London & South East Cold Spell Discussion

[true blue]

FULL ON BLIZARD HERE LOVERLY EASTERLY WIND

[Snow Cat]

It's great isn't it? Is it all laying nicely down there? Apparently Spitfire Way coming upo into Hawkinge is getting to be passable only with care

WELCOME TO NARNIA lol. We've had heavy snow here and laying everywhere. An inch or two already, let alone the worst was meant to be this evening and overnight?. I was told a recent BBC forecast had nothing showing for east Kent!, are they looking at the radars?

I'm not exaggerating, but it actually looks quite nasty out there if you were out in it. Heavy snow, blowing snow almost horizontal on the beach, strong winds, whipping snow, biting icy wind, dark, low visibility. Updated photos:

You can't see the wind strength:

Houses back there have vanished:

Snow depth:

Road:

[donna-m]

WE are still getting totally hammered !!!

[sgrech]

Can anyone confirm whether it is snowing in Witham or Colchester?

[clark3r]

Just on the phone to my dad he's still got snow and blizzard like conditions in Sittingbourne, lucky bugga lol , meanwhile in SE London overcast NE wind that cuts you in two - tis freezing

maybe good news for me wind looks to have turned more easterly here maybe the precip will now start moving more westward!

[barmybint]

Finally! It's beginning to snow a lot heavier in Rochester! Nowhere near blizzard conditions but pepping up nicely

[xentrix]

Good satelite-

http://www.yr.no/satellitt/1.5941760

S

Thx for this satellite site Norweigen by the looks of it - very good site !!

[splittylamb]

Temperature still below freezing here (just), makes a change not to hear the gutters overflowing.

Come on snow... so close!

snowing in tiptree

[maidstone weather]

One word sums up this... amazing!

Can see snow pelting it down, blowing from car roofs all over the places, some really big (25cm ish) drifts against some fences!

[Ocean Transit]

SNOWING!!!! It's arrived.

[The Giant Daddy Jackpot]

This is what it's all about. Persistant blizzard conditions with heavy drifting. Out with the cognac and the old blitz spirit!

[nanu]

Hi mate, yeah looks like it for us, still I did manage to get a 4 day icicle out of this off of a cracked gutter - still going

As I said before, unfortunately as the band eventually edges further NE the onshore steering winds at this end of the Estuary will keep the heavier precipitation away to the S and East of main London. We should pick up the lighter stuff and we can somehow hope that the main convection band over Kent becomes far my active than thought and expands to include London.

Big straw clutch for a proper Thames streamer on Sunday night/Monday for us though, as finally the steering wind direction becomes favaourable for here - however this occurs at the point when the main activity has all but moved away, but we can hope if the wind is strong enough that it might kick off a decent streamer.

hold on!! so all that talk that francis and bbc were going on about yesterday saying that london could have 5-10cm and these showers spreading west?? is now all wrong, hmmm maybe shouldnt listen to them anymore.

[Shutterbug Netty]

Can anyone confirm whether it is snowing in Witham or Colchester?

Nothing in Silver End, about 3 or 4 miles north of witham.

[snowbob]

After watching sky weather I think Croydon and surrey could do quite well out of this tonight

[xentrix]

WELCOME TO NARNIA lol. We've had heavy snow here and laying everywhere. An inch or two already, let alone the worst was meant to be this evening and overnight?. I was told a recent BBC forecast had nothing showing for east Kent!, are they looking at the radars?

I'm not exaggerating, but it actually looks quite nasty out there if you were out in it. Heavy snow, blowing snow almost horizontal on the beach, strong winds, whipping snow, biting icy wind, dark, low visibility. Updated photos:

You can't see the wind strength:

Houses back there have vanished:

Snow depth:

Road:

Pinching these pictures and can only dream of conditions here in SE London lol , thx btw for piccies

[warrenb]

Can literally see the snow falling just to the east of me, we are just getting the odd little flurry

[tornadica]

its calming down in Deal i think we will miss out on any major event tonight, sorry guys!

[final dest]

Can anyone confirm whether it is snowing in Witham or Colchester?

Im in colchester and yes its snowing. moderate levells at the moment.

any snow in chelmsford yet?

[AtlanticFlamethrower]

lightest snow blowing around ... as I type stepped up a gear moderate snow.

1 hour earlier than GFS predicted.

[maidstone weather]

Can literally see the snow falling just to the east of me, we are just getting the odd little flurry

have you been dry most of the day?! It's insane here, 7 inches on the ground now the most snow I've ever seen in this low lying part of the Weald!

Once it hits you you'll deffo know about it - surprised at the difference just a few miles can make.

[Lazarus]

Good satelite-

http://www.yr.no/satellitt/1.5941760

S

Yep... one of my favourites. Posted the link in here last night. Always felt it should have something like this played in the background.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npbUFXzGS8c

[Paul Sherman]

Very Very Heavy Snow Now in Leigh!

[sgrech]

SNOWING!!!! It's arrived.

Maybe in Danbury, but not so in North Chelmsford

Surely we are not going to miss all of the action again. Apart from 2hours of snow on Wed morning, we have missed almost everything.

[asnowyclassic]

NOWT in chelmsford

ok - just started a few flurries

Edited January 9, 2010 by asnowyclassic

[sco77harris]

had some light flurries here in nw london and wind is definitely picking up