maidstone weather

Despite it snowing moderately with strong winds, we also have a very slow thaw going on as well. Most odd.

just play on the main road out of town then there won't be any cars coming along :lol: Blizzard like conditions here at the moment, snow blowing about all over the place.

Is that really the A258?

East coast of Essex does look better than the rest of the county, but 3-5cm is likely widely given the NAE this morning - could change though!

Pennines look bad tomorrow night on the 06z NAE!

06z NAE indicating Essex has an increased risk at tonight's event, I would expect the MetO to extend early warning into Essex and perhaps Gtr London/Surrey as well.

ah! But the front becomes stationary over us for at least 12 hours tomorrow morning: midnight: http://212.100.247.145/fax/PPVE89.png 12pm: http://212.100.247.145/fax/PPVG89.png

Looking at the radar, and these are the accumulations of snow last night from 21:30 to 09:30 today. Central/East Kent did best, say the Lenham, Tenterden, Charing area, with at least 8cm (if not more) falling in places.

woah blizzard here, strong drifting of lying snow too, you can see the streaks whipped up from the lying snow! It is quite amazing to watch!

Tonight's activity really makes up for the lack of it last night

come to Maidstone!

oh dear, this shower looks too watery for my liking...

they did at 11am yesterday (Friday) morning, yes... Edit: light snow here

and just like the buses here, it's late arriving! PS BBC graphics are bone dry for Sunday!

only the far northern extent of this shower is likely to reach me, the rest will pass to the south. Still that one over Clacton looks nice But after that one... nothing?

nope! Medway = Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham (and also Strood). Basically the towns that lie at the mouth of the River Medway

A LOT of westward movement now with these shower clumps. Fingers crossed they hold. Estimate arrival here at 00:00ish

lol I knew this would pop up to It hasn't been updated at all, for some reason every night around 20 past 11 (it varies by a few mins every night) they say they have updated their map but they actually haven't. Trust me you need to be up at 3am to see the updated proper map.

at last a few flakes in the wind, nothing major though!

No they weren't, it was 12:53. I have posted this several times, the Met Office do not update the town forecasts at 1 minute past each our, it just says it does at 1 min past each hour (check again after 11 - I can guarantee it will say 23:01 as the last update then!). If you look at the regional map it is 12:53. That update was for the short range. Saturday night is medium range, so this won't be updated until the early hours when the whole site gets an update. What you see on their site for tomorrow night is what the 0z model said this morning. and still no snow falling here!!

I'm going to be right in that gap at this rate! lol

still nothing! where is it?!

still dry here in the Low Weald! Maybe my 22:20 estimation wasn't too bad after all?

C'mon any minute now judging by latest radar, earlier than I had thought...