East Anglia & South East Cold Spell Discussion

[bluearmy]

Moderate rain falling. Odd snow flake.

Areas to the south of me are in blizzard conditions, quite extraordinary!

archie, its the sw of you which is the crucial bit. due south of you i dont believe there is any sig snowfall. if the kink edges more ene, the precip will prob become more wintry. if it heads ne or sorse still n, then you'll have to wait for any white stuff by which time your current snow will have turned to slush !!

[saint]

archie, its the sw of you which is the crucial bit. due south of you i dont believe there is any sig snowfall. if the kink edges more ene, the precip will prob become more wintry. if it heads ne or sorse still n, then you'll have to wait for any white stuff by which time your current snow will have turned to slush !!

Any time limits on any of this bluearmy?

[Emma]

Hi All

Been lurking lots but thought I better recover my password and post! In Hertford, Herts here. Have not had any snow at all this morning, just a teeny bit of light sleet/rain. Hoping for more!

Edited December 21, 2009 by Emma

[Paul Sherman]

I Know it is the shortest day but at this rate we are going to be in darkness by 3pm instead of 4pm at this rate. Street lights starting to come on in C London :winky:

[BarnetBlizzard]

???

[bluearmy]

Any time limits on any of this bluearmy?

if the metoffice dont have a clue, what chance us mere mortals !!!! sorry saint - the best you can do is watch the radar and look out of the window. the precip does seem to have slowed its progress significantly with its northerly push.

[Bolton67]

Well if its raining to my south i dont hold much hope for Northants and the rest of the east mids.

[saint]

Sleet to splodges!!!???? I found that entertaining BB!:lol:

if the metoffice dont have a clue, what chance us mere mortals !!!! sorry saint - the best you can do is watch the radar and look out of the window. the precip does seem to have slowed its progress significantly with its northerly push.

True true.......

Any ideas what will happen for the coming week?(As I have not a clue!)

Edited December 21, 2009 by saint

[patrickshere]

Snows getting heavier here now, started out a light sleety mix.. Starting to intensify.

[Mike Storm]

icey rain/ sleet here temp has dropped from 1.7c to 1c in the last hour.

Edited December 21, 2009 by MikeStanton

[BarnetBlizzard]

Sleet to splodges!!!???? I found that entertaining BB!

True true.......

Any ideas what will happen for the coming week?(As I have not a clue!)

Lol but seriously the rain has turned to sleety snowy rain and the temp has decreased. Also the met office mentions rain and sleet turning to snow leaving some accumulations. :lol:

[Tom D]

I think the lighter precip will fall as rain but as the heavier bursts arrive the precip has left time to melt as it falls so is snow/sleet. Temp here steady at 1.4c, unsure of dew point.

[snow drift]

Lol but seriously the rain has turned to sleety snowy rain and the temp has decreased. Also the met office mentions rain and sleet turning to snow leaving some accumulations.

The METO need to mention splodges as clearly this not a word but we all Know what you mean. Then just for once they would be accurate!

[mesocyclone]

Really coming down for the last few hours now. After a few cm of slippy slush on the roads/pavements they are all now turning white. This is looking like it could be the best snowfall we've seen in this area so far!!!

[Southender]

I cannot believe how rapid the thaw is today.

For the first time since Thursday afternoon, I can now see some of the tarmac on my road. :lol:

[NorthNorfolkWeather]

Very strange,

2 hours ago, temperature 1.6 Dewpoint -0.6

now Temperature -0.9 Dewpoint -3.1

Both readings were taken when the temperature sensor was in shadow, so the first reading shouldn't be affected by sun. I thought I had no chance of anything following the first reading, but now?? I think I'm just confused, as I was fairly certain I was on the wrong, mild side, but maybe not.

Anyway Radar Watching this evening, assuming no more power cuts. The engineers from EDF are outside the house as I speak, completing a repair that blacked us out for a while last night. Interestingly, they had someone here to fix teh problem within 90 minutes and power restored by 150 minutes, so I have no complaints.

[saint]

Sleety stuff here.

[WestSussexSnowperson]

I think the lighter precip will fall as rain but as the heavier bursts arrive the precip has left time to melt as it falls so is snow/sleet. Temp here steady at 1.4c, unsure of dew point.

i'm in west sussex, not much above sea level and just 12 miles inland from the south coast i.e. worthing. amid the rain, sleet and soft hail we've just had some fresh snow, which settled.

Edited December 21, 2009 by WestSussexSnowperson

[coram]

Thats probably the demarkation between the colder and milder upper air temps, if the forecast by the ukmo is right then the ribbon of precip near the Isle of Wight will grind to a halt as the front portion of the front heads nw, it's all very messy and borderline which is quite typical in these situations.

Been snowing moderately/heavily in central north Hampshire for the last two hours. It was very wet at first but now is beginning to lie well even at low levels (250 ft) - about 1" currently. On the higher hills there is up to 4" of fresh snow.

[stuboy]

First rain, then sleet, now more or less snow here in Burnham south Bucks (just west of Slough). Very wet snow though, not sure if it's actually helping the lying snow to melt here to be honest. But at least I can see some lumpy snow falling during the day for a change!

[Emma]

Sleety stuff here.

Did the Abbey look pretty in the snow? :lol:

[snow drift]

Sleety stuff here.

But what about SPLODGES, Have you seen any SPLODGES???????????????????????

[londonsnow]

sort of turning to snow now. waste of time because its so wet. ice is definitely the story as skies clear tonight

[Neilsouth]

Rain now :lol:

[saint]

Did the Abbey look pretty in the snow? :lol:

Very very pretty, as always in the snow, tbh most of St. Albans looks pretty in the snow especially areas near the Abbey/city centre