The Updated S.Murr Snow scale 2014 /15 with vidoes :)

[SMU]

So its quiet-

I thought id update the universal snow scale ( currently considering entry to wiki  ....)

 

0- Nothing / Nada / just curtain dust + flies around the outside light

NA
1- Odd pellet here & there- however we can mentally confirm there are 'flakes'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKyq5b9QCSU
2- visible light snow falling- not visible to the lampost yet ( unless you stand underneath & obscure the light)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnaHFK1BtEk
3- flurry level- makes light blue on the radar & a few flakes seen across the lamppost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI0djWoGH9M
4- we can confirm snow falling without staring at the light- Can confirm to friends & loved ones its snowing via text etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njwf5MGpjkk
5- Status 2- moderate flurry, its fine snow at the moment still- it looks quite hard in terms of snow falling however its not amounting to anything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlSFCEz8P24
6- proper flakes falling- you will see them now- the odd bigger flake mixed in with the moderate fine snow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xNk8kYZ7-8
7- transition to normal flakes all complete- moderate snow outside

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIlKVz5pD_Q
8- 20p flakes going at a steady pace now- accumulating around 0.5cm - 1cm per hour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LofytcUcM-I
9- heavy 20p Snow - visibly accumulating + 1cm per hour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OV16a63RrY
10- entry level heavy snow arriving- 50p flakes fluttering in the 20p flakes.. awaiting the beast...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8lP29XsIMU
11- 50p flakes nearly transitioned over- we can call it heavy settling snow 2cm ++ per hour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA0RDmR6gpU
12- Very heavy snow inch per hour all 50p flakes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-K2Be9tbgw
13- Blizzard- combined with +40 MPH wind-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCyVsWazg6U

 

regards

S
 

[Mark wheeler]

Thanks Steve really enjoyed watching those videos . I remember when we had a red alert a few years ago for London I forget which year.(does anybody remember) Although I was slightly disappointed overall it did contain for a few mins the most heaviest snow I have ever seen . It was like a wall of white . Everybody just stopped and were shocked.

Was 12 on the scale as had no strong winds.

[Bishop Brennan]

Most enjoyable post of the winter so far, thank you Steve!

 

Bish

[John Snow]

Thanks Steve really enjoyed watching those videos . I remember when we had a red alert a few years ago for London I forget which year.(does anybody remember) Although I was slightly disappointed overall it did contain for a few mins the most heaviest snow I have ever seen . It was like a wall of white . Everybody just stopped and were shocked.

Was 12 on the scale as had no strong winds.

Feb 2009

Got 17" that night

[Lauren]

So its quiet-

I thought id update the universal snow scale ( currently considering entry to wiki  ....)

 

0- Nothing / Nada / just curtain dust + flies around the outside light

NA

1- Odd pellet here & there- however we can mentally confirm there are 'flakes'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKyq5b9QCSU

2- visible light snow falling- not visible to the lampost yet ( unless you stand underneath & obscure the light)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnaHFK1BtEk

3- flurry level- makes light blue on the radar & a few flakes seen across the lamppost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI0djWoGH9M

4- we can confirm snow falling without staring at the light- Can confirm to friends & loved ones its snowing via text etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njwf5MGpjkk

5- Status 2- moderate flurry, its fine snow at the moment still- it looks quite hard in terms of snow falling however its not amounting to anything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlSFCEz8P24

6- proper flakes falling- you will see them now- the odd bigger flake mixed in with the moderate fine snow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xNk8kYZ7-8

7- transition to normal flakes all complete- moderate snow outside

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIlKVz5pD_Q

8- 20p flakes going at a steady pace now- accumulating around 0.5cm - 1cm per hour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LofytcUcM-I

9- heavy 20p Snow - visibly accumulating + 1cm per hour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OV16a63RrY

10- entry level heavy snow arriving- 50p flakes fluttering in the 20p flakes.. awaiting the beast...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8lP29XsIMU

11- 50p flakes nearly transitioned over- we can call it heavy settling snow 2cm ++ per hour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA0RDmR6gpU

12- Very heavy snow inch per hour all 50p flakes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-K2Be9tbgw

13- Blizzard- combined with +40 MPH wind-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCyVsWazg6U

 

regards

S

 

 

This so needs to be stickied for reference!

 

I have never seen the elusive Level 13 here in the UK, a level 12 just about though.

[Mark Bayley]

Great post Steve; looking forward to a few level 10-12's as we progress into and through January 

[summer blizzard]

Experienced a 12 myself in Jan 13.

[Mark Neal.]

Excellent stuff! Best I've seem is a 9!

[J10]

I think I saw 13 once at a skiing holiday, a real blizzard a few times.

 

As for the UK, Snow streamers can give short lived heavy snow so somewhere between 9-11 on occasion.

