London and South East Regional Discussion - 20th January 2013 - 06z onwards

[Guest bjaykent]

1.5cm in Gravesend and climbing!

[john mac]

Gritter just gone down the main road, can't see it having much effect today very little traffic

[emg]

Tiny grains here in Bognor but doing a good job of covering all the old snow and settling in a light layer over the thawed bits. Glad not to be looking out onto grey slush anymore!

[Whereisthesnow?]

east kent coast

Blimey, that's a large mushroom!

[Rinse The Raindrops]

lovely now

Edited January 20, 2013 by Snowpro

[Roadrunner]

http://www.viewsurf.com/univers/trafic/vue/7582-france-picardie-boves-a29-peage-jules-verne-amiens

Webcam from northern France.

[WillinGlossop]

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

Lookslike some heavier stuff heading for kent from the channel..... Trying to get pics of the foxes need my camera as they keep running away trying to take photos on ipad.... Back in their little hole..... One of them came right upto the door.... Cheeky things....

[Snowy782]

Gritter just gone down the main road, can't see it having much effect today very little traffic

But if no traffic goes down the roads, then the snow will settle?

[Biggin]

seems earlier than I thought the snow would arrive ?

And may be over earlier than we thought?? Clear spots coming up to the French coast ??

[Wet'n'Dry]

Bikewatch as of 2 mins ago....

Was pretty clear about 8am so looking good for the heavier stuff later.

Is that a FZ6? Mine's tucked up in the shed, I don't have any snowchains for it !!

[Redmc13]

About 4 cm here so far. Still fine snow.

[Gowon]

Very Light Snow falling in Harrow.

Dusting thus far ...

Winter was over on Friday eve according to you

[ChartViewer]

And may be over earlier than we thought?? Clear spots coming up to the French coast ??

Biggin how much snow you got...ive got you in the Snow depth cup

Edited January 20, 2013 by ChartViewer

[SHM040519]

3-4cm here! In canterbury

[Rinse The Raindrops]

[lewis028]

Absolutely brilliant out there, heavy snow

[Brocken Spectre]

It's very "Alpine-esque" here in the Valley.

Gonna go for 10cm I reckon by 6pm

[Jo S]

Heavy snizzle has stopped now,got proper snow not huge flakes yet but loads coming down

[k66yla]

Normally have a phone call from my mum who lives near Limoges by now. Guessing they've had it bad down there and the phone lines are down. No let up here, small powdery flakes with larger ones occassionally. The grass has almost disappeared.

[StLuke]

Seem to be in a bit of a sweet spot here at the mouth of the thames, the greens keep back building.

[anything-but]

Is that a FZ6? Mine's tucked up in the shed, I don't have any snowchains for it !!

Na,Suzuki GSR600.

[PLANET THANET]

east kent coast

we are catching up with you, i would think we have had approx 2cms at the moment Edited January 20, 2013 by PLANET THANET

[leemondo]

still moderate tiny flakes, hoping for some of the heavy stuff soon

[Snow Run]

7 on the Murr scale here.

Does anyone think we'll get the 50p flakes?

I was thinking about that on Friday, and again today as this lovely fine powdery snow descended, the intensity varying but the flakes staying more or less the same. Perhaps we should have a Murr scale to use with low dewpoints that doesn't assume that an increase in flake size comes with higher intensity.

It's been snowing here moderately for a couple of hours now, but we've probably only accumulated 1cm or so with such tiny flakes. Hopefully the undersoil heating at Stamford Bridge and White Hart Lane should be able to cope with that.

[Downpour]

System needs a kick west - the heavier stuff is struggling to get past the heat island of central London