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

[Bazza118]

A very damp start this morning with 33.4mm rain since midnight, but the worst has passed through now.

 

[3cats]

All roads around here are flooded this morning which is always a challenge when you have a small car, including the main road from Merstham to Redhill. 

[Neilsouth]

Grim........ 

[Reefseeker]

Husband took a very long time to get to Heathrow this morning, all the roads were gridlocked; taxi driver said he had never seen anything like it. I assume it was due to flooding as every time I woke up in the night, it was pouring with rain - I have a lamp post that never gets to show me any snow, so rain it is, and my was that some heavy stuff coming down.

[Jimmyh]

The temperature is actually dropping its defo getting colder 

[lottiekent]

Woken at 4am by heavy rain battering the window, continued off and on until late morning then temp plummeted from 5c in one hour from 13c. 

17mm all in, saw some stations had much higher totals so not surprised by the reports of gridlock round the southeast

[Kent Blizzard]

 Jimmyh Yep and hopefully a nic frost to wake up to, Milder for the weekend though, that'll please the Christmas shoppers and markets.

 

[Vortex3929]

Temps were forecast to be a chilly day tomorrow with highs of just 3c. Thankfully they've looked to have crept up to 7c but still cold for glazers to fit new windows throughout my flat

Could I have a refund on these temps please? Or at least exchange them for those truly mild ones we had weekend just gone (without the Bert though!)

[ChillyJuju]

Temperature
-2.1°C

[Bazza118]

got down to -3.9c last night but nice to see some blue sky and sushine now, and temp up to 0.1c

 

[IanT]

Nice temperature inversion this morning…

 

[Stroudley]

The temperature has suddenly increased here, from 4C at around 18.00 to 9C now (20.30) and still rising.

[Freeze]

 Stroudley yes quite mild tonight all of a sudden after a chilly day, 10c warmest it's been all day.

[IanT]

Is anyone else sneezing and feeling hayfever-y today? In late November??? I must have sneezed 20+ times in the last hour!

[Sidsnake]

 IanT yup, I've had that Ian, mind you, a lot of bugs about.

[Bazza118]

I joined a presentation given by the met office, ECWMF and the Energy sector yesterday looking at the forecast for this Winter.

 There is fairly strong agreement across all models for a similar set up. So for December there is a greater than average chance of high pressure over or to the west of the UK drawing in NW or Northerly winds, meaning it might be a slightly cooler but drier than average month. For Jan & Feb though it is back to a +NAO, westerly QBO and a westerly / zonal flow,  with slightly above average temperatures and rainfall, which im sure some will not be welcome in some places. For those on the MOD channel the Polar Vortex is predicted (as best as they can) to be fairly strong and stable out to at least April, so a low likelihood of a sudden stratespheric warming event. The Polar vortex prediction though comes with big caveats as modelling it is extremely dfficult so its "as best a prediction" as they can offer.

As usual , slightly above average temps doesn't preclude cold spells, but a prolonged period i the deep freeze aka 1947/1963 is not on the cards.

 

[Lauren]

 IanT yep. At least that's what I thought it was but I appear to have developed a cough and sore throat so turns out I'm just ill  

[Sparky68]

Lake effect snow in the USA , Lake erie

 

[Snowangel-North]

Good morning everyone & happy 1st Dec - welcome to Meteorological winter  

[Snowangel-North]

 Lauren oh no get well soon - I’m 3 weeks in and only just started to shake it off thanks to some antibiotic's it’s been a nasty tripe fest    

[alexisj9]

 IanT yep but I had a cold, started sneezing one day, then the next I knew about it.

[MAF]

Day two on the advent calendars for those who have one. Whats in your day two panel? 

[Sparky68]

Same as day 2 last year for me...............  the Mrs on the other hand I treated to the Liberty Advent Calendar and she got some fancy face cream.

Edited December 2, 2024 by Sparky68

[Lauren]

 Snowangel-MK thanks. Currently have the worst sore throat I've ever known and a hacking cough. Absolutely nothing I can take for it either as I'm pregnant. The paracetamol and honey and lemon tea isn't cutting it

Had some icy rain this evening. Could definitely feel ice in it as it hit my skin.

[Tn9]

Well snow looks off  the cards for us here but wind we are on it,looks good, take out side Christmas lights down for sure bit of excitement, cor it's been a bore fest,other than Bert who tried to up the game