South East & East Anglia Regional Weather Discussion 25/11/13

[Sussex Jules]

With charts like these a BBQ Winter is on the cards

 

[john pike]

Hi all

Hope your well

Back later with fax update.

[Flaked Queen]

Wow deffo would never dare to type in main thread would get eaten alive !! Tlk about my snowmans bigger than yours type chat cat fights .... Ding ding round 1000000 :/

[yamkin]

Ah caught you Yammers, no entry for the Snow Depth Cup yet? If you enter, no exaggerating either, I come through your area every day, on the way to work! Lol

Tom.

 

Hi Tom, Count me in your Snow Depth Cup. I only ramp with perfection

[Jax]

Wow deffo would never dare to type in main thread would get eaten alive !! Tlk about my snowmans bigger than yours type chat cat fights .... Ding ding round 1000000 :/

never be afraid to say something or ask a question, the MAD thread is a pebble in a pond place.

[Kent Snow]

December started how November finished; grey. 

[Jax]

December started how November finished; grey. 

I thought it was Sunday ( I'll get my coat )

[Mark Neal.]

3.6C, Cloudy here and calm a similar story.

[alexisj9]

With charts like these a BBQ Winter is on the cards

Was going to say the second one looks cold and good for us in the SE, then I saw the date lol.

[Mark Neal.]

Is it just me or every evening it smells of fire when it starts turning colder, maybe its just Oxford lol 

[Jax]

Is it just me or every evening it smells of fire when it starts turning colder, maybe its just Oxford lol 

Lot of locals here still burn wood and coal and you can smell it when out on a cold night that is for sure.

[alexisj9]

Is it just me or every evening it smells of fire when it starts turning colder, maybe its just Oxford lol 

Probably a few people with open fires around.

[Jax]

Just tried to connect to youtube and got the offline message.

[Jax]

Just tried to connect to youtube and got the offline message.

OK seems OK now, but for 3 or 4 minutes it just would not play ball

[Jimmyh]

Holy Molly just nipped into MAD thread. Wow don't think I have seen so many warnings in there before. See people who try to learn have zero chance. Think I will stick to JP updates

[SteveCoops]

Holy Molly just nipped into MAD thread. Wow don't think I have seen so many warnings in there before. See people who try to learn have zero chance. Think I will stick to JP updates

 

I'm not going to post in there! This thread seems the best

[Tom Montalbano]

SNOW DEPTH CUP

 

Just for Yamkins benefit then, here is a full, updated list of entrants, plus rules and regulations. (Sorry Ali, for the last time in this thread, honest!).

 

Although today was the official start date for the competition, any member that hasnt entered yet, still has a few days yet to enter but please could you get any late entry in before snow starts falling in the region.

Once again, below are the rules and format we will be using for the competition:

During the first part of Winter, probably up to the end of January, entrants will be asked to measure the depth of their snowfall after each snow event, measurements should be in centimetres and at a time designated by myself and Chris Mantle, with a view to being as fair as possible to entrants throughout the region. Those members who have entered in the North Thames region should log their depths with Chris and those in the South Thames region, log their depths with me.
Each entrants individual snowfall depths will be added together to give a final accumulated figure. The 2 members with the deepest accumulated depth by the end of January, in each of the 8 groups (although we may have to be flexible with the cut-off date, depending on how much snow we have), will progress into a further group format, explained below, for the remainder of the Winter and possibly extending into March, again depending on how much snow we've had.
The winners of those 2 groups will then meet in a Grand Final, to decide the overall winner of the South East Region.

See format below:

North Thames region comprising of Groups 1,2,3 & 4, split alphabetically.

South Thames region comprising of Groups 1,2,3 & 4 split alphabetically.

Top 2 from each group going forward to form 2 Groups of 8, as follows:

Group A: N.Thames. Gr.1 1st & 2nd, Gr.2 1st & 2nd. S.Thames Gr.3 1st & 2nd, Gr.4 1st & 2nd.

Group B: S.Thames. Gr.1 1st & 2nd, Gr.2 1st & 2nd. N.Thames Gr.3 1st & 2nd, Gr.4 1st & 2nd.

Grand Final : Winner Group A v. Winner Group B.

