On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 15:47:01 -0000, JCW wrote in


" Started raining about 2 hr's ago. Slowly starting to sleet with small hail
mixed in.

Is this the start of it?

Dermot.


Not quite, Dermot. I suggest it's one of those many beefy showers coming in off
the West coast. I think we need to wait for Sunday evening and overnight before
the truly cold air starts to move southward.

I'd agree Joe - the air has cooled quite a bit today, but is still a
westerly which has crossed the Atlantic from Canada. It will be, as you
say, later tomorrow before the Arctic air moves down.

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Mike 55.13°N 6.69°W Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 24/01/2004 16:01:50 UTC
Temp 4.9C Pressure 1013mb rising slowly Wind W F3-4