SE, London & EA - Weather Discussion

[Polaris]

Latest BBC TV forecast from Stav says “accumulations possible north of M4 for later tonight into the morning”

 

This doesn’t match Meto warning. 

[pinball wizard]

54 minutes ago, Blessed Weather said:

Certainly a cold day. The Netweather Extra temperature feed from Met Office automated weather stations showing most of the Region remaining sub-zero at around 13.00. (The feed lags the radar time stamp by an hour or so). I've just listened to John Hammond on the TV and he's talking about it turning mild, wet and windy by the weekend following, i.e. by 7 days time.

Certainly is very cold and it's not often to find an iceday on the second day of winter. Hopefully bodes well for winter as a whole 

[Blessed Weather]

5 hours ago, Shaunado said:

Do you know of a radar history app that goes beyond the 6 hours of the Met Office app? I want to work out which side of midnight my overnight dusting came. Thx

 

31 minutes ago, Harry's House said:

According to the  Met Office rainfall radar map, it  would seem that for you at Egerton, precipitation occurred not far from midnight both before and after.

Indeed Harry. Looks like Kent enjoyed a streamer last night that lasted just under an hour. It started as a rain/sleet mix around 22.45 but it turned to snow as it moved inland and temperatures dropped. It finally died out around 00.15 today. Here's the radar at 23.35 (blue rain, green sleet, pink snow):

[alexisj9]

48 minutes ago, ChillyJuju said:

Today's Low Temp    

-2.8°C  at    9.22

       

 

Temperature

-0.8°C

The temperature right now is still below zero, as shown on the graph for the last 24hr.

Along with the Fog which arrived last night & remains today, we have freezing fog and an Ice Day .

That's acceptable when you don't get a snowgrain or sleet lol

 

I've had both, but the fog melted the snow, can't be the temp cause we've stayed below 0 somehow.

[PiscesStar]

Is there any hope for some snow?  

[alexisj9]

Just looked at some observations, and it seems we have a high over the SE, though we were in a trough situation like last year. Explains the fog, it's a cold high though, wondering if tonight's low will go west to east, or ne over the high, it's further north, so perhaps that the change. I'm wondering if we'll stay dry tonight. High is in strengthening faze.

Not sure we wanted it further north though, guess things warm up tomorrow for us.

Edited December 2, 2023 by alexisj9

[Challock Weather]

Top temp of minus 0.5 here so on track for an ice day 

[lottiekent]

A very cold day, maximum just over freezing and already down to -0.3c. Looks like it’s been foggy all day up on the Downs. 
 

Very brisk on the seafront this morning, earned our warm drinks

 

[alexisj9]

1 minute ago, lottiekent said:

A very cold day, maximum just over freezing and already down to -0.3c. Looks like it’s been foggy all day up on the Downs. 
 

Very brisk on the seafront this morning, earned our warm drinks

 

Foggy all-day here too, seems to be thickening now as well.

[Challock Weather]

Fog getting thicker and temperature dropping further. Now minus 2

[lottiekent]

If only we could have a weather surprise for once, the precip slipping under the cold, giving some heavy snow to wake up to in the morning.

[KevinG]

Might run a freezing rain risk later this evening, with sfc temps so low, yet upper air not cold enough..

[alexisj9]

1 minute ago, lottiekent said:

If only we could have a weather surprise for once, the precip slipping under the cold, giving some heavy snow to wake up to in the morning.

Would be nice if this stuff under cuts out cold. Think most likely scenario though is ice rain, 850,s are likely to warm. We'll see, I'd like to hope 850s stay below 0, but unlikely.

3 minutes ago, KevinG said:

Might run a freezing rain risk later this evening, with sfc temps so low, yet upper air not cold enough..

Lol snap 

[Methuselah]

Same here, chaps and chapesses, it reminds me of a Christmas Eve in the 1960s (somewhere between 1963 and '67) when it was very cold, foggy and frosty all day. . . God, I was so excited! But unwrapping prezzies with rain running down the windows was a major disappointment; I can tell you! 

Edited December 2, 2023 by Methuselah

[alexisj9]

Temp falling pressure still rising, currently 1017.34

[Methuselah]

1 minute ago, alexisj9 said:

Temp falling pressure still rising, currently 1017.34

Same here, Helena; even the spider-webs on the lampposts are turning white. 

[LightningLover]

Maximum of around 2c here today, with thick frost persisting in the shade. Lots of frozen ponds! Fog has formed as the sun has gone down. Not bad for the 2nd of December. Great shame about the distinct lack of snow, but I can't turn my nose up at weather like this so early on!

It's expected to drop to -3c by 20:00, which I think is really impressive for Bexhill. Would love to see how low it would go if not for the milder air arriving after midnight!

[Spikey M]

Still -1c here and due to start dropping. Tonight's match of the day beers are outside the backdoor instead of in the fridge. Lovely stuff.

[ChillyJuju]

1 hour ago, alexisj9 said:

I've had both, but the fog melted the snow, can't be the temp cause we've stayed below 0 somehow.

Naughty Fog

[Shaunado]

1 hour ago, Blessed Weather said:

 

Indeed Harry. Looks like Kent enjoyed a streamer last night that lasted just under an hour. It started as a rain/sleet mix around 22.45 but it turned to snow as it moved inland and temperatures dropped. It finally died out around 00.15 today. Here's the radar at 23.35 (blue rain, green sleet, pink snow):

Thanks both. I just realised that the rainfall radar on the MetO website is much longer back range than the app. 

So 100% of winter days so far have seen snowfall ;)

[slater]

Going to be touch and go if we actually get an official Ice day, warm air aloft may ruin it if this arrive before midnight.. It’s been around -2c all day …

[SHM040519]

Who else is ready for a few days of cold rain! 

[alexisj9]

5 minutes ago, slater said:

Going to be touch and go if we actually get an official Ice day, warm air aloft may ruin it if this arrive before midnight.. It’s been around -2c all day …

It's a high, warm air aloft is not going to effect ground temps, till cloud from the west comes over, due to fog we won't see when that is, unless the fog clears 

[SHM040519]

4 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

It's a high, warm air aloft is not going to effect ground temps, till cloud from the west comes over, due to fog we won't see when that is, unless the fog clears 

It’s snowing in Dover ? Work colleague just said 

[alexisj9]

1 minute ago, SHM040519 said:

It’s snowing in Dover ? Work colleague just said 

Can see something, it's probably diamond dust, incidentally high still rising 1017,50 now, will probably peak soon, we'll see.