East Anglia & South East Cold Spell Discussion 4

[southbank]

Great post by mr murr again . As things stand I think he is 100 % right the central Kent area will be the sweet spot . Living in sw London we only get a good dumping normally from a Thames streamer which relies on a Ene and that a dumping of 10 inches in Feb 2009 . from bitter experience I'm only expecting a few cm if I'm lucky due to the overiding wind direction . Then again despite advisory from the Met I wouldn't be too surprised if I got zlich a bit like the dec 2005 post boxing day easterly where again I think places like ashford got big dumpings . Small changes make all the difference and you can only really see the outcome with radar / lampost watching . So for us londoners the further se you are the better and don't be surprised if areas like Croydon / Sutton get small or nothing .

[i luv snow]

What a forecast for suffolk essex and kent!!

[janetmh71]

Im in zone 2 . . . just hoping that zone 1 moves a little towards the west!! But being at the north of zone 2 has to be a good thing??

[maidstone weather]

Well well, 18Z UKMO of the NAE is even more impressive.

More 'heavy snow' symbols then the 12Z run from Great Yarmouth down to Guildford. Kent looks to take a battering as the front stalls during Friday.

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Is the front in the same position or has it shifted?

Have to laugh at Rob's chuckle at the end!

Edited December 16, 2009 by maidstone weather

[snowking]

Hahaha please say somebody got a recording of that Rob McElwee forecast - just an absolute legend

Check out his cheeky grin at the end of the forecast as he mentions monday

SK

[Craig Smith]

Did anyone just see the BBC 1 forecast, look great from late tomorrow.... Love the final comment... 'and then there's Monday!'

[saint]

Classic Rob at the end! getting a bit excited about Monday? More snow for the East?

Noted him say the band of snow could well be further west, so it seems everywhere in the EA/SE is at risk of snow from 5-10cm's!

[Jason H]

A classic forecast from Rob on the national news. At the end with a raised eyebrow, "And then there's Monday"

[Southender]

Rob M on BBC what a legend.

Rain ahead of the main snow band though by the looks of it.

[Paul Sherman]

Lol @ Sir Rob - And then there is..................Monday

He absolutely loves it! Blizzards for monday then

[bluearmy]

don't ya just love rob m - 'and then there's monday still to come - wink'. what a guy.

[Craig Smith]

He said it was stalling over the Thames Estuary, could be special event for us Londoners!

[saint]

Anyone looking at the models tell us what could happen Monday?

Edited December 16, 2009 by saint

[SMU]

In case i'm being thick is 1 the highest chance with 5 being the lowest.....?

no its just the zones where ive labelled them- open the image & download the forecast on page 10-

PS I just sent rob the forecast- he read it word for word nearly.........

S

[Ocean Transit]

Is the front in the same position or has it shifted?

Have to laugh at Rob's chuckle at the end!

Marginally further West but Kent has it's only area of snow a good 6 hours before the main band stalls later in the day.

Rob must of loved presenting that forecast. Such a difference from Darren Bett who seems almost disapointed with the snow earlier

[Southender]

Lol @ Sir Rob - And then there is..................Monday

He absolutely loves it! Blizzards for monday then

Haha. Top guy.

Down here or in Scotland though I wonder?...

[maidstone weather]

BBC charts would indicate no snow for our region on Monday- reserved for northern England as an Atlantic front comes in...

[snow raven]

Excellent read Steve. Never seen such a detailed forecast/discussion

Although, I'm unsure which number (1-5) Essex falls under lol

Any chance of copy and pasting? Only for some reason my computer won't open the file

[Mikel Nimbus]

Rob's evil laugh at the end of the forecast is the funniest thing I've seen all week. Please somebody YouTube it!

[kold weather]

Thanks Steve, yeah looking at that chart my idea of about 3-4 inches for this location seems pretty solid to me, close enough to the frontal system (and indeed under it at times) to give the showers the extra boost needed to sustain them.

[Don]

An awesome forecast from Rob M and doesn't look too shabby for snow in my area either. He also mentioned that the snow could well extend to areas further west than forecast! He certainly made me laugh at the end regarding Monday!

An absolute legend!

[snow raven]

Rob's evil laugh at the end of the forecast is the funniest thing I've seen all week. Please somebody YouTube it!

I re-wound it a few times on sky - classic!!! He could step in for the Child Catcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!

[donna-m]

Any idea what Rob ment with the raised eyebrow, haha how cheeky did he look??? whats happening monday i don't know about??

[Ocean Transit]

The Times has just published this story on how tomorrow's snow will develop and the general outlook to Christmas:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/weather/article6959540.ece

You don't see articles like that in the Sun

[southbank]

sorry people didnt add the map-

cheers- this applies to zones 1-5

Steve

Sorry i just seen the map . Great call although from a selfish point I want to a move westward movement to bring sutton into the firing line but hey ho we got lucky in feb while north kent missed out so a rebalancing act