An overcast, raw morning (some might say bitter!) First
snow grains were spotted at 0920Z but insufficient to alter
the visibility by much (20km now as opposed to 30km an
hour ago).

SYNOP 27/0950Z (current ob)
03/// 41470 80414 10013 21024 40202 52011 77772 885//
333 82618 88630 90710 91125=

METAR
EG// 270950Z 04014KT 9999 SG FEW018 OVC030
01/M02 Q//// BLU=

Details:
wind... NE, force 4.
visibility... 20km.
weather... snow grains.
clouds... 2/8 Sc at 1800ft, 8/8 Sc at 3000ft.
dry bulb... +1.3C.
dewpoint... -2.4C.
RH... 76%.
sea level pressure... 1020.2mb (rising slowly).
rainfall last hour... trace.

beaufort letters (0850-0950Z)... c,csh.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)
40m amsl

On 27/01/2011 15:07, Nigel Paice wrote:
Dry for the most part with an appreciable gap between the
initial minor outbreaks of granular snow, the first petering
out at 1025Z and the second brief affair from 1345Z until
1400Z. Another light sprinkling commencing at this ob.
beaufort letters (1350-1450Z)... csh,c,csh.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)
40m amsl



.... kept wondering if we were going to get something over here in east
Dorset, as the cloud cover this morning looked to have some substance to
it. However, nothing seen, and the Sc has been thinning/lifting well
over the past hour so I suspect we've escaped for the time being.

Martin.


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Martin Rowley
Location: West Moors, East Dorset (UK): 17m (56ft) amsl
Lat: 50.82N Long: 01.88W
NGR: SU 082 023
W: booty.org.uk
E:

On 27/01/2011 15:07, Nigel Paice wrote:
Dry for the most part with an appreciable gap between the
initial minor outbreaks of granular snow, the first petering
out at 1025Z and the second brief affair from 1345Z until
1400Z. Another light sprinkling commencing at this ob.
beaufort letters (1350-1450Z)... csh,c,csh.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)
40m amsl



... kept wondering if we were going to get something over here in east
Dorset, as the cloud cover this morning looked to have some substance to
it. However, nothing seen, and the Sc has been thinning/lifting well over
the past hour so I suspect we've escaped for the time being.

Martin.


--
Martin Rowley
Location: West Moors, East Dorset (UK): 17m (56ft) amsl
Lat: 50.82N Long: 01.88W
NGR: SU 082 023
W: booty.org.uk
E:

Perhaps you might receive our latest wintry offering. A rogue
lump of Cu has just passed over and shed a shower of small
polystyrene balls (1555-1610Z), enough for the wind to 'snake'
them along the road. They melted within 30 seconds of impact.

So we've had hail type 2 (snow grains) and hail type 3 (shower
of snow pellets). Snowflakes remain elusive.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)
40m amsl

"Nigel Paice" wrote in message
...
On 27/01/2011 15:07, Nigel Paice wrote:
Dry for the most part with an appreciable gap between the
initial minor outbreaks of granular snow, the first petering
out at 1025Z and the second brief affair from 1345Z until
1400Z. Another light sprinkling commencing at this ob.
beaufort letters (1350-1450Z)... csh,c,csh.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)
40m amsl



... kept wondering if we were going to get something over here in
east Dorset, as the cloud cover this morning looked to have some
substance to it. However, nothing seen, and the Sc has been
thinning/lifting well over the past hour so I suspect we've escaped
for the time being.

Martin.

Perhaps you might receive our latest wintry offering. A rogue
lump of Cu has just passed over and shed a shower of small
polystyrene balls (1555-1610Z), enough for the wind to 'snake'
them along the road. They melted within 30 seconds of impact.

So we've had hail type 2 (snow grains) and hail type 3 (shower
of snow pellets). Snowflakes remain elusive.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)
40m amsl


[Friday morning/0805Z]
.... still waiting! Cloud looks to have more of Cu-form look to it this
morning, so there's a possibility of a few flakes / pellets of
something I suppose - whether there's enough depth I'm not sure.

Martin.


--
Martin Rowley
West Moors, East Dorset (UK): 17m (56ft) amsl
Lat: 50.82N Long: 01.88W
NGR: SU 082 023