Three Counties & East Anglia Regional Discussion - January 14th 2013>

[Dexter29]

Quick question guys!

The heavy snow showers for Tuesday and Wednesday that was spoken about/modeled yesterday, is that off now?

[Steve C]

Still snowing here, albeit it's lighter.

[final dest]

50p size flakes in Colchester now. starting to settle.

[Balls Of Snow]

Those red blobs over Birmingham look to be heading towards Aylesbury area, not sure if the intensity will last.

Been watching those, heres hoping they make it over this way intact!

[patrickshere]

Been watching those, heres hoping they make it over this way intact!

It's been falling as heavy rain up there, but with the sun setting and dropping dew points / temps due to the clear sky between now and then, if it gets this far it should be snow.

[Snowy Easterlies]

Forecast from Bedford Borough Council Winter web site who are doing two salting runs within the space of four hours

From 1200 rain and sleet will turn increasingly to snow, heavy at times later this afternoon, clearing by around 1800. This will leave cold and clear air with dry conditions lasting until 2200. From 2200, heavy and persistent snow returns from the north. This snow continues through the night, easing off to become showery from 0500. Scattered snow showers continue through the morning.

hmm believe it when i see it, just a rubbish dusting here today

[Dexter29]

Very very slight melt happening in Epping right now.

That air needs to become colder, would have though as we are entering the evening period with no sun then temps would actually fall.

Since its stopped snowing the temp has risen 0.5c - very odd.

[Heisenberg]

nice sunset now....had about 4 inches fall in hatfiled. Just went for a walk around the reserve at the back of my house and i would say a good 2 1/2 inches of untouched snow...lovely....Roads clear (slushy).

[Balls Of Snow]

It's been falling as heavy rain up there, but with the sun setting and dropping dew points / temps due to the clear sky between now and then, if it gets this far it should be snow.

Fingers crossed then.

[starstream]

looks like contestant in the red corner ,shannon entropy has beaten off the contestant wraparound anaprops , so much so her cousin, wraparound low may not compete!!!

[Methuselah]

I was just about to take my retractable snow shovel back to B&m.

If only snow shovels were refundable?

[Snow Obsession]

Stopped here just over an hour ago and the sun came out - so amazing with every branch covered in snow and a bit of mist. We had snow all the way through from 10.30am to 3pm- no sleet or rain.

Very happy as it has made everything look beautiful but the roads are relatively clear now although the side roads were a bit treacherous for a while. If it freezes overnight the school run will be tricky in the morning...

[Dexter29]

Live broadcast from matt Taylor just now.

"Ppn expected to push back west overnight"

looks mostly dry tomorrow

[Methuselah]

'Push back' from where?

[barkingbroom]

The centre of the low is over Middlesborough as of 16.20, you can see the wraparound (northerles) just to the west of the city. Here in west Norfolk had about 5cm but easing off now. Got thesnow magnet powered up for later though

[Dan the Man]

Snow cleared around 90 mins ago now. Beautiful evening when the front cleared. About 4-5cm of snow altogether.

[Ben_Cambs]

Hi all, hope you had a good day.

So after this morning's snow which gave about an inch, it remained largely cloudy with an odd sunny break, until around 12:30pm. Some heavy snow at times this afternoon though was falling on wet surfaces. Perhaps 3-4cm on the grass, but looking lovely and wintry. Hopefully dew points should start to fall soon, with the chance of more snow a bit later on, I would of thought. Could be icy in the morning.

[masked_firefly]

There appears to be sleet in Ipswich right now

[Ben_Cambs]

The centre of the low is over Middlesborough as of 16.20, you can see the wraparound (northerles) just to the west of the city. Here in west Norfolk had about 5cm but easing off now. Got thesnow magnet powered up for later though

Hi and welcome to the forum!

[Chris101]

The centre of the low is over Middlesborough as of 16.20, you can see the wraparound (northerles) just to the west of the city. Here in west Norfolk had about 5cm but easing off now. Got thesnow magnet powered up for later though

Yes Barkingbroom beat me to it that is the wrap around starting to appear on radar in Middlesborough, it should start to sink down the East coast towards East anglia.

