The weather this coming weekend reminds me of a March weekend in 2013 when large parts of the south-east woke up to a covering of snow.
Conditions in Wanstead were very knife-edge, the cover being very slushy. I remember going for a bike ride on that Sunday morning. We left Aldersbrook in sleet, the cover grew thicker as we pedalled into Essex. By the time we reached High Beach near Epping there was 8cm of fresh cover. Conditions on the 2-hour plus ride were inclement to say the least – the temperature didn’t rise above 0C!
This weekend we have a similar set-up, only this time the upper air at 5,000ft is a good 10C colder – no knife-edges this time and, if the streamer gets going, many places should see 10cm of cover. Don’t put away that sledge just yet!
Wanstead Meteo 
And how is coal generation capacity looking? I am guessing we might not be able to import so much from Europe this weekend?
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I’m not sure to be honest. But capacity is usually estimated months ahead – am wondering if cold like this, this late in the year has ever been estimated in advance?
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