 

 

 

NORTH THAMES

 

GROUP 1

 

Alconbury C (LEGRANDEFROMAGE)

Aldborough (Nf) (NORTHNORFOLKWEATHER)

Alresford (E) (STEVE C)

 

Barnet (H) (SUBURBAN STREAMER)

Basildon (E) (LEWIS028)

Benfleet (E) (SNOWPRO)

Benfleet (E) (TDNTDE)

Billericay (E) (BLUNT)

Brentwood (E) (SIMONHALL6)

Buntingford (H) (PERFECTSTORM)

Bury St. Edmunds (Suf) (PINBALL WIZARD)

 

Canary Wharf (L) (CHART VIEWER)

Chingford (E) (RUBY000)

Colchester (E) (FLOATYLIGHT)

Corringham (E) (TEAM JO)

 

 

GROUP 2

 

Dagenham (E) (GOONERGREG)

Dereham (Nf) (BEASTFROMTHEEAST)

 

 

East Northants (JAX)

Epping (E) (SWASH)

 

Grays (E) (LEIGHD)

Great Yarmouth (N) (JENNYJANE1)

 

Hatfield (H) (LLOYDYD)

Headington (Ox) (MARK NEAL)

Hertford (H) (ANDY H)

High Wycombe (Buc) (BUCKS SNOW)

 

Kempson (Bed) (CHRIS MANTLE)

 

Leigh-on-Sea (E) (PAUL SHERMAN)

Little Wakering (E) (ESSEXGOONER)

Lowestoft (Suf) (TIMBO)

 

GROUP 3

 

Milton Keynes (Buc) (DERECHOS)

Milton Keynes (Buc) (MKSNOWANGEL)

 

Northwood (L) (BLUEBREEZER54)

 

Ongar (E) (JO S)

 

Rayleigh (E) (STEVECOOPS)

Rayleigh (E) (VESUVIUS)

Redbourn (H) (JASON T)

Romford (E) (ROADRUNNER)

 

Saffron Walden (E) (CAPTAIN SHORTWAVE)

Shoeburyness (E) (BLACKIE)

Silver End (E) (ANITA)

Southend (E) (SHRIMPER)

South Ockenden (E) (CRAZY DIAMOND)

Staines (M) (STAINESBLOKE)

 

GROUP 4

 

Stevenage (H) (CHILLY MILLY)

Stevenage (H) (HEARTS IN HERTS)

Stevenage (H) (TIM BLAND)

 

Uxbridge (L) (SNOWLADY36)

Uxbridge (L) (TIGHT ISOBAR)

 

Waltham Abbey (E) (JOHN MAC)

Walthamstow (L) (EXODUS)

Watford (H) (MESOSCALE)

Welwyn (H) (PIXEL)

West/Central London (SNO'PROBLEM) 

West Ipswich (Suf) (CHRIS101)

Wickford (E) (DANUK) 

Wisbech C (JANETMH71)

Wootton (Bed) (JAB WOOTTON)

 

Regards,

Tom.

 

Now the South Thames groups.

 

SOUTH THAMES

 

GROUP 1

 

Addington (Sur) (SNOWBOB)

Ashford (K) (PAUL ASHFORD)

 

Beckenham (K) (JIMMYH)

Bellingham (L) (NANU)

Bexleyheath (K) (SNOW RAVEN)

Brighton (Sus) (WEATHIZARD)

Bromley (K) (JAN_BROMLEY)

Bromley (K) (BROMLEY PILGRIM)

Bromley (K) (VERTICAL LIMIT)

Burgess Hill (Sus) (CHIONOMANIAC)

 

Canterbury (K) (BEN CAPEE MCINNES)

Chalk (K) (BJAYKENT)

Chislehurst (K) (KENTISH CZ)

Coney Hall (K) (BIGGIN)

Crayford (K) (MIKE STORM)

Croydon (Sur) (POINTE LA RUE)

 

Dartford (K) (CHARLTONKERRY)

 

GROUP 2

 

Dover (K) (ALEXISJ9)

 

Ewell (Sur) (AMANZI)

 

Faversham (K) (TILLY)

Firehills (Sus) (TAMARA ×ªÖ¸Ö¼×žÖ¸×¨)

Folkestone (K) (LOTTIEKENT)

Forest Hill (L) (MAC SE)

 

