London & The South East Regional Discussion - Part 12

[Mike Storm]

it doesnt help that the new radar colours look heavier than they actually are....

[bobbydog]

An alert has been issued to Croydon Council by the MetO for heavy snow this late afternoon/evening :help:

lets hope they're right this time- if so, i should get some!!

[Carol Frost]

I think its all down to staring intently at our lamp posts and willing it to snow after dark!!!

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[bobbydog]

:rofl: Yamkin even for you this is baffling :rofl:

Croydon has not been re-located in the last hour up the M40 ?

I don't buy into the idea that today the precip is evaporating due to the Dp's only being around -2 to -3c. I think it is a radar error, but the band is now starting to swing SSW, London West and Western parts of the Northern Home Counties still favoured for a few centimetres.

how can the radar be so wrong???

[Carol Frost]

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[Mike Storm]

reports of light snow in Milton Keynes

[polarlow2]

An alert has been issued to Croydon Council by the MetO for heavy snow this late afternoon/evening :help:

Yamkin, sorry mate but I really don't buy that. I don't want to sound rude but you can be very mis-leading sometimes! Heavy snow...any mention of depths at all? For how long? From when?

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[Paul Sherman]

how can the radar be so wrong???

They are sensitive things, and they do go wrong more especially when pressure is high.

When we Storm Chase in May and have a target in Central Kansas every day at around 4-5pm we notice a big red radar blip over Dodge City which expands to look like a big Supercell developing, it is just the Wind Farm there which creates this false echo when the wind is in a certain direction, Steve Landsell (stevestorms on here) got suckered in a few years ago, watched his spotter icon moving towards there and in reality not a cloud in sight, there is also a false echo in the Texas Panhandle from 2 Radio masts between Lubbock and Amarillo which send up a 60,000ft Top (Again false radio waves) and then there are the bats down near Abilene in Texas again daily as they swoop out of the caves at around 6-7pm.

So yes the radar is a very sensitive thing and can go wrong quite frequently

[Eskimo]

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This is my chart, however I may have over estimated the precips over east anglia, probably 1-3 at best!

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its like all the precipitation is focusing in one point on the NW radar lol when you play it through fast

This is my chart, however I may have over estimated the precips over east anglia, probably 1-3 at best!

I like..Cause I will have college of tomorrow HAHA

[SMU]

Afternoon All-

whats the score with the MET O radar- everything a long way east with the frontal zone-minimal westerly curve

Looks good for us now...

S

[abruzzi spur]

It showed snow for me here at 9pm tonight now its saying 3am and snow,well one flake prob,im confused as well

Jo, just remember..... Don't look back in Ongar

[danm]

Afternoon All-

whats the score with the MET O radar- everything a long way east with the frontal zone-minimal westerly curve

Looks good for us now...

S

Thing is Steve, a lot of people in Suffolk and Essex reporting bone dry conditions. Radar error?

[Eskimo]

its like all the precipitation is focusing in one point on the NW radar lol when you play it through fast

I like..Cause I will have college of tomorrow HAHA

Hoping to get college off too

[abruzzi spur]

They are sensitive things, and they do go wrong more especially when pressure is high.

When we Storm Chase in May and have a target in Central Kansas every day at around 4-5pm we notice a big red radar blip over Dodge City which expands to look like a big Supercell developing, it is just the Wind Farm there which creates this false echo when the wind is in a certain direction, Steve Landsell (stevestorms on here) got suckered in a few years ago, watched his spotter icon moving towards there and in reality not a cloud in sight, there is also a false echo in the Texas Panhandle from 2 Radio masts between Lubbock and Amarillo which send up a 60,000ft Top (Again false radio waves) and then there are the bats down near Abilene in Texas again daily as they swoop out of the caves at around 6-7pm.

So yes the radar is a very sensitive thing and can go wrong quite frequently

I have got some colleagues like that!

[SMU]

I dont know I have no time to check-

METO radear might be wrong on the blues but never wrong on greens etc

Mildenhall reporting snow on Meteociel site

S

[weathergeek]

I thought this "snow" was supposed to be worst in Midlands then coming down here with a now swing to east....just checked radar and latest Ob's on Meto site and everything is falling as rain at the mo - was that forecast? Maybe changing to snow later when temps drop at nite?! Does look v eastward bound too?!

I've not been v well so haven't read thru pages on this or MOD thread so is what I've said above what has been recently forecast or is it just completely different?!

H x

[bobbydog]

They are sensitive things, and they do go wrong more especially when pressure is high.

When we Storm Chase in May and have a target in Central Kansas every day at around 4-5pm we notice a big red radar blip over Dodge City which expands to look like a big Supercell developing, it is just the Wind Farm there which creates this false echo when the wind is in a certain direction, Steve Landsell (stevestorms on here) got suckered in a few years ago, watched his spotter icon moving towards there and in reality not a cloud in sight, there is also a false echo in the Texas Panhandle from 2 Radio masts between Lubbock and Amarillo which send up a 60,000ft Top (Again false radio waves) and then there are the bats down near Abilene in Texas again daily as they swoop out of the caves at around 6-7pm.

So yes the radar is a very sensitive thing and can go wrong quite frequently

i've seen false echoes plenty of times but not on this scale!

we're not in Kansas anymore Toto...

[PureOcean]

Afternoon All-

whats the score with the MET O radar- everything a long way east with the frontal zone-minimal westerly curve

Looks good for us now...

S

Funny that I have been thinking the same for hours but not going to get too excited just yet. Glad you noticed it too.

[SMU]

we need confirmation of snow falling in the following type locations

Chelmsford, Ipswich, Felixstowe...

S

[BLUNT]

Different radar, looks different from the other Radars also showing Sleet band across Suffolk

http://winter.buienradar.nl/sneeuwradar.aspx

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we need confirmation of snow falling in the following type locations

Chelmsford, Ipswich, Felixstowe...

S

at your service sir...

http://uksnowmap.com/

[danm]

Different radar, looks different from the other Radars also showing Sleet band across Suffolk

http://winter.buienr...neeuwradar.aspx

That sleet band is an obvious error.

[Paul Sherman]

Steve

It is a radar error - Apparantly it has been snowing here for 1 hour - Lovely and dry!