On Jan 18, 7:17*am, "Stan" wrote:
"Len Wood" *wrote in message

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On Jan 18, 2:53 am, Ian H wrote:

Rain and sleet a little over an hour ago, has now turned to driving snow.
Temp drop from 2.8 C to 1.1 C in that hour. Now 3am.
Snow starting to lay on cars and house roof!

AMSL 36 metres.

Bloody great wet snowflakes here, mixed with rain.
Not settling yet. Will it I wonder.
Blowing a Hololey from SSE.

Len
Wembury 83 m asl

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Len,

at 2 am we had a good covering. Still sleety snow falling outside at 7:15
and looks like a good deep covering though roads look very slushy here in
Plympton.

Stan

It did not settle here.
Temp was at min of 1C, dew point 0.8C at 0300. Air temp now 3C.

It seemed our elevation (83m asl) and nearness to the coast (less than
1 km) was significant.
Sea temp is 10C at Channel Light Vessel, air temp 2.5C.
So the maritime boundary layer is playing a role.

Snow settled at higher altitude and further from the coast in
Plymouth.
Cars were snowbound in Derriford Hospital car park (150 m asl) in N.
Plymouth.
A bit of chaos there I understand.

Rainfall is approaching an inch.
Flooding the next problem. Again.

Len
Wembury, SW Devon, 83 m asl