London & South East Regional Discussion 18th January 2013, 12z onwards

[Weathizard]

9.2 CM here.

Nothing now though!

[Lampostwatcher]

9.2 CM here.

Nothing now though!you beat me by o.1cm lol

[Gandalf]

It's still falling here. It's been below freezing all day too.

Temp: -1.1°C Humidity: 91 % Dew Point: -2.4°C

[leemondo]

seems to have picked up a bit here, not alot, but more than 30 mins ago.

expected more, but as i got some it better than nothing so i'll take it! lol

Edited January 18, 2013 by leemondo

[ChartViewer]

Yes interesting radar starting to pep them showers up again and they seem to be going north...prob nothing though of significance

[frozen over]

Snow has been quite heavy again here over the past 30 minutes, I'd say were at about 8 cm , it hasn't stopped since 9am ....that's now 7 1/2 hours of non stop snow

I also have 8 cm, though I'd say it's continuous snow since about 8.15

[Lampostwatcher]

Sunday is the one !

I'm really confident in the bbc getting this one right 10-15 cm quite widely

[bluespider]

Well it's snowing heavier now in Ashford then it has all afternoon! Atleast everything is white now and hopefully a few more light flurries overnight will be enough for the children to have a little play.

[snowrye]

Well unless a freak snowstorm hits it been another major let down,having the south getting a barrow full is a real smack in the teeth,but I'm staying positive for the time being.have fun and stay safe

[Nikkib74]

My dog Annie making some yellow snow....(sorry it's sideways, it's the right way up on my phone)

[Tom Montalbano]

Jacyces, I've got to come through S.Norwood to get back to Anerley from Croydon. Would you like a ruling!

Cheers,

Tom.

Btw, mate, sounds like you've got a bit of a lead on Steve Murr, I think he might need a Thames streamer that fades before the London border!

Cheers,

Tom.

[EastMallingPilgrim]

We had snow from 9ish till 3 in Bromley. About 4-5cm on untreated roads.

I work in bexleyheath, where a lot less has settled. Prob 2-3cm.

Any further snow due till 3am?

[Southender]

its bad when cornwall has laying snow and you dont!

Touche!

[Downpour]

9cm here

Hanger Hill Park 9cm. Lowland Ealing 5-6cm. Good day's snow. Going to check out Horsenden Hill tomorrow

[Southender]

We had snow from 9ish till 3 in Bromley. About 4-5cm on untreated roads.

I work in bexleyheath, where a lot less has settled. Prob 2-3cm.

Any further snow due till 3am?

Ahh an Argyle fan.

No snow in Southend. But game still postponed!

Couldn't make it up.

[ChartViewer]

Think im beating biggin...got 2cm ish

[jright35]

A brave call from kaddy after today!

[A Wintry Mix]

kaddy is certain the front will hit east kent over night so all not lost!!!

at least ill get to the pub safely later!!!

Problem is no one else seems to agree with her, latest BBC forcast has little action over us for tonight and tomorrow.

If showers do develope they normally miss Thanet, plus Sunday looks iffy.

rant over. temp -0.2c

[afcone]

Quite fancy our chances on Sunday (at the moment!). Not quite ready to join rampathon again just yet but shall be chart monitoring over the weekend!

Hi Dan,

Could you (or others) explain the relevance of the vorticity chart. I remember what vorticity is (thanks to an Aerodynamics degree) but am not sure of its meteorological relevance? Any explanation gratefully received!

[Lisa9982]

Nothing but some dust in Basildon. Hopefully get some action come Sunday

[EastMallingPilgrim]

Shrimper - busy tomorrow so couldn't make it. Looking forward to going to the rearranged game.

Green army!!

[pages]

Lol thanks for that I think Darren

The fact nobody to my south or south east has any snowcover for this airflow to pass over pushes the confidence level down from 25% to 20%

The rest of you should be okay though! Pmsl

Anyhow thats me done until later tomorrow and then will check charts and model forecasts to see how we are faring, hoping for a good outcome!

Laters!

You will have snow lying before Sunday there will be showers from North Sea tomorrow

[Met4Cast]

Thinking a Thames streamer is a real possiblity come tomorrow guys. BBC will not show this on maps as it is a very tough one to call however if it hits my god will you know about it.

I'm starting to think the same thing! The NMM has a streamer across many of the Medway towns throughout the day tomorrow, I'm waiting for the 12z NMM to update to see whether or not it still shows it

[Hotspur62]

To be fair to BBC they have been pretty accurate and if East Kent and Essex get a bit this evening and tonight i would give them about 8/10 for their forecast.Be interesting to see mr (if this doesn't say cockroft when referring to a bbc forecaster, I have maturity issues) Cockcrofts forecast tonight!!Wonder if he will even mention potential snow event for Sunday??

[Lampostwatcher]

CHECK OUT METEOX

The ppn over France heading our way for Sunday all snow going straight up to the north