed - don't be) Anyway, late last night I thought we'd get almost nothing, but was pleasantly surprised to see 2 - 2.5 inches or so of lying snow. From the NW radr, it seems that the main frontal snow edged further northwards than I expected and therefore gave us some welcome snowfall, before it seemed to meet-up with the streamer over the Fens further south-west. After getting togged-up, I spent about an hour outside in our village, but a hefty snow shower was turning me into a mobile snowman, plus the snow was sticking to me specs, so I have come in. Snow is now easing-off, but it's certainly topped-up what we had and any that had just started melting. Roads in the village are nasty - icy slush that's now got a fresh carpet of snow on top. Can anyone update me on the synoptics and thoughts fropm the models for the next few days, please? Is my reading of what happened overnight accurate?

Any ideas about likely times for a return of forum locations and radar, please?

Night all.

Thanks Steve, I'm smack bang in zone 1. Think I might allow myself a wee ramp!

I see commentors to the Daily Snail's "OMGZZ snow!" story are questioning AGW on the basis of one cold spell.

Thanks Steve, just a query as to where your map with the risk zones is? Otherwise, thanks for an excellent report - hopefully I'm in line to get a decent amount!

Goodnight.

I really don't think you need to pay too much attention, every now and again AFT stops posting his normal sensible analysis and starts mild ramping (yes, I know he has snowdrifts in his avatar, but I prefer to go by what someone types rather than pretty pictures).

Cold air moving over a warmish body of ater ought to increase convection as long as the sea track isn't too far. I suspect you may be just far enough inland not to have your local temps affected too much.

It seems to me that the vigorous nature of the snow overnight Thursday may well override the warming effect from the sea - and seven miles from Lynn means you're, what, 10 miles from the main body of the Wash?