East Anglia & South East Cold Spell Discussion

[kold weather]

Worrying signs down here in SE Essex with the temperature nearly at 2c on my Weather Station Even if the precip gets here which is still questionable it must be touch and go as the temperature has risen from 0.7c at 4pm and is still rising, never thought we would have to worry about sleet with this set up and maybe Steve was not joking when he said Sleet for Leigh On Sea!

Dont know how this is going to affect tomorrow now if the temps are too high!

Paul S

He was deadly serious Paul, we have an onshore flow which is really going to be an issue, in other words its pretty much the same issue the south coast has...I hope I'm far enough west away from the wider part of the thames to stay right side of marginal but we shall see...

[winterfreak]

Very interesting watching the radar. The front is slowing it's drift east and moving NNE, but it's possible that we will see quite a bit of snow in West Kent.

There is a hell of a tail on the front too, so whoever gets stuck beneath it will have alot of depth, I suspect.

Enjoy!

Loafer

Loafing around outside Tunbridge Wells...

Just down the road from you Loafer, looking pretty sweet for us i think (hope)....

[rich1]

Now hammering it down here 5 miles south of Guildford...been a bit frustrating this past hour or so but now its getting going my brother is a student teacher and hes praying for a day off tomorrow

[Thinon]

It's very frustrating that The Times main headline looks like this: http://www.timesonline.co.uk and yet we're still full of much doubt and biting our nails.

SW Essex

[saint]

Snow still falling, what should I expect within the next few hours?

[Donner]

Just started snowing in Buckingham. Tiny flakes, but road is already covered.

[snowbob]

Met Office Invent has it arriving after 9pm - then not stopping til same time tomorrow night, gonna be a loooong hour

cheers for that yeah iys gonna be a long wait just worried its not gonna hit. years of let downs lol

[Blizzard_of_Oz]

Cloud cover now, breeze picking up, this is the wraparound beginning now just hope it comes this far on the turn.

[PLANET THANET]

Here in thanet we are not really due anything white ,only the wet stuff it seems and the temperature has been slowly creeping upwards and is now at 1.6c

[Stu_London]

steady snow here for half an hour - probably 1-2cm in total with the shower we had around 6pm.

Still very much on the Eastern fringe of the PPN - if it could shift 10 miles east, I would get a real mullering here.

[Kent Snow]

How about this instead?

LOL, good Avatar!

Few showers showing in the channel now.

[ickledoozer]

Snowfall has increased slightly, still smallish flakes but local estate roads now have a nice covering. Bliss!

[remymartin]

It has not made it here in north herts oh well tomorrow looks good

[Blake7]

Ive just dived in and subscribed to the full package of the Netweather subscription ...

Lots of lovely goodies to use and keep a real close eye on the weather

[morfius]

I'm still not convinced that my location (on the edge of south west London) is going to get much out of it. Looked at the London 5 minute radar, and my location is under the lightest precipitation category which is all broken up in itself and the front is moving NE to NNE which will just result in me remaining under that very broken very light snowfall!! Can anyone convince me that I am going to get anything decent from this?

[Snowangel-MK]

It would be really helpful if all the forecasts stopped refering to the 'home counties' as there seems to be confusion with some people as to where exactly this is. I understand it to be counties that surround London (but someone please put me right if this is not the case) so Kent, Surrey, Berkshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

With Bucks and Oxon stretching up as far as Northants it seems a bit hit and miss as there is a lot of ground covered here by one general forecast, I wish the weather people could be a bit more specific !

[desperately seeking]

I've just run the animation feature on the NW radar. If the ppn continues its current track then it looks like SE London will get the stuff that has come ashore around the Eaastbourne/Beachy Head area. It's moving VVV slowly though so no breath holding here....

DS

[totalhysteria]

Light dusting here in Burgess Hill. But now stopped.

[lizzieloo202]

Light Snow in Milton Keynes, very light at first but now visible via the medium of LAMPOST!

It's still soooooooooo light

c'mon snow this is making me all a bit

[Leigh]

Hi Kold. What are your thoughts for Thurrock tonight? I'm getting really confused now

[Coast]

For those who are already becoming disappointed, remember - we still have three or four more days of this to happen at least!

Keep the faith, you will be rewarded

[stewfox]

Still heavy snow here in North Oxfordshire has been for 90 mins

I think for once this location is good for a foot of snow by tomorrow

Makes a change not had much this winter (been cold of course)

Edited January 5, 2010 by stewfox

[Snowy Bob]

Is it me or is that band heading into South Kent getting organised?

[kold weather]

Looking at the radar looks like everything is evolving exactly as the 12z models were expecting, so broad amounts suggested by the NAE on its 12z run looks pretty solid.

[snowbob]

is there any more chance of this low still moving east or is it prety much nailed now

Edited January 5, 2010 by snowbob