Snow Watch: London, Se England & East Anglia

[nick sussex]

If you're south of the M4 towards the se then the area of interest is that clump of precip towards the sw and fringing ne wards towards Wales and the West Midlands this is the cold front and so back edge snow if its going to happen will occur as this clears through. Actually scrub that its an occlusion but anyway thats the area to look out for, lets hope it can retain enough intensity, the heavier the precip the better chances for some snow.

Edited February 9, 2009 by nick sussex

[hotsummer]

Rains turned to very heavy snow here, looks very dry and is laying very quickly even on the wet surfaces and snow that was slushy and melting

So close yet so far!!!!!

[lewis028]

rain rain and mroe rain here, temp is 4.5c and has not moved, looks like it just going to be rain here maybe sleet later in the night if were lucky

[cliffrichard]

No real need for a "snow watch" thread in the South-East any more, even!

Temps here in Mid Kent are rising fast. Gone up by a couple degrees in the last 2 hours to around 7 Deg C.

Absolutely p1ssisently raining. Time to give this one up!

Edited February 9, 2009 by cliffrichard

[tinybill]

Rained all day here and the roads are already flooded, even the A12 was underwater in places! Going by the colours on the radar worse is to come, flooding is defiantly going to be a major problem down here over the next 24hrs.

Temp: 3c DP: 3c so def just heavy rain all night for us!!

Matt

big problems on the radar there will be floods here before the night out its pouring down just looked at my road looks like a river going down the road

[john mac]

No real need for a "snow watch" thread in the South-East any more, even!

Temps here in Mid Kent are rising fast. Gone up by a couple degrees in the last 2 hours to around 7 Deg C.

Absolutely p1ssisently raining. Time to give this one up!

the warm sectos passing through but it will go

[tundra]

I just herd the BBC weather calling for maximum temps of 4 or 5 tomorrow. I would hardly call that cold weather, +5 would just scrape rather cold i would have thought.

[Iceni]

Snowing moderately, but we're nowhere near into the main event and the night is yet young... hmmm a blizzard could be on the cards at some point.

It's times like this you love your 4x4.

[cliffrichard]

the warm sectos passing through but it will go

Warm Sector? Are you sure you don't mean tropical

[john mac]

I just herd the BBC weather calling for maximum temps of 4 or 5 tomorrow. I would hardly call that cold weather, +5 would just scrape rather cold i would have thought.

i think you will find its the windchill that will be cold

[cliffrichard]

i think you will find its the windchill that will be cold

Trouble is, its not the windchill that makes the snow stick to the ground and then stay there, is it?

Have a look at the netweather radar (precip type) - and there is nothing but rain across virtually all the country, except for maybe 20 miles or so in the Yorks area.

Edited February 9, 2009 by cliffrichard

[Button Up]

Something must be happening i just noticed that a huge area on the Net Weather has turned green for sleet

[Dean E]

Evening all

A big 9.1c here atm, was 4c about an hour ago!

This must be the warm sector, im guessing its going to start to drop again soon?

[MattS]

Snowing moderately, but we're nowhere near into the main event and the night is yet young... hmmm a blizzard could be on the cards at some point.

It's times like this you love your 4x4.

Hi Iceni

what temp/dew point do you have there at the min?

[Whether Idle]

Its been raining all day here, an educated guesstimate says at least 25 mm so far, still chucking it down!!

As for snow, the best chance is clearly going to be after 12 midnight and thence through to midday as the cold air undercuts rapidly southwards.

Im expecting nothing here, although we did get 3cms Satuday morning from back edge snow, so you never know but I do think the circumstances were more favourable then. Good luck to all those who lust for snow!

Edited February 9, 2009 by Whether Idle

[jright35]

No real need for a "snow watch" thread in the South-East any more, even!

Temps here in Mid Kent are rising fast. Gone up by a couple degrees in the last 2 hours to around 7 Deg C.

Absolutely p1ssisently raining. Time to give this one up!

not in sittingbourne its

falling its gone from 5oc to 3oc since 5pm

[NorthantsSnow]

Trouble is, its not the windchill that makes the snow stick to the ground and then stay there, is it?

Have a look at the netweather radar (precip type) - and there is nothing but rain across virtually all the country, except for maybe 20 miles or so in the Yorks area.

This is based on GFS data and is by no means accurate. Snowing moderately now here in Northants; some big flakes getting blown about a fair bit in the stengthening NE'ly winds.

[andyw111]

What are the chances of snow in the Greater London/ Essex Border area?

Edited February 9, 2009 by andyw111

[Michael Fishermans Friend]

Sheeting down with rain here but temp has marginally dropped to 2.9C now and wind brisk in from the east, fingers crossed!

[80sWeather]

Wet snow here for last 10 mins

[Mark Burton]

Heavy sleet now in St Ives Cambs, how's things in St Neots?

[frostynikkers]

0.8C here now, still raining though, must be at the turning point for sleet/snow soon, but roads soaked with rain now. If this froze...

Now 0.4 and sleeting...

[stewfox]

Trouble is, its not the windchill that makes the snow stick to the ground and then stay there, is it?

Have a look at the netweather radar (precip type) - and there is nothing but rain across virtually all the country, except for maybe 20 miles or so in the Yorks area.

I have seen that so think whats the use of it ?

Def snow here at 50 feet well in side their rain band

[whatever1]

Snowing here in Royston, but not settling at the moment...

[Summer of 76]

Wet snow here in Bedford for the past 45 minutes