Snow Watch: London, Se England & East Anglia

[yamkin]

Snowing here right now.......sort of surprised

Edited February 12, 2009 by yamkin

[MAF]

Radar looks like it will fizzle out shortly in London, temps around 2 °C so it may drop enough for a freeze overnight

[maidstone weather]

it's persistent drizzle at the mo. not melting the snow though, just giving a 'glitter' on the top

[danm]

well its been raining now for a couple of hours. hopefully will stop soon. i was in central london earlier and virtually nothing settled there. however, coming back home to the suburbs there was a good couple of cm's, with grass, roofs, cars and some of the pavement and road covered. the rain is making it very slushy now.

[snowray]

It's raining. Boo!

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The most anoying thing in the world, the moderate rain has plagued this area for 2 hours now melting my snow, its cleared everywhere else towards E Anglia! The snowfall always go's through here like a flash, but the rain seems to want to hang around for ever!

Edited February 13, 2009 by snowray

[Snow Cat]

Snowed heavily here up until midnightish, got about an inch.

[Paul Sherman]

Just popped out for a Ciggie and what little Drizzle we had has stopped to leave an Alpine Looking Ski Resort - Beautiful

4cm on the Road and Pathway

5cm on the Cars

7cm on the Grass

Not a bad little "Surprise" Snowfall - The ones that creep up on ya are the best.

Now i wonder if the Kids will be in School on the last day of term

3rd busiest day of the year for us, So whatever happens I have to be in Central London

Night All

Paul S

[MAF]

yeah reckon the kids will be in, can't see it causing the same problems as last monday nothing here in C London now Paul so trains should be ok in the morning. (barring frozen signals/points)

[Iceni]

No melt here... temp's still -0.4° C. Don't want to go out an tempt fate by measuring how much or even talking about it in case it disappears

Thing about snow is, it covers all the muddy dank fields which really depress me at this time of year — especially as we have to give a couple of dogs a 2 mile plus walk every day come rain or shine — snow is such a nice change from sticky Suffolk mud so the last few weeks have been like freedom — last winter was a total nightmare.

I just went to let out one of the cats and she turned her nose up and then wanted to go to the other door to see if the snow was outside that one too — animals are a laugh sometimes.

[MAF]

temp actually going up here in london

was 1.9°C around eleven, now 2.8 °C

[Guest]

At Watford we had wet snow for about 2 to 3 hours - it settled to a depth of about 1cm but likely to be shortlived. A little may last to morning if the temperature falls to freezing or below but not liukely to last long beyhond mid morning.

[Mr Maunder]

Snow here until about 11.00, probably about 2-3 cm, then heavy rain which has washed most of it away. Still, a nice surprise!

MM

[SnowAngel]

Snow here until about 11.00, probably about 2-3 cm, then heavy rain which has washed most of it away. Still, a nice surprise!

MM

Its pouring rain now....no more snow....hope this lot doesnt freeze

[rubble79]

All gone here and temps are on the rise Back up to 3c.

Think that's our lot for now. We've now got a brief milder period before something amazing develops for the final week of Feb*

*terms and conditions apply. This is not based on fact and is likely to change

Hopefully the charts will change and we'll be back next week to discuss future snow events unfolding.

[Tom D]

We had 5cm at its peak, but it never got below freezing and the temps went up to 1.9c. It's currently 0.9c with a centimeter or two in places.

[donna-m]

my cm or 2 was all gone this morning, no chance for kids to make snowman again :lol:

[Jayces]

All gone form here now, roll on the next cold spell.

Can't complain though, it was the best for 20 years for us.

Oh, still have a small slither of snow in the garden from the 2nd Feb fall, well compacted ice now but it's still the original.

[Essex Chelle]

Melted from roads and pavements - so kids are in school - yippee!!!! still have a good layer on the grass but think its just a matter of time until its gone, it was good whilst it lasted.

[Coast]

Expected? - Hardly

Disappointed? - Obviously

Hyped? - Marginally

Defeated? - Rarely

Winter 2009, the story continues.........

[ribster]

About an inch overnight, beautiful drive to work, although turning to mush on the roads now. I see the mild spell has already been downgraded <_<

[wayne80]

Expected? - Hardly

Disappointed? - Obviously

Hyped? - Marginally

Defeated? - Rarely

Winter 2009, the story continues.........

Did we get any snow last night, so tired had to go to bed early and no evidence of anything this morning in Stone Cross

[Coast]

Did we get any snow last night, so tired had to go to bed early and no evidence of anything this morning in Stone Cross

Nope, we did get some stunning drizzle in Friday Street though........

[wayne80]

Nope, we did get some stunning drizzle in Friday Street though........

Don't think I've ever heard drizzle described as stunning before...lol

Well we seem to have done quite badly out of the last 2 weeks.

As a child I lived in Coulsdon and remember really bad snow in the 80's and of course in my memories thought everywhere around was the same. Coulsdon this time had really thick snow so perhaps Eastbourne and this coastal area always has done quite badly for snow even in the mystical 80's....

[maidstone weather]

Snow has thawed here, had an inch now down to 1cm! <_< Not sure if it's the temp of 1.6C or if it turned to rain?

[Coast]

As a child I lived in Coulsdon

I'm sorry to hear that..... :ph34r:

perhaps Eastbourne and this coastal area always has done quite badly for snow even in the mystical 80's....

Of course we are one of the warmer areas of the UK but we have had our moments during the time I've been around and certainly in the 80's. I knew we weren't going to get anything last night when the air temperature didn't drop below 3 DgC and the dew points were marginal. To be fair, the NW snow risk charts did show our area under sleet/rain so a good call for that data, I am though still happy for those that got a covering and especially for Paul Sherman as he never, ever, ever gets snow (git!) <_<