Graham P Davis wrote:

Nick Humphries wrote:

Hi there, long-time lurker, but have been following this newsgroup closely
over the past couple of weeks watching Will's very early snow prediction
coming to pass - very exciting to follow! What was the phrase that hooked
me in? "Significant snow event"?

Anyway, I'm modelling a wintry scene in 3D on the computer for an
animation, and would like to know if it's possible to have a snow shower
whilst there's heavy fog?


It would have to be one that has been advected from elsewhere. I can't
recall seeing this happen for myself but I do remember forecasting one for
Wattisham about 35 years ago. I'd been tracking it northwards(!) across
Essex where it had been giving heavy snow. I'd had reports that the snow had
reached the edge of the airfield so I went into Met Briefing at 0830 - when
we still had dense fog and sky obscured - and confidently forecast snow
would occur very shortly. As I left the control tower at 0845 to head home,
the fog suddenly cleared to show a clear blue sky.


Snow showers in hill fog are commonplace. Anywhere in this country above 300m
and sometimes lower than that will experience snow showers in fog quite often.

Norman