Snow Watch London, Se England & E Anglia

[donna-m]

These bonus snow showers we been having all morning are not lasting more than 5-10 mins max and getting blown away too quickly by the wind,,,

Will the wind need to die down to get more than a 5 minute flurry ??

[i luv snow]

Paul, do you think this is a sign of things to come this evening and tonight, with the snow pushing into the center and east of Kent, and missing the London area all together?

Im not Paul, but no this isnt a sign, all this snow at the mo is a bonus, as has been said the REAL stuff starts toniht, bands of snow showers hitting across the whole of the south and east.

[Eagle1]

After brief respite, heavy snow falling again in E Grinstead. Just drove back from Haywards Heath & countryside starting to turn white.

[CHANNEL LOW]

littlehampton

West Sussex

snow in the wind!

Sledge on standby

[essex coast matt]

the temp has realy started to fall here was 1.1c around 45 mins ago now 0.2c, under mostly sunny skies, is this the prop cold air moving in?, off the norfolk coast the air temp is 1c now, looks like more showers on the way here jus off coast

[Neilsouth]

These bonus snow showers we been having all morning are not lasting more than 5-10 mins max and getting blown away too quickly by the wind,,,

Will the wind need to die down to get more than a 5 minute flurry ??

In 1991 we had bands of snow showers that quickly moved through because of the wind . But because there was so many it looked as if it was the same shower :lol: . Not as cold but just the same later , shower after shower!

Edited February 1, 2009 by neilsouth

[PompeyFC]

snow in portsmouth, hampshire - a good sign already !!! Temp 2.7 -= quite high, dew point -4.9

Edited February 1, 2009 by PompeyFC

[magicpatch]

Sunny again here, temp has dropped at little (0.2c or so), not had much since the few flurries this morning.

[saint]

Should i expect to wake up to some kind covering tomorrow morning before the main thing?

[katemart]

snow in portsmouth, hampshire - a good sign already !!! Temp 2.7 -= quite high, dew point -4.9

WAAAYYY, Pompey! 1.9 and rising here in Soton - I suppose that's the increasing cloud cover?

Kate

[Tn9]

Im not Paul, but no this isnt a sign, all this snow at the mo is a bonus, as has been said the REAL stuff starts toniht, bands of snow showers hitting across the whole of the south and east.

snow has changed consistency small powder like flakes/groblets[if thats a word] temp 0.1c/dp -2.8

Edited February 1, 2009 by TN9

[Paul Sherman]

Paul, do you think this is a sign of things to come this evening and tonight, with the snow pushing into the center and east of Kent, and missing the London area all together?

I can almost touch the Snow, Massive Cauliflower Tops running in a line to my South East running along the North Kent Coast, Clear to my North with Blue Skies and I keep getting Light Snow from the Anvils :lol:

Paul S

[kold weather]

In some respects this easterly is somewhat similar to Feb 1991, the big difference being the cold isn't nearly as deep but nonetheless the basic set-up is rather similar and therefore the showers should be dragged well inland and still be pretty heavy.

Personally I suspect we are looking at a lot of snowfall thanks to these streamers that are coming in, away from coasts I fully expect several inches before the main stuff comes along.

[Guest North Sea Snow Convection]

Yay!! - thick blowing flakes here now and getting darker. Ground going white. Time to go out!! :lol:

Trees and branches going white quickly

Edited February 1, 2009 by North Sea Snow Convection

[Sno' problem]

Paul, do you think this is a sign of things to come this evening and tonight, with the snow pushing into the center and east of Kent, and missing the London area all together?

Blooming well hope not!!!

[Neilsouth]

Flurries again but i'm surrounded by anvils :lol:

[ChartViewer]

Lovely sunshine here in Central London and not a cloud to be spotted. Could even be BBQ weather :lol:

[BarnetBlizzard]

Showers starting to head for the london area now!

[Marcus_surfer]

Lucky devils, keep pushing it this way please. Thank you :lol:

[nick sussex]

I'm glad they managed to get the names back at the bottom of the thread, otherwise it feels like you're talking to yourself! :lol: I really hope people enjoy the snow and make the most of it , it maybe many years again before an event such as this might happen.

[donna-m]

In 1991 we had bands of snow showers that quickly moved through because of the wind . But because there was so many it looked as if it was the same shower . Not as cold but just the same later , shower after shower!

I was out the country then and missed all of 91 events :lol:

And to make matters worse ,,all friends were sending me lovely snowy photos :lol:

[isleofwightsnowgal]

snow in portsmouth, hampshire - a good sign already !!! Temp 2.7 -= quite high, dew point -4.9

Hey pompey , blow some across th water to th IOW please :lol: i think shanklin,brading and freshwater had a couple flurries earlier but nothing yet in Newport!!!

Its very overcast and temps dropping!! Im praying we'll see some later :lol:

[Tom D]

There's a dark cloud approaching, there's almost a down torrent but it could just be a light flurry. Heading straight for me. Temp has gone from 0.3c to 0.9c in a matter of a few minutes.

[Guest North Sea Snow Convection]

Amazing sudden transformation of the scenery here. Visibilty is right down. :lol:

Boots, Coat and scarf at the ready - see you's later :lol:

Edited February 1, 2009 by North Sea Snow Convection

[Stu_London]

In some respects this easterly is somewhat similar to Feb 1991, the big difference being the cold isn't nearly as deep but nonetheless the basic set-up is rather similar and therefore the showers should be dragged well inland and still be pretty heavy.

Personally I suspect we are looking at a lot of snowfall thanks to these streamers that are coming in, away from coasts I fully expect several inches before the main stuff comes along.

The slightly higher temps might help in terms of accumalations. Warmer air can accommodate more moisture!!!