General Cold Spell Discussion

[Snowlover2]

We have had snow all night, still going. Its actually heavier now Temp is 1.6, dp is 0.0. Looks like nit will be on for a while yet. Very windy too.

[jimben]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/content/webcams/osprey_latest_image_webcam.shtml Osprey nest in Lake District

[Backtrack]

Temp is falling fast here now, 2.7c to 2.5c.

It's odd, it's sleet when it's calm, but when the wind gets up it turns it to 100% snow? What's going on there?

I think one heavy burst of precip will be enough to turn it to snow for the day.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northwest/sites/webcams/pages/snowdon.shtml

Snowdon webcam covered in snow!

[Weather-history]

Snowdon webcam covered in snow!

Hardly surprising, though!

Don't think I will see snow here, preciptation looks too fragmented for NW England

Edited March 31, 2010 by Mr_Data

[snowy owl]

snow still going, now beginning to lie again.

[frostyjoe]

3 foot drifts of snow on the mountain and my mum is stuck on it again lol! hhah.. they snow plowed the road and now its snowed over again... we have to go over rescue her lol.

Edited March 31, 2010 by frostyjoe

[Backtrack]

Hardly surprising, though!

Don't think I will see snow here, preciptation looks too fragmented for NW England

I've already seen snow here today, and i'm looking at it now.

The Irish sea will help pep up some precip and probably create some beefy showers. 2.5c.

[Snowlover2]

3 foot drifts of snow on the mountain and my mum is stuck on it again lol! hhah

Glad your laughing bet your mums not, hope she is ok!

[Backtrack]

3 foot drifts of snow on the mountain and my mum is stuck on it again lol! hhah.. they snow plowed the road and now its snowed over again... we have to go over rescue her lol.

Did your area get the snow I promised?

[Nick L]

Bit of sleet here, bitterly cold out there.

[frostyjoe]

Glad your laughing bet your mums not, hope she is ok!

naw she cried last night...

Did your area get the snow I promised?

no but my aunt higher up got 1 foot.

[Backtrack]

naw she cried last night...

no but my aunt higher up got 1 foot.

You kidding me? You didn't even get a few cm's? Last time you posted you said everywhere was beginning to cover.

[frostyjoe]

You kidding me? You didn't even get a few cm's? Last time you posted you said everywhere was beginning to cover.

yea but then it stopped and melted because of the cloud.. but only 40m up they have some snow about couple inches.

[Backtrack]

yea but then it stopped and melted because of the cloud.. but only 40m up they have some snow about couple inches.

Ah right, and btw, snow wont melt because of cloud, it will be because the precip has stopped, it's frost (Or the slightest dusting of snow) that will suffer from the radiation of the cloud.

Ah well, there's always next winter mate.

[Thundery wintry showers]

Just dull and wet here in Norwich and 4C, much as expected really. Surprised that snow is proving to be fairly widespread, I thought it would mainly be high ground until Thursday.

Re. Backtrack maybe the precipitation gets heavier as the wind picks up and that may be why you see snow then.

[frostyjoe]

Just dull and wet here in Norwich and 4C, much as expected really. Surprised that snow is proving to be fairly widespread, I thought it would mainly be high ground until Thursday.

Re. Backtrack maybe the precipitation gets heavier as the wind picks up and that may be why you see snow then.

ah yea but its only lieing on hills and some inland places.

[Backtrack]

Just dull and wet here in Norwich and 4C, much as expected really. Surprised that snow is proving to be fairly widespread, I thought it would mainly be high ground until Thursday.

Re. Backtrack maybe the precipitation gets heavier as the wind picks up and that may be why you see snow then.

Thanks TWS.

Is the precip forecast to get heavier in my area later on? I would love to see some decent falling snow before the stickiness of summer.

[Weather-history]

Thanks TWS.

Is the precip forecast to get heavier in my area later on?

As I said before, it looks to me that its weakening.

[snowy owl]

Well now everything is covered in white again - sticking better now than yesterday!!

webcam has had it though - time to buy a new one!

[Backtrack]

As I said before, it looks to me that its weakening.

Up to 2.9c now anyway. Meh, game over.

Edit: Dropping again.

Edited March 31, 2010 by Backtrack

[Sunny Leith]

Surprised this morning just how windy its been here Snowy, felt like just a "normal" NE'rly gale coming down The Forth. However there was the tree that crushed the car on The Royal Mile yesterday. And where I live, next to Hillside Gardens on London Road, there is branch and twig debris everywhere, and one whopping big tree virtually snapped in half. I'm surprised, although there was a few hours last night where the trees were plastered with wet snow which might account for the amount of damage...

Partly fife dome and partly east lothian dome!!! lol it snowed earlier in the night was great, lay, thawed and woke up to very little - very disappointing - huge winds too.

roads all clear round here.

[Weather-history]

Looks like being one of those horrible nothing days. Cloudy, breezy, spots of rain in the wind but nothing actually happens.

[frostyjoe]

cold dps come in after the event has gone.

[GoKart Mozart]

Sleeting at Keele since about 9.Wet snow now..

Ian

Keele University : Weather Data

Lat. 52° 59' 55 N Long. 2° 16' 05 W :

OS Grid Ref : SJ 820447; Alt. 179m (587ft) O.D.

[Backtrack]

Precipitation seems to be pepping up here!