London & South East Regional Discussion

[Neilsouth]

lake effect- would need to be sub -12c 850 & a dry column of air- as well as low 500 heights-

Also wind flow allignment over the body of water-

S

And a BIG lake?

[cookie27]

Sorry that's not possible, these are 2 opposing forces, they may merge (highly doubtful), morel likely the blob will veer South into France before the front arrives which I think will then do some sort of swirly thing around the centre of the low?

Yes this is the right region, I am North Surrey ish

only time will tell

[DEYS(Kent)]

Could this radar return over the southern North Sea be a little false?

[abovefreezing]

Looking at radar, I reckoned the blob should be making landfall by now in the EA thread,

so I looked:

and

Front edge of the precipitation band has just moved over my house according to the radar and..............

Nothing outside, yet

...I didn't find ;(

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[Paul Sherman]

You would certainly need Uppers of -12c or lower for Lake Effect Snow, and a differential of at least 20c from SSTS's to Air Temperature (eg 7c SST And probably -12c Air Temps.

I did post a few days ago what the different Streamers were called.

ENE = Thames Streamer

NNE = Kent Clipper

NE = Kent Slapper

We will be having a Kent Slapper on our hands tonight.

All places from Herne Eastwards, maybe Medway Towns and this exiting into the English Channel!

[Snowy782]

Being in Surrey, am I in the right region. Everyone in here seems to be Essex/Kent

Nope, I'm in Surrey too and it seems no-one is too concerned about us getting too much snow!

[MarkQPR]

Haha, just watched the Countryfile forecast, and at no point during the week will we get any snow at all here apparently, after the potential of fizzled out front tonight.

[10 Days Away]

Kent gritters on twitter dont seem too concerned about the front

Noticed that. No update at all today from them.

[HammerJack]

Some people on here are so down beat and moody. Dear oh dear.... Lighten up or stop winding up...

[bobbydog]

You would certainly need Uppers of -12c or lower for Lake Effect Snow, and a differential of at least 20c from SSTS's to Air Temperature (eg 7c SST And probably -12c Air Temps.

I did post a few days ago what the different Streamers were called.

ENE = Thames Streamer

NNE = Kent Clipper

NE = Kent Slapper

We will be having a Kent Slapper on our hands tonight.

All places from Herne Eastwards, maybe Medway Towns and this exiting into the English Channel!

not an Essex slapper then.....

[abovefreezing]

Some people on here are so down beat and moody. Dear oh dear.... Lighten up or stop winding up...

They tend to live in the west...of our region

Edited January 13, 2013 by abovefreezing

[sarah7meme]

So is it a Kent clipper? I like them!

[10 Days Away]

Love Kent slappers. Woke up with 6 inches in 2010 ! Well worth waiting up for

[anything-but]

Well,uksnowmap seems to be running a tad slow so somethings afoot.

[sarah7meme]

Kent slapped then

Will that be the one that hits Folkestone Dover etc

[Essexgooner]

You would certainly need Uppers of -12c or lower for Lake Effect Snow, and a differential of at least 20c from SSTS's to Air Temperature (eg 7c SST And probably -12c Air Temps.

I did post a few days ago what the different Streamers were called.

ENE = Thames Streamer

NNE = Kent Clipper

NE = Kent Slapper

We will be having a Kent Slapper on our hands tonight.

All places from Herne Eastwards, maybe Medway Towns and this exiting into the English Channel!

Kent Slapper.......... I think I know her

[Coopsy]

Technically you only need the air temp to be 13 °C lower than the temperature of the air at the surface at an altitude where the air pressure is 850 millibars to create precip. Obviously at certain temps the precip is lake/sea effect snow rather than rain

[abovefreezing]

So is it a Kent clipper? I like them!

..assuming its not "ghost" radar.

The worrying thing is that where the blob has apparently made landfall in EA, no-one in that thread is reporting snow.

But there are still a few flakes in the breeze in Ashford.

Edited January 13, 2013 by abovefreezing

[dubmuffin]

From what I saw on the countryfile weather, we'll be on (thames) streamer alert on Wednesday - hooray

[sarah7meme]

Will I get slapped ?

[sprinter211]

They tend to live in the west...of our region

Thanks

[anything-but]

Noticed that. No update at all today from them.

I`ve had updates a few times today from kent gritters? One just now,a re-tweet about snow in ramsgate.

[BlizzardBelle]

All the twitter updates today have said light snow, pathetic effort, that sort of thing. I would like *pelting* snow at 06h00 tomorrow

[Col Berkshire]

From what I saw on the countryfile weather, we'll be on (thames) streamer alert on Wednesday - hooray

If we get a nice easterly, yes!

[bobbydog]

erm... whats that lot appearing on the radar!!!!?