South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion January 2021 onwards

[Hotspur62]

One thing that is always frustrating is on bbc graphics on news 24 just now the snow turns to rain and then goes over the channel in N France and Belgium and immediately turns back to snow again!!One of the advantages of being part of mainland Europe I guess!

[Mark]

Proper hard frost forming here, which is unusual for the time of day, current conditions and location. Wheelie bin was frozen shut! Cars already white.

SE London, between Lewisham and Eltham, for those mobile.

[Paul Sherman]

21z Update

Temp 2.1c

Dewp 1.3c

So about a degree of both over the course of an hour, thats more like it and clear skies now

[Gowon]

1 minute ago, paget said:

Is that good news for us far westerners?? (Farnham)

Maybe, but don't take my word for it - I might be chatting s**t

[Floatylight]

1 minute ago, Frostbite1980 said:

The front will slow some what as it hits the colder air to the east 

Yes,it is quite a strong font though.

Which sadly is why it not supposed to stall.

We are in prime position here if it did.

 

[Met4Cast]

The 18z UKV is looking a bit poor but more inline with thoughts stated earlier, looked increasingly likely that accumulating snow would be limited to parts of EA and the higher ground of SE England. We should all at least see some falling snowfall though away from the far S Coast if nothing else!

[Frostbite1980]

3 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

Yes,it is quite a strong font though.

Which sadly is why it not supposed to stall.

We are in prime position here if it did.

 

It wont stall but will slow....well if it doesnt it will clear the east coast by midnight

[Mark]

3 minutes ago, Mark said:

Proper hard frost forming here, which is unusual for the time of day, current conditions and location. Wheelie bin was frozen shut! Cars already white.

SE London, between Lewisham and Eltham, for those mobile.

Nearby station temps reading 0c, with DP -1c. Seems lower than that here, but I am surrounded by a lot of green space which historically has affected local temperatures.

[BLS]

1 minute ago, Met4Cast said:

The 18z UKV is looking a bit poor but more inline with thoughts stated earlier, looked increasingly likely that accumulating snow would be limited to parts of EA and the higher ground of SE England. We should all at least see some falling snowfall though away from the far S Coast if nothing else!

Just my opinion but I think this is under played slightly 

[NewEra21]

If that system continues at it's current pace we'll all be covered in snow by midnight, and then all we'll see is puddles when we open the curtains in the morning. We won't even know what happened

Edited January 15, 2021 by NewEra21

[alexisj9]

51 minutes ago, Vesuvius said:

It looks bloody huge. Like a pterodactyl.  Thank god I’m holed up in Essex where a barn owl or rogue pigeon is the nearest threat. 

That might not be true, I've spotted a few birds of pray over Dover. Even watch a parent teaching a youngster to hunt the other year.

Edited January 15, 2021 by alexisj9

[Sparky68]

1 minute ago, NewEra21 said:

If that system continues at it's current pace we'll all be covered in snow by midnight, and then all we'll see is puddles when we open the curtains in the morning. We won't even know what happened

I'll just watch my cctv on a loop

 

[Reefseeker]

16 minutes ago, paget said:

Temperatures are going up now! Bottomed out at temp -1.4 dp -2.1 

now up to

temp -0.9

Dp -1.7 

I guess that’s the cloud coming in already?  

 

Sparkly frost all over the cars greeted us on our evening walk in Surbiton but, as you say, cloud was developing overhead. I too hope those of us on the western side get to join in on the snow fun

[Mark]

2 minutes ago, NewEra21 said:

If that system continues at it's current pace we'll all be covered in snow by midnight, and then puddles when we open the curtains. We won't even know what happened

It's moving at maybe 50mph, at a push 70, so there's a good few hours to go yet.

[Gowon]

5 minutes ago, NewEra21 said:

If that system continues at it's current pace we'll all be covered in snow by midnight, and then all we'll see is puddles when we open the curtains in the morning. We won't even know what happened

We won't be going to bed if it snowed by midnight  

Edited January 15, 2021 by D.V.R
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[Vesuvius]

2 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

That might not be true, I've spotted a few birds of pray over Dover. Even watch a patent teaching a youngster to hunt the other year.

Indeed. So long as Daniel and any other SE & EA folk don’t get whipped away from whatever it was/ is in our moment of triumph (well a few cm of snow) we can all rest easy 

[stainesbloke]

-1°C at Heathrow, temperature going the right way

[MAF]

ok folks, not to out do @TomSE12 but whats your thoughts -

time

location

type of ppn

amount

just for fun

 

[Country Boy]

It's nearly. 9.30pm, and the front is only just reaching far West Wales and just touching  Cornwall .

it will be after sunrise when it hits the east.  the movement I see shows it's not moving fast

www.raintoday.co.uk

 

[alexisj9]

20 minutes ago, D.V.R said:

Looks like the ppn is ahead of schedule.

I'm not sure that's a good thing, we'll see.

[Stroudley]

Well, we got down to 0.7c at 6.30 this evening with frost forming on the cars, but temp is rising fairly rapidly now again, up to 3.8c now...

[NewEra21]

I wouldn't say I'm overly, overly confident about tomorrow morning. But I'm sure like a lot of us on here I'll be up nice and early to take the dog for a walk to hopefully be greeted by a snowy surprise. 

Just a few hours of snowfall would be nice to see, we've all waited so long!!

[eddie1]

So the downgrades begin? 

[Mark Bayley]

Temp has risen a bit from -0.7c to 0.3c. Tbh i'm not too bothered about tonight's event. Best case appears to be some temporary snow very early morning quickly followed by rain. Hopefully it clears quickly!

[lottiekent]

3 minutes ago, MAF said:

ok folks, not to out do @TomSE12 but whats your thoughts -

time

location

type of ppn

amount

just for fun

 

I’m in Folkestone at 30m asl so not a lot sadly...
 

time - 6am start

location - Folkestone

type of ppn - sleet then rain

amount - 20mm of rain