East Anglia & Three Counties Regional Discussion - Part 2

[Bolton67]

northamptonshire is a bit of a no mans land really. it is caught between east midlands/east anglia/south east. Where exactly are we?

Officially, the East Midlands. yet border The South East, East Anglia, West Midlands. also we border Lincolnshire (by about 100 yards) lol

Edit: i forgot, we also border Rutland.

Edited February 3, 2012 by lancs_northants

[tinybill]

http://www.yr.no/satellitt/europa_animasjon.html

tonight dress warm up is looking good at the moment before the main event

[tinybill]

For US the 0z gfs seems to have gradually brought an event forward to the 5th Feb over the last week - IMHO it's been pretty consistant indicating that something IS going to happen. WHERE exactly and at WHAT TIME was always debatable... but if you are a glass half full type of person then it is going to snow in our region.

I feel for the folk in other parts of the country as these snaps haven't been as kind in their consistency.

check here

http://www.meteociel...6&code=0&mode=2

or here: http://www.netweathe...tion=nwdc;sess=

for the 12z when it comes out after 3:30pm some say the 12z is the most reliable of all the GFS outputs but I have found the 0z just as good - probably because it's shown snow for quite a while How much is the fun bit !

It's been sooo quiet in here compared to some other threads - I'm sure there are more excited folk in this region..

i go in the kent one were coast and the others are

[Snowy Easterly]

northamptonshire is a bit of a no mans land really. it is caught between east midlands/east anglia/south east. Where exactly are we?

your in the south east midlands like me i think, we're not really in east anglia

praying that tomorrow's event is all snow

[snow freak]

your in the south east midlands like me i think, we're not really in east anglia

praying that tomorrow's event is all snow

yes lets hope we get a good pasting and that it doesn't turn to sleety rain. got my video all set to go and film this event. is that a good or bad omen i wonder?

[Pixel]

http://www.yr.no/sat..._animasjon.html

tonight dress warm up is looking good at the moment before the main event

yeh and this one's juicy if you'd like to see the bad boy building up also -

http://www.met.fu-be...video/bmbf2.mpg

goes back a few days too

bring it onnnn

http://www.met.fu-be...video/bmbf2.mpg

Edited February 3, 2012 by Pixel Precipitation

[Heisenberg]

So folks, Rain, Sleet, or Snow....??!! so many different possible outcomes, it still really seems to be knife edge stuff. Even if it does come as Snow, is it going to be a short lived event or are we looking at something that will stay on the ground for a while?

Some are saying its snow then rain, and others going for snow all the way? Anyone got any comments?

[Hammer]

Snow all the way for majority of our region I would think. However that is based on what model output is currently suggesting.

I would think any more eastward adjustment might mean those in the western part of our region do run a higher risk of some rain mixed in.

[Heisenberg]

Snow all the way for majority of our region I would think. However that is based on what model output is currently suggesting.

I would think any more eastward adjustment might mean those in the western part of our region do run a higher risk of some rain mixed in.

Ok so its eyes down for the 12 then....Lets hope for a very slight west adjustment so the whole region gets some.

[fatyido]

Im surprised only one person has mentioned the latest radar images in the north sea. Heavy showers are developing quite quickly. Unsure of the exact track, and how far they may penetrate inland.??

[suffolkboy_]

Im surprised only one person has mentioned the latest radar images in the north sea. Heavy showers are developing quite quickly. Unsure of the exact track, and how far they may penetrate inland.??

Looking at the netweather euro radar, they have indeed developed quite nicely, they are taking a pretty much southerly track, with very little westwards movement.....however, with it developing all the time, and convection on the northern edge could well brush the east ie. 20-30 miles inland....this is in line with the MO warning for later on aswell.

Edited February 3, 2012 by suffolkboy_

[fatyido]

Yes,on closer inspection, I jumped the gun alittle. lol They do indeed look to be slipping southwards at this stage and not coming our way....sorry !

[i luv snow]

Can someone post a pic/link of euro radar? Is this net-wx one?

Edited February 3, 2012 by i luv snow

[Let_it_snow]

Can someone post a pic/link of euro radar? Is this net-wx one?

Im looking at the netweather one but this is also ok http://winter.buienradar.nl/sneeuwradar.aspx

[i luv snow]

Better renew my net-wx radar subsciption, havent really needed it this year so far! Cheers!

[Pixel]

Can someone post a pic/link of euro radar? Is this net-wx one?

lots of options here too

http://www.sat24.com/en/gb

and for a laugh this one is good for showing rain - take no notice (-:

http://www.meteoblue...aps/00PCP03.htm

Edited February 3, 2012 by Pixel Precipitation

[i luv snow]

Amber alert issued by meto for our region:

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/ee/ee_forecast_warnings.html

Issued at - 03 Feb 2012, 12:07

Valid from - 04 Feb 2012, 12:00

Valid to - 04 Feb 2012, 23:59

A band of wet weather over Northern Ireland and western Scotland early Saturday will move slowly east and southeastwards across the United Kingdom during the day. As it does so it will readily turn to sleet and snow away from western and southwestern coastal areas giving accumulations of 2-5cm in places and 5-10cm widely in the amber warning area. The snow is expected to turn to rain over some northwestern areas later. As skies then clear in this area after dark, icy patches will develop. The public are advised that this is likely to lead to some travel disruption, and it is recommended to keep up to date with forecasts as the event approaches.

Edited February 3, 2012 by i luv snow

[i luv snow]

lots of options here too

http://www.sat24.com/en/gb

and for a laugh this one is good for showing rain - take no notice (-:

http://www.meteoblue...aps/00PCP03.htm

Excellent, cheers!

[Let_it_snow]

Amber alert issued by meto for our region:

http://www.metoffice...t_warnings.html

Yeah looking very good for my location however I will wait until the actual day to get excited as I have seen lots of Amber warnings before and not seen a single flake.

[Jason T]

It was sunny morning untill now cloud building up here and there. Temp barely above freezing. Brrrrr

[Pixel]

we have been orange warned ! (they ran out of red pixels)

'officially' at last - took em a while tho (-:

http://www.metoffice...ings.html?day=2

Edited February 3, 2012 by Pixel Precipitation

[simon65]

Incase anyone wants to see the snow of 2010 we had heres a little link hope you enjoy it

current weather in leighton buzzard

temp 1 C

ave -3.8

dewpoint -5.6

pressure 1040.4 and dropping -0.3 p/hr

Edited February 3, 2012 by simon65

[Heisenberg]

Amber alert. Yeah baby yea....bring on the snow.

Bloody tesco have put the price of thier snow shovel up from £3 earlier in the week to £6.70. I thought every little was meant to help, I didnt realise it meant to help them!

[Jason T]

we have been orange warned ! (they ran out of red pixels)

'officially' at last - took em a while tho (-:

http://www.metoffice...ings.html?day=2

it will go red tomorrow. We all need to be the model thread for the big 12z later. This is the one.

[Norfolk_N_chance]

Looking good for Saturday night here in northwest Norfolk, just wondering if there's any potential tonight for those of us in this neck of the woods? Is the feature heading from the east tonight likely to affect this far northwest of Norfolk.