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

[throwoff]

52 minutes ago, Matty88 said:

Don't know about other areas of EA/SE however in Ely the night-time temperatures haven't been overly Cold this week - 0-1C, with minimal visual frost on cars or pavements. Due to the wind/breeze maybe? 

The worst thing about this weeks cold spell has been the bitter feel during the days with temperatures not rising much. 

Disappointingly for most other than the east coast there has been very little to talk about snow wise - the set-up has not produced this week which is a shame but not a huge surprise, NW'ly's rarely deliver for this part of the world. 

Not had a bit of frost in Medway this week. Got up early every day to clear the car and it's been clear.

[Kentspur]

2 hours ago, Floatylight said:

I'll ask my son in law , based at larkhill.. 

Nw radar looks nothing like that atm ?

Must be some stealth flurries haha

38 minutes ago, throwoff said:

Not had a bit of frost in Medway this week. Got up early every day to clear the car and it's been clear.

Exactly my thoughts coulda spared us 10mins extra in bed but won't risk it tomorrow looks much colder haha

[lassie23]

Has anyone seen a snow grain yet?

[sunnijim]

Really is a dead zone for interesting weather in recent years.

Named storms either hit Northern France or Northern England.

Snow, run the radar. In a nutshell.

Thunderstorms....need I say more.

I know not all the above floats everyone's boar, but I love all extremes and it is no exaggeration to say the above generally miss us in the South for the last decade.

[lassie23]

Just now, sunnijim said:

Really is a dead zone for interesting weather in recent years.

Named storms either hit Northern France or Northern England.

Snow, run the radar. In a nutshell.

Thunderstorms....need I say more.

I know not all the above floats everyone's boar, but I love all extremes and it is no exaggeration to say the above generally miss us in the South for the last decade.

we get extreme heat but that's boring lol

[alexisj9]

1 minute ago, sunnijim said:

Really is a dead zone for interesting weather in recent years.

Named storms either hit Northern France or Northern England.

Snow, run the radar. In a nutshell.

Thunderstorms....need I say more.

I know not all the above floats everyone's boar, but I love all extremes and it is no exaggeration to say the above generally miss us in the South for the last decade.

Have a strange feeling Sundays low, or whenever it comes, won't miss anyone unfortunately. 

[Kentspur]

1 hour ago, Tom Quintavalle said:

Yes NE21, fine margins indeed.

Although I lived through the severe Winter of 1962/63, I was too young to have any specific memories of it.

Right at the start of that severe spell of Weather and after the initial Boxing Day Snowfall, a Week later a Low moving East close to the South Coast, brought Blizzard conditions to our Region:

My Dad was working for the Southern Region of British Rail at the time, maintaining track and tunnels.

Heavy Snow accompanied by strong winds struck our Region around 9 P.M. on Saturday Evening, 29th December 1962.

Dad and his Gang had to abandon their work near London Bridge and then wait until 4.30 A.M., to get back to where we were living near Hayes, in Kent.

But the Train could get no further than Elmers End, as the Snow was drifting up to platform level, by that time.

With Snow up to his knees, Dad walked the 4 Miles to where we lived in Hayes.

Conditions were so bad, that the normal walking time of 1 hour and a half hours, took closer to 4 hours.

As you can imagine he arrived home exhausted, and frozen solid!!

Scroll forward exactly 16 Years and the image I posted a few Days ago, of the most severe conditions I've witnessed, regarding heavy Snow, accompanied by a Gale Force Easterly Wind, Saturday 30th December 1978: 

Yes it is very rare to hit the jackpot with these Lows moving up the English Channel, nowadays.

Regards,

Tom Q. 

Ooh such similarities my nans brother (nan and him were from East Sussex) did that job too! Sadly he died of a quick growing brain tumour when I was young around his 50s but everyone says I look a lot like nans little bro and nans dad so I guess I must look more like my Sussex side of my family than my Grandads East Kent side. I've done an extensive family tree and actually found even more names in Sussex than I have found in Kent gone right back to Hastings when the Normans landed on some lines etc. I might have seen a few flakes of the white stuff if my family had stayed there lol

Edited January 17 by Kentspur

[sunnijim]

2 minutes ago, lassie23 said:

Has anyone seen a snow grain yet?