Gillingham (K) (THROWOFF)

Gravesend (K) (ICEBOX)

Gravesend (K) (KENTSPUR)

Greenhithe (K) (STEVE MURR)

 

Hailsham (Sus) (JULES71)

Hailsham (Sus) (LAWRENK)

Hastings (Sus) (2810LOLLYPOP)

Hawkhurst (K) (RYAN)

Haywards Heath (Sus) (NIKKIB74)

Herne Bay (K) (BLACKPRINCE)

Herne Bay (K) (HERNEBAYLOOBY) 

 

GROUP 3

 

Icklesham (Sus) (BLUEBELL)

 

Kent (KENT BLIZZARD) **

 

Maidstone (K) (SNOW QUEEN ONE)

Motspur Park (L) (FLUID DYNAMIC) 

 

New Haw (Sur) (JEZZER)

N.W.Kent (KENTSPUR) **

 

Peacehaven (Sus) (KINGDEACON)

Pevensey (Sus) (CHRISYP)

Pollards Hill (Sus) (SHANICE)

 

Rainham (K) (BIENSIE)

Raynes Park (L) (MULZY)

Reigate (Sur) (ABRUZZI SPUR)

Reigate (Sur) (GREAT PLUM)

 

Shorne (K) (SHUNTER)

Shirley (S) (YAMKIN)

Sittingbourne (K) (JRIGHT35)

 

GROUP 4

 

South Norwood (L) (JAYCES)

Staplecross (Sus) (STUN12)

Strood (K) (HARDCJ)

Strood (K) (LAUREN)

Surbiton (Sur) (REEFSEEKER)

Surrey (LONDON SNOW) **

Swale (K) (JAYNEY69)

Swanley (K) (SNOWBLUES)

Sydenham (L) (TADPOLE)

 

Thorpe (Sur) (SURREY)

Tonbridge (K) (TONBRIDGEMOLE)

Tonbridge (K) (WARRENB)

Twickenham (M) (BUZZIT) 

 

Uckfield (Sus) (TOM JARVIS)

 

Wallington (Sur) (CROYDONDAZZ)

Wandsworth (L) (BLIZZARD BELLE) 

 

Tom.

 

 

Edited December 1, 2013 by Kentish CZ

[Dan the Man]

Had a look at the models periodically throughout the weekend - absolutely nothing is set in stone. The models have been flipping back and forth, no one can say with any modicum of confidence what is going to happen in 100+ hours time.

 

If I had to make a prediction, I'd say there is a low chance of wintry showers for the Home Counties.

[Lauren]

Blimey Tom that's a lot of work you Chris have done! And to think it started off as an informal bit of fun last year.

 

Thanks for all your efforts.

[abruzzi spur]

Evening folks

 

Just watching Britain and the Sea on BBC 1 HD, filmed around one of my favourite places in the world, the west coast of Scotland.  It truly is stunning, especially so when it's neither foggy nor raining!  Got the urge to head up, get into the hills and await the Arctic blast - spindrift in the face, lovely!

 

AS

[Jax]

Blimey Tom that's a lot of work you Chris have done! And to think it started off as an informal bit of fun last year.

 

Thanks for all your efforts.

Think Tom and Chris has stepped well up to and beyond the mark for this .

[Summer of 76]

Thanks Jax and Lauren.

 

The Excel workbooks have been put together for each area and seem to be working OK so all we need is the snow although i am not sure if I am ready for my pm box to go through the roof

 

Once the competition starts there will be a link to the latest results for each area which will be updated after each event.

 

Chris

[Team Jo]

I think the cold is pretty much nailed on, how long it will last, and if it'll bring any snow is the question...... Next weekend is still (tragically) a long way off....

I will be cranking up the electric blanket and sipping mulled wine from Wednesday onwards as a precaution.

Also, TeamMum pointed our that we had snow on the 5th Dec last year, think it was an unexpected transient event....we had about 4cm in the early hours.

Hands up who doesn't want to go to work tomorrow........

[Tom Montalbano]

Many thanks too, for the above comments. Yes Lauren, although it was a bit of a hit and miss affair, keeping everyones depths on bits of paper.

 

But thanks to Chris's super-duper spreadsheets, should be a piece of cake this Winter, no pressure then Chris.

