SE, London & EA - Weather Discussion

[Me & angel fiance]

Just now, PiscesStar said:

Crap here just cold rain 

Same here in Margate

[seaside boy]

Big problem for the gritters, sub zero temperatures and raining, you can't grit that

[Stuie]

11 minutes ago, nick sussex said:

That’s already wrong . The models have made a real drama over this .

It is starting to pivot Nick, not completely wrong.

Edited December 11, 2022 by Stuie W

[Jamie M]

2 minutes ago, PiscesStar said:

Crap here just cold rain 

Yep

[throwoff]

Heavy snow now here in Gillingham.

none settling sadly because of the wet 

[starstream]

Heavy rain here  although if it freezes later lethal roads for the morning 

 

nr Danbury Essex 

[East Kent Snow Desert]

7 minutes ago, Me & angel fiance said:

Well it looks like us in Thanet are going to be a miss.  Had very icy rain with occasional tinsy winsy snowflakes.  You had to look very hard though.  I was out walking the dog and got caught in it all.  Getting drenched instead of snowed on. 

Looks to me on radar like its going to be too far west for our little spot near the coast. 

Of course in anyone wants to correct me, then feel free  

 

Spot on I'm afraid. East Kent and Essex were forecast to miss out on the good stuff

[shackletonexplorer]

Heavy snowfall in Dartford now. Settling with ease. 

[Me & angel fiance]

Just now, East Kent Snow Desert said:

Spot on I'm afraid. East Kent and Essex were forecast to miss out on the good stuff

Thought as much.. 

 

[BLS]

Not that the met or anyone is picking it up so I could be horribly wrong but… this pivot could still bring a lot more snow for Kent into the earlier hours of the morning? Does anyone agree?

[wellington boot]

Quite shocked at what we have had here. A few days ago it looked like a sprinkling and confined to East Kent, then going into today I optimistically expected we could get a couple of cms. After three hours of steady snow, we now have at least 2.5 inches. It helps when it settles on everything immediately...

We are getting a bit close to the back edge now and no longer in the bullseye, but obviously i want more... And if we're lucky and the stuff to the south moves north without drifting too much further East, hopefully we can sneak a few more hours...

A few photos from the last couple of hours:

 

[Lauren]

Medium sized flakes starting to lay here in Walderslade 

[Damp and dreary]

Just to let you know it isnt all rain on the coast. It started as rain for a few hours here in Eastbourne and didnt take long to turn into this, even with the soaked ground

[seaside boy]

3 minutes ago, Stuie W said:

It is starting to pivot Nick, not completely wrong.

It's raining at -1c, Big problem for the gritters  you can't grit rain

[Newben76]

Few cm here (South Reigate) which was pretty unexpected. 

[Methuselah]

Just now, seaside boy said:

Big problem for the gritters, sub zero temperatures and raining, you can't grit that

Indeed, you can't... Back in Jan 2010 when I was living on the shore at Inverness, a day of light sleet showers suddenly turned into a massive blizzard of graupel -- up until then there was no problem, but the sub-zero undersurface soon created Accident Central. Half an hour's precipitation was all it took!

[snowspotter]

Latest from Reigate . No sign f that t stopping anytime soon

[snow raven]

3 minutes ago, shackletonexplorer said:

Heavy snowfall in Dartford now. Settling with ease. 

Amazing the difference of a few miles.  Snowing here in Bexleyheath but not settling

[HammerJack]

Nothing here in grays SW Essex atm

[sunnijim]

4 minutes ago, jasonuk said:

Just to let you know it isnt all rain on the coast. It started as rain for a few hours here in Eastbourne and didnt take long to turn into this, even with the soaked ground

Same in Brighton, or certainly Saltdean.

A Nightmare to forecast I'm sure with fine margins, even some inland places are ending up with more of a sleety mix than the settling snow on some coasts.

 

Edited December 11, 2022 by sunnijim

[clark3r]

Light snow here now but nothing on the radar so not expecting anything 

[lewis028]

Rain turning to snow now, awaiting the big fluffy flakes..

[White Christmas]

loving this in Sittingbourne

[bluearmy]

18 minutes ago, nick sussex said:

That’s already wrong . The models have made a real drama over this .

I possibly trimmed the first few hours off as it was a 24 hour total !

the model has it south of London and then pivoting on London with snow all the way from south of the capital  and around towards Norwich. We will see over the next six hours if it’s got the western extent wrong 

[Hotspur62]

Been snowing steadily now for about 25 minutes in Locksbottom and everything covered.Temperature still -1.2 so all good from that point of view Very festive