Chance of Snow next week

[Taybha]

Please please let there be lots and lots of snow. Preferably enough to totally screw up the trains so I can *ahem* work from home for a couple of days.

Ile do my best,we have been told at work to switch the trains into ice mode operation on sunday night and normally at the flick of a switch the train decides to have a nervous breakdown and fails to launch

 

[Virgo's Haircut]

Ile do my best,we have been told at work to switch the trains into ice mode operation on sunday night and normally at the flick of a switch the train decides to have a nervous breakdown and fails to launch

Think about us poor guards then, on the platforms with 6 foot of snow!

 

[Nottseagull]

Where is the cold snap ?.

In the fridge? Up here, snap is dialect for the contents of one's lunch box (I'm talking food here btw...)

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Up here, snap is dialect for the contents of one's lunch box (I'm talking food here btw...)

people in Grimsby think they are being sophisticated by using the phrase "pack oop"

 

[skipper734]

Not to worry. It will be the wrong kind of snow.

 

[Taybha]

Think about us poor guards then, on the platforms with 6 foot of snow!

Phuey you have those lovely posh ankle length coats to shield you from the 2cm of snow,your more at risk from that blonde who drives the rubbish buggy at 45mph,than any form of precipitation.

 

[Nottseagull]

people in Grimsby think they are being sophisticated by using the phrase "pack oop"

Wozzit min?

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Wozzit min?

translates as "pack up" ie items of food rammed into a plastic container (used to be a tin in the old days). I remember having difficulties understanding the locals in Mansfield when BT decided to re-paint and re-wallpaper the directory enquiry call centre in Grimsby at the weekends back in 1998. We had to travel 90 minutes each way in a minibus over 8 weekends to do our 4-midnight shifts at Pelham Street.

 

[Nottseagull]

translates as "pack up" ie items of food rammed into a plastic container (used to be a tin in the old days). I remember having difficulties understanding the locals in Mansfield when BT decided to re-paint and re-wallpaper the directory enquiry call centre in Grimsby at the weekends back in 1998. We had to travel 90 minutes each way in a minibus over 8 weekends to do our 4-midnight shifts at Pelham Street.

Yowd be reet once yer got use t'us.

 

[vulture]

sky just said heavy snow 2inches monday for the south east

 

[RexCathedra]

Two inches? Here we call that 'September'.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

sky just said heavy snow 2inches monday for the south east

When did 2 inches become "heavy" snow?

This is heavy snow in Brighton:-

At least it won't affect the football:-

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

sky just said heavy snow 2inches monday for the south east

Wow 2 inches. Oh no what are we going to do ?. Help. call the Army.

In the states and canada nad europe they get 10 inches of snow every night and go on as if nothing has happened. Here we may get 2 inches which is ramped up all week as some sort of extraordinary weather event. Expect the Daily Express headline tomorrow morning to be " Arctic condictions and blizzards sweeping in ".

I still predict we will get nothing at all in Brighton.

 

[dougdeep]

I think Kent will get most of it as it's coming from the East.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Wow 2 inches. Oh no what are we going to do ?. Help. call the Army.

In the states and canada nad europe they get 10 inches of snow every night and go on as if nothing has happened. Here we may get 2 inches which is ramped up all week as some sort of extraordinary weather event. Expect the Daily Express headline tomorrow morning to be " Arctic condictions and blizzards sweeping in ".

I still predict we will get nothing at all in Brighton.

US - but your original angle was there was going to be no snow in Sussex, at least west of Hastings... are you backtracking now?

 

[bhaexpress]

There are a few flakes dropping here in North East Kent.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

There have been reports of the odd flake from East Grinstead, Reading, Folkestone and a few other places.

The main precipitation is meant to arrive tomorrow morning, although they also mentioned a more organised period of snow here overnight tonight.

Here's the place to look for the arrival of the trough.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/radar/index.html

And this is a screen capture from the BBC weather forecast this morning.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/se/se_forecast_warnings.html


New warning issued

Risk of disruption Warning Valid from Valid to
London & South East England:60% Bracknell Forest
60% Brighton + Hove
60% Buckinghamshire
60% E Sussex
60% Gtr London
60% Hampshire
60% Isle of Wight
60% Kent
60% Medway
60% Milton Keynes
60% Oxfordshire
60% Portsmouth
60% Reading
60% Slough
60% Southampton
60% Surrey
60% W Berkshire
60% W Sussex
60% Windsor + Maidenhead
60% Wokingham
Heavy Snow 0000 Mon 2 1800 Tue 3
There is a High Risk of a Severe Weather event affecting much of England and Wales during Monday and Tuesday. Periods of snow will continue to extend westwards through Monday, with heavy falls likely in places. Although marked variations will occur from place to place, 5-10cm likely locally with as much as 10-20cm possible, especially over higher ground. Drifting will occur in fresh to strong easterly winds. This could cause disruption to travel networks, especially across higher level routes.

During Tuesday, snow is likely to turn to rain from the east, except over higher ground.

This Early Warning will be updated at around 11:00 on Sunday 1st February 2009.

Issued at: 1133 Sat 31 Jan

 

[Papa Lazarou]

If your interested, this site allows us access to a network of private weather stations.. just click on them to get the current conditions. You may notice that out over Kent dew points are dropping off quickly, as the colder air digs in...

http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/?lat=51.000&lon=0.171&zoom=9

Light snow has been reported quite widely across the SE already.

 

[dougdeep]

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/se/se_forecast_warnings.html


New warning issued

Risk of disruption Warning Valid from Valid to
London & South East England:60% Bracknell Forest
60% Brighton + Hove
60% Buckinghamshire
60% E Sussex
60% Gtr London
60% Hampshire
60% Isle of Wight
60% Kent
60% Medway
60% Milton Keynes
60% Oxfordshire
60% Portsmouth
60% Reading
60% Slough
60% Southampton
60% Surrey
60% W Berkshire
60% W Sussex
60% Windsor + Maidenhead
60% Wokingham
Heavy Snow 0000 Mon 2 1800 Tue 3
There is a High Risk of a Severe Weather event affecting much of England and Wales during Monday and Tuesday. Periods of snow will continue to extend westwards through Monday, with heavy falls likely in places. Although marked variations will occur from place to place, 5-10cm likely locally with as much as 10-20cm possible, especially over higher ground. Drifting will occur in fresh to strong easterly winds. This could cause disruption to travel networks, especially across higher level routes.

During Tuesday, snow is likely to turn to rain from the east, except over higher ground.

This Early Warning will be updated at around 11:00 on Sunday 1st February 2009.

Issued at: 1133 Sat 31 Jan

All 60%? Sounds like a guess to me.