The core of that front has gone through now... and the temperature's risen to 2.6C / dew 2.2C. That's more what I'd expect from a warm front as opposed to the occluded front that it is...

hi that is spooky Peacehaven then moving Seaford . I move to peacehaven with my family from brighton when I was young born in Brighton . I  still remember January 1987 snow that was bad ,worse than 2010 . Well things are worse when u are young lol . I also remember 1987 storm  the storm  hit peacehaven Rushy hill really bad two police cars got written off and most of the houses along the cliffs were damage . did Seaford get flooded by that storm .

Essan,

Bit of a fluke really.

Here yesterday after the overnight snow thawed, (I reached 6.2C at about 14:30 when the wind dropped in sunshine) for about 1 minute. However 5 mins later a hail storm moved in from the North and the temperature dropped to 2.9C within 2 mins. It then remained low all afternoon and evening and was at -0.8C with heavy frost by 21:00 (still windy). By just after midnight the snow moved in again.

So I think it was abit misleading to say the weather temperatures are above average, when it was reached for about 10 minutes during the day.

The reason I am doing this is I can see the same thing happening today.

We reached the dizzy heights of 6.0C during a quick sunny period about 13:00.The rest of the day it has been between  0.8C at 07:00 up to about 4.6C, middle of the day, with a very strong wind, making it very cold. It is now at 3.5C with a dp of -2.3, so to give the impression that it is mild in the West Mids is not correct.

Smattering is the right word. It was all gone by 11 am and the only effect is that I'm no longer entitled to moan in the 'absence of snow' thread

Won't last but a pleasant surprise

moderate snow sticking here at sea level on S coast. Big fluffy flakes too.

Slushy layer is now melting...its now light sleet.  Hopefully the warm up act for tomorrow morning

Absolutley hammering down again the NW facing window now, and temp dropped suddenly to +1.0 (dp +1.0). Just a fraction more baby, just a fraction more...

Edit: hammering it down with rain that is

Had a dusting of snow from 30 mins or so of lightish snow this morning - bit more during the afternoon when the heavier precip moved over and it briefly turned to wet snow.

Tis nice to see and a few more chances for falling snow/temporary covering over the next few days.

I Was a postman in Seaford on the morning of the great storm in 87, I Turned up for work, trees down roofs damaged but surprisinly i Can not remember much flooding.

We waited around the sorting office for a few hours and then got sent home.

You are right about the snow in 87 it was bad with temps down too -10c.

Hail stuck against your car temp sensor 

The high-res GFS has been showing this for a while now, but it's by no means certain to happen. We'd need 850s to stay at -8C or below in my view (to aid convection) and prefeably some convergence to enhance convection.

Just arrived back in S Cambridgeshire after a journey from SE Gloucestershire, driving across country through parts of Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire. I saw only slight remnants of lying snow in shady roadside spots, the fields being entirely clear for the whole route. The car's outside thermometer ranged from a min of 4.0C to a max of 6.5C. No ppn on the windscreen or in sight for the whole journey.

Given it was a heavy shower it could have been a downdraft brining much colder air down.

Now we have rain and sleet again washing the earlier effort away. Notable difference is the strength of the wind which has really picked up.

It was not me.

But I Will look out for you, I Drive the local 119 Bus on Monday Tuesday And Wednesdays, it goes down Sutton Avenue about 16 times a day lol.

Another brutally cold evening...

where's that from?

I will give u wave i'm at the top floor flat road side . Will HAY ,do u go down to the seafront in the summer to see the storms

It's a fair point. It's January, it's 8pm, it's pitch black, we are under crystal clear skies here and yet the temp is 4.1c. We've been colder at this hour under zonal conditions this winter.