Southeast England & East Anglia - Weather Chat >> 1st Feb Onwards

[fluid dynamic]

Could i see some snow at home ?.................. arrgghhhh i cant handle it !!!

[Dan the Man]

Just started snowing in East Luton.

[Daniel*]

Well if we see some snow today that would make it 2/2 for the month so far.

All eyes on the radar...

[snowbob]

Could i see some snow at home ?.................. arrgghhhh i cant handle it !!!

think you will

[Biggin]

2-3m on all surfaces here.

YIKES !!!

[Daniel*]

From my last observation it certainly has perked up, might scrape the lighter stuff.

[Trom]

This is going to be a near run thing for Streatham.  Pretty much South of central London but with a SW post code.

 

Needs that little curve.  Looks good for Berks and Surrey.

[snowrye]

not sure if anyone has said anything about it.but the moon is stunning tonight

[Long haul to mild]

Well in the battle of the short range models, Euro 4 has absolutely trounced the NMM, which was way too far East with its snow predictions.

Happy for all the folks who are seeing snow tonight, but wondering what on earth it will take to ever get anything here that isn't slushy tripe.

[chionomaniac]

The upper steering winds are forecast to be ever so slightly NNE whereas the surface winds are forecast to be NNW. If we get an area where the surface winds are converging coinciding with upper winds diverging then we could see extra uplift. Waiting for the NMM4 18Z run to see the latest profiles.

[Roy]

2-3m on all surfaces here.

Up to 9ft 9inches of snow already?

[Metjet]

What a terrific moon halo in Reading this evening! Best I've ever seen and great to look at! Unfortunately it's hard to capture with any normal camera. 

 

I believe it's something to do with the moon's light refracting off ice crystals, creating the halo, where the sky within is actually darker than the rest of the sky. It is also suggestive of precipitation in the next few hours which as the radar shows will be snow! Unfortunately the blob in the radar right now will begin to fizzle out and become much more showery in nature so max 1 or 2 cm here. But any snow falling won't have trouble settling after a freezing cold day. Just a shame the snowfall has to be at 3 in the morning again! 

[SMU]

In term of optimum conditions for snow

 

This current timing is about as good as we can deliver out of a mediocre Northerly

 

-8c uppers

-4c dewpoints

0c to -3c surface temps.

 

As the PPN arrives the dewpoint rises to -2, so you get something like -2c DP, -1c ST - which will deliver the 'alpine' snow-  dry & fluffy type- easy to accumulate.

 

In the last 15 mins the western end of the PPN over Wolverhampton heading to Worcester has just evaporated into nothing where as the eastern side along the streamer continues to develop.

Immediate attention to herts into North London, then 1 hour behind move east into North Essex - if it holds together then south Essex & NW kent-

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[Daniel*]

Yes I've put the NMM overlays on and it should steer more directly South soon and slightly ESE too, maybe East Berkshire and outskirts of London will see the highest accumulations after all. I AM NOT WRITING OFF THE EVENT FOR US HOWEVER, folks. Radar watching is key now and following the animation will give best guidance over this developing situation.

^^ 412 users reading this thread!

[Lampostwatcher]

7 miles north of me atm

[SMU]

PS the first yellow pixel has appeared in the eastern band around 10 mins North of Cambridge

 

 

Also the other bonus is its all slow moving-

 

Slow to arrive- but slow to leave-!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Hellboy]

In the last 15 mins the western end of the PPN over Wolverhampton heading to Worcester has just evaporated into nothing where as the eastern side along the streamer continues to develop.

Immediate attention to herts into North London, then 1 hour behind move east into North Essex - if it holds together then south Essex & NW kent-

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There is some hope for us after-all then.

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

Dad has just popped outside and reports we have a dusting of snow already!

[nicol@]

Snowing really heavily in MK at the minute. Nice covering on everywhere and still coming down hard. Looks like a Possibility of more showers working in overnight so might see a couple of inches by morning

What side of town are you?

I am on the east side.

I hadn't seen any radars, forecasts etc for a couple of days, so loving the snow surprise.

[Lampostwatcher]

Are keep you guys posted on depth

Are keep you guys posted on depth

sourh of me :-)

[Daniel*]

Bright orange lumious lights - Gritter gone past his usual routine in the past few days it seems. it is dry as bone so no risk of ice. I'm encouraged PPN is losing the westerly element.

Correcting typo

Edited February 2, 2015 by Daniel*

[Timmytour]

snowing in Stevenage

[fluid dynamic]

where's the snow cup ????????????????????? 

[JennyJane1]

Dad has just popped outside and reports we have a dusting of snow already!

how far are you from me?

[Snowman31]

Looks like the main precipitation is going to miss NW London. Wouldn't surprise me.