Well as I expected from the moment last week when the GFS started
spewing forth doom and gloom about a new ice age, the temperature here
on the Central South coast has been in the range 6 deg to 9 deg C
today. That was a degree or so above what even I expected, never mind
the GFS's ridiculous original suggestions of a 4 degrees day max here
(later modified to a more realistic 6 to 7 degrees).

There has been some momentary fun though, one of the shower clusters
forming off Liverpool Bay did as I hoped make it not only through the
Cheshire gap but it reaced the South coast, taking from 9:30 am to
just after 2 pm to make the trip. We had driving sleet followed by a
short spell of snow but mostly, it was heavy soft hail and i was
delighted to see a thin cover of whiteness (soft hail) for 15 minutes
or so. That may be the most "snow" we've had lying here all winter!
LOL! Currently it's breezy and fresh with sunny periods; here's hoping
for another Cheshire gap shower or two before the wind veers too far
towards the N/E

But why oh why was this part of the World ever included in the Met
Office's Weather Warnings. Sometimes you just have to laugh and when
I saw it, I did.

--
Dave
Fareham