[Dan the Man]

Got to say the council have done an excellent job with the gritting around here. All the roads around the airport well clear apart from the obvious side roads.

[Iceni]

I thought it would just replace the overnight snow but it just kept going...... It's eased up now but we have 3 inches of snow here.

One weird thing, about an hour ago the radar suddenly switched from pink to green in an instant — panic stations — but I checked and it was still snowing like before. What would cause that?

[Methuselah]

There are actually some 'larger' flakes just starting to fall. Perhaps the Suffolk Snow Shield isn't invincible, after all? After ramping the grandchildren about making a snow fortress, maybe all is not lost...

[Suburban Streamer]

'Push back' from where?

This is the much talked about wraparound. The low is meant to stall and then push back inland slightly at around midnight before sliding away se

[Coast]

Oh dear.......

Met Office raises alert level and issues severe weather warnings as Britain braces for icy blast and heaviest snowfall in years

The Met Office has raised the alert level to three, which is just one step below a national emergency

The heaviest snowfall Britain has experienced for years is set to blanket the country in white as a band of freezing weather sweeps across the country. Up to 10cm of snow is expected to fall in some places, raising fears of widespread transport disruption on roads, rail and at airports. Forecasters have issued severe weather warnings across the UK, and a band of snow is expected to run eastern Scotland, down through eastern and central England and into London during rush-hour.

The Met Office has raised the alert level to three, which is just one step below a national emergency. Forecasters say the icy conditions could last until Friday morning. Britain is likely to be experiencing colder temperatures than Lapland by Wednesday morning. This morning much of the country awoke to a light dusting of snow, but there was little disruption.

The heaviest snowfall overnight was in Nottingham, across the Pennines and in Scotalnd. Some schools in Leicestershire and Rutland, were closed this morning. Commuters have been warned to expect disruption during this evening with heavy snow expected to make travel conditions difficult across a swathe of the UK. The Met Office says its 'cold weather action' warning is at level three and indicates that: 'This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services.' A number of yellow and amber warnings are also in place across the country to highlight the hazardous conditions and likelihood of disruption to travel services caused by the ice, snow and freezing temperatures.

The heaviest snow of up to 4in (10cm) will fall in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and east Anglia, while central England will widely see up to 2in (5cm) with temperatures hovering around 1C (33.8F). Matt Dobson, senior forecaster for MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said: "We have two bands of snow to worry about today. The first is over south east England and East Anglia this morning but it is coming down quite slowly and it's light.

"There is another band of rain, sleet and snow, moving out of eastern Scotland across north west England and Wales and moving south east all the time. "If you draw a line from Manchester to London, south and west of the line there will be mainly rain and sleet. North and east of that line it will fall mainly as sleet and snow. "Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and East Anglia, they are going to get the worst."

The band of snow is expected to stall overnight, bringing a risk of further falls in Norfolk and Suffolk, but the rest of the country should see a dry Tuesday, Mr Dobson added. The AA has warned that 75% of drivers are not prepared for conditions on the roads, and urged drivers to carry an essential winter kit and check their cars before getting behind the wheel.

The RAC is expecting up to 56,000 breakdowns and widespread disruption. It has placed extra patrols on stand-by to help stranded motorists and said call-outs are expected to rise by 20% or more. The bad weather also hit some rail services, although not all the problems encountered by commuters today were weather-related. Poor conditions led to delays to First Capital Connect services between London and Cambridge. Over-running engineering work also led to hold-ups to Greater Anglia services between Ilford and Shenfield in Essex, while a signalling problem at Stourbridge Junction in the West Midlands led to delays to services between Kidderminster and the aptly-named Birmingham Snow Hill.

Also in the West Midlands, a broken-down freight train near Bloxwith led to delays to London Midland services between Rugeley Trent Valley and Birmingham New Street. Further north, a signalling problem at Eccles led to delays to trains between Manchester Piccadilly/Manchester Victoria and Newton-le-Willow

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/met-office-raises-alert-level-and-issues-severe-weather-warnings-as-britain-braces-for-icy-blast-and-heaviest-snowfall-in-years-8450070.html