3 Counties & Ea Cold Spell Discussion Part 9

[jimben]

Foggy and frosty start here in Northants, weather related accidents on A43 and M1. Min temp last night 0f -1.0c. Currently temp of -0.4c and dewpoint -1.9c. Precipitation just south of Oxford. Heavy snow being reported in Somerset and Met Office have issued heavy snow warnings for SW and London and SE.

[Mrsf16]

Dense fog here too, temp -0.7 and DP -1. Visibility very poor indeed!!

[Ben_Cambs]

Well a good sign this morning that I recieved a light dusting of snow. I must admit Im going to be very disappointed if there isnt snow lying on the ground tomorrow here. A channel low on Monday looks possible, moving up into our region heading northwards. But if we get the snow from the channel low, people roughly south of London would only get rain!

Edit: GFS 06z looks good for tomorrow morning when the band of PPN passes into this region, should turn to snow in a lot of places

Then Snow event on Saturday albeit the far north of this region, Then the channel low Sunday night into Monday! (All GFS 06z)

Edited February 18, 2010 by Snowman0697

[TEITS]

Big upgrade from the NAE model.

Precip totals suggest Cambs, Northants in the firing line.

http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/daten/proficharts/en/nae/2010/02/18/basis06/ukuk/rsum/10021906_1806.gif

[Archie_Lewis]

Starting to Rain here.

Local radio going for 6cm of snow here tomorrow. Does anyone think this could happen?

[SnowAngel]

We had a bitterly cold night then woke to find a pretty caster sugar dusting of snow. Now it is raining

[John London]

Very light drizzle here, all in all not a bad day.

[icy toes]

The problem is this front is moving quite rapidly, meaning it'll hit us at the most unfavourable time. Looks like we could see more rain than snow

[jimben]

Temp of 0.2c and dewpoint of -1.3c very slight breeze from NE. It seems a lot colder out than temp suggests.

[Mrsf16]

Thanks TEITS, Met office now issuing flash warnings for some of region too!

[icy toes]

Not good that those areas south of us are reporting rain

[Matt12]

Anyone have any thoughts on whether East Herts will see any snow today?

Thanks.

Matt.

Edit: It's just started raining here, near Stansted Airport, about 50 miles north of London.

Edited February 18, 2010 by Matt12

[Suffolk Weather]

Brackley, Northants is reporting snow by the way...

Is it me or does the front seem to be moving slightly NE? seems to be moving quite fast too, but I think if it does fall as snow, some of Northern EA may be caught by surprise... just a hunch I have.

[Ben_Cambs]

The reason why the Met have issued flash warnings is because of the latest NAE output, which has improved the snow chances for Cambridgeshire, Northants and Peterborough in particular

[John London]

The Met Office state that in my area it will start raining at 1500 hours today and keep raining until 1800 hours tomorrow. Quite glad I have a boat.

[Ben_Cambs]

Would like to add to the people further north than me, that my Dew Point is steady at around -0.5C and my Temperature is 0.8C

Edited February 18, 2010 by Snowman0697

[icy toes]

Well, looking at the radar - the first band should be hitting Cambridge very soon. It'll be interesting to see what's falling out of the sky. What do you reckon, Snowman?

[Hammer]

Anyone have any thoughts on whether East Herts will see any snow today?

Thanks.

Matt.

Edit: It's just started raining here, near Stansted Airport, about 50 miles north of London.

Matt, would think in your location, you may be a little far east (similar to my location) for the main action today of any snow, however during the morning of tomorrow I would say it is certainly possible you would have seen the rain turned to snow.

Quite posible that Saturday may be very interesting also for this region.

[Archie_Lewis]

Would like to add to the people further north than me, that my Dew Point is steady at around -0.5C and my Temperature is 0.8C

My Dewpoint was the same when the PPN hit around a hour ago with a temp of 1C and it fell as RAIN.

Dewpoint now 0.9 and temp is 2.5C. The band of PPN has much warmer air under it

[Ben_Cambs]

Well, looking at the radar - the first band should be hitting Cambridge very soon. It'll be interesting to see what's falling out of the sky. What do you reckon, Snowman?

Well, the current conditions suggest snow, Im hoping they stay the same! Will report when the precipitation begins to fall.... Should be a little less marginal for you, The Met seem pretty confident (80% or more) that places in Cambridgeshire will see accumilations today, see we will have to wait and see....

[icy toes]

I'm actually working in Cambridge today, so more worried about whether it's going to be a nightmare getting home!!

[PurpleButterfly]

Morning all.

Its raining here with current temp at 0c. Its quite heavy rain!

So what can we expect in the way of snow for Luton between now and monday.

[Archie_Lewis]

Well, the current conditions suggest snow, Im hoping they stay the same! Will report when the precipitation begins to fall.... Should be a little less marginal for you, The Met seem pretty confident (80% or more) that places in Cambridgeshire will see accumilations today, see we will have to wait and see....

Just got a phone call from my dad, he is working up in the Chilterns today. Been Pouring with RAIN.

A friend of mine lives near bath in Somerset and yet its been snowing heavily there

Edited February 18, 2010 by Archie_Lewis

[jimben]

Moulton Northants Icy rain/sleet just started. Temp 0.4c Dewpoint -1.2c

Edited February 18, 2010 by jimben

[Suffolk Weather]

2.6c and steady here in West Suffolk, very misty still but starting to clear...

Depends on the DP's and thicknesses but I think it's too marginal for snow in the current conditions.