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Glad I went to bed when I did this morning...just not enough intensity to make it here with any force. Managed (yet) another dusting, but the highest total we got here after almost 4 days of constant dandruff was about 1.5-2cm. Bring on the frontal snow next time is all I can say! Streamers just don't seem to do it for this location. Congrats to those who got pasted...not envious at all
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My personal opinion (and sure it's dictated by the lack of settled snow here, just as people who currently have boatloads of it will disagree) is that streamers are an absolute lottery and a complete waste of time unless you are one of the favoured few. 4/10 for this spell here, and that's being generous for the shear snowfall longevity given that it's actually produced next to nothing here. Give me frontal snow any day of the week...at least then it's not usually an argument between those that want a ENE vs NE...
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Just on a break from work (C2C driver). Southend at 1900 was beautiful....snow so heavy it sounded like rain (it wasn't!) hitting the windscreen at 65mph. Westcliffe, Chalkwell , Leigh and Benfleet were similar but then started easing off for the rest. Interesting to see snowfall along the entire route...even a patchy covering right up to the platforms at Fenchurch St! Looking at the radar, I'm in for an interesting night until I finish at 0150.
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South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion January 2021 onwards
echodelta21 replied to Blessed Weather's topic in Regional
Light snow in Romford...again. Unless I'm mistaken though...that precip is weakening significantly as it comes back down. -
South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion January 2021 onwards
echodelta21 replied to Blessed Weather's topic in Regional
Just started in Romford -
South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion January 2021 onwards
echodelta21 replied to Blessed Weather's topic in Regional
Well, this turned out better than I thought it would. First clue was seeing a Heathrow arrival holding over Romford...unusual given the lack of air traffic. Then I saw the radar.... Please hold together and don't turn to sleet and rain!!! -
South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion January 2021 onwards
echodelta21 replied to Blessed Weather's topic in Regional
The flooding didn't close the line...I drove through it twice...albeit at 5mph. What did do the trick, however, was a number of trains knackered by some overhead line problems. Caused merry hell this afternoon and evening, but thankfully I was back home before it all kicked off. It wasn't a boring day to be a driver -
South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion January 2021 onwards
echodelta21 replied to Blessed Weather's topic in Regional
Stopped here now....the 0.01mm precipitation is woefully short of the 8in I was hoping would stop me driving the train later today -
South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion January 2021 onwards
echodelta21 replied to Blessed Weather's topic in Regional
Lightest of light snow showers in Romford! My first snow in about 2 years. On the plus side, the flakes may be tiny but it's certainly not a wintery mix! -
SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 07/11/2018
echodelta21 replied to Blessed Weather's topic in Regional
Hmm....annoying and confusing. Pretty much all areas around Romford have reports of settling snow. Maybe not much, but settling all the same. Here, it's settled on car windscreens as a slushy mess. I hate winter sometimes -
SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 07/11/2018
echodelta21 replied to Blessed Weather's topic in Regional
Very light flakes in Fenchurch St....if it can snow here, then...... -
SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 07/11/2018
echodelta21 replied to Blessed Weather's topic in Regional
So given that this was meant to be an overnight job....has this front sped up and is ahead of schedule? Or have we got more to come from backbuilding/stalling? -
SE and East Anglia general weather discussion 07/11/2018
echodelta21 replied to Blessed Weather's topic in Regional
Snow just started in Barking.. took it's time, but pretty rapid transition when it did. -
Final bit of Thames assisted intensification here in Romford....not heavy by any means, but persistently covering the roads again!
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Nick L just in the Kent thread....latest EC gives 2-5 CM across the SE by midnight! ?
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See Rao has thrown his hat into the ring with some usual, conservative forecasting. I apologise in advance for dirtying this thread with a Daily Express link.... https://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/925413/UK-snow-weather-snow-storm-Emma-forecast-Thursday-Friday-latest
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Apparently pretty bad...even in Romford I've probably caught another cm or two, and the main road, even though busy, has been covered again... Funny thing...but the radar must be a bit tetchy today.....I've been under no echoes of any note, but it was certainly coming down a few minutes ago. That pulse just south of you looks like it'll veer NW around you, but if the band currently affecting South Essex holds together, it may have your name all over it...
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You're welcome No such lofty ambitions here.....I just love snow, and like to know how bad a day at work I'm going to have in advance....today is not looking great at the moment It's an evil situation....love the snow, but not too keen on driving trains in blizzards. I dodged a bullet yesterday with failures all around me...might not be so lucky today