Snow Watch: London, Se England & E Anglia

[spayne]

Heavier now with more snow than 'icy mix' No chance of settling but at least I've seen snow again!!!!

Still 1.3 deg and -1.9 dp

Edited February 5, 2009 by spayne

[john mac]

rain and sleet here now, and with that sobering thought im gonna hit the sack and look forward to fridays possible event.night all enjoy the fun and games up north

[fatyido]

Flash warning out from the met.

East of England: Bedfordshire

Cambridgeshire

Luton

Peterborough

Heavy Snow 0300 Thu 5 0900 Thu 5

Outbreaks of snow, heavy at times, are likely during Wednesday night and into Thursday morning, giving significant accumulations in places. Between 2 and 5 cm are expected and up to 10 cm is possible locally.

The public are advised to take extra care and refer to the Highways Agency for further advice on traffic disruption on motorways and trunk roads.

Issued at: 2227 Wed 4 Feb

Your right there Fatyido so maybe we will do ok. It was below freezing -0.5 when i came past St Neots - i knew that you would be on this thread so i took note especially.

Ha, thanks mate. That makes me a sad git i suppose..!!

[Mark Burton]

What does that make me then lol

[StormChaser]

Wow i cant beleave this over an hour of snow 5 cms have setteled in a space of an hour im happy!

[TEITS]

Flash warning out from the met.

East of England: Bedfordshire

Cambridgeshire

Luton

Peterborough

Heavy Snow 0300 Thu 5 0900 Thu 5

Outbreaks of snow, heavy at times, are likely during Wednesday night and into Thursday morning, giving significant accumulations in places. Between 2 and 5 cm are expected and up to 10 cm is possible locally.

The public are advised to take extra care and refer to the Highways Agency for further advice on traffic disruption on motorways and trunk roads.

Issued at: 2227 Wed 4 Feb

Ha, thanks mate. That makes me a sad git i suppose..!!

Fantastic.

Why do these events always happen in the middle of the night when im exhausted. Part of me thinks just go to bed and wait until the morning but the other part of me thinks why spend all those hrs looking at the models only to sleep through the event!

[spayne]

*alert*

snowing here now and settling on cars!!!

[john mac]

*alert*

snowing here now and settling on cars!!!

just when i was going to bed, now im gonna have to stay up

[Gringomez]

Light snow here in Aylesbury.

[MAF]

wintery mix now rain, sleet and snow

i stand corrected. it is still freezing rain. the car windscreen is getting covered with ice. looks pretty treacherous out there

very much the same here in C London, quite cold but wind not too strong

[john mac]

i hope everything shifts a bit further east then we could be getting some flash warnings

[fatyido]

yeah, same thoughts here, but oxfordshire is having a good old dumping by the sounds of it, but the radar suggests the main pulse is heading straight for us up the A1

[Blizzard_of_Oz]

Hi no snow here in Hertford just yet?

[Gringomez]

Interesting temp/dewpoint changes here

23:00 - Temp -0.1 Dew point -2.6

00:30 - Temp 0.6 Dew point -1.9

Now temp has dropped quickly to 0.2 and Dew point -1.5

[Mammatus]

Fantastic.

Why do these events always happen in the middle of the night when im exhausted. Part of me thinks just go to bed and wait until the morning but the other part of me thinks why spend all those hrs looking at the models only to sleep through the event!

Completely Dave. It's the same with our Summer thunderstorms............

I'm knackered, but am going to stay up til at least 3am to watch the unfolding scenario. These times are to good to miss mate.

*alert*

snowing here now and settling on cars!!!

Great stuff spayne, keep us updated. What is happening south of here is very important for us NW members further north.

Seasons

[Guest]

Had a little snow about a half hour ago, temperature about 0C, it was settling.

Just hope that the northward advance of the milder air is held up by the colder air coming from the north - anything can happen in these situations, despite what the charts say.

[SnowJoke]

can confirm its snowing quite heavily in milton keynes, settling on all surfaces and topping up any areas where there was snow left from monday

[stewfox]

Wow i cant beleave this over an hour of snow 5 cms have setteled in a space of an hour im happy!

Heavy snow here in North Oxfordshire settling everywhere

-0.4c

[fatyido]

As the snow is heading north, its turning heavier and more prolonged, going on the reports, and is settling, and not just turning to rain after 15 mins as we were hearing an hour ago.

This is only based on what ive read on here though.

[Mark Burton]

The moon is still out in St Ives!

[fatyido]

The moon is still out in St Ives!

the sun will be out shortly.!! look at the time, said i was going half hour ago.

missus will think im a right geek.

wanted to see that first flake of snow.

[spayne]

Completely Dave. It's the same with our Summer thunderstorms............

I'm knackered, but am going to stay up til at least 3am to watch the unfolding scenario. These times are to good to miss mate.

Great stuff spayne, keep us updated. What is happening south of here is very important for us NW members further north.

Seasons

I should turn in really as I have to be up at six to drive to Heathrow.........maybe just a sort while longer

Latest report is perhaps more sleety now, but still with obvious flakes though!!

Precip is really intensifying over S London at the mo

Temp dropped to 1.1 with the dp at -2.0

[SnowAngel]

Had a little snow about a half hour ago, temperature about 0C, it was settling.

Just hope that the northward advance of the milder air is held up by the colder air coming from the north - anything can happen in these situations, despite what the charts say.

Great ! The Chiltern anti=snow magnet has been switched off ! Snowing hard with lovely big fat flakes...fingers and toes crossed it wont turn train Good night and stay warm and safe everyone

[Mikel Nimbus]

What a surprise, driving home just now and small hail pellets soon turned into fairly heavy snow... and it's setltling!!!! Wasn't expecting that.

Temp 0.8 Dew -1.1 (but is rising fairly quickly)

[stewfox]

As the snow is heading north, its turning heavier and more prolonged, going on the reports, and is settling, and not just turning to rain after 15 mins as we were hearing an hour ago.

This is only based on what ive read on here though.

Im at about 50ft elevation ! and its heavy here and its settling everywhere

Didnt have much snow left on the ground, about 2 hours earlier then I thought

-0.5c