http://acdb-ext.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data_s...2012_merra.pdf

First the winge...
Well,the next rainbow for Southend-on-Sea is pinned on Sunday's snow forecast, mindyou, tempertaure has started to rise and is now -0.1°C (-7.3°C DP), "To cold to snow" one could say, with such a low dewpoint, which originally gave me hope, what it in fact did was dry the last bit of moisture out the air around here. I'll hold fire on an iceday until midnight.

Second, on reflection...
Mindyou, my daughter had some windows installed today, which I was flat sitting, so the weather didn't stop that from happening. My lad has got to drive 25 miles back from work this evening, so maybe he'll get home then Christmas will arrive :-)

Third, 1st class...
I must say, the UKMO sypnotic forecast charts have handled this cold spell 10x better than the others (so far).

Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
"Weather Home & Abroad"

On Friday, 18 January 2013 15:46:25 UTC, Keith (Southend)G wrote:
http://acdb-ext.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data_s...2012_merra.pdf



First the winge...

Well,the next rainbow for Southend-on-Sea is pinned on Sunday's snow forecast, mindyou, tempertaure has started to rise and is now -0.1°C (-7.3°C DP), "To cold to snow" one could say, with such a low dewpoint, which originally gave me hope, what it in fact did was dry the last bit of moisture out the air around here. I'll hold fire on an iceday until midnight.



Second, on reflection...

Mindyou, my daughter had some windows installed today, which I was flat sitting, so the weather didn't stop that from happening. My lad has got to drive 25 miles back from work this evening, so maybe he'll get home then Christmas will arrive :-)



Third, 1st class...

I must say, the UKMO sypnotic forecast charts have handled this cold spell 10x better than the others (so far).



Keith (Southend)

http://www.southendweather.net

"Weather Home & Abroad"

Correction, not an ice day +0.8°C @ 1am

Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
"Weather Home & Abroad"

On Friday, January 18, 2013 3:46:25 PM UTC, Keith (Southend)G wrote:
http://acdb-ext.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data_s...2012_merra.pdf First the winge... Well,the next rainbow for Southend-on-Sea is pinned on Sunday's snow forecast, mindyou, tempertaure has started to rise and is now -0.1°C (-7.3°C DP), "To cold to snow" one could say, with such a low dewpoint, which originally gave me hope, what it in fact did was dry the last bit of moisture out the air around here. I'll hold fire on an iceday until midnight. Second, on reflection... Mindyou, my daughter had some windows installed today, which I was flat sitting, so the weather didn't stop that from happening. My lad has got to drive 25 miles back from work this evening, so maybe he'll get home then Christmas will arrive :-) Third, 1st class... I must say, the UKMO sypnotic forecast charts have handled this cold spell 10x better than the others (so far). Keith (Southend) http://www.southendweather.net "Weather Home & Abroad"

If the Met's output is right your turn will come on Sunday afternoon, Keith.. Good luck

Keith (Southend)G wrote:
http://acdb-ext.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data_s...2012_merra.pdf

First the winge...
Well,the next rainbow for Southend-on-Sea is pinned on Sunday's snow forecast, mindyou, tempertaure has started to rise and is now -0.1°C (-7.3°C DP), "To cold to snow" one could say, with such a low dewpoint, which originally gave me hope, what it in fact did was dry the last bit of moisture out the air around here. I'll hold fire on an iceday until midnight.

Second, on reflection...
Mindyou, my daughter had some windows installed today, which I was flat sitting, so the weather didn't stop that from happening. My lad has got to drive 25 miles back from work this evening, so maybe he'll get home then Christmas will arrive :-)

Third, 1st class...
I must say, the UKMO sypnotic forecast charts have handled this cold spell 10x better than the others (so far).

Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
"Weather Home & Abroad"
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I think you are right about "the too cold/dry to snow" Keith. I said the
same to Scott earlier. Although this has been forecast well I have
struggled to see where the snow is coming from that they are showing in
the S.E including here, all through the night till the morning, unless
we are getting some convective showers coming in, but radar not
supporting either.

Scott W wrote:
On Friday, January 18, 2013 3:46:25 PM UTC, Keith (Southend)G wrote:
http://acdb-ext.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data_s...2012_merra.pdf First the winge... Well,the next rainbow for Southend-on-Sea is pinned on Sunday's snow forecast, mindyou, tempertaure has started to rise and is now -0.1°C (-7.3°C DP), "To cold to snow" one could say, with such a low dewpoint, which originally gave me hope, what it in fact did was dry the last bit of moisture out the air around here. I'll hold fire on an iceday until midnight. Second, on reflection... Mindyou, my daughter had some windows installed today, which I was flat sitting, so the weather didn't stop that from happening. My lad has got to drive 25 miles back from work this evening, so maybe he'll get home then Christmas will arrive :-) Third, 1st class... I must say, the UKMO sypnotic forecast charts have handled this cold spell 10x better than the others (so far). Keith (Southend) http://www.southendweather.net "Weather Home & Abroad"

If the Met's output is right your turn will come on Sunday afternoon, Keith. Good luck

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Sunday is a hell of a long way off in the world of computer models ;-)