 

Tom.

[yamkin]

 

SNOW DEPTH CUP

 

Just for Yamkins benefit then, here is a full, updated list of entrants, plus rules and regulations. (Sorry Ali, for the last time in this thread, honest!).

 

Although today was the official start date for the competition, any member that hasnt entered yet, still has a few days yet to enter but please could you get any late entry in before snow starts falling in the region.

Once again, below are the rules and format we will be using for the competition:

During the first part of Winter, probably up to the end of January, entrants will be asked to measure the depth of their snowfall after each snow event, measurements should be in centimetres and at a time designated by myself and Chris Mantle, with a view to being as fair as possible to entrants throughout the region. Those members who have entered in the North Thames region should log their depths with Chris and those in the South Thames region, log their depths with me.

Each entrants individual snowfall depths will be added together to give a final accumulated figure. The 2 members with the deepest accumulated depth by the end of January, in each of the 8 groups (although we may have to be flexible with the cut-off date, depending on how much snow we have), will progress into a further group format, explained below, for the remainder of the Winter and possibly extending into March, again depending on how much snow we've had.

The winners of those 2 groups will then meet in a Grand Final, to decide the overall winner of the South East Region.

See format below:

North Thames region comprising of Groups 1,2,3 & 4, split alphabetically.

South Thames region comprising of Groups 1,2,3 & 4 split alphabetically.

Top 2 from each group going forward to form 2 Groups of 8, as follows:

Group A: N.Thames. Gr.1 1st & 2nd, Gr.2 1st & 2nd. S.Thames Gr.3 1st & 2nd, Gr.4 1st & 2nd.

Group B: S.Thames. Gr.1 1st & 2nd, Gr.2 1st & 2nd. N.Thames Gr.3 1st & 2nd, Gr.4 1st & 2nd.

Grand Final : Winner Group A v. Winner Group B.

 

 

 

NORTH THAMES

 

GROUP 1

 

Alconbury C (LEGRANDEFROMAGE)

Aldborough (Nf) (NORTHNORFOLKWEATHER)

Alresford (E) (STEVE C)

 

Barnet (H) (SUBURBAN STREAMER)

Basildon (E) (LEWIS028)

Benfleet (E) (SNOWPRO)

Benfleet (E) (TDNTDE)

Billericay (E) (BLUNT)

Brentwood (E) (SIMONHALL6)

Buntingford (H) (PERFECTSTORM)

Bury St. Edmunds (Suf) (PINBALL WIZARD)

 

Canary Wharf (L) (CHART VIEWER)

Chingford (E) (RUBY000)

Colchester (E) (FLOATYLIGHT)

Corringham (E) (TEAM JO)

 

 

GROUP 2

 

Dagenham (E) (GOONERGREG)

Dereham (Nf) (BEASTFROMTHEEAST)

 

 

East Northants (JAX)

Epping (E) (SWASH)

 

Grays (E) (LEIGHD)

Great Yarmouth (N) (JENNYJANE1)

 

Hatfield (H) (LLOYDYD)

Headington (Ox) (MARK NEAL)

Hertford (H) (ANDY H)

High Wycombe (Buc) (BUCKS SNOW)

 

Kempson (Bed) (CHRIS MANTLE)

 

Leigh-on-Sea (E) (PAUL SHERMAN)

Little Wakering (E) (ESSEXGOONER)

Lowestoft (Suf) (TIMBO)

 

GROUP 3

 

Milton Keynes (Buc) (DERECHOS)

Milton Keynes (Buc) (MKSNOWANGEL)

 

Northwood (L) (BLUEBREEZER54)

 

Ongar (E) (JO S)

 

Rayleigh (E) (STEVECOOPS)

Rayleigh (E) (VESUVIUS)

Redbourn (H) (JASON T)

Romford (E) (ROADRUNNER)

 

Saffron Walden (E) (CAPTAIN SHORTWAVE)

Shoeburyness (E) (BLACKIE)

Silver End (E) (ANITA)

Southend (E) (SHRIMPER)

South Ockenden (E) (CRAZY DIAMOND)

Staines (M) (STAINESBLOKE)

 

GROUP 4

 

Stevenage (H) (CHILLY MILLY)

Stevenage (H) (HEARTS IN HERTS)

Stevenage (H) (TIM BLAND)

 

Uxbridge (L) (SNOWLADY36)

Uxbridge (L) (TIGHT ISOBAR)

 

Waltham Abbey (E) (JOHN MAC)

Walthamstow (L) (EXODUS)

Watford (H) (MESOSCALE)

Welwyn (H) (PIXEL)

West/Central London (SNO'PROBLEM) 

West Ipswich (Suf) (CHRIS101)

Wickford (E) (DANUK) 

Wisbech C (JANETMH71)

Wootton (Bed) (JAB WOOTTON)

 

Regards,

Tom.

