South East & East Anglia Regional Discussion 23rd March 2013

[Kent Snow]

After the cm or two of snow this morning which has mostly melted we now have the delights of drizzle!

[Gary_R_Walker]

Snowing here again. Just baked my own BIRTHDAY cake for my BIRTHDAY. Not too shabby if I say so myself.

[yamkin]

Stopped snowing here half an hour ago

[alexisj9]

Snowing here again. Just baked my own BIRTHDAY cake for my BIRTHDAY. Not too shabby if I say so myself.

Happy birthday Gary.

[john mac]

few bigger flakes starting to come down

[Captain Shortwave]

Snowing here again. Just baked my own BIRTHDAY cake for my BIRTHDAY. Not too shabby if I say so myself.

Better than the pasta carbonara I made earlier haha

[Tim Bland]

What direction has it been blowing from then tim? Been an easterly all day on xc observations??

My mistake I meant veer easterly to north easterly, which it is doing now. This should help the front stall over northern areas. There's an area of vorticity / convergence zone setting up in north London as well which will help. Looking good for north Cambs across to Northants for a further 10cm through the night

[lawrenk]

Snowing here again. Just baked my own BIRTHDAY cake for my BIRTHDAY. Not too shabby if I say so myself.

good effort sir.trust that you've had a good day so far.

Judging by the 12z that are rolling out no end to the cold well up to and beyond Easter. Suspect more snow chances to come as well.

[Gary_R_Walker]

Better than the pasta carbonara I made earlier haha

Pasta Carbonara, one of my favourites. I have a feeling we might end up this evening having a fair bit of snow. The radar appears to have gone a bit crazy out in the North Sea.

Edited March 23, 2013 by Gary_R_Walker

[Gowon]

Snowing here again. Just baked my own BIRTHDAY cake for my BIRTHDAY. Not too shabby if I say so myself.

Alright already, we get your point... Happy BIRTHDAY!..lol

Hope you get a nice birthday gift tonight..

[terryall]

Apologies if this has been posted but the video is incredible for this time of year in Cumbria

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21910180

[Floatylight]

Now we have a White road and paths,we in buisness

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[Paul Sherman]

So Gary......Err Happy Birthday

And seeing as it's your birthday I wont mention Post 405 today - If you know what I mean

Btw it wont snow until next winter and That I am certain of!

[TobyT]

Happy birthday Gary, cake look yummy....enjoy

[Andy H]

Looking at the radar, it will not be long before it clears here, am i right in thinking this is going to then drop south again? back up to 3cm here, but still no covering on roads or paths, and getting very light again

[stodge]

Afternoon all

I have to say I hadn't expected anything from this until I saw Thursday morning's BBC weather report from Elizabeth Rizzini just before 7. Gone were the 10/11c maxima expected from earlier in the week for Friday and Saturday to be replaced by 2/3c temperatures. Even then, I thought the prospects for snow marginal and expected plenty of cold rain.

Today has been a second surprise with a dusting of snow this morning (the sixth snowfall of the winter or the first of the spring depending on your viewpoint). The day has seen steady and persistent sleet and snow even into central London but with little settling due to the wet and warm ground. The contrast with March 11/12 when the ground was easily cold enough for snow but the precipitation was 100 miles too further south is noticeable. Also noteworthy again is the cold ESE'ly wind.

Currently, a slight sleet is falling and most of the snow has now melted. I would imagine that any kind of altitude there will have been an accumulation of snow.

[Suburban Streamer]

6cm here

[fenland ice]

Well after a day of snow and hardly any settling the temp has dropped to freezing and the snow is finally starting to settle! Will probably die out soon now .

[Katiewombat]

No guessing Katie, official measurements please! Only joking, when you feel the need to measure, I'll record a depth for you.

Cheers,

Tom.

Lol was a good guess 2.5 inches.

Horrid stuff. Time to call time on winter. Just wet and slushy no fun at all.

Horrible jealous my friend in the centre of Halifax had 23 inches. Grrrhh

Time for sun

[Hughsey]

The snow is perhaps the heaviest its been all day now. Plants and grass turning white, and very very slight settling on paths. Temperatures refusing to fall still, 0.6, and dewpoint has risen up to -0.1 now.

[Floatylight]

Well unless that stuff to the east starts coming back in ,I be finished in about half hour?which is weird as I forcasted more?or it stalls?

Any ideas anyone?

[Pixel]

Apologies if this has been mentioned before so forgive me for repeating it:

'Happy Birthday Gary'

I hope you get buried in snow! - sorry - all the snow you thought wasn't possible, you deserve it - as it's your birthday

ps Still snowing here (just) - looks beautiful out there, around 8 cms so far

[Snowangel-MK]

Afternoon all,

Just got back home before it really started to come down again here, roads and paths are white again and it's showing no signs of letting up !

I'll open up a new thread in a few minutes.......

[janetmh71]

Well after a day of snow and hardly any settling the temp has dropped to freezing and the snow is finally starting to settle! Will probably die out soon now .

I feel your pain but some snow is better than none . . . the white looks pretty so make the best of it . . I am in exactly the same boat :-)

[Suburban Streamer]

Well unless that stuff to the east starts coming back in ,I be finished in about half hour?which is weird as I forcasted more?or it stalls?

Any ideas anyone?

there is a chance later this eve that it will slip back but it will be decaying so depends how much juice it has left by that stage

Edited March 23, 2013 by Suburban Streamer