[London & The South East Regional Discussion - Part 12]

Light snow now in Crystal Palace, SE19.

[Winter 2011/12 - General Discussion]

Three feet of snow in the West Country - surprised no one has noticed...

http://weather.rap.u...ce/snowAFnh.gif

Maybe satellite confusion over a hoar frost... Madness!

[London And The South East Regional Discussion Thread]

Temperature dropped from 2.5 to 1.5 in past hour, RH 90%, rain has just started turning to snow.

[Number Of Days With Lying Snow During 2010?]

Yes - checked my book and there's been 23 days so you've had a week or more snow cover as a result of being just a couple of miles and 50+ metres in altitude within a small part of a city.

It just demonstrates how marginal and localised snow situations can be in this country and partic when you start getting into London and also explains a lot of the fretting that goes on when snow is forecast!

I bet the number of days with snow cover for St James Park in the centre of London are probably less than half mine or yours.

It's what makes the British weather so fascinating isn't it - we are so often at the margins...

I would be interested to know Yamkin's figures - as he's further south (Croydon) - and possibly higher too. There's also a regular poster from Biggin Hill - I'm sorry, I forget their name - but I'd imagine he or she would have approaching 50 days lying snow this year.

[Number Of Days With Lying Snow During 2010?]

Amazing figures everyone. 31 days here:

Jan - 10

Nov - 1

Dec - 20

Interesting comparison with Upgrade - the effect of a little more elevation and distance from central London.

[Snow And Ice In The Northern Hemisphere]

Wow - is that 10-20 cms in the East Midlands already? :lol:

That did seem very surprising, to say the least... must have been some dust on the satellite lens... no doubt it will have "thawed" by the next day's photo.

[Snow And Ice In The Northern Hemisphere]

The snow field across russia is looking slightly fatter now this side, would be funny if we get snow cover before moscow!!!

It would, though it looks as if Moscow is going to beat us to it:

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/surface/snowAFnh.gif

[Arctic Ice Discussion - 2010 Freeze Up]

Interesting feature in today's Observer about the Inughuit people around Qaanaaq:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/03/last-of-the-arctic-hunters

[Snow And Ice In The Northern Hemisphere]

This is also a useful site - a satellite image of ice and snow, including depths of the latter:

http://www.rap.ucar....ce/snowAFnh.gif

It's updated daily I think.