London & The South East Regional Discussion - Part 8

[donna-m]

Steve Murrs scale = 0

Computer say -- yes

Donna lamp post says--- NO

[wintermaster]

any updates from west london?

Still moderate here in shepperton good covering now happy days.

[Snowman31]

Hi guys, is this band gonna slow down? going through very quickly it seems

[95 Degrees]

woo-hoo even the grass has a covering here now, were on the Steve Murr's snow riechter scale of a 7 :-) 5p size snow flakes :-) clearly visible with even the briefest of LP check :-)

Same, not sure if that was from earlier but grass and pavement are dry so could be more, did you say you were in mile oak?

[icyskidski]

at long last!...it's snowing here now, on a clifftop about 4 miles east of Brighton

Temp 1.7c

DP -1.5

[barmybint]

Confirm lightest snow I've ever seen in my life up here on Bluebell Hill. Not enough for settling, but, I think, this is the start of it. Will go out and have a sniff in a moment

Yep, had to squint hard at the lamp post but there are indeed some very small flakes in the air!

[Kent Snow]

-1.7C now. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

[Kawaii]

Level 7 now Wind is also starting to pick up

[Whereisthesnow?]

Anyone in Bexley Village experiencing snow at this precise moment?

[Jezzer]

I refuse to keep getting up from the couch every 2 mins to look out the window. Besides, the cat gets annoyed as he's sitting on my lap!

[Lampostwatcher]

continous moderate level 6 snow falling for the last 30mins with a depth of 2.4cm

[SMU]

its building across eltham etc at the mo- & out west

Patience in the east PPL

S

[Paul Sherman]

0 on Steve's Scale

I dearly hope we are not going to experience another 2009 close to the coast, those dewpoints worry me and also wether we have an Inversion in place a la 2nd Feb2009!

This might be why the radar is picking up returns but nothing it hitting the ground, the super dry air could be stopping it hitting ground level

Hope I am wrong on this

[Jason H]

Anyone in Bexley Village experiencing snow at this precise moment?

Up the hill in Bexleyheath I can confirm it's snowing.

[honey*]

wohoooooooooooooooooo braintree snow shield has failed

ok its a 1 but hey its coming!!

[londonblizzard]

Can someone please explain the huge star-shape in the precipitation on the netweather radar covering a lot of the area?? It's giving me a big headache. I can't tell if its lighter on the radar than it should be..

Also, getting pretty interesting here in north-east london. Starting to settle on the gritted road.. always a good sign

[Vesuvius]

Still nothing in Rayleigh. Ho hum

[Snow Queen one]

this question has been asked and gnored a few times. i will ask it now.

Is the band going to slow down and stall as it seems to be moving faster than expected. And I would like to know if my dew point of -9 is hindering my chances of snow. I don't think it is but can someone confirm for me please thanks

[Southender]

its building across eltham etc at the mo- & out west

Patience in the east PPL

S

Lol so frustrating this!

Snowcon 0 here still. -0.6c and -6.2c.

[tilburytornado]

still just a sprinkling here in east tilbury.....much more to come though....

[Reefseeker]

any updates from west london?

Got my son on lamp-post duty at the front while he plays PS3 and I'm on rear security light duty.

In Surbiton, I can therefore report around L3-4 on the Murr scale - small flakes, coming down quite rapidly, settling on cars and pavements, light covering, but it's been fairly consistent for at least an hour or so, although the flakes were definitely bigger earlier. Is this flake reduction a dew point kind of a thing? Would like some bigger flakes please, like some of the footie matches have shown:)

[danm]

Really picking up now, getting heavier by the minute. Full covering on the ground of about a 1-1.5 cm's. Snow is the dry, powdery type.

[kelal]

A few flakes here an hour ago. Nothing since. Getting a stiff neck looking at the lamppost!

[kate1]

Have to keep reminding myself that if, only twenty seconds ago, snow was only falling at level 1/2, it is unlikely now to be falling at level 10... after all, the forecasts did say we wouldn't see snow at all until about 9pm, with the heavy stuff not setting in until midnight...It's going to be a long night!

[Jason H]

this question has been asked and gnored a few times. i will ask it now.

Is the band going to slow down and stall as it seems to be moving faster than expected. And I would like to know if my dew point of -9 is hindering my chances of snow. I don't think it is but can someone confirm for me please thanks

Yes, the band is in fact slowing down now. Your dewpoint is fantastic for snow. Nothing to worry about at all!!!

Edited February 4, 2012 by Jason H