I only have 1 heavy snow symbol now for my location on the METO app at 03:00.

Automated output changing almost every hour.

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Just watched the video forecast on the MetO homepage, and Aidan McGivern, in a brief reference, downplayed the amount of snow for the far South East this evening.  As the band of ppn moved across Sussex, Kent, London, and into East Anglia, his words were "Not a great deal, snow increasingly fragmented." 

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Inline with the most recent output on METO app. 

As the day progresses, I am becoming somewhat pessimistic that we will see any snow at all in my part of the world.

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inline with the Meto amber warning... this is not going to be our day east of Southampton I'd say, especially near the coast. 

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There are bits of pieces of precipitation developing ahead of the front. Nothing of note; but worth keeping an eye on in terms of unexpected appertisers

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Yes I agree.

I'm in North West London and originally it showed light snow from 8 pm and then heavy snow at 2 am and 3 am , now it shows light snow from 6 pm and heavy at 2am, 3am and 4 am with then light snow until 8 am so its anyone's guess what  will happen in reality.

Any news from the Republic of Ireland? - some places must have had some heavy snowfall, whilst for others the radar shows rain.

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AN UPGRADE IN THE SHORT-TERM:

 

Bare in mind this was forecast as rain to turn to sleet only last night for tonight and now we see an upgrade - as sleet will turn readily to snow and settle and a lot of it coming down thick and fast too! - Although a downgrade for the SE parts of UK an upgrade for the SW! 

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/gcj2x8gt4#?date=2019-01-31

 

Snow starting to fall there over DARTMOOR - rain still not arrived here in Exeter:

 

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Tally can you please put post like.this in the snow reports thread so as not to clutter this one.

Yes it's downgraded a lot here too, only three hours of "heavy" snow now, and pushed back to 1-3am. Having said that, that's what it shows for Sandhurst (2 miles north of home) but if I set it to Fleet (three miles south) then it is completely different and much snowier!

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Rain turning to sleet/snow as far south as Plymouth and temp has dropped to 3c from 6c earlier but still this rain hasn't reached Exeter but we know it's snowing 15 miles west of Exeter (Dartmoor)

Rain at least must be imminent here! Looking very stormy outside strong winds too!

https://www.metcheck.com/WEATHER/precipitype.asp 

Must be due to the fact the rain has been so heavy and intense over the SW which enabled temps to drop due to evaporative cooling etc.
http://www.raintoday.co.uk/ 

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Heavy wet snow in Helston Cornwall!! I didn’t expect that..

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This was always the risk,  though I will reserve my final judgement til the 12zs come out and the radar plays.  At this point, my expectations, which were a modest 2 cms after the 6zs, have been downgraded to an inconsequential 1 cm or less.

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Still 5c here with no rain in Exeter. 

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Yes, Ill be doing the same before I throw in the towel. There will need to be some upgrades in order for me to consider a shift on lampost watch.

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This is the snow potential thread too and I was not reporting snow in Exeter was I?

Looks like this will be as interesting as storm Emma last March but if anything this is more exciting as many will get to see the heavy rain transition to heavy snow and accumulating snow very quickly - which is an amazing meteorological transition to view and experience i think!

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Okies rain arrived in Exeter - will now report in snow reports thread if /when this turn to snow! :)

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Heavy snow in Redruth for the past hour. 

Must be the intensity of precipitation and rain which is causing evaporative cooling!

Nice to know Reduth reporting snow -0 which gives me more confidence Exeter will see snow if it can snow as far south and west as Redruth! - PS - I was told not to post in this thread and to post in snow reports thread! - So you shall see me in that thread there soon when Exeter reports snow!

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NW precip type radar is showing only rain in Helston and Redruth, so good to know that it is underestimating rather than overestimating the snow!

Meanwhile the back edge of the front has just reached Penzance, with blue skies now visible on the webcam: https://pzsc.org.uk/webcam/

 

Seems just about on time with the hi-res models suggesting that would occur between 2 and 3pm.

 

 

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Put it like this, it wasn't worth the wait. 

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I've been concerned that it would be a none event for coastal areas of South Wales, but reassured to hear of snow in Newquay and other low lying areas in the South West. It does seen to be initially starting as rain/sleet.

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This guy on Twitter is usually pretty good with forecasts:

Snow depth forecast

I didnt want to have such a large range of potential snow depths

This afternoon and evening as we track the band moving across the region, we'll be able to get a better idea as to lower or upper end of the given ranges

Crucial nowcast for that

Best of luck pic.twitter.com/QklfOqBZcd

— Southern England Weather⚡☔❄💨 (@LondonSnowWatch) 31 January 2019

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Just a stat in one hour the temp has dropped here from 3.9c to 0.5c!!
That’s some cooling. We now have a snowy sleety mess.

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I am in the 2-7cm range between both colours. Ill take that

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