South East & East Anglia Regional Discussion ~ December 12th 2012>

[Snowangel-MK]

I decided if this is the last day of winter (for now anyway) I better go out and have a lunchtime walk...

The grass still has a thick frosty covering...

...and the canal is frozen....

...I only had my phone on me so not great pictures !

[Coast]

even though there won't be snow for the time being , looks like good thunderstorm chance for the weekend?

that would lighten up the day!

Yep, you may need to get over to 'The Bay' and look out to sea:

[chilly milly]

Ooh -0.1c here at the moment. Are we going to get above freezing?

[Katiewombat]

Still - 1 here in bucks. So not convinved by the said warm up.

[damp patch]

its snowing here - totally unexpected !!

Decent sized chunky flakes too - where has that come from ?

[Coast]

its snowing here - totally unexpected !!

where has that come from ?

The sky????

Edited December 13, 2012 by Coast

[<<Ryan>>]

It was also snowing very lightly here about ten minutes ago

[Great Plum]

Still very cold here... Charlwood reporting 0.9c...

[chilly milly]

Temp dropping again now -0.6c. So we didn't get above freezing. When is the warm front meant to be coming in?

[classylady]

After a frosty start, it is now very dark, gloomy and damp...........and it has been raining.........!

[abovefreezing]

Snowing in ashford, temp 2.0 Deg C.

Just light stuff at the mo.

[Coast]

Jesting aside, glad to see some of you in Kent and the boarders are getting snow, it wasn't in the forecasts or charts really!

[abovefreezing]

Update from Ashford: light stuff slightly heavier, starting to settle on back garden concrete, grass and fence tops!

Not forecast, perhaps the "last hurrah" before the threatened (certain) warm up tomorrow.

Edit: radar shows precisely zip!

Edited December 13, 2012 by abovefreezing

[damp patch]

Yes, very funny Coast

Lovely wintry scene here - snow gently falling with hardly a breath of wind and laying instantly onto the frozen ground.

Just a dusting but a total suprise.

That's 3 days now where snow has fallen ( albeit just small amounts ) here this Dec so not a bad start to Winter.

edit - snow stopped now but lovely whilst it lasted.

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Can anybody cast there minds back to the last few winters we have had? Yes they have been very cold to start of with like this one. We need got a mild blip before Christmas just before or after (same as this year) then Jan and Feb bought a lot of snow!

I hate the fact people are getting worked up over this mild blip for 8-10 days. Come on man! Theres like another 81 give or take days left of winter!!!

Well..March the 21st is the first day of spring..If we have not seen no snow by then (I mean proper snow) then we can say winter was mild lol!

[NO LONGER POSTING]

What a monster!

[Coast]

What a monster!

Look at all the moisture that's wrapped in it too, you can see why it will be easy to get 20mm, maybe 30mm dumped out of this system tomorrow:

The convective gusts are a little closer now:

and look at the mega-shear on my doorstep, eyes to the skies tomorrow for helical activity!!

and of course rain..

Should be worth getting down to the seafront to watch the waves at lunchtime:

Edited December 13, 2012 by Coast

[Floatylight]

Lovely to hear snow in kent,what a lovely surprise!

Mod thread twitching at an easterly again.

Red bull anyone??

[Keraunic]

Lovely to hear snow in kent,what a lovely surprise!

Mod thread twitching at an easterly again.

Red bull anyone??

I've got a whole outer of Red Bull here. I kid you not. It was a present from some students next door. I should've brought them last Saturday. :o

[Keraunic]

Stats for 18:00

[Floatylight]

I've got a whole outer of Red Bull here. I kid you not. It was a present from some students next door. I should've brought them last Saturday.

hello me dear,hows it going?did you ,well you may need it lol.

I dont think i have the strength ,might have to 'upgrade' to monster drinks soon ,any way take care xx

[Suburban Streamer]

Can anybody cast there minds back to the last few winters we have had? Yes they have been very cold to start of with like this one. We need got a mild blip before Christmas just before or after (same as this year) then Jan and Feb bought a lot of snow!

I hate the fact people are getting worked up over this mild blip for 8-10 days. Come on man! Theres like another 81 give or take days left of winter!!!

Well..March the 21st is the first day of spring..If we have not seen no snow by then (I mean proper snow) then we can say winter was mild lol!

Last winter was more like a two month mild blip (imby) before we finally got some snow in Feb!

I agree with your optimism tho and we should also remember that snow in our region in December is a lot less common than January so we have our 'best' month yet to come

[polarlow2]

Rumblings of an easterly on the model thread. Deep FI obviously. That's the FI we are told to ignore. Except when it shows an easterly.

[shotski]

Rumblings of an easterly on the model thread. Deep FI obviously. That's the FI we are told to ignore. Except when it shows an easterly.

Its not that deep in FI only 192 hours away, I think it's a fair bet it comes off

[Floatylight]

somthing we had for the last few days would do me for the festive period!