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Old December 17th 07, 05:50 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Richard Griffith Richard Griffith is offline
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Default Sleet Snow Query this morning

Thanks for the replies - it just shows - TRUST YOUR AWS DATA !

Best Wishes

Richard

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On Dec 17, 5:06 pm, "Dave Cornwell"
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mmm - you can tell from my previous post I was thinking the same! I
thought
I saw a couple of flakes in the wind but it might have been because it
looked and felt so obviously that there should be. ;-)

Dave, S.Essex, 2.9C, dew point -0.8C


I also thought I saw a few snow grains blowing in the wind in London
around 2pm.

As for Richard's query, the whiteness on the roads this morning was
simply down to hoar frost. I noticed it too - enough for car tracks to
be quite visible, and untreated pavements especially had a thick white
covering. It wasn't snow, though, simply a case of moister air coming
in during the night with the cloud, I think, and forming rime on the
very cold surfaces. Quite impressive and very wintry-looking though!

Rob