SE, London and East Anglia Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 on

[Hotspur62]

Light snow Orpington/chelsfield border and 1 degree but with windchill feels much colder than that!.Could get interesting if that lot from Belgium comes over and hits us.my best mate lives in Belgium saying snowing heavily in Brussels as at 9.45.

[Met4Cast]

It's a real shame convection is so shallow today, lower heights and we'd be looking at a proper event!

Having said that despite shallow convection the lower levels are rather saturated with much drier air above the cloud layer so the usual issues with evaporation etc shouldn't apply today in theory. 

A few CM in the lucky spots by the end of the day possibly. 

[Snowman31]

 

1 minute ago, Met4Cast said:

It's a real shame convection is so shallow today, lower heights and we'd be looking at a proper event!

Having said that despite shallow convection the lower levels are rather saturated with much drier air above the cloud layer so the usual issues with evaporation etc shouldn't apply today in theory. 

A few CM in the lucky spots by the end of the day possibly. 

Are the temperatures not a bit high for settling snow?

[Eagle Eye]

5 minutes ago, Eagle Eye said:

Here we go then, closing down on me by the minute. 

Snowing proper flakes! 

[Neilsouth]

3 minutes ago, Met4Cast said:

It's a real shame convection is so shallow today, lower heights and we'd be looking at a proper event!

Having said that despite shallow convection the lower levels are rather saturated with much drier air above the cloud layer so the usual issues with evaporation etc shouldn't apply today in theory. 

A few CM in the lucky spots by the end of the day possibly. 

Not sure if you've checked the radar recently, but I'd still class it as an event! 

There's also round 2 

Considering how lacking it has been with wintry weather from the east, and first part of Jan too!

[pinball wizard]

Very light snow now falling here

[Met4Cast]

2 minutes ago, Snowman31 said:

 

Are the temperatures not a bit high for settling snow?

Nope, had a 2 minute moderate snow shower about an hour ago and it began to settle immediately. 

[PiscesStar]

14 minutes ago, hernebaylooby said:

I can confirm I saw 3 flakes in herne bay on the door cam

I live in herne bay too and saw a few snizzle like flakes too!!!! Lol

[Neilsouth]

3 minutes ago, Snowman31 said:

 

Are the temperatures not a bit high for settling snow?

 

No! 

[Gowon]

4 minutes ago, Snowman31 said:

 

Are the temperatures not a bit high for settling snow?

I always look at the dew points and they're low enough.

Your dew points currently at -2.

Edited January 8 by Gowon

[Met4Cast]

Just now, Neilsouth said:

Not sure if you've checked the radar recently, but I'd still class it as an event! 

There's also round 2 

Considering how lacking it has been with wintry weather from the east, and first part of Jan too!

The vast majority of the lighter stuff probably doesn't actually exist, ideally need the darker blues/greens to see falling snow, anaprop is a fairly large issue in these situations. 

[Neilsouth]

Just now, Met4Cast said:

Nope, had a 2 minute moderate snow shower about an hour ago and it began to settle immediately. 

Getting some more intense echoes appearing on the radar now

[Methuselah]

Just now, PiscesStar said:

I live in herne bay too and saw a few snizzle like flakes too!!!! Lol

Snizzle on here, too! 

[throwoff]

100% managed to convince my boss I need to be in a different room so I have access to a window, the one I am in currently has none.

[Eagle Eye]

Just now, Gowon said:

I always look at the dew points and they're are low enough.

Your dew points currently at -2.

Thank you, temperatures aren't the determining factor really but the dewpoint has played more of a role so far. The dewpoint has been cooled more w/the incoming colder uppers (not sure if it's in response to them) and heavier precipitation than the temperature response has been. 

[Alpine glow]

Just now, throwoff said:

100% managed to convince my boss I need to be in a different room so I have access to a window, the one I am in currently has none.

I chose my current house because of the lamppost outside

[SnowBorder]

Stopped here

[Neilsouth]

Just now, SnowBorder said:

Stopped here

It's supposed to, main event is in the North Sea still but encroaching 

[Kasim Awan]

1 minute ago, Met4Cast said:

The vast majority of the lighter stuff probably doesn't actually exist, ideally need the darker blues/greens to see falling snow, anaprop is a fairly large issue in these situations. 

Will need to await arrival before confirming this.

[Froze were the Days]

3 minutes ago, Neilsouth said:

Not sure if you've checked the radar recently, but I'd still class it as an event! 

Really!?!...won't live long in my memory, maybe an event for January as they've been so useless since 2013.

[lassie23]

snowgrainless in NW west london

[Tom Montalbano]

Just now, Alpine glow said:

I chose my current house because of the lamppost outside

Now that is dedication from a Snow Geek, A g.

Regards,

Tom Q. 

[Eagle Eye]

Just now, Froze were the Days said:

Really!?!...won't live long in my memory, maybe an event for January as they've been so useless since 2013.

Just because it won't live long in the memory, don't think that should discount it as an event. Especially w/much less of these streamer kind of events recently, it probably won't be much snow but still only seems to be happening once or twice a Winter now. 

[Ellozee]

Now snowing lightly and starting to accumulate. 1/10 SM scale.

[Gowon]

Wow! we've got heavy snizzle and it's settling on most surfaces.