I never thought I'd see the day... 100% snow cover on the
Lee-on-the-Solent beach and now, snow showers forecast for the Central
South coast (Solent) with a SW wind off the English Channel. Well
that's what's happened - and we've just had the first snow shower -
off what seems to be a light S-SW wind. The temperature's been below
freezing for several hours already tonight so the bit that's fallen
has settled.

Snow in the Scillies too... so quite apart from last night's snowfall
in the London area, this is some cold pool we are under!

--
Dave
Fareham

On Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:52:20 +0000, Dave Ludlow
wrote:

I never thought I'd see the day... 100% snow cover on the
Lee-on-the-Solent beach and now, snow showers forecast for the Central
South coast (Solent) with a SW wind off the English Channel. Well
that's what's happened - and we've just had the first snow shower -
off what seems to be a light S-SW wind. The temperature's been below
freezing for several hours already tonight so the bit that's fallen
has settled.

Snow in the Scillies too... so quite apart from last night's snowfall
in the London area, this is some cold pool we are under!

Just so- the incursion of these showers is going to be interesting.
Not tooo sure when this cool pool is going to budge.
Amazed that lowest was -9.7C at 0501 here at Hilton and for the last
hour it has wobbled up and down from -8.7 to -9.2C
A good 3.5" during yesteday afternoon and evening: the large blob over
Dorset rotated around right over us on the flank of that shallow Low

R

On Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:17:08 +0000, Robin Nicholson
wrote:

On Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:52:20 +0000, Dave Ludlow
wrote:

I never thought I'd see the day... 100% snow cover on the
Lee-on-the-Solent beach and now, snow showers forecast for the Central
South coast (Solent) with a SW wind off the English Channel. Well
that's what's happened - and we've just had the first snow shower -
off what seems to be a light S-SW wind. The temperature's been below
freezing for several hours already tonight so the bit that's fallen
has settled.

Snow in the Scillies too... so quite apart from last night's snowfall
in the London area, this is some cold pool we are under!

Just so- the incursion of these showers is going to be interesting.
Not tooo sure when this cool pool is going to budge.
Amazed that lowest was -9.7C at 0501 here at Hilton and for the last
hour it has wobbled up and down from -8.7 to -9.2C
A good 3.5" during yesteday afternoon and evening: the large blob over
Dorset rotated around right over us on the flank of that shallow Low

Yes i noticed that rotation, I wanted some but didn't get much!

Temperature dropped only to -2.9 deg C last night and is now up to
+0.1 - and it's snowing heavily in Fareham and at Lee-on-the-Solent,
with 100% cover ontop of the ice and existing snow. Showery, of course
so it will soon stop - but with a Southerly onshore wind, I'm
impressed that yesterday evening's forecasts correctly forecast this.

Well done the Met Office - again!

--
Dave
Fareham (W)

On Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:44:17 +0000, Dave Ludlow
wrote:

Well done the Met Office - again!

Just so. The amusing thing at work will be tracking those Channel
showers that show so well on the satellite - just watching a better
clump entering West Bay which should head my way with luck. The
rotation seems to be backing slightly. I note Will might have some
snow now on dartmoor and his webcam looks slightly white. I do not
think he has anything like what we have had.

Dog walk produced some great photos looking across the valley and the
snow changed to pellets which as the temp has shot up to -3C is
perhaps not suprising

Off to work

R

On Feb 3, 7:17*am, Robin Nicholson
wrote:
On Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:52:20 +0000, Dave Ludlow

wrote:
I never thought I'd see the day... 100% snow cover on the
Lee-on-the-Solent beach and now, snow showers forecast for the Central
South coast (Solent) with a SW wind off the English Channel. Well
that's what's happened - and we've just had the first snow shower -
off what seems to be a light S-SW wind. The temperature's been below
freezing for several hours already tonight so the bit that's fallen
has settled.

Snow in the Scillies too... so quite apart from last night's snowfall
in the London area, this is some cold pool we are under!

Just so- the incursion of these showers is going to be interesting.
Not tooo sure when this cool pool is going to budge.
Amazed that lowest was -9.7C at 0501 here at Hilton and for the last
hour it has wobbled up and down from -8.7 to -9.2C
A good 3.5" during yesteday afternoon and evening: the large blob over
Dorset rotated around right over us on the flank of that shallow Low

R

Further unexpected overnight snow in Southampton, and it was snowing
when I got up (stopped around 0830). -9.7C in Dorset? That must be a
close on record low for this area!

Nick

Further unexpected overnight snow in Southampton, and it was snowing
when I got up (stopped around 0830). -9.7C in Dorset? That must be a
close on record low for this area!

It was certainly cold. My machine at work recorded -9.2 twelve minutes
later at 0513

It has since risen smartly to 2.1 but has slipped back to 1.1 - there
is a drift off the Channel so maybe

R