East Anglia And South East England Cold Spell Discussion

[snow raven]

Its all missing you SR

Evening Andy, long time no see! The only place I will allow it to miss is the train line that goes from Waterloo East to Barnehurst Stn - just so I can get home from work

[donna-m]

I don't like the idea of the snow turning to rain tomorrow according to lok east

[Neilsouth]

I don't like the idea of the snow turning to rain tomorrow according to lok east

Well it looks as if the further south east you are the more chance of staying as snow or sleet

[Rajeev Samant]

YAAAAY

London forecas shoowed light snow tomrrow and heavy snow on thurs / fri

Rajeev

[MagicBat]

Great forecast by Peter on BBC London. It looks like we will have snow showers first thing tomorrow morning. Lets hope the frost tonight and cold wind tomorrow afternoon keep temps low enough to keep the snow falling.

How much are we expecting tomorrow morning? Any ideas guys?

Magic Bat

[yamkin]

I don't like the idea of the snow turning to rain tomorrow according to lok east

It will be the 'calm before the storm' so to speak. Thurs/Fri will be interesting with snow potential coupled with freezing temps

[snowking]

I don't like the idea of the snow turning to rain tomorrow according to lok east

If you look at the charts its inevitable

HOWEVER

Keep an eye on dews/temps....even the highest res models such as the NMM have been 2c too mild on both temps and dew today

Theres also the added advantage now that the latest Fax's show the fronts occluding

Could well be that from the home counties southwards we see more sleet rather than rain as the back end passes through

We then have a very promising night ahead on thursday, theres going to be a lot of tired members in here on friday

Someone put the coffee on

SK

[Neilsouth]

Great forecast by Peter on BBC London. It looks like we will have snow showers first thing tomorrow morning. Lets hope the frost tonight and cold wind tomorrow afternoon keep temps low enough to keep the snow falling.

How much are we expecting tomorrow morning? Any ideas guys?

Magic Bat

Well kaddy said 1-2cm in some areas , while another forecast said it may just make a dusting on your grass

[Snowy Bob]

Well it looks as if the further south east you are the more chance of staying as snow or sleet

That would be my take on it, especially if it arrives after dark.

[Ben_Cambs]

I don't like the idea of the snow turning to rain tomorrow according to lok east

Dont worry, that will only be temporary a little milder, then the Easterlies come, Thurs night is the one to watch!

[TEITS]

Stuning 12Z and if that verifies im sure some of us wouldn't give a monkeys what happens afterwards.

With so much to concentrate on im going to focus on the E,ly which has certainly upgraded these past 48hrs. Here is the latest +48 fax chart and the forecast that would go with this is a real blast to the past.

http://www.meteociel.../fax/fax48s.gif

Simply put on Thurs you will find showers turning to snow and becoming more frequent during the day. During the evening the snow showers would become heavy prolonged and merge into longer periods of snow. The areas most likely to see the heaviest falls are Lincs, Norfolk, Notts, Leicestershire, Northants, Cambs. Derbyshire.

During friday the snow showers will continue.

http://www.meteociel...60-21.GIF?15-19

http://www.meteociel...72-21.GIF?15-19

Only later in the day will the snow showers beging to fade away.

Now this forecast is based not only on the model runs but previous experience of similiar synoptics. Obviously due to the nature of showers some will be hit harder than others and some will experience snowfalls outside the area I mentioned. However 2-5cm of snow is likely over a wide area but falls of 20-30cm cannot be ruled out!!

[snowking]

Well kaddy said 1-2cm in some areas , while another forecast said it may just make a dusting on your grass

Certainly from the model output it looks around those amounts

However closer to the eastern coasts we've already seen from the weekend just how much convection can kick up in the north sea at the moment....

SK

[Ben_Cambs]

Tomorrow morning I think that 1-2cm may fall in a few areas in our part of Britain, but nothing more

Thanks TEITS, for those charts, agree that the Easterly has upgraded in the past couple of days, great chance for some pre-christmas snow, shame the Easterlies are unlikely to last too long

Edited December 15, 2009 by Snowman0697

[snowbob]

anyone else notice that band of snow north of london. moving alot quicker than first expected earlier

[Derp Patrol]

Hey, i'm just wondering generally how deep was the snow in cms that fell in Feb this year for a comparison? Thanks if someone can tell me!

[TEITS]

Hey, i'm just wondering generally how deep was the snow in cms that fell in Feb this year for a comparison? Thanks if someone can tell me!

Im sure some locations had between 20-30cm of snow due to the Thames streamer.

[Neilsouth]

Simply put on Thurs you will find showers turning to snow and becoming more frequent during the day. During the evening the snow showers would become heavy prolonged and merge into longer periods of snow. The areas most likely to see the heaviest falls are Lincs, Norfolk, Notts, Leicestershire, Northants, Cambs. Derbyshire.

You missed Kent! , under the right conditions kent can get plastered

EDIT : Then again you live in EA so no supprise

Edited December 15, 2009 by neilsouth

[snowbob]

what about surrey. any thoughts??

[SMU]

You missed Kent! , under the right conditions kent can get plastered

EDIT : Then again you live in EA so no supprise

2 things- my sniffer nose feels thats its warmed up outside- although I may be wrong- whoevers got a thermom- post up your temp + dew-

Also can someone link up the dutch radar-

thanks

Steve

[Neilsouth]

2 things- my sniffer nose feels thats its warmed up outside- although I may be wrong- whoevers got a thermom- post up your temp + dew-

Also can someone link up the dutch radar-

thanks

Steve

Well my temp is currently -2.7 however i don't have a dew reader

[Lowestoft]

You missed Kent! , under the right conditions kent can get plastered

EDIT : Then again you live in EA so no supprise

He missed me too. And I just hate to miss anything.

[Derp Patrol]

Im sure some locations had between 20-30cm of snow due to the Thames streamer.

Ahh ok thanks

[snowbob]

Im sure some locations had between 20-30cm of snow due to the Thames streamer.

here in surrey we got about 20 maybe 25 cms

[MagicBat]

Well kaddy said 1-2cm in some areas , while another forecast said it may just make a dusting on your grass

Thanks NeilSouth. 1-2cm would be a great start for us in the South East.

Temps are on the rise here.... Its gone from -1.6c to -1.1c in the last 45mins. Is this high level cloud? Or approaching snow?

Thanks,

MagicBat

[TEITS]

You missed Kent! , under the right conditions kent can get plastered

EDIT : Then again you live in EA so no supprise

At the moment based on the model runs the areas I highlighted could see the heaviest snow especially Norfolk, Lincs. However Kent will also see heavy snow but in my opinion E Anglia are more likely to see the heaviest snow.

Anyway nobody really knows what will happen because its all about nowcasting i.e radar watching.