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First Snow reports here

Nothing yet, but i can see "very" light blue over Dartmoor and a mass in
the
Bristol Channel...

Gary
Torquay



Gary, nothing visible here in Haytor.
If anything sky is brightening.

Will.
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Hi Will, Frost is melting here now under cloudy sky... Bad Sign??



It is for lowland and coastal Devon.
My temperature is -0.2 deg C and I'm still white up here.
The forecast 850hPa temperature at precipitation onset according to the GFS
is -5 deg C. which at your altitude would give a temperature of circa 2-3 deg C,
too warm for snow in this situation due to rising dewpoints unless it turns
heavy and wet-bulb freezing level lowers. At 300m asl temperature at onset is
likely to be circa 1 deg C falling to freezing in steadier precipitation. So I
would say that it is an upland snow situation only in Devon, however, lowland
areas may see a short spell of sleet or snow before it turns to rain.

Will.
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