London & South East Cold Spell Discussion

[Guest archiesmummy]

Hahaha, do me a favour!

That has to update any minute.

Bring on the red!

so what a big hole is going to develop over essex?

[sgrech]

I am really beginning to get fed up now. Essesx has lost its warning and all of the lovely showers are skirting by us! :lol:

[Chris_19]

the further west the band is travelling it seems to be decaying? not a good sign

[xentrix]

very heavy snow for the last 15 minutes in sittingbourne getting heavier with blizzard like conditions

Just spoke to my dad he's in Sittingbourne although he did say it started snowing ....

[honey*]

Essex will be red when you come back

or green

our warnings gone for monday now

[Ocean Transit]

yey!

[winterfreak]

perhaps it will pick up over the North Sea..?

regards,

Steve

I thought that too, any forecaster care to reassure us please!!!!!

[maidstone weather]

Have saved that Image as it is sooooo Funny!

I'd expect a BBQ Warning from the Meto this Afternoon.

Heavy Snow Sun 10 Jan

There is a moderate risk of severe weather affecting parts of England and Wales.

Further outbreaks of snow, some heavy and prolonged, with accumulations of 2 to 5 cm generally and locally around 5-10cm over high ground. Strong winds will cause drifting of snow. There will also be further icy stretches on roads and pavements.

Issued at: 1158 Sat 9 Jan

So that is Kent, Sussex, Suffolk, Norfolk with warnings for snow from the East but Essex dows not get Included

Maybe Rain from the Estuary ;)

red now

[Ocean Transit]

Good news for all really:

There is a high risk of severe weather affecting Essex, Kent, East Sussex and eastern parts of West Sussex. Outbreaks of snow starting on Saturday afternoon will become heavy and persistent during the evening and last into Sunday. 7 to 12 cm of fresh level snow are expected widely with 10 to 20 cm locally. Drifting in the very strong winds will cause even greater accumulations in places. Disruption to transport networks is possible.

[SteveCoops]

Essex will be red when you come back

I hope it'll be white

[Paul Sherman]

Phew

[maidstone weather]

I hope it'll be white

[honey*]

not too white im going to romford lol

[xentrix]

I hope this little part of SE London cops a ton of it , I would be happier ....

[FatherOf2]

For those interested inland from me, just started snowing, that band finally reached us

Hopefully attached is a pic of my washing line the night before last, just one way power supplies can be affected by this weather

[SteveCoops]

Sorry folks looks like I've jinxed this snow again for Southend region by radar watching I must be a human snow sheild

[Ocean Transit]

Time to go shopping and stock up

Might be a good idea for Essex folk to take a break from radar watching for a few hours, nothing really making landfall yet.

[Neilsouth]

[maidstone weather]

Notice they have kept the same snowfall criteria (7-12cm widely, up to 20cm locally) but it now ends at 23:59 tomorrow rather than 10:00 tomorrow, so that to me indicates it is lighter but more persistent than thought yesterday?

[mwhalber]

it always warm up when snow coming

Sorry, but this is not true.

The reason it might be melting for you is due to the encroaching warm front.

[donna-m]

so what a big hole is going to develop over essex?

Yup. reackon so... lol

Snowing here at the moment- not major though

[Neilsouth]

http://www.ukweatherworld.co.uk/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=34424&posts=51

PJB

Now back to the short term - We have snow showers in NE England - these giving 1-4cm in places, Rain/Sleet and Snow crossing N Ireland and Snow developing across Kent and East Sussex. The Wind is picking up across the SE and this is driving modified by SST airmass into Eastern and SE Coastal areas - hence precip type of rain/sleet is possible on exposed coastal strips - elsewhere WBFL's suggest all precip inland will be of Snow. The snow drier and less wet than previous falls and tending to accumulate more rapidly. 1:15 is prob a good idea for comparison of water equivs (i.e 1mm of of rain gives 1.5cm of Snow)

However this gives somewhat a worrying problem in the SE, as the higher resolution models indicate a persistent line of Snow developing just SE of Greater london through the rest of today, lasting through tonight with up to 14mm given a gridpoint on the M25/M20 Junction area, this could equite to around 20cm of snow, the line stretches just SE of London down to Brighton with 7-20cm possible in this zone over the next 24hrs. The snow a mix of Convective and Dynamic and likely to lead to significant disruption in the SE if it occurs. THe NAE has been quite persistent with the idea so it needs to watched carefully.

Elsewhere Showers streaming into NE England are penetrating at times into the Midlands and EAst Wales giving a dusting. Temps are stiill well below zero in many places, but the breeze and some sunshine is helping to push temps above zero (just) in parts of the South and coastal areas elsewhere

Over the COntinent clouds are increasing and a complex interaction is beginning to occur as a developing upper low and upper fronts develop (these essentially through isentropic upgliding of warmer air which pushed north from the Med, crossed the ALps and is now elevated, 1000-500mb thickness vlaues reflecting this but 1000-900mb thickness values largely unchanged insdicating the warming is now well elevated. Outbreaks of Snow are developing and are pushing NW and developing at the same time. Outbreaks of Light snow covering much of the SE by tomorrow morning and extending WNW during the day

[Paul Sherman]

:good:

Playboy Bunny East of Clacton

Giraffe Near Canterbury

[malc]

Still bugger all in Ashingdon - can see lots of clouds towards estuary but thats it!

[winterfreak]

This might be a divvy question Neil but how do you grab screenshots like you've done in your post? PM if you can with explanation (if you don't mind)

Lee.