Snow Reports - 21st March 2008

[Paul Sherman]

Please post all Snow & Wintry Reports here if you are lucky enough to see some of the White Stuff!

Paul Sherman

[Mesosphere]

i've written this on another thread , but i'll just post it here aswell:-

About 11.10am , a light shower passed through from the north. We had mainly sleet but there was some hail mixed in

[robnor1]

North Swindon ~ 09.00am

Heavy rain to sleet to heavy snow shower for ~ 10 mins leading to light dusting and temporary cover

Temp went from ~ 5C to ~ 3C

[Guest Shetland Coastie]

Heavy, blustery snow showers this morning and with a Severe Gale 9 occasionally Storm 10 wind giving blizzard conditions at times.

No lying snow at the moment though

[J10]

Wintry showers here this morning, with a mix of rain, sleet and snow.

[Norrance]

Light snow / snow pellet showers in the wind here to the West of Dundee just now. Also in Perth earlier and a covering [skiff] on the ground in North Perthshire this morning.

Nor.

[Geordiesnow]

Wintry showers this afternoon with hail showers and a bit of snow mixed in.

[Cymro]

Wintry showers here in Carmarthenshire this morning mainly sleet and hail but the odd burst of snow.

[Zenarcher]

A few snow showers here.

[Ross B]

Just made my way back from Edinburgh, snow flurrys and soft hail the whole way back, the car thermometer read 8-10c in most of the showers. Just been hit by a heavier shower here which tried to turn the ground white but the ground temperature is just too high.

[Mesosphere]

wintry showers here this afternoon , mainly of hail and some snow

Had first proper snow shower of the afternoon around 10 mins ago , only lasted 5 mins ,

but very heavy

Temperature was around 5C , now it's 3.3C

Edited March 21, 2008 by Calum

[Marcus_surfer]

Sleet and soft hail showers here

[Stratos Ferric]

Absolutely barrelling down here in the Vanoise. 30cm since lunchtime. We had to put the Pewags on to get back through Villeneuve this afternoon and the ploughs are out in force. Even in Briancon the snow was settling on the road and on the way down from PSV a car had slid off the road and rolled into what was fortunately a fairly densely wooded slope. Not fancying the drive across the Col du Lauteret tonight. Quite a change from 6 days ago. Something like a 20C drop in temps.

[coolkitten12]

not really sure if this is the place to post this but thought it should be told. just had the most bizarre weather. storm clouds gathering for about the last hour then about 10 minutes ago it broke, we had a rapid hail/snow storm, with it settling on the roads and grass, faint gathering of white everywhere, car alarms going off. to accompany this had brief thunder and lightening, knocked our power out and was interupting the phone lines. i live in buckingham, which is near milton keynes. wonder if any one else is experiencing this weather today! x

[stumathers]

Sleet and hail showers around mainly 2pm and a few since.

[Delta76]

Absolutely barrelling down here in the Vanoise. 30cm since lunchtime. We had to put the Pewags on to get back through Villeneuve this afternoon and the ploughs are out in force. Even in Briancon the snow was settling on the road and on the way down from PSV a car had slid off the road and rolled into what was fortunately a fairly densely wooded slope. Not fancying the drive across the Col du Lauteret tonight. Quite a change from 6 days ago. Something like a 20C drop in temps.

Well i'm reading your post looking at where you are from thinking wey hey he's not a million miles away from me DOH !!!!!!

[Vince]

not really sure if this is the place to post this but thought it should be told. just had the most bizarre weather. storm clouds gathering for about the last hour then about 10 minutes ago it broke, we had a rapid hail/snow storm, with it settling on the roads and grass, faint gathering of white everywhere, car alarms going off. to accompany this had brief thunder and lightening, knocked our power out and was interupting the phone lines. i live in buckingham, which is near milton keynes. wonder if any one else is experiencing this weather today! x

yes can concur , all hell broke loose here with a nice covering of soft hail, one loud rumble after bright flash , light snow on back end of this shower

[jam1]

Hi, we have had sunshine and the odd rain shower down here on and off all day but we just had are 1st snow shower that lasted for a few minutes. Hope its a signe of more snow to come.

[Albion Snowman]

Hi all

At 8am we had a terrific snow storm,really large flakes and blizzard conditions that lasted...4 minutes lol . There was no accumulations as such partly becuase the wind blew it all away and partly becuase the shower dind't last long enough. Since then we have had rain showers with 1 hail shower about 1 and a half hours ago. Has anyone actually got any accumulations as of yet in the UK worth talking about?

PS- i thought it would feel colder than it is-there is a keen wind but still doesnt feel that cold...

[nanu]

wooo rain/sleet/snow/hail and now thunder... great stuff

[Delta76]

Snow shower now going through here driven on by the wind . kids chomping at the bit !!!!

[Ross B]

About 3 clouds in the sky and its snowing here (Kilmarnock)

Temp 4.5c Dew point: -3c

[Storm Animal]

Few very light wintry showers here this afternoon, not enough to send the gritters out for yet! lol. Temp 2.4oC, feels colder in very strong wind. Hopeful for more persistent snow on Saturday night into Sunday morning for this area...I shall keep my fingers crossed

[johnholmes]

fairly heavy shower over the Derby Peak district at Sheldon, around 1,000ft, 1.45pm, just got in the pub so good timing, mix of sleet, graupel and some snow then rain. Hill tops behind Eyam just about hite after the shower. bits or graupel and rain since and here in Donny about 1 hour ago.

[Guest Shetland Coastie]

Showers have died off a bit this afternoon and wind has eased a touch although still steady at 40-45 knots gusting 50-60knots!

Local forescast for tonight is warning of several cms by morning with possible drifting in the high winds which should moderate through the early hours.