A developing Cb to the south has just unleashed a barrage
of large white hail, making a right din on hard surfaces. The
shower commenced at 1615Z with small floating pellets of
snow which suddenly turned into hard hitting hail of 7-10cm
(measured with ruler) from 1620-1623Z. Now (1630Z)
it's back to snow pellets. No rain or snowflakes observed
in this shower.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)

"Nigel Paice" wrote in message
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A developing Cb to the south has just unleashed a barrage
of large white hail, making a right din on hard surfaces. The
shower commenced at 1615Z with small floating pellets of
snow which suddenly turned into hard hitting hail of 7-10cm
(measured with ruler) from 1620-1623Z. Now (1630Z)
it's back to snow pellets. No rain or snowflakes observed
in this shower.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)


Sorry to scare you all... I meant millimeters!!

Nigel

On Tue, 3 Feb 2009 16:43:43 -0000, "Nigel Paice"
wrote:


Sorry to scare you all... I meant millimeters!!

Yes--I was just wondering about that!

Have just walked the dog in the mother of all snow showers. It dropped
in 20 minutes a very deep layer - maybe 3/4 inch. All day I have been
watching the radar animation and generally some beefy showers have
crossed Lyme and headed our way. They are supposed to slacken off
during the evening. Still some good echoes I see..

I note the Icy advisory for tonight and with a little consternation
the further advisories for Thursday/Friday. If it happens it will be a
serious dump of snow but it seems to me to be a very very borderline
scenario and a nightmare for the MetO who were spot on with the
showers today.

Last night was very very cold & I don't expect a repeat of the -9.7C -
perhaps -3 or 4

There has been an amazing amount of traffic round he lorries
delivering heating fuel with pretty optimistic drivers ( I spoke to
two) plus the school bus ("obeying orders") but arriving long after
the kids had gone. Local A roads were closed for the morning and I
fear the heavy snow showers have caused accidents down at Puddletown
recently

Work finished early so I caught The Cruel Sea on 4. I think a sofa
evening beckons and a duty call to the Mrs in Bedford to inform about
the dire conditions........

R

On Tue, 3 Feb 2009 16:43:43 -0000, Nigel Paice wrote:

snow which suddenly turned into hard hitting hail of 7-10cm

Sorry to scare you all... I meant millimeters!!

Phew, 10cm hail is base ball sized and does serious damage.

Mind you 10mm isn't very nice to be caught out in but it's not likely to
smash windscreens and dent body work...

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Cheers
Dave.

Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Tue, 3 Feb 2009 16:43:43 -0000, Nigel Paice wrote:

snow which suddenly turned into hard hitting hail of 7-10cm

Sorry to scare you all... I meant millimeters!!

Phew, 10cm hail is base ball sized and does serious damage.

Mind you 10mm isn't very nice to be caught out in but it's not likely
to smash windscreens and dent body work...

Earlier this winter I was hail-blasted on a walk by 5mm hail in 30+ knots,
it hurts!!! :-)
10mm hail - strewth.

Will
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Robin Nicholson wrote:

Have just walked the dog in the mother of all snow showers. It dropped
in 20 minutes a very deep layer - maybe 3/4 inch. All day I have been
watching the radar animation and generally some beefy showers have
crossed Lyme and headed our way. They are supposed to slacken off
during the evening. Still some good echoes I see..

There was a significant snow shower in Southampton this morning that
dropped around 1 inch in 30 minutes between 7:30am and 8am. The amount
may be slightly skewed as I was at that time walking from Southampton
Central towards the Sports Centre up Hill Lane - a moderate height gain.

There was snow on and off for most of the day in Southampton but had
turned to sleet by about 5:30pm.

Just returned back to Bournemouth where there has been further snow
recently. A short shower of small hail made the pavements just slippery
enough to be annoying on my walk back from the station (6:30pm).

No 0.1 metre hail here though :-)

Jonathan

In article ,
Robin Nicholson writes:
snip
Work finished early so I caught The Cruel Sea on 4.

Good, wasn't it? I was amazed to see what a fine and understated actor
Donald Sinden was back in 1953.
--
John Hall
"It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless
information."
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

On Tue, 3 Feb 2009 19:04:56 +0000, John Hall
wrote:

Good, wasn't it? I was amazed to see what a fine and understated actor
Donald Sinden was back in 1953.

I have been graduallv collecting this genre for some time plus many
others of this era as I find them excellent entertainment in bad
weather. There are some fantastic bargains around especially now.
Recently got a collection which included a superb film portraying a
day at Waterloo Station in 1960.
More snow-massive flakes now in the latest 'Channel Export' - just got
down to 0C
R

John Hall wrote:

In article ,
Robin Nicholson writes:
snip
Work finished early so I caught The Cruel Sea on 4.

Good, wasn't it? I was amazed to see what a fine and understated actor
Donald Sinden was back in 1953.

The two ships they had (Flower Class corvettes and Castle Class frigates) were
the classes that were later used for the Ocean Weather Ships. Fond memories.

Norman
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Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.