London And Southeast Cold Spell Discussion

[Neilsouth]

Tomorrow afternoon and the weekend possibly looking good for some more snow in East Kent?

More is good

Nope , fraid not

[Kentspur]

lucky east kent people! yesterday we had 1cm in Dartford from a very heavy snow shower just before dusk that barely lasted 20mins!! although strangely enough when I visited medway there was no snow at all!!!!!

So far the most snow I have seen this winter is 2inches!! was in soctland in mid december when the heaviest snowfall fell in North west kent! and was nothing in scotland at the time, due to the cold snap starting in the south east of england, oh well always next year!!

[Cheese Rice]

Pretty jealous of those drifts, we didn't get any on the Jan 5th Snow event.

[Guest North Sea Snow Convection]

Thought I would give the snow a measure.

I see your 10" and raise it with 11"..:

but...

..

I'm only joking that was a drift. Okay, here's a measurement directly outside the door:

Still the most I've seen since '87.

More snow than Feb 1991?

Or even 1995/96...

or, dare i say New Year 96/97

I know that in Feb 1991 there was more snow where I was at the time close to South London. But Jan 1987 is still to be beaten I must agree with that. I remember snow drifted over my windows and I lived in an urban area then.

Technically the most snow I have seen is skiing in Austria - ironically at the end of one of the first 'modern winters'

[West Sussex Kate]

Yippeeee, snowing!!!

[yamkin]

Light snow here. Just a passing shower

[jojobut]

Light snow here. Just a passing shower

Think it's lightly raining here!?

[Memphis snow]

Heavy snow here!!! were did that come from, and don't say the sky!!

[frozencanals]

Morning all

Its been raining here in London and it feels warmer this morning too, no need for hats and gloves just an umbrella at the moment, which is no bad thing since I am flying out of Gatwick this afternoon.

Cheers

FC

Edited February 12, 2010 by frozencanals

[Coast]

-2.0 DgC on the driveway this morning and plenty of lying snow that's frozen and causing a second nightmare this week! Don't you just love Winter?

[charlton north-downs]

Heavy snow in Biggin Hill -giving a covering

[Coast]

Miss Shoreline's horse

[tcc]

Rain and sleet this morning, only in the heavier precip does it change to wet snow. Ground wet so nothing laying but I should imagine the downs will get a couple of cms out of this!

A totally OT question, I'm driving to Bexhill this evening from Crawley, how is the A259 looking now? I heard it was closed between Eastbourne and Bexhill yesterday!

[Coast]

A totally OT question, I'm driving to Bexhill this evening from Crawley, how is the A259 looking now? I heard it was closed between Eastbourne and Bexhill yesterday!

It's OK now tcc, was a nightmare apparently yesterday. Just go careful though, very icy down here on top of the compacted slush on minor roads!

[tcc]

It's OK now tcc, was a nightmare apparently yesterday. Just go careful though, very icy down here on top of the compacted slush on minor roads!

Cheers Coast!

Proper wet snow here now, planes still taking off so Airport is still fully functional!

[Mike Storm]

1.6c here just rain.... very cold rain!

[Damp and dreary]

Miss Shoreline's horse

Looks like David Essex in that outfit

(one for the older members here)

Edited February 12, 2010 by jasonuk

[charlton north-downs]

Very snowy in Biggin Hill -3cms and still falling everything white and nice-Trees look alpine

[Damp and dreary]

Very snowy in Biggin Hill -3cms and still falling everything white and nice-Trees look alpine

Yeah looks like areas that missed yesterdays stuff have got a lil streamer type feature going on there

[charlton north-downs]

Yeah looks like areas that missed yesterdays stuff have got a lil streamer type feature going on there

We are over 650ft high and that is making a massive difference as lower down in the Valley its rain/sleet -We had 7ins of snow in January but this snow is coming down heavier than then.

[Alibets]

Snowing in Dartford

[charlton north-downs]

Snow easing off -difficult to say but we have a good covering but a sprinkle compared to East Kent

[Snow Cat]

More snow than Feb 1991?

Or even 1995/96...

or, dare i say New Year 96/97

That I've seen anyway, I only moved here a few years back so I didn't see the 1987 huge style drifting unfortunately though where I was had a good fall of 6 to 8 inches.

Nice bright clear crisp morning here, snows compacted and crunchy.

[tcc]

Now started snowing again!

[Guest North Sea Snow Convection]

That I've seen anyway, I only moved here a few years back so I didn't see the 1987 huge style drifting unfortunately though where I was had a good fall of 6 to 8 inches.

Nice bright clear crisp morning here, snows compacted and crunchy.

You seem to have the beach as your back garden! Natural landscaping at its best!

Same conditions here, was very icy last night - the sun is bound to start doing its work but we have done well in our little corner of the world