London & South East Regional Discussion 17th January 2013, 12z onwards

[sco77harris]

Light snow in Stanmore NW London

[Croydondazz]

I had some snow

But I've got more fingers than the flakes I had :-)

Sundays fax looks good

Update later

I have not had any must be you nicking my snow at the other end of a23

[msx999]

somethings brewing in the estuary...

[bobbydog]

very light snow here in horsham, temp 1.6c DP -2.0c........

[A Wintry Mix]

somethings brewing in the estuary...

It's been sitting there all day lol!

temp -1.3c

[Essex Boy]

Ok, so tomorrow we kinda know about. Without wishing to sound greedy but what's the latest for saturday and Sunday? Everyone seems to be concentrating on tomorrow's action and I wondered whether there is any additional snow potential for later in the weekend?

[jgbgt]

Righty, need to represent the east sussex contingent not on the coast. Here in Burwash temp -2.3 dp is -8. Its clear with some high think cloud to the west (obscuring the bright Moon). Very nice.

Gritters went through about 730.

Got logs in, got snow chains for the land rover ( like i would need them!), tesco has just delivered and i have the outside light on.

LETS DO THIS!

J.

[Southender]

somethings brewing in the estuary...

That has been there all day and not moved!

[Downpour]

Looks like the main front has reached the Tamar - just crossing into Devon now...

[Jo S]

http://www.xcweather...GB/observations

Thankyou,that will help me

[Southender]

Ok, so tomorrow we kinda know about. Without wishing to sound greedy but what's the latest for saturday and Sunday? Everyone seems to be concentrating on tomorrow's action and I wondered whether there is any additional snow potential for later in the weekend?

Yep. Snow possible pretty much everyday for the next 3 days!

[john pike]

Hi croydonjazz

You need a good lamp post and a lot of patience to see it.

I will share it with you tomorrow.

[Essex Boy]

Yep. Snow possible pretty much everyday for the next 3 days!

Awesome - thanks!!!

[Jo S]

Not had one flake all day

[WheresTheSnow]

Will that front to the West reach me, NW London?If it ever starts to move East, that is.

[Doogle]

Not a flake yet here in Hatch End.I'm staring so hard at the lamp post i'm starting to hallucinate

[Ice Day]

Wowzers this easterly or south easterly flow is really making its presence felt now here at the end of the estuary

Temp -2.6c

Dewp - 7.2c

Winds 1mph ESE

As Shrimper says its starting

Starting to see it further 'upstream' in Essex. Temp just dropped from -0.2 to -1.2 in 30 minutes

[gjpyzer]

Light snow in Stanmore NW London

Another person from Stanmore! Wow, small world

[Callie]

Feeling colder here again, any idea when we will start to see snow in the Eastbourne area, need to consider mode of transport to work tomorrow!!

[BlizzardBelle]

Nothing in Wandsworth. Nada.

[chmape]

posted by ian in sw thread good news if on the coast! :

'Strong signal for snow inland on IOW in UKMO UKV & UK4 modelling. Basically, increasingly marginal for coastal snow as you head further W towards Portland, Lyme Bay etc and less marginal as you head further E where sea track reduces and thus degree of boundary layer modification from continental feed. Hope this helps clarify!'

Edited January 17, 2013 by chmape

[Don]

Temperature seems to have risen here in the last few hours by a degree. I'm only going by the car thermometer so don't know how accurate it is but when I got home at 5.45 it was showing 1C and when I went to Tesco an hour later it was showing 2C. A little nervous about tomorrow!

Edited January 17, 2013 by Don

[Reefseeker]

Well, some people reckon seagulls are a sign of severe weather, however our hamsters, who started creating nests last weekend have gone on overdrive this past day or two and are both now completely buried in their bedding. I am taking that as a sign!

Yep, the precipitation out to the west never made it to Hayes, 2c all the way down the M25 to Surbiton, and now just waiting... with the hamsters... excitedly, hoping to avoid the school and work run back up to Uxbridge in the morning:)

[matt brid]

Few very small flakes of snow falling here in Harrow,North West London.

Lovely looking under the bright outside light.

Feeling Bitterly Cold.

Fantastic !!!!

[GoonerGregg77]

Ian Ferguson mentioned or at least showed that the front with snow that is so close to making it's way east too fragment and retreat north and west.