Met Office warns of four inches of snow in south Essex (From Southend Standard)
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Met Office warns of four inches of snow in south Essex
3:52pm Wednesday 16th January 2013 in Echo News
Met Office warns of four inches of snow in south Essex
THE big freeze is set to continue with up to four inches of snow predicted to fall in south Essex on Friday.
The Met Office has issued a warning that explains blizzards are a possibility with snow spreading into the region from the south west on Friday, January 18 and into the weekend.
The warning, which is on the Met Office website, states there is potential for “severe disruption”.
It says: “Though currently there is a good deal of uncertainty about intensity of snow and how quickly it will turn to rain in the southwest.
“The public should be aware of the risk of significant travel disruption affecting the west in the morning and the east in the afternoon.”
Tom Defty, spokesman for the Chelmsford-based Essex Weather Centre, said temperatures in Basildon were down to -4 on Tuesday night, January 15 and -3 in Southend - figures which he said are “fairly rare”.
Elsewhere in Essex plunging temperatures of -10 and -11 were recorded in Braintree and Harwich respectively.
However, today, Wednesday, Southend is one of the mildest areas in the county with temperatures sitting just above freezing, but Mr Defty said that is still seven degrees below the normal average.
The entire country is currently on a level three cold weather alert - the highest is level four which represents a national emergency.
Elsewhere in the UK an extra ten inches of snow is forecast to fall over the weekend.
Comments(19)
Eric Whim
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5:37pm Wed 16 Jan 13
Sweepstake on total traffic meltdown anyone?
Nebs
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5:48pm Wed 16 Jan 13
lucy10
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7:56pm Wed 16 Jan 13
Carnabackable
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9:13pm Wed 16 Jan 13
DogsMessInLeigh
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9:17pm Wed 16 Jan 13
EthanEdwards
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11:18pm Wed 16 Jan 13
Nebs wrote:Nope normal day 75 mile commute. Days off are for wimps.
Great news. A day off work with full pay. A day off school.
EthanEdwards
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11:19pm Wed 16 Jan 13
Alan Jacobs
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2:27am Thu 17 Jan 13
lucy10 wrote:I can give her 7
my wife is gowing up north this weekend she wants 10 ins
Eric Whim
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10:34am Thu 17 Jan 13
Alan Jacobs wrote:I've got a twelve incher or two
lucy10 wrote:I can give her 7
my wife is gowing up north this weekend she wants 10 ins
Hannah Foster
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12:56pm Thu 17 Jan 13
Alan Jacobs wrote:Seven would be great. Ten just gets messy.
lucy10 wrote:I can give her 7
my wife is gowing up north this weekend she wants 10 ins
stillsy
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12:59pm Thu 17 Jan 13
jaguarxxv wrote:If you look at the met office website the warning just covers the south west of Essex - and even then their warning isn't that serious
The Met Office - now officially a fully paid up member of the nanny state.
Rather than get caught out like they have in the past, they now exaggerate, give strong warnings about things that don't happen. Potenial for severe disruption - well that's a given - Snow hazard - beware!!
I think its more a case of the Echo scaremongering
Carnabackable
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4:01pm Thu 17 Jan 13
stillsy wrote:Get ready to eat those ten inches.... hat
jaguarxxv wrote:If you look at the met office website the warning just covers the south west of Essex - and even then their warning isn't that serious
The Met Office - now officially a fully paid up member of the nanny state.
Rather than get caught out like they have in the past, they now exaggerate, give strong warnings about things that don't happen. Potenial for severe disruption - well that's a given - Snow hazard - beware!!
I think its more a case of the Echo scaremongering
rodgdodge
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7:57am Fri 18 Jan 13
morbeous
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4:36pm Fri 18 Jan 13
Nebs
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5:57pm Fri 18 Jan 13
morbeous wrote:According to the BBC weather website it has been snowing in Southend since 4pm and will continue all night. Maybe it is just my road where it isn't snowing.
well the snow hasnt come
pez1972
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7:17pm Fri 18 Jan 13
southendmike
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8:34pm Fri 18 Jan 13
runwellian
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10:34pm Fri 18 Jan 13
jaguarxxv says...
4:11pm Wed 16 Jan 13
Rather than get caught out like they have in the past, they now exaggerate, give strong warnings about things that don't happen. Potenial for severe disruption - well that's a given - Snow hazard - beware!!