London And Southeast Cold Spell Discussion

[thegreat316]

Significant swelling of the Rivers Ouse and Cuckmere especially around Drusillas this morning where another day of rain will see it breach onto the main A27.

www.environment-agency.gov.uk

I lived in lewes when it got flooded a few years back, truly amazing rainfall. The meto were really good then to. i remember the schools being closed halfway through the day despite it hardly raining. Next day most of lewes under water.

update from ian on the sw thread

"Weekend snow threat is further north based on current ensembles but it's irrelevant: potential for some noteworthy weather anyway into Sunday; the latest UK-GM just received looks very wild; and as the UKMO Ops Centre folks note to us:

"There remains a large spread in deterministic and EPS output regarding intensity, track and timing of major low

moving towards the UK from the S/SW this weekend, largely because this system is yet to form and originates from an

area well south of 'more traditional' breeding grounds for major lows (it originates as a kind of triple point wave ESE of

Florida later today/early tomorrow and tracks towards the Canary Islands before turning North late this week)."

Could be very interesting indeed...."

reports of sleet in pompey as well...

Edited February 23, 2010 by thegreat316

[ZONE 51]

hi all!

snow warning for oxfordshire alto other parts of north and north west of our region( n/nw of london ) could see some sleet or snow falling , raining here , flooding is of course a threat this wk and into weekend for many of us.

Edited February 23, 2010 by nimbilus

[Nick F]

I mentioned risk of flooding over next few days for parts of England in the N-W alert issued this morning. There were 4 flood warnings and 29 flood watches earlier this morning across southern England and E Anglia from yesterday's persistent rain (27mm 24 hr total ending 21z yesterday at Herstmonceux), the waters seem to have gone down a bit as there is just 1 flood warning on the IoW and 24 flood watches. But expect flood warnings will increase by Thursday, with some heavy rain looking to move across SE England/E Anglia tomorrow evening - as well as today's rain.

[swash]

snow is back in Epping again, only small flakes at the moment

[Nick F]

Got sleet with a few wet snow flakes mixed in with rain here atm.

[stewfox]

hi all!

snow warning for oxfordshire alto other parts of north and north west of our region( n/nw of london ) could see some sleet or snow falling , raining here , flooding is of course a threat this wk and into weekend for many of us.

Working in Reading always rain, snowing where I live in North oxfordshire

Common theme in the last week

rain here snow 30 miles north

Edited February 23, 2010 by stewfox

[Polar Bear]

Working in Reading always rain, snowing where I live in North oxfordshire

Common theme in the last week

rain here snow 30 miles north

Yep, in Reading also and I concur Rain cold rain ....home is newbury and havent a clue was appening there. I suspect rain and rain.

[Kaaren]

It's been snowing here in Chingford for the past 20 minutes....not settling of course but wow! quite a surprise.

[kevey]

Wintry Mix here in City of London at moment - a mixture iterally of everything

[Bluebreezer54]

Got sleet with a few wet snow flakes mixed in with rain here atm.

That describes the conditions perfectly here as well. A thoroughly miserable day out there.

[kevey]

We have heavy snow in City of London !!!!

[loretta]

Light snow falling in Braintree

[Gowon]

Snowflakes like feathers here now.

[swash]

settling a little on the roofs and grass now in Epping

[cj114]

Snowing for past half hour here. Settling on Grass, Cars etc.

Was only expecting rain to be honest. Just shows that it can snow at 2.5 degree's.

[swash]

Big ol' flakes here now, makes me feel like breaking at the Christmas CD again!

Well the weather outside is frightful............

[Hammer]

Big ol' flakes here now, makes me feel like breaking at the Christmas CD again!

Well the weather outside is frightful............

Always good to here of snow in Epping, not to far from here. Temps and Dew points in Epping are perfect at the moment, so don't think this will stop for a while.

[Shutterbug Netty]

Well it's been snowing for about an hour so far (and getting heavier as I type) not settling though....... my six year old son is most disappointed!

[yamkin]

WMC 00Z is still going for colder uppers by the end of this week

[ZONE 51]

WMC 00Z is still going for colder uppers by the end of this week

looks like there could be a major low over the weekend its being talked about in the model thread the models are showing this looks really deep ,but how deep and the track not known yet ,check out ian fs post in the sw threadian fs post Edited February 23, 2010 by nimbilus

[Damp and dreary]

WMC 00Z is still going for colder uppers by the end of this week

I see the cold uppers are slowly retreating north on those quirky models as the time gets nearer, everyone did say they were not reliable for us, only Moscow.

[ZONE 51]

for loads of data/charts check this site out

http://www.weathercharts.org/

Edited February 23, 2010 by nimbilus

[essex coast matt]

heavy rain with a bit of snow mixed in about half hour ago, just light rain now ,temp 1.1c

[ZONE 51]

the big one! got to go can read posts ...keep posting some charts yamkin

Edited February 23, 2010 by nimbilus

[Pixel]

for loads of data/charts check this site out

http://www.weathercharts.org/

Very useful and easy to navigate. Thanks:)