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+1.3C nothing coming out of the sky that you can see by lamp light.

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+1.4C, very light sleet. Almost stopped.

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+1.5C, 100% sleet now, but very light. That's enough for me to open a bottle of Blackberry 2009.

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Down to +1.8C , dropped of 0.5C in 20 mins. Sleet mixed with light rain now. Wind picking up. Lots horrid out there... more coal needed.

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+2.4C down 0.6C in 20minutes. Still rain, still very fine but a bit more intense. Can't detect anything frozen in it.

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+3C down from +3.5C an hour earlier. Light, fine (albeit very cold) rain here.

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0C (32F) here now. I would suggest to anyone in the Portsmouth area to head up the A3 to Butser Hill (highest point of the south downs) Sat night/Sun to try and find some snow, as that is probably the closest area that will see any. Or better still keep going up past Petersfield

Talk about local variations....

-5.3C here in Curdridge and 0C down by the sea 15 miles away.

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Hi Tomhow.

Can you update your profile please to include your location. It will help us all track this event in real-time tomorrow.

I found the place to do it now.

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Darn it - do I need to beg my hubby to get me a telescope with a remote control and a capability to hook it up to the computer? Mind you, he's such a space cadet he probably wont need much begging hehehe

Edit: btw, welcome to Netweather Tomhow

Thanks: I use Netweather a great deal - but not got around to posting before.

Astronomers spend more time than most studying the weather. Unfortunately forecasting cloud cover is even more difficult than forecasting snow.

And yes - lots of affordable kit out there these days angled at the beginner - much more fun than Amusing yourself to Death watching the telly This isn't an astronomy forum, but the this weather does make the stars look amazing and worth the cold.

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What's your location

SO30 , Curdridge.

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Yup, Jupiter is out tonight as well. These cold & dry uppers are the ticket - very good transparency. Pity that front is going to wreck it all saturday evening and give us a load of that nasty white wet stuff.

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Hey purplepixii agree with you there drive back home across a339 was stunning and stars sparkly. Especially that one low on the west horizon. Cars frozen up already on parts here.

That star on the west horizon was probably the planet Venus.

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Now down to -2.8c here, dew -7.5. Lovely crisp night, makes me wish I had a telescope!

No sane astronomer is out on a night like this.... we're all tucked up inside with remote control -5c now in Curdridge.

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-4.2C in Curdridge, I reckon the thermometer is malfunctioning. These cold uppers are great for astronomy, but I'm glad I can operate the telescope from indoors.