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A nice HP dominated summer will do me fine with a few heatwaves thrown in (30-35C) for up to a week. Followed by convectional thunderstorms to bring the temperatures down and allow a nice warm reset.

-13C in Scotland last night.

Been raining for about 30 minutes in Surrey.

B) The parks in London did temporarily become mountain resorts for a few days - there were people skiing and snowboarding in the royal parks. Sadly the towel has a severe case of hypothermia, but still wants to battle on despite the conditions. Full cover lasted until early wednesday i.e. over everything. The grass had 100% cover until Thursday/Friday. The side roads still had ice on Thursday, pavements on Friday. Even some pavements had ice left on Saturday (6 days). There are still the smallest of patches of snow ice left in sheltered areas in the garden and on the pavement outside (but they will have melted by tomorrow) Certainly was, the wind direction (ENE) definitely helped, being directly in the path of the streamer (I am about a mile south of the Thames) It's certainly the most snow i've ever seen in my life, unless a small snow patch on the Swiss alps in mid summer counts. Sounds like a heatwave, anyone looking forward to a nice warm April?

Is it just me or can anyone else from the greater London/ Surrey area confirm temperatures of around 8C. Any reason of such high values?

Very nice, looks like you were treated to similar amounts as we got down in the south east.

Hi all i've posted a fair number of photos in this thread: http://www.netweather.tv/forum/index.php?s...p;#entry1458487 Can I recommend http://tinypic.com/ as a good website to upload photos - it's quite fast and allows you to resize photos for message boards.

haha the one with the pink glasses made me laugh

Enjoy - Snow depth was slightly over half a foot.

So there is still the chance of something unexpected? and if so what sort of quantities to be expected. Just a general question, how long is the current snow cover expected to last - how much depth could we expect to lose tommorow?

Does anyone know what has happened to that supposed snow event for the south east tonight. The forecast just this morning suggested a major front moving in giving another 10-15cm. I don't see how a forecast could be so innacurate within such a short timeframe.

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I can confirm that - it has changed from a NE direction to an Easterly wind in the last half hour.

Just had a 5 minute blizard here in south west London - the anvil cloud looked stunningly orange in the sunset. There were massive orange columns of snow on the leading edge.

2.7C please 1st-7th Feb I'm predicting a mild to cool phase with widespread average conditions at the beginning of the week gradually giving way to cooler conditions with highs of 3C in Scotland and 5C in England and Wales by the 7th. I expect the week will begin with unsettled conditions bringing snow to higher ground, this will gradually give way to drier conditions with high pressure building over Scandinavia allowing for night time frosts. 8th-14th This week will begin with a brief continental flow with winds generally from a SE to ESE direction. This will allow for significantly below average temperatures with overcast skies bringing occasional very light snow showers. On the 10th or 11th the Atlantic may briefly begin pushing in from the South West giving a return to average temperatures for south west england and southern wales. The weather front will weaken considerably and not progress particularly far inland. On the 13th, high pressure will begin to reassert itself with the potential for a NE to E flow beginning to rise. By the 14th, a number of rural spots in south east england may begin to see ice days. 15th-21st This week will see a rapid cool down of the British isles and diversion of Atlantic weather systems to Spain and southern europe as blocking takes hold. Maximum temperatures of perhaps 2 or 3C by day, with minimums of perhaps -5C in urban areas and perhaps as low as -15C in rural locations where cloud cover dissipates. For the most part this week will see a return to conditions similar to those seen at the beginning of January. 22nd-28th This week is where I see the uncertainty - I think that a continuation of the continental flow is possible with perhaps the shift to a more ENE to NNE flow allowing for low pressure systems to dive in from the Arctic bringing widespread heavy snowfall across most areas. The west and south west may hold on to slightly milder conditions depending on the severity of blocking. Where skies clear, very low night minima may be seen although not likely to be record breaking. I'm probably hopecasting and I know there is probably very little data to back this up, however, this is what I am seeing based on what we have seen so far this winter and what we are likely to see again.

Just thought i'd mention that it's silly to compare temperatures with the more snowy cold spells - we would have certainly had much lower temperatures if we had lying snow throughout the spell.

Still the smallest of patches left over from Mondays event - I expect this will have melted by the end of today. Snow lasting nearly a week at near sea level - not bad for the London area.

To be honest, I am most surprised by the fact that we are colder than both Berlin and Warsaw based on current temperatures.

Was this weather predicted, because I certainly don't remember seeing the models forecast such low temperatures - could any of the more experienced members correct me if im wrong. Has anyone got the temperature charts for today and last night?

Looks like the BBC are going for an ice day having just reduced temperatures for todays forecast: http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?world=0008

Still got some very small patches against the bottom of my brick wall.

Having driven this morning, i'm quite surprised that the metoffice didn't issue a weather warning for southern england - all non gritted roads were covered in snow.

It's amazing how long this cold spell is holding on for. It looks as if the final day of it is actually going to be the coldest, especially for southern areas of england. I live in south west London and woke up to find a winter wonderland with a severe frost, a thin blanket of snow, as well as thick freezing fog. Temperatures got down to around -5C last night here and it is looking as if there is going to be a widespread ice day - perhaps the coldest day for many years.

Perhaps it could be the presence of wind, however weak it may be - in the early December cold spell, the air was extremely stagnant. With a breeze, it is more difficult for condensation to build up? Just a thought.

Yes definately, the met office has recorded a maximum of only 3C today in south west london