East Anglia & South East Cold Spell Discussion

[Reevesie]

South Eastern trains gearing up for it. Even if it doesnt snow dont expect to get into London before 9am tomorrow ...

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/news/2010/january/5/snow_timetable_shocker.aspx

[Ocean Transit]

Ah everyone happy again

Something for everyone on 12Z runs then in the next 24 hours

[jdp80]

Crikey!!!!! Latest 12z ppn

Now that would be a show-stopper.

What are the time units on those charts (and indeed on the netweather main forecast pages), is it per hr ?

[SMU]

Going to now go with the M3 Corridoor being the Sweet Spot, maybe plump for Basingstoke to get Mullered Overnight, SW London looks primed as does South London down towards the South Downs around the M25

Paul S

& with the correction the 18z makes-- IE eastward by another 30/50 miles thats bexleyheath in the sweet spot- Sleet for Leigh on sea with onshore winds from the estuary....

S

[Snowydays]

Going to now go with the M3 Corridoor being the Sweet Spot, maybe plump for Basingstoke to get Mullered Overnight, SW London looks primed as does South London down towards the South Downs around the M25

Paul S

Woo ! I live in tunbridge wells which is about 15 mins away from south downs will I get a battering?

[Neilsouth]

Any news on how Norfolk will fare Tonight/Tomorrow please?

Your best bet would be later tomorrow ( snow from north sea ) , but keep checking this forum for updates

[kold weather]

Funnily enough though synoptically this evolves in a similar way to the Boxing day storm 1962 that gave so many places a beasting.

Paul, I agree W/SW London was my bullseye region yesterday night and I'll stick with that...

What I wil lsay is we've seen a major upgrade since last night, models suggestive of 3-4 inches for our region now....

Interestingly I'm not sure the eastward adjustments are quite done yet either....

[cat0511]

Nope, has been all snow showers on the south coast :-)

moderate snow here in folkestone now prob just a flurry but 2nd of the avo and not a rain drop in sight

[Sno' problem]

The 12z is looking great for London tonight!

[Neilsouth]

Kold , when you mention East Kent what areas are your thinking.. As east kent is still a rather large area , bit like essex

[Coast]

Raining heavily in Portsmouth

That's encouraging and exactly how it should start panning out

Amazing how everybody at my work has become a weather expert. Just because I didn't tell them 2 weeks ago this was on the cards (and have kept quiet until lunchtime today), they are all now repeating the media forecasts and patting each other on the back!

[Derp Patrol]

Funnily enough though synoptically this evolves in a similar way to the Boxing day storm 1962 that gave so many places a beasting.

Paul, I agree W/SW London was my bullseye region yesterday night and I'll stick with that...

What I wil lsay is we've seen a major upgrade since last night, models suggestive of 3-4 inches for our region now....

Interestingly I'm not sure the eastward adjustments are quite done yet either....

Don't want to be annoying, but could you hazard a guess on the amount of snow I am likely to get?

[Snowydays]

Kold , when you mention East Kent what areas are your thinking.. As east kent is still a rather large area , bit like essex

Hi neil will west Kent get snow tonight?

[Ocean Transit]

http://metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/ee/ee_forecast_weather.html

Nothing exciting about tonight on latest forecast

[Paul Sherman]

& with the correction the 18z makes-- IE eastward by another 30/50 miles thats bexleyheath in the sweet spot- Sleet for Leigh on sea with onshore winds from the estuary....

S

Cool see you on Wrotham Hill tomorrow and dont forget your sledge

[Coast]

will I get a battering?

Are there hoodies in your area?

[cat0511]

Front stalls over Kent on this run between 36-42hrs....totals pushing upto 15cms in E.Kent on this run, its quite possible as the models have been hinting at a very slack upper flow and so its quite possible the front will stall before it clears into the Channel...probably still light snowfall even into S.Essex Thursday morning but heavier stuff focused over Kent for nThursday morning.

[Hellboy]

Precip upgrades definitely for where I live in Brighton. Although considering I'm going to have an onshore wind and I live only 2 miles from the coast might be a sleety mix for me! Although everywhere from Falmer into the South Downs looks to get a battering.

[sandstorm2]

My son is working and living in Stevenage for a year doing his masters degree. Is this the right area thread for him? I have told him he is going to get a load of snow tonight/tomorrow, he reckons it is just another of my mad weather forecasts that he is used to seeing not coming to fruition, wow is he in for a surprise.

SS2

[sco77harris]

i want to go to town for my birthday tonight do you think it will be ok before 11 or 12?

[Stu_London]

as Steve says, i would caution that some may be getting carried away with totals . Central London has only seen 20cm+ once since 1963 - in 1991. a 20 cm fall in the capital would be a once in a generation event. and i think , sadly it is unlikely . my guess is 2-5 cm in london

23cm measured just off Oxford Street in February 2009

[saint]

Hows it looking for West Herts now people?

Just watch the 15:30 forecast which was live and it seemed we could have some snow.....

[Country Boy]

I have been looking at motorway web cams. And I cant see much until you get up to stoke on trent, and Sheffield on the M1...am I missing something...help

[patrickshere]

The latest GFS seems to show the big blog pretty much over us here? (Aylesbury, Bucks).. Tonight's sure gonna be interesting.

[Neilsouth]

Hi neil will west Kent get snow tonight?

I'd say it's likely , how much who knows... you're in a better position than me