Snow/Wintry Precipitation Reports: 15th - 19th January 2004

[Tim B]

Post any further reports of wintery weather in this thread now.

Rain turning to snow rapidly here in darwen now, Large flakes falling mixed in with the rain now.

[Thundery wintry showers]

Rain has turned to sleet in Lancaster. Similar mix, really, it "feels" like cold rain, but if you observe the precipitation, the rain is actually mixed with melting snowflakes.

[R.P. McMurphy]

Stupid rain here

[summer '95]

Stupid rain here

There was some sleet in a heavier burst earlier on

[R.P. McMurphy]

Waz in pendleton, not irlam, so i dint see it, we will get our turn soon mate

[Darren Bown]

Raining here now, was wet snow for a time

[Thundery wintry showers]

Temperature fell to 3C, but now warming up, with sleet turning back to rain.

[pyrogaz]

Started sleeting about 20 mins ago here, just south of Penrith, evidently getting a strong drag down effect on temp as now have moderate snow, not laying as everywhere so wet. I told my wife on Sunday it looked like snow for today, she jsut called me an anorak.

[Tim B]

Snowed here earlier, Then turned to rain, Turning back to snow again now.

This is very similar to what happened 9 years ago.

[lizziek]

Its sleeting here in York and very cold, may turn to snow soon

[Tim B]

Its turned back to rain again here now.

It can't seem to make its mind up.

[SP1986]

sleet and rain (together) all day here now 3C here. No chance of snow this evening I dont think though...

[Jackfrost]

Had sleet through the night.Rain now.

[pyrogaz]

Still snowing in Penrith, much heavier now, no rain mixed in and visibility less than 300m. M6 down to 1 lane at the moment and snow accumulating at about 4cm/hr. Lovin' it!!

[R.P. McMurphy]

Where is Penrith

[WeatherGod]

I've got a funny feeling it may be Yorkshire???

WB

[Tim]

no the m6 doesnt go through yorkshire

[WeatherGod]

Oh well... Penrith is in the Welsh language is it not?

WB

[Tim]

Just looked it's in cumbria

[R.P. McMurphy]

Dad just driving through durham, he said they gt blizzards, really heavy there must be about 3incheas at each side of him and increasing fast.

[Robert H]

See ya all am going to my cousins to go sledging.

[spindrift]

started snowing in newcastle at about 5:30 lasted for an hour and turned back to sleet.

i can still make a slush ball! here's hopping it turns back to snow before long.

i've got a 1/2 day at work tomorrow so i'm sledging on the hills around hexam with my little boy (age 1). ayone in that area got any reports?

[paul tall]

Started snowing here at about 3.40pm. Over 5cm accumulation at 5 pm after VERY HEAVY snow. Then turned to sleet, then heavy rain.

Still 2-3cm of wet snow lying.

[johnholmes]

hi

not much idea of geography some people; penrith is in cumbria

jh

[Thundery wintry showers]

Apparently the North East had a similar predicament to New Year's Eve, with snow falling and settling from about Newcastle westwards, and sleet on the east coast.