Close but no Cigar!

Well if you're a snow lover, then today, in Halling, was a total disappointment compared to other areas.

Here in the village snow started last night around 8pm and continued on and off for almost 24 hours. However the intensity wasn't that great and with temps near 1c and dew points above freezing any further snow did not settle and a thaw set in.

However just a few miles North, in Gravesend, there have been snow totals of 8 inches plus!! The snow has been coming in on a Streamer, which has the cold East airflow producing convection in the Thames Estuary and just funneling them non-stop along the River clipping N.Kent and S,Essex and piling into Gravesend-Dartford-Bromley and Croydon areas, where snow depths could reach almost a foot!

We are not out of it yet, temperatures are set to dip even further and more snow showers can be expected, but where is a lottery. How can you forecast these events, it's just so localized.

Perhaps a milder interlude coming at the weekend?