South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion February 2021 onwards

[Blessed Weather]

And to add to the Sunday chart from Weatherquest that I posted earlier, here's their take on Monday for East Anglia which shows the snow showers penetrating further west. Quote:

Beyond Sunday, snow showers will continue to feed well-inland from the North Sea throughout Monday, banding together at times - so 'fresh' accumulations will vary considerably over short distances. Significant snowdrifts are likely in strong northeasterly winds.

Source: Twitter @danholley_

[Number 23]

After a winter which has felt like being told your deliveroo rider is nearly there, only to see him vanish over the other side of town on the app, we are almost there. 

He's at the end of our path. Finally. Let's hope it's still warm. Er, cold. 

What a terrible analogy. 

Edited February 6, 2021 by Number 23

[Ackkers]

First bands of rain now arriving from the east here at Silver Hill, East Sussex/Kent border. Temp peaked at 8.2C at 2.05pm but now falling. Currently +6.9C DP +6.3. Wind NE 6mph gusting 9mph

Edited February 6, 2021 by Ackkers

[Oaks]

Every time I look at the Met office app it keeps going from heavy snow to light snow 

[abovefreezing]

1 minute ago, Big Dave said:

Ashford never gonna win, lacks any kind of altitude and just a wrong spot but this time is gonna be a decent covering from 2am.

Dave you forget a couple of decent, well, *very* decent falls. Did you live here in the early 2000s. We really did win for totals that time!

[clark3r]

my reading of the metoffice forecast is that we should all wake up to at least a covering of snow, if not the case they should word it western areas of the region will only get light falls 

[East Kent Snow Desert]

Cars moved off road onto drive - check

Plants moved indoors - check

Snow shovel (bought after BFTE in 2018 and never used) and sledges at the ready - check

Outside condensing pipe and tap insulated - check

Bird feeders topped up - check

Let the lampost watching commence, well in 10 hrs time

 

 

[abovefreezing]

Just now, Number 23 said:

After a winter which has felt like being told your deliveroo rider is nearly there, only to see him vanish over the other side of town on the app, we are almost at there. 

He's at the end of our path. Finally. Let's hope it's still warm. Er, cold. 

What a terrible analogy. 

No, it's great. Though in my case Uber. Gets 2 streets away, then unexplicably goes back to base!

[RJM]

1 hour ago, Essex Chelle said:

Alexa recons its going to rain here at 3.30pm but snow at 10pm and I'm going to get 5cms over night which alexa says is 2.202 inches

I'm waiting for Alexa to say "I do hope you got food in?"

[PLANET THANET]

3 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

Well I'm not lying, fog and temp is now 6.7 with a slight ne wind.

we are also getting fog here

[Paul Sherman]

1 minute ago, Blessed Weather said:

And to add to the Sunday chart from Weatherquest that I posted earlier, here's their take on Monday for East Anglia which shows the snow showers penetrating further west. Quote:

Beyond Sunday, snow showers will continue to feed well-inland from the North Sea throughout Monday, banding together at times - so 'fresh' accumulations will vary considerably over short distances. Significant snowdrifts are likely in strong northeasterly winds.

Source: Twitter @danholley_

That looks like Dan expects more of a NNE element to the wind and not ENE if the map went onto include Kent it would be the Mid Kent Streamer, places like Brighton and the South Coast would do very well from that as well

[winterfreak]

2 minutes ago, Oaks said:

Every time I look at the Met office app it keeps going from heavy snow to light snow 

I noticed but it’ll be what it’ll be I think we’re well placed and, given last couple of Winters, I’ll take whatever snow falls out of the sky!!!

[abovefreezing]

4 minutes ago, Big Dave said:

Ashford never gonna win, lacks any kind of altitude and just a wrong spot but this time is gonna be a decent covering from 2am.

Dave, I remember we had a ENE. It was just perfect for N Sea convection. Any further south, and the channel warmed things up too much. Any further N (say, Herne Bay) and the showers did not have enough chance to develop. It *really* fell back then!

[Ian Docwra]

4 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

Well I'm not lying, fog and temp is now 6.7 with a slight ne wind.

No, I was wondering about the Met Office measurements' accuracy.

[pinball wizard]

3 minutes ago, Oaks said:

Every time I look at the Met office app it keeps going from heavy snow to light snow 

Stop looking at it then 

[bluearmy]

4 minutes ago, Oaks said:

Every time I look at the Met office app it keeps going from heavy snow to light snow 

Thats a positive as it means you have every chance of seeing heavy snow ....many will only have light snow or overcast as a consistent prediction 

Edited February 6, 2021 by bluearmy

[Kentspur]

11 minutes ago, danm said:

Only if you live in zones 1-2/3. Outer suburbs suffer far less from UHI. 

I would add the outer zones closest to the Thames do suffer having lived in Dartford and worked in Lewisham for a lot of my career there's a big difference between say Woolwich and Welling and even more so with somewhere like Bromley a little further away and on more elevated ground also and I'd expect the same north of the thames

[abovefreezing]

@ 51, am I the oldest "big kid" in ere?

[alexisj9]

9 minutes ago, shackletonexplorer said:

From my local Wunderground weather station ... didn't see that heatwave coming! 

 

I didn't even feel it lol.

[East Kent Snow Desert]

2 minutes ago, abovefreezing said:

@ 51, am I the oldest "big kid" in ere?

52. Wife thinks I'm a bit touched

Edited February 6, 2021 by East Kent Snow Desert

[TSNWK]

37 minutes ago, Daniel* said:

It just means more join in which can only be a good thing expected places to do best remains unchanged.

What about increase risk of warm sector if it moves north and west?

[Stu_London]

Snow line is now coming south - Snow over Pennines and sleet over lower lying areas in Yorkshire.

[abovefreezing]

Just now, TSNWK said:

What about increase risk of warm sector if it moves north and west?

It's like Russian Roulette

 

[pinball wizard]

Just now, Stu_London said:

Snow line is now coming south - Snow over Pennines and sleet over lower lying areas in Yorkshire.

Sleet appearing just west of Skegness now

[Stu_London]

Just now, TSNWK said:

What about increase risk of warm sector if it moves north and west?

I'm not sure that is much of a risk anymore - most output showing all snow from 2am ish tomorrow