East Anglia & South East Cold Spell Discussion 9

[AtlanticFlamethrower]

Ignored!

3C on the coasts today. Radio just said snow and rain.

[Jason H]

Snow pepped up again here. Spending the day in, got manflu!!!

[Tn9]

Yep! The only way TN9 is getting to Sheerness is to dump the car and swim across the river!!

River,river??,good god man thats the Swale you talking about,you know, sinking mud,strong tidal currents,huge boats,dodgy marshland,you talk as if its wading through a woodland stream,saying that its more likely warmer in than out at the moment

[AtlanticFlamethrower]

The heaviest PPN didn't get quite as far as South Woodham Ferrers but we clipped the edge of the heavy stuff... what is 17cm in inches? We've ended up with 2-3 inches, sherbert quality stuff on top icing on the cake, joint best snowfall here in the 2000s.

[GarethK]

Getting frustrated now, nice bit of precip just above us on the radar, i bet it will break up and go around us!

[NorthNorfolkWeather]

Very diffcult to say. The BBC forecast suggested only W parts of Norfolk i.e Wells next to the sea westwards. However you never know what may develop in the N Sea.

Hi TEITS,

Interesting that they did forecast that, currently the showers are coming ashore about 20 miles east of Wells, nearer Mundesley/Walcott. I'm not complaining, as I seem to be right in the path temperature down to 0.5C, having reached the dizzy heights of 0.9C earlier. Dewpoint only -0.9C

Looks very little anywhere near Norwich

Edited December 18, 2009 by NorthNorfolkWeather

[maidstone weather]

The heaviest PPN didn't get quite as far as South Woodham Ferrers but we clipped the edge of the heavy stuff... what is 17cm in inches? We've ended up with 2-3 inches, sherbert quality stuff on top icing on the cake, joint best snowfall here in the 2000s.

almost 7 inches

[PB22]

3C on the coasts today. Radio just said snow and rain.

-1C here on the Suffolk coast.

[VillagePlank]

More snow for west Kent plank?

Looks that way, to me. MetO agree, too - but waiting for their normal morning update. Theta-W charts are about right until 18z Saturday, and thicknesses remain very good for snow. If it precipitates, it should fall as snow.

Edited December 18, 2009 by VillagePlank

[barmybint]

River,river??,good god man thats the Swale you talking about,you know, sinking mud,strong tidal currents,huge boats,dodgy marshland,you talk as if its wading through a woodland stream,saying that its more likely warmer in than out at the moment

Don't be such a wuss!!! Oh, and I'm a girlie not a bloke

[Tim Bland]

After our 6-8 inches in February, this depth looks rather pathetic. We've got about 2 inches in places, and the road is mostly clear even though it hasn't been gritted; nevertheless the schools are closed etc.

I've uploaded some pics here : http://picasaweb.google.com/dupplawt/Snow18thDecember09#

This just goes to show how localised things can be. I am 5-8 miles north of you and have 25cm similar ammounts to last Feb. Get up to stevenage!

[joespontiac]

Anymore snow on the way for Luton, beds? Forecasts are showing different things.

Ill show you lot a few pics of what we already have once they have uploaded!

[AtlanticFlamethrower]

It shows what expectations do... I don't consider 2-3 inches we have here "pathetic." It's very acceptable. I give it 7/10!

[yamkin]

Light snow here again

[Tom D]

This just goes to show how localised things can be. I am 5-8 miles north of you and have 25cm similar ammounts to last Feb. Get up to stevenage!

Will do! Ware often seems to only get a small amount whereas Stevenage and Harlow get shed loads!

It's -1.7c here atm and I doubt it will get above freezing.

[BarnetBlizzard]

When is this lump of snow up north going to start heading south??

[joespontiac]

Here is my pics

[PureOcean]

OK, I have done some more tracking and plotting and its a really fun one to do as a lot happening in the north sea and also a lot happening just outside the UK radar but you can see it over germany and netherlands developing, with also a downward track from scandinavia is making fun.

From what I can see it looks like today might well turn into some fun conditions still for the south east and kent, essex and suffolk. It is very clear that its building now, with the heat of the sea things are getting interesting.

I will go out on a limb here and say in about 4 to 5 hrs thats 2 to 3pm we may get another dump of good quality snow.

Now I could be 100% wrong, or miss the plot, but I think this is setting itself up nice.

[Greyowl]

Moderate to Heavy snow here now. Radar looking good for a while yet.

[grab my graupel]

Will open a new thread soon

[Rich44]

Hi TEITS,

Interesting that they did forecast that, currently the showers are coming ashore about 20 miles east of Wells, nearer Mundesley/Walcott. I'm not complaining, as I seem to be right in the path temperature down to 0.5C, having reached the dizzy heights of 0.9C earlier. Dewpoint only -0.9C

Looks very little anywhere near Norwich

Totally agree, seem to come inland a few miles then skim the coast east to west

[maidstone weather]

Wash streamer continuing through the night and into tomorrow morning: http://212.100.247.145/fax/PPVE89.png

[Lowestoft]

Film taken by my husband of a tug in the North Sea yesterday fighting against the strong winds and heavy seas.

[grab my graupel]

Link to new thread below - will close this soon