East Anglia & South East Cold Spell Discussion

[TEITS]

GFS indicates snow showers to continue this evening into the Wash area. If anything the GFS suggests these showers will become more widespread during the evening.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rmgfs063.gif

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rmgfs123.gif

Only slowly fading away during the early hrs.

[saint]

Forecast on BBC 3 Counites by Julie Ranger:

Tonight temps of -4/-5 (Surely a bit lower due to snow cover)

Tomorrow evening: Band of organised snow moving down........3-5cm.

[Bazz1053]

Hi all, Dose anyone know if Surrey/London area will see some snow.

[Neilsouth]

BBC back to their usual tricks again but this time upto 20cm tonight in the south east(east kent)

[sarah7meme]

BBC back to their usual tricks again but this time upto 20cm tonight in the south east(east kent)

hi neil, without trawling through all pages ... and as you are local to me - what happened to us and the snow. is there any hope of any in our area canterbury/elham valley? thanks in advance

[Ben_Cambs]

Hi all, Dose anyone know if Surrey/London area will see some snow.

Welcome to the forum

EA, London and the SE are forecast snow tomorrow night for a few hours, as a band of snow sweeps south from the north. Snow totals are not 100% certain yet as snow depths are hard to forecast even in short range, most likely 3-5cm but some members have been suggesting up to 10cm in some parts

Edited December 18, 2009 by Snowman0697

[Neilsouth]

hi neil, without trawling through all pages ... and as you are local to me - what happened to us and the snow. is there any hope of any in our area canterbury/elham valley? thanks in advance

Well two things went against us last night

1. Too close to the low pressure center as it came across us it killed off alot of the intense showers and filtered them through ea,essex,west kent. The winds also dropped off

2. The low pressure center also had a milder sector but this didn't affect areas higher up but did make the showers more sleety in many north/eastern kent areas.

Today

We was doing very well for the early part of the afternoon today it looked really good but the winds shifted from the north east to the north

I'm still watching that large mass of snow showers just off the dutch coast and down into the north sea , but the wind direction is not favourable

Edited December 18, 2009 by neilsouth

[Southender]

What the hell?

Flash Warning

Flash Warning

What are they seeing we dont?

Up to 6" in 6hrs locally in E.

Do me a favour.

Edited December 18, 2009 by LeighShrimper

[PB22]

Looks to me on satellite images that a trough may be forming close to eastern coasts:

http://www.sat24.nl/Region.aspx?country=nl&sat=ir&type=loop

[Kent Snow]

BBC back to their usual tricks again but this time upto 20cm tonight in the south east(east kent)

I would absolutely love to be proved wrong, but where is this going to come from. Nothing on the radar!

Edited December 18, 2009 by Kent Snow

[sarah7meme]

Well two things went against us last night

1. Too close to the low pressure center as it came across us it killed off alot of the intense showers and filtered them through ea,essex,west kent. The winds also dropped off

2. The low pressure center also had a milder sector but this didn't affect areas higher up but did make the showers more sleety in many north/eastern kent areas.

Today

We was doing very well for the early part of the afternoon today it looked really good but the winds shifted from the north east to the north

I'm still watching that large mass of snow showers just off the dutch coast and down into the north sea , but the wind direction is not favourable

such a shame <_<

thanks for the update though - much appreciated

[Nick.F]

yup showers coalescing into more organised band, with a definite drift towards the coast

[East Herts Snow]

Well two things went against us last night

1. Too close to the low pressure center as it came across us it killed off alot of the intense showers and filtered them through ea,essex,west kent. The winds also dropped off

2. The low pressure center also had a milder sector but this didn't affect areas higher up but did make the showers more sleety in many north/eastern kent areas.

Today

We was doing very well for the early part of the afternoon today it looked really good but the winds shifted from the north east to the north

I'm still watching that large mass of snow showers just off the dutch coast and down into the north sea , but the wind direction is not favourable

Very good informative post there neilsouth. You always be in a prime spot in Kent (as it juts out into the North Sea). I remember the cold spells during the 1980's and large parts of Kent being cut off in huge snowfalls (especially East Kent).

Keep the faith mate!

[Southender]

yup showers coalescing into more organised band, with a definite drift towards the coast

What radar you using mate?

METO have released flash warnings for our region tonight.

What is going on here then!?...

[Sno' problem]

I would absolutely love to be proved wrong, but where is this going to come from. Nothing on the radar!

There does seem to be something building North of Norfolk, about level, but well East of Scarborough, in the North Sea. That is something t keep an eye on for those in the East.

[Nick.F]

What radar you using mate?

METO have released flash warnings for our region tonight.

What is going on here then!?...

Just this

http://www.buienradar.nl/

a bit clunky, low-ish resolution, but you can see the actvity in the lower north sea well enough.

Combined with the IR satellite stuff on the link Paul B posted above, something seems to be happening

Edited December 18, 2009 by Nick.F

[Southender]

All that PPN coming out of NL is headed S though, missing us all?

Or am I going mad?

[wellington boot]

I'm not going to get my hopes up, as I might be a tad too far east, and currently those showers hitting east anglia are dying pretty quickly after hitting land, but the meto must have some reason for forecasting another 5-10cm for this part of the world between 5.38 and midnight. Here's hoping.

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

Just this

http://www.buienradar.nl/

a bit clunky, low-ish resolution, but you can see the actvity in the lower north sea well enough.

Combined with the IR satellite stuff on the link Paul B posted above, something seems to be happening

Strangely, that radar doesn't look to correlate with our NW radar?

[Nick.F]

no not mad.

But the precip on the radar in itself isn't interesting, it's the manner of the development and also the general drift.

My assumption is that some precip way off to the NNE, beyond the radar, is what may have sparked METOs interest

[Southender]

All very strange this. Flash warnings are not handed out willy nilly after all.

I can see the PPN, but unless winds shift from due N to at least NE, we have nothing to get excited about?

[Ben_Cambs]

Meanwhile for everyone else in EA, London and the SE, looks like a top up tomorrow night if you have a covering, the forecaster on BBC reckoned 5-10cm

[PB22]

Winds seem to have gone more northeasterly north of Norfolk and over Lincolnshire...I wonder if a shallow low may be developing?

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/

[Nick.F]

All very strange this. Flash warnings are not handed out willy nilly after all.

I can see the PPN, but unless winds shift from due N to at least NE, we have nothing to get excited about?

I guess we will have to see.

All good fun ain't it?

[Snowy Bob]

I guess we will have to see.

All good fun ain't it?

Not if you have not had much like us down here in Folkestone....