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

[janetmh71]

Watching the radar as the snow slowly marches in my direction . . . . pity I don't have a fast forward button!!

[Chris101]

No snow here in Ipswich yet, but we have gone from clear sky's and sunshine to a bit more of breeze, a few more puffs of cloud and no more sun,

It's really like waiting for Christmas morning today!, I'm all stocked up and ready for the snow!

Not long now, were nearly there

[CanadaAl]

Just uttering what people have said earlier.... With this premature snow band arriving, will this affect the snow amounts? I might just be far east enough (Cambridge) to get full snow as opposed to sleet. Anyone having sleet instead of snow?

[patrickshere]

Steady sleety rain here has killed the small amount of snow cover we had last night, sigh.

[masked_firefly]

Not long now, were nearly there

I do hope so ....

Do we have an ETA? I haven't got an up to date radar as I'm a mobile phone user

[Balls Of Snow]

Snowing quite heavily now, not settling yet though

[icy toes]

Just uttering what people have said earlier.... With this premature snow band arriving, will this affect the snow amounts? I might just be far east enough (Cambridge) to get full snow as opposed to sleet. Anyone having sleet instead of snow?

I'm just to the north-west of you and it's snow here, not sleet

[PurpleButterfly]

got some really large flakes of snow now, doesn't seem to be sticking to the pavement but settling elsewhere.

how long is this band expected to be over us?

[BarnetBlizzard]

Snowing here fairly heavily here, not sure if it's really settling though yet.

Exactly same here

[exodus]

Are we likely to get much snow in Essex overnight? the Met office is saying that we could get snow showers blown inland i'm guessing through convection? Has there been any discussion on the confidence in this and what we're likely to get? No snow here in Dunmow yet.

[Shere Khan]

Snow really coming down here now current temp 0.3C

[m1chaels]

Central London has snow from the first bit but it seems the front is rotating now so rather than moving SE it is moving E so we (In St Albans) are going to get the more southern part of the precipitation band (which contains the warm sector?) rather than the heavier section which is going to N Cambs and north. Not sure how this plays out for the 'wrap-arround' overnight.

[garp100]

2cm covering still intact, Temp 0.8°C, dew point -1.2°C.

[patrickshere]

Good news guys, sleets turned to snow in Aylesbury. Wet snow still, and it's not settling - but progress.

[Chris101]

I do hope so ....

Do we have an ETA? I haven't got an up to date radar as I'm a mobile phone user

Looks like the edge is just getting to Huntingdon and Cambridge, so probably still a couple of hours, to be honest the later it gets here the better, the more we can get during darkness the quicker it will settle.

Hope you can wait that long

[Snowy Easterlies]

heavy snow but not settling

[TheToastPeople]

Snowing pretty heavy in bedford right now, the radar looks worrying i hope the rain following the snow doesnt come along and spoil things :/

[masked_firefly]

Looks like the edge is just getting to Huntingdon and Cambridge, so probably still a couple of hours, to be honest the later it gets here the better, the more we can get during darkness the quicker it will settle.

Hope you can wait that long

I've waited about 4 days now so another few hours is good by me!...

I would love to see a bit of 'daytime' snow fall but your right the more we get at night the better

[Snow Obsession]

Update from High Wycombe:

I'm well inside the green sleety area according to the radar, but we still have snow.

Falling fast, alternating between small and large flakes. Not settling on roads and pavements but the trees are looking beautiful. Hope the evaporative cooling continues and we don't lose what we have!

[ITSY]

BBC weather just updated for Cambridge, with 4 hours of heavy snow this afternoon and another 3 hours of heavy snow in the wrap around tonight. In technical terms, that could mean as much as 12cms or more were it all to accumulate, though seeing as it is not settling in Bedford, I doubt that much would fall. Still, here in the countryside it is still blanket whiteness, so DPs are lower than rural areas. Could make the difference for some of us.

It would be a great disappoint if it were to be rain here, given how far East some of us are.

Edited January 14, 2013 by ITSY

[Guest archiesmummy]

Upgrade from met office to amber warning for snow!

Just started again here

[Snowy Easterlies]

typical it has to snow right in the middle of the day, doubt it will settle

[TEITS]

Well its time I stayed in this thread looking at the radar. Only light snow falling at the moment but have retained the 2cm from overnight. The radar looks excellent with the band intensifying with every update. Still -1C here at the moment.

[janetmh71]

Very light snow just started here . .

[SnowJoke]

Light snow since 10am in the center of MK after 1.5cm overnight. Now really getting it's act together, moderate to heavy bursts of large 20p sized flakes & sticking fast even though it's quite wet looking.

Now getting flakes the size of 50p pieces. bring it on

Edited January 14, 2013 by SnowJoke