 

Now the South Thames groups.

 

SOUTH THAMES

 

GROUP 1

 

Addington (Sur) (SNOWBOB)

Ashford (K) (PAUL ASHFORD)

 

Beckenham (K) (JIMMYH)

Bellingham (L) (NANU)

Bexleyheath (K) (SNOW RAVEN)

Brighton (Sus) (WEATHIZARD)

Bromley (K) (JAN_BROMLEY)

Bromley (K) (BROMLEY PILGRIM)

Bromley (K) (VERTICAL LIMIT)

Burgess Hill (Sus) (CHIONOMANIAC)

 

Canterbury (K) (BEN CAPEE MCINNES)

Chalk (K) (BJAYKENT)

Chislehurst (K) (KENTISH CZ)

Coney Hall (K) (BIGGIN)

Crayford (K) (MIKE STORM)

Croydon (Sur) (POINTE LA RUE)

 

Dartford (K) (CHARLTONKERRY)

 

GROUP 2

 

Dover (K) (ALEXISJ9)

 

Ewell (Sur) (AMANZI)

 

Faversham (K) (TILLY)

Firehills (Sus) (TAMARA ×ªÖ¸Ö¼×žÖ¸×¨)

Folkestone (K) (LOTTIEKENT)

Forest Hill (L) (MAC SE)

 

Gillingham (K) (THROWOFF)

Gravesend (K) (ICEBOX)

Gravesend (K) (KENTSPUR)

Greenhithe (K) (STEVE MURR)

 

Hailsham (Sus) (JULES71)

Hailsham (Sus) (LAWRENK)

Hastings (Sus) (2810LOLLYPOP)

Hawkhurst (K) (RYAN)

Haywards Heath (Sus) (NIKKIB74)

Herne Bay (K) (BLACKPRINCE)

Herne Bay (K) (HERNEBAYLOOBY) 

 

GROUP 3

 

Icklesham (Sus) (BLUEBELL)

 

Kent (KENT BLIZZARD) **

 

Maidstone (K) (SNOW QUEEN ONE)

Motspur Park (L) (FLUID DYNAMIC) 

 

New Haw (Sur) (JEZZER)

N.W.Kent (KENTSPUR) **

 

Peacehaven (Sus) (KINGDEACON)

Pevensey (Sus) (CHRISYP)

Pollards Hill (Sus) (SHANICE)

 

Rainham (K) (BIENSIE)

Raynes Park (L) (MULZY)

Reigate (Sur) (ABRUZZI SPUR)

Reigate (Sur) (GREAT PLUM)

 

Shorne (K) (SHUNTER)

Shirley (S) (YAMKIN)

Sittingbourne (K) (JRIGHT35)

 

GROUP 4

 

South Norwood (L) (JAYCES)

Staplecross (Sus) (STUN12)

Strood (K) (HARDCJ)

Strood (K) (LAUREN)

Surbiton (Sur) (REEFSEEKER)

Surrey (LONDON SNOW) **

Swale (K) (JAYNEY69)

Swanley (K) (SNOWBLUES)

Sydenham (L) (TADPOLE)

 

Thorpe (Sur) (SURREY)

Tonbridge (K) (TONBRIDGEMOLE)

Tonbridge (K) (WARRENB)

Twickenham (M) (BUZZIT) 

 

Uckfield (Sus) (TOM JARVIS)

 

Wallington (Sur) (CROYDONDAZZ)

Wandsworth (L) (BLIZZARD BELLE) 

 

Tom.

 

 

 

 

Hi Tom & Chris, Thanks for all the hard work collating info etc.This winter is going to be special and I'm looking forward to great  Rampkin snow depths