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Eskimo

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  1. At the moment anyone on low-lying areas aren't seeing too much settling snow due to solar insulation. Although its only early March, it's enough for snow to struggle to settle when temperatures aren't particularly low. Higher elevations, away from maybe roads, ARE seeing accumulations due to the lower temperatures offsetting the insulation (probably fairly obvious). 

    At around 4-5pm the UV levels are about 10% of what they are at 12pm so that's when I expect people to see accumulations to start building, providing we actually see precipitation. 

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  2. Settling readily on vegetation at 250m, possibly an inch or so on the Lickeys. Here at 150m, just slushy deposits. The difference in a 30 second journey down the hill was quite dramatic so the division line is quite sharp. 

    Freezing level should be at around 300m going by that. Freezing level will drop tonight to around 100m, so 5-10cm looking likely for anyone above that line and up to 15cm above 200m would be my educated guess. Below 100m, particularly in the far south of the region, probably not looking at too much due to the higher dew points. 

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  3. Herts/Essex tornado - 16th June 2009. 

    Barely any information on the web. A line of strong thunderstorms developed across Hertfordshire along a convergence zone and dropped a weak tornado near the Essex border. I lived in Buntingford at the time and there was strong rotation above me amongst the blackest sky I've ever seen. A tornado dropped near Hare Street producing some structural damage. The most noteworthy thing was that the storm also dropped over an inch of hail that was reportedly marble-sized at one point and caused flooding to some dwellings. 

    Would have been newsworthy had it impacted a high-population centre. 

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  4. 50 minutes ago, I remember Atlantic 252 said:

    5 degrees forecast tomorrow, so any snow will thaw quickly, time of year maybe? as the Dec spell never got that high

     

    Not time of the year, sun is still comparatively weak. The airmass isn't as cold for a start but I think the main issue is cloud cover, acts like a blanket to moderate temperatures. Bit counter-intuitive if you think about it, you'd think a sunny day would warm the air up more than a cloudy day (in the winter). 

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