South East and East Anglia Regional Discussion 10th February 2013 15:00hrs>

[blackprince]

Temp 2C dp 0.4C Wind S 6mph .Wet snow increasing.

[leemondo]

Heavy snow in Ashford. What a waste though as so wet on the ground !

was soaked here too, but settling now, if it stays heavy then i guess it will settle there too

[scrat]

Snowing now in Biggin Hill (snow dancing paid off)

[BarnetBlizzard]

getting proper splodgy now

[hardcj]

Very sleety here on broom hill, more snow than rain in the mix now too....according to Halling Weather

Temp 2.6

Dew 1.5

Both have dropped dramatically in the last half hour or so by the looks of it! So the change is starting....

[A Wintry Mix]

Light snow

temp 2.1c

[k66yla]

More snow than sleet here, not laying yet as its still too wet. Temp 2.5 Dp 2.2

[snowbob]

Snowing in addington now

[stewfox]

wet snow now bang on time

[sniffermark]

OK. Snow now. Temp 2.5. DP 2.2.

[warrenb]

50 50 rain snow now

[bobbydog]

stop telling me its snowing. or i'll be round......

[PurpleButterfly]

temp down 1.4c

Dew point down to -0.2

snowing but i fear this front will pass through before it has time to settle.

Ant thoughts????

I'd love to know what part of Luton you are in? as its raining here with a few flakes mixed in. I'm in Barton Hills.

EDIT: few more flakes now but still a lot of rain out there, dew point still at 1c and temp 2c

Edited February 10, 2013 by PurpleButterfly

[steveinsussex]

Hurrah starting to settle here!! East grinstead

[NO LONGER POSTING]

Sleet here now good sign its happening earlier than predicted.. On another note here is the chat I just had with my mum..

Me: Mum, my net weather extra radar runs out soon in 2 minutes and I have no money

Mum: How reliable is it?

Me: Oh very yes worth every penny..

Mum: Fine here is my card..

*walks of with a smile*

[SMU]

4pm Update covering 2 hours

We have seen an uptick of rate drops - more particular in the last 2 hours- with most on the margin now ( the margin is sub 1c)

Expect things to continue to improves for the next 2/3 hours-

S

[lottiekent]

Back to rain..

[alexisj9]

Snowing in addington now

Push it down here please, still hardly sleeting.

[finny]

pulses of heavy snow in the rain/sleety mix, wind increasing

[Great Plum]

Thanks GP, those Dp readings are miles apart, I wonder which is right? Given it is snowing I'm inclined to believe my readings but I am sure RGS has a more sophisticated set up (unless it's a kid in detention forced to stand outside with a thermometer!)

AS

AS, the link for their weather station is here:

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=ISURREYR6

The temperature is certainly going the right way...

[hippyhattie]

nice big wet flakes in herne bay

[bobbydog]

temp 2.6c

DP 1.7c

keep dropping..... keep dropping.....

[Tom Jarvis]

Back to sleet

[MagicBat]

Got snow here in South Essex/ Hertfordshire boarder. Heavy at times.

Magicbat

[Ice BIast]

Wasn't expecting it yet, but its snowing lightly here.

Temp now 1.2c.