10 flakes counted since 8am.

No joke, although I'm not staring at the sky counting all the time.

Neighbours probably think I'm bats already having stood on the Downs with an anometer a few weeks back measuring gusts

[Freeze]

10 minutes ago, lassie23 said:

we get extreme heat but that's boring lol

No extreme heat on the coast either, 32 is usually the limit.

[sunnijim]

8 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

Have a strange feeling Sundays low, or whenever it comes, won't miss anyone unfortunately. 

Not seeing it in the models, where are you looking?

60mph gusts progged Sunday eve, no great shakes yet...

[throwoff]

15 minutes ago, sunnijim said:

Really is a dead zone for interesting weather in recent years.

Named storms either hit Northern France or Northern England.

Snow, run the radar. In a nutshell.

Thunderstorms....need I say more.

I know not all the above floats everyone's boar, but I love all extremes and it is no exaggeration to say the above generally miss us in the South for the last decade.

All I hold onto is that every bad year is a year closer to us getting something special as eventually the averages have to play out!

[alexisj9]

6 minutes ago, sunnijim said:

Not seeing it in the models, where are you looking?

60mph gusts progged Sunday eve, no great shakes yet...

Seriously, check out the Isha thread in the storms severe weather section. Oh and the met have already put up yellow warnings for it.

Edited January 17 by alexisj9

[Alpine glow]

Met office has a solitary snow symbol for Brighton at midday. Word on the street is that it was raining in Normandy though! 

[Gizzy]

2 minutes ago, throwoff said:

All I hold onto is that every bad year is a year closer to us getting something special as eventually the averages have to play out!

What a great way to look of it, glass half full with ice instead of half empty.

I guess you have developed them traits over the years being a Gillingham fan lol only joking.

[MAF]

19 minutes ago, lassie23 said:

Has anyone seen a snow grain yet?

have you lost one?

[turkishfella]

Why it never snows in Brighton :.(

[Floatylight]

It's literally just sitting there! 

Not sharing the love is it! 

[Donna3397]

26 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

Have a strange feeling Sundays low, or whenever it comes, won't miss anyone unfortunately. 

That’s typical, we always get the rough stuff 

[throwoff]

11 minutes ago, Gizzy said:

What a great way to look of it, glass half full with ice instead of half empty.

I guess you have developed them traits over the years being a Gillingham fan lol only joking.

If we couldn't take the lows there wouldn't be many of us in the Priestfield!

[sunnijim]

21 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

Seriously, check out the Isha thread in the storms severe weather section. Oh and the met have already put up yellow warnings for it.

Have only checked gfs so far and Met Office app, neither super reliable!

[Jimmyh]

1 minute ago, sunnijim said:

Have only checked gfs so far and Met Office app, neither super reliable!

Read the thread on Isha that looks horrible. And we will be the last to get it. A few knowledgeable posters posting in there. Wind speed could be a real concern by Sunday evening.

[sunnijim]

12 minutes ago, Jimmyh said:

Read the thread on Isha that looks horrible. And we will be the last to get it. A few knowledgeable posters posting in there. Wind speed could be a real concern by Sunday evening.

Not trying to be contradictory but looks fairly standard fare from the M O warning.

Affecting West and North ( not us yet) 60mph to 70mph gusts.

UK weather warnings - Met Office

WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK

 

[lassie23]

33 minutes ago, Alpine glow said:

Met office has a solitary snow symbol for Brighton at midday. Word on the street is that it was raining in Normandy though! 

The  ahem experts in the MOD thread are expecting an Easterly next month, maybe Brighton does better with that setup, if not Moscow is good for snow 

[turkishfella]

11 minutes ago, lassie23 said:

The  ahem experts in the MOD thread are expecting an Easterly next month, maybe Brighton does better with that setup, if not Moscow is good for snow 

Do you mean a beast from the east, like 2018 ???

[lassie23]

Just now, turkishfella said:

Do you mean a beast from the east, like 2018 ???

I heard that a Scandi high was supposed to develop next month so the potential is there, I wonder if the Met Office has mentioned anything?