London And Southeast Cold Spell Discussion

[mesocyclone]

theres band of ppn just formed to the west of our region from bournemouth to luton , this band has just got stronger and more organized could see some sleet/snow as it moves across alto rain more likely for most.

Falling as snow here as i type, was very suprised to see temp so low here today. Currently 2C at 3pm.

[Bluebreezer54]

theres band of ppn just formed to the west of our region from bournemouth to luton , this band has just got stronger and more organized could see some sleet/snow as it moves across alto rain more likely for most.

Snow just started falling again here now after a break of 2-3 hours around lunchtime. Several hours of fairly light snow here earlier this morning but no settling. I was very suprised to see it tbh, I 'confidently' predicted rain only in this area just last night. Still wiping the egg off my face even now

[ZONE 51]

as just reported by last 2 posts the ppn band is snow(alto rain would fall in places) and we may see snow falling in areas not expecting it! temp are a bit lower here than i thought would be to ,they are going to fall this evening across most areas and that ppn is getting heavier

xc weather check your local temp/dew points as that band heads in from /nw/west

Edited February 22, 2010 by nimbilus

[mesocyclone]

Formed nice and quickly that band, almost passed through now, some nice heavy stuff for a while, was just starting to turn thing's white before it eased.

Nice to see the temps so low today, quite surprised.

Edited February 22, 2010 by mesocyclone

[ZONE 51]

Formed nice and quickly that band, almost passed through now, some nice heavy stuff for a while, was just starting to turn thing's white before it eased.

Nice to see the temps so low today, quite surprised.

started here now, been light , now heavy sleet turning more to wet snow soon i would think

got to go can read posts ....enjoy the weather all!

Edited February 22, 2010 by Coast

[yamkin]

Sleet now turned to wet snow

Edited February 22, 2010 by yamkin

[snow raven]

mainly falling as rain here in Bexleyheath, with the odd rather large wet snow flake mixed in.

[yamkin]

WMC 00Z 72h & 84h shows colder uppers over the SE

Cold uppers starts to flow in from the N/W from Wednesday.

Edited February 22, 2010 by yamkin

[kent]

WMC 00Z 72h & 84h shows colder uppers over the SE

Cold uppers starts to flow in from the N/W from Wednesday.

Surely Yamkin if that chart verified with possible minus 12 uppers over the majority of Englang Wales and N. Ire. that would mean with the ppn. could be a nationwide snow event. My location Poole on the south coast havent seen more than 1cm this year and last, so hopefully could be one last chance for all those snowless zones. Like to hear your thoughts cheers. From all those snow starved southerners down here lol.

[ChartViewer]

Surely Yamkin if that chart verified with possible minus 12 uppers over the majority of Englang Wales and N. Ire. that would mean with the ppn. could be a nationwide snow event. My location Poole on the south coast havent seen more than 1cm this year and last, so hopefully could be one last chance for all those snowless zones. Like to hear your thoughts cheers. From all those snow starved southerners down here lol.

That Model is a complete waste of time, best stick to UKMO, ECM for us. Cannot see much way of

anything but rain for rest of week......528 dam way north, uppers too warm and to be honest just

wet and horid.

Regards

[Buzzit]

The WMC model is the "World Meteorological Centre Moscow"

usually the only part of the 'world' their charts may be useful for is Moscow..

as the have a generally useless accuracy rate for UK / France etc

That is apart from when yamkin is trying to keep our spirits up....

[Wilks]

WMC 00Z 72h & 84h shows colder uppers over the SE

Cold uppers starts to flow in from the N/W from Wednesday.

lol - no chance mate - rain all the way- horrible damp week not even that cold just proper rank - roll on spring please! not far now only just over 4 weeks until the clocks roll on...BRING IT ON!!!!!!!

[wee]

Whatever will be will be,but i have to say that when Yamkin posts things like this it makes me smile and maybe just maybe have a bit more hope for some wintry stuff as all we have seen is rain for the past 2 days non stop,so keep posting Yamkin as you have made me spring back to life and keep interested

[Jan_Bromley]

ECM trending towards colder weather at the weekend. GFS and UKMO seem to agree. Might get a shout for us down south

[Jayces]

Sleet now turned to wet snow

I am convinced you have your own micro climate Yamkin, I drove home at 17:00 from Thornton Heath to South Norwood and saw nothing but rain

I shall wait with baited breath to see what Wednesday brings

[yamkin]

Surely Yamkin if that chart verified with possible minus 12 uppers over the majority of Englang Wales and N. Ire. that would mean with the ppn. could be a nationwide snow event. My location Poole on the south coast havent seen more than 1cm this year and last, so hopefully could be one last chance for all those snowless zones. Like to hear your thoughts cheers. From all those snow starved southerners down here lol.

Is it possible for -12 uppers by the end of this week? Yes. I'm only showing what WMC is forecasting. Let's see what materialises.

That Model is a complete waste of time, best stick to UKMO, ECM for us. Cannot see much way of

anything but rain for rest of week......528 dam way north, uppers too warm and to be honest just

wet and horid.

Regards

WMC model has greatly improved lately. They have managed to iron out the gremlins UKMO & ECM have both been up and down like a yo yo at times. I too can see rain this week, but the WMC model has been consistent after a few runs with colder uppers later this week. Let's see what materialises.

lol - no chance mate - rain all the way- horrible damp week not even that cold just proper rank - roll on spring please! not far now only just over 4 weeks until the clocks roll on...BRING IT ON!!!!!!!

Don't speak too soon, even the ECM 12Z is going for a colder outlook

I am convinced you have your own micro climate Yamkin, I drove home at 17:00 from Thornton Heath to South Norwood and saw nothing but rain

I shall wait with baited breath to see what Wednesday brings

Rain here to start with then sleet then wet snow for a time as the back end of the ppn followed through.

[Matty J]

Snowed all morning in Braintree while i was working. It was a nice suprise as when i left Colchester at 9am it was raining and turned to snow as i got nearer Braintree.

Settled on most surfaces, even the roads were rather slushy! Much better than the rain we have had over the last few days, i did'nt get half as wet today as i did on some days last week! Seems that will be the last of it down here now though.

Matt.

[<<Ryan>>]

sunday looks wet according to netweather

Edited February 22, 2010 by 0ryan0

[wee]

sunday looks wet according to netweather

Everyday this week looks wet for us here in Brighton lol

[yamkin]

Here we go, the WMC 12Z and it is still going for colder uppers by the end of this week

[wee]

Here we go, the WMC 12Z and it is still going for colder uppers by the end of this week

Thanks for the charts Yamkin,i can go to bed with a smile on my face ha ha ,fingers crossed as am very fed up with wet and dull weather now.It would be a dream if this came off

[West Sussex Kate]

my mum was in north sussex rusper today and she said they had snow for a bit.

[Guest North Sea Snow Convection]

Thanks for the charts Yamkin,i can go to bed with a smile on my face ha ha ,fingers crossed as am very fed up with wet and dull weather now.It would be a dream if this came off

Don't pin your hopes on the WMC Moscow model - NOAA have finally discounted the Mongolian triple sulka (retrograde mountain torque). Artistic impression and a slip on the ice to blame.

Hopes therefore translated as 'nyet' - in estuary english that means it aint going to happen

And there was me thinking it would

[snowray]

Don't pin your hopes on the WMC Moscow model - NOAA have finally discounted the Mongolian triple sulka (retrograde mountain torque). Artistic impression and a slip on the ice to blame.

Hopes therefore translated as 'nyet' - in estuary english that means it aint going to happen

And there was me thinking it would

[Coast]

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