Notice there was recent snow at Birmingham airport this morning according to
the 0420Z METAR :-

EGBB 040420Z 00000KT 0700 FG VV/// 03/03 Q1030 RESN

They did well to spot it in the fog.

Jon.

Mistake i think, no snow here in Dudley about 8-10 miles away from B'ham
city centre, about 20 miles from the airport. If not, it must have been
localised.

Mike

"Jon O'Rourke" wrote in message
...
Notice there was recent snow at Birmingham airport this morning according
to
the 0420Z METAR :-

EGBB 040420Z 00000KT 0700 FG VV/// 03/03 Q1030 RESN

They did well to spot it in the fog.

Jon.

Michael Di Bernardo wrote:
Mistake i think, no snow here in Dudley about 8-10 miles away from B'ham
city centre, about 20 miles from the airport. If not, it must have been
localised.

Mike

Maybe its was an automated thing. My Davis thought it was going to snow
this morning !
It turned in to a fantastic day with no cloud

Jon O'Rourke wrote:
Notice there was recent snow at Birmingham airport this morning according to
the 0420Z METAR :-

EGBB 040420Z 00000KT 0700 FG VV/// 03/03 Q1030 RESN

They did well to spot it in the fog.

Jon.




I noticed that, presumably one snow flake passed the control tower window !

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Joe Egginton
Wolverhampton
~175m ASL

"Michael Di Bernardo" wrote in message
o.uk...
Mistake i think, no snow here in Dudley about 8-10 miles away from B'ham
city centre, about 20 miles from the airport. If not, it must have been
localised.

Mike

While it was quite chilly (+1C) by dawn at the surface the profiles
(e.g. Watnall 00Z
http://weather.uwyo.edu/cgi-bin/soun...400&STNM=03354 )
didn't support precipitation, let alone anything frozen.

Looking at the sequence I suspect some moisture was being deposited due to
the fog and the automatics registered this as snow between 0150Z and 0250Z.
The then derived recent snow (RESN) got left on the manual ob at 0420Z

EGBB 040420Z 00000KT 0700 FG VV/// 03/03 Q1030 RESN
EGBB 040250Z AUTO 00000KT 0900NDV FG VV/// 02/01 Q1030 RESN
EGBB 040220Z AUTO VRB02KT 0250NDV -SHSN VV/// 02/02 Q1030 RESN
EGBB 040150Z AUTO 00000KT 1000NDV BR VV/// 03/02 Q1030

Roll on Christmas :-)

Jon.

"Jon O'Rourke" wrote in message
...
"Michael Di Bernardo" wrote in message
o.uk...
Mistake i think, no snow here in Dudley about 8-10 miles away from B'ham
city centre, about 20 miles from the airport. If not, it must have been
localised.

Mike

While it was quite chilly (+1C) by dawn at the surface the profiles
(e.g. Watnall 00Z

http://weather.uwyo.edu/cgi-bin/soun...SKEWT&YEAR=200
7&MONTH=11&FROM=0400&TO=0400&STNM=03354 )
didn't support precipitation, let alone anything frozen.

Looking at the sequence I suspect some moisture was being deposited due to
the fog and the automatics registered this as snow between 0150Z and 0250Z.
The then derived recent snow (RESN) got left on the manual ob at 0420Z

EGBB 040420Z 00000KT 0700 FG VV/// 03/03 Q1030 RESN
EGBB 040250Z AUTO 00000KT 0900NDV FG VV/// 02/01 Q1030 RESN
EGBB 040220Z AUTO VRB02KT 0250NDV -SHSN VV/// 02/02 Q1030 RESN
EGBB 040150Z AUTO 00000KT 1000NDV BR VV/// 03/02 Q1030

Roll on Christmas :-)


Hey Jon, you checking the TWO Christmas forecast?
Place your bets guys and gals :-)

Will
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