SOT wrote:
Moley wrote:
it looks like Eastern counties are likely to see the worst of any wintry weather,
Oh joy! I am working on a particularly windswept & open site near Ipswich on Tuesday. It's already cold there as the site lost use of the drains last week when the sewage froze and backed everything up (sorry if you are eating right now!!)
Thanks for posting Moley. I have much more confidence in your forecast (even with you dodgy PC) than I do the professionals
Im now 99% my PC is just fine but for some reason the problem only occurs on this and one other website I frequent when Im on IE9. They both work fine using Mozilla Firefox. The dozens of other websites I visit, quite a few of which I also post on, don't have any problem when using IE9. Odd, a compatability issue perhaps ?? Anyway.......about the weather.
*** UPDATED SATURDAY DECEMBER 8th 2012 @ 20.30 Hrs ***
The much vaunted ' BEAST FROM THE EAST ' is now more akin to a playful kitten as it flirts with the extreme eastern coastal fringes of the UK for a few days, before leaving our shores altogether by the end of next week.
It will undoubtedly become colder in London and The South East by Monday, and daytime temperatures may struggle to reach 2-4c ( 36-39f ) for much of the week ( or at least the 1st half of it ), but the threatened biting Siberian winds will be a lot less potent than at first thought and more of a Northerly than an Easterly. The 'Snowmaggedon' some were forecasting is also HIGHLY unlikely, with occasional wintry showers/snow flurries around the coast of East Anglia ( Sorry SOT ), and a possible 'Kent Clipper' affecting the far eastern reaches of that county for a time. Further inland it should remain MOSTLY DRY** with sharp overnight frosts, particularly in rural areas.
Looking further ahead, as we edge closer to next weekend and beyond it looks very much as though we need to look to the west for our next weather influence, with a deep Atlantic Low ( Pressure System ) hovering close to our shores. This should slowly introduce milder air across much of the Southern half of the UK ( Midlands, south ) around a week from now. The downside of this is that South Western counties still recovering from recent flooding are likely to see a lot more in the way of rainfall again, and if the pattern persists, flooding could again become a problem for those areas.
Depending on how much progress this Low can make towards, or even across the UK, we may see a BRIEF battleground scenario of snow/sleet/rain in our region before this gives way to occasional rain.
**MOSTLY DRY. Thats the theory for inland areas of The South East for most of this week. However, there is still a slight signal for some potential snowfall further inland for a while around Tuesday or Wednesday. I will update that as we get nearer the time.**
There is no doubt that right up until yesterday ( Friday ) morning there were very strong signals and widespread model agreement for heavy snowfall for much of London and The South East during next week, and the speed with which that changed completely (12-18 hours ) is very unusual. It suprised the professionals and experts, never mind complete amateurs like me 
Anyway, I have said more than enough for now so thank you for reading and posting, and enjoy the rest of your weekend whatever the weather. Moley 
Statistics: Posted by Moley — Sat Dec 08, 2012 10:44 pm