On Friday, January 18, 2013 4:47:01 PM UTC, Dave Cornwell wrote:
Keith (Southend)G wrote: http://acdb-ext.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data_s...2012_merra.pdf First the winge... Well,the next rainbow for Southend-on-Sea is pinned on Sunday's snow forecast, mindyou, tempertaure has started to rise and is now -0.1°C (-7.3°C DP), "To cold to snow" one could say, with such a low dewpoint, which originally gave me hope, what it in fact did was dry the last bit of moisture out the air around here. I'll hold fire on an iceday until midnight. Second, on reflection... Mindyou, my daughter had some windows installed today, which I was flat sitting, so the weather didn't stop that from happening. My lad has got to drive 25 miles back from work this evening, so maybe he'll get home then Christmas will arrive :-) Third, 1st class... I must say, the UKMO sypnotic forecast charts have handled this cold spell 10x better than the others (so far). Keith (Southend) http://www.southendweather.net "Weather Home & Abroad" ------------------------------- I think you are right about "the too cold/dry to snow" Keith. I said the same to Scott earlier. Although this has been forecast well I have struggled to see where the snow is coming from that they are showing in the S.E including here, all through the night till the morning, unless we are getting some convective showers coming in, but radar not supporting either.

The output from the European 3-hour ahead radar shows the event is all but over for our region. Yet click on the new 5-minute UK radar on meteoradar.co.uk shows a whole swath of precipitation edging up from south of the Thames - is the higher resolution able to pick up the light snow better than the old Euro radar I wonder?

On Friday, 18 January 2013 16:57:15 UTC, Scott W wrote:
On Friday, January 18, 2013 4:47:01 PM UTC, Dave Cornwell wrote:

Keith (Southend)G wrote: http://acdb-ext.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data_s...2012_merra.pdf First the winge... Well,the next rainbow for Southend-on-Sea is pinned on Sunday's snow forecast, mindyou, tempertaure has started to rise and is now -0.1°C (-7.3°C DP), "To cold to snow" one could say, with such a low dewpoint, which originally gave me hope, what it in fact did was dry the last bit of moisture out the air around here. I'll hold fire on an iceday until midnight. Second, on reflection... Mindyou, my daughter had some windows installed today, which I was flat sitting, so the weather didn't stop that from happening. My lad has got to drive 25 miles back from work this evening, so maybe he'll get home then Christmas will arrive :-) Third, 1st class... I must say, the UKMO sypnotic forecast charts have handled this cold spell 10x better than the others (so far). Keith (Southend) http://www.southendweather.net "Weather Home & Abroad" ------------------------------- I think you are right about "the too cold/dry to snow" Keith. I said the same to Scott earlier. Although this has been forecast well I have struggled to see where the snow is coming from that they are showing in the S.E including here, all through the night till the morning, unless we are getting some convective showers coming in, but radar not supporting either.



The output from the European 3-hour ahead radar shows the event is all but over for our region. Yet click on the new 5-minute UK radar on meteoradar..co.uk shows a whole swath of precipitation edging up from south of the Thames - is the higher resolution able to pick up the light snow better than the old Euro radar I wonder?

-0.1°C here now, the frost will be thawing soon.

Keith (Southend)

On Friday, 18 January 2013 17:24:29 UTC, Keith (Southend)G wrote:
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-0.1°C here now, the frost will be thawing soon.


Unusually, it was below frezing all day in Ilford in east London, where I work, and went down on the fairly accurate car thermometer, from -1C to -3C as I made my way home past Stapleford Abbots, before rising again to -1.5C when I got home an hour ago.

It's now -1.3C here, (we're 70m asl) and rising slowly, but I have doubts it'll get above freezing tonight. We've had sub-zero for the past 24 hrs since 18:00 last night and it's snowing slightly still.

- Tom
Blackmore, SW Essex 70m amsl

On Friday, 18 January 2013 17:42:38 UTC, Tom wrote:
On Friday, 18 January 2013 17:24:29 UTC, Keith (Southend)G wrote:

snip

-0.1°C here now, the frost will be thawing soon.





Unusually, it was below frezing all day in Ilford in east London, where I work, and went down on the fairly accurate car thermometer, from -1C to -3C as I made my way home past Stapleford Abbots, before rising again to -1.5C when I got home an hour ago.



It's now -1.3C here, (we're 70m asl) and rising slowly, but I have doubts it'll get above freezing tonight. We've had sub-zero for the past 24 hrs since 18:00 last night and it's snowing slightly still.



- Tom

Blackmore, SW Essex 70m amsl

Hi Tom,

last night at 1am I hit +0.8°C and here in the last 20 minutes just hit +0.1°C after being below freezing all day. Sometimes this happens prior to precipitation, we'll see? Looking at temperatures on the near continent there only a couple of degrees below me, so if the wind slows the heat of the north sea will have more effect. Sunday's event I feel will be rain and sleet currently.

Keith (Southend)

On Friday, 18 January 2013 17:53:55 UTC, Keith (Southend)G wrote:

last night at 1am I hit +0.8°C and here in the last 20 minutes just hit +0.1°C after being below freezing all day. Sometimes this happens prior to precipitation, we'll see? Looking at temperatures on the near continent there only a couple of degrees below me, so if the wind slows the heat of the north sea will have more effect. Sunday's event I feel will be rain and sleet currently.

It's often the way, Keith.

The wind's increased in the past hour which probably has something to do with it but I'm up to -1.0C at the moment. My lowest temp in the past 24hrs was -2.7C at 09:00 hrs (precisely) this morning.

An interesting ice-day (well, past 24hrs, anyway) which reminded me of years ago up in the Pennine foothills of NW Durham, when they weren't that unusual at all.

Off out to the local in a mo ....

Cheers,

- Tom.