[Polar Maritime]

I've been out in all conditions in the Mountains, But many a winter there has been blizzard conditions here akin to no'13. 

[Terminal Moraine]

I've seen 13 a few times here. Feb' 1979; April 1981 Dec 1990 and March 2013 all spring to mind.

[Mair Snaw]

Great post as ever Steve....feb 91...and march 2013 for me were defo 13 on the scale....2013 lasted 3 days solid of blizzards with a howling wind...can only hope for more of the same this winter...

So its quiet-

I thought id update the universal snow scale ( currently considering entry to wiki  ....)

 

0- Nothing / Nada / just curtain dust + flies around the outside light

NA
1- Odd pellet here & there- however we can mentally confirm there are 'flakes'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKyq5b9QCSU
2- visible light snow falling- not visible to the lampost yet ( unless you stand underneath & obscure the light)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnaHFK1BtEk
3- flurry level- makes light blue on the radar & a few flakes seen across the lamppost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI0djWoGH9M
4- we can confirm snow falling without staring at the light- Can confirm to friends & loved ones its snowing via text etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njwf5MGpjkk
5- Status 2- moderate flurry, its fine snow at the moment still- it looks quite hard in terms of snow falling however its not amounting to anything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlSFCEz8P24
6- proper flakes falling- you will see them now- the odd bigger flake mixed in with the moderate fine snow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xNk8kYZ7-8
7- transition to normal flakes all complete- moderate snow outside

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIlKVz5pD_Q
8- 20p flakes going at a steady pace now- accumulating around 0.5cm - 1cm per hour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LofytcUcM-I
9- heavy 20p Snow - visibly accumulating + 1cm per hour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OV16a63RrY
10- entry level heavy snow arriving- 50p flakes fluttering in the 20p flakes.. awaiting the beast...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8lP29XsIMU
11- 50p flakes nearly transitioned over- we can call it heavy settling snow 2cm ++ per hour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA0RDmR6gpU
12- Very heavy snow inch per hour all 50p flakes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-K2Be9tbgw
13- Blizzard- combined with +40 MPH wind-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCyVsWazg6U

 

regards

S
 

And how many of us only looked at videos 10,11,12 and 13??

[Don]

Feb 2009

Got 17" that night

 

I only got 10" of snow that night

[TonyH]

Nice scale Steve, one point some of the worst (best) snowfalls I have witnessed have consisted of fairly small (no larger than 20p perhaps) flakes coming down very thickly and accumulating rather rapidly, so where would such a fall fit within the scale? An example being January 1987 - the snow was heavy and drifting and so fine it was able to penetrate small openings, I spent much time attempting to clear it from inside our kitchen as it was blowing through a narrow crack in the back door at our Coventry home and piling up alarmingly!

Large 50p + flakes are of the wet variety in marginal situations and I agree do accumulate most quickly, I saw over 3 inches deposited in one hour in Winter 1979 while stood at the bus stop!

[I remember Atlantic 252]

entry 8-10 I have had, but would take entry 1, not seen much snow at all since Mar '13, 11th Feb '14 I would say entry 7, and 30st Jan '14 entry 2

[cyclonic happiness]

Just made me go on an epic trawl through the snow videos from 2010 and 2013 (much better winter here, as we got over a foot of snow for once!)

[snowblues]

Apart from entry 12, if we have a snow event during day light hours i do like entry 2 when you see them large fluffy flakes blowing randomly in the wind before the main event 

[mcweather]

This is a brilliant guide Steve.

 

Having worked outside most of my working life since 1976 I thin k I have been out and about in most of the levels on the guide.

Proud to say I have been witness to level 13 snow on the night of 18th/19th February 1978 down here in Dorset in the great Southwest Blizzard.

 

Another incident I remember vividly which would probably count as level 12 and that was the start of  a Blizzard on sunday 13th December 1981 when I watched a vast curtain of white advance across Poole harbour from the Purbeck hills looking not unlike some of those amazing shots from the recent Buffalo lake effect storms, once it reached me at Broadstone it pelted down with 50p flakes that covered the ground and everything else in less than a minute.

[DiagonalRedLine]

Sorry for bumping an old topic, but considering the time of year it is, was happy to bring it back up. Some good work on that snow scale.

Last weekend, for example, when that Northerly occured with a early morning snowfall on Saturday morning, would say that was akin to about 7 or 8 on that scale. Was hard to completely judge, though, as the snow was quite wet and the nearby streetlights didn't show up the snowflakes properly (but still enough to tell it was snow and that it was quite heavy). But some of the snowflakes that landed on my arm when I stuck it out the window to catch the snow were of a 20p size. Managed to get a bit of a covering, too, within about 30 minutes or so, even though the snow melted quite quickly afterwards. And was mostly gone once signs of daylight started to break through.

[Norway Nut]

Some of the vids have been removed from you tube so you might like to revamp? 29/11/15