On Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 9:14:58 AM UTC, Ken Cook wrote:
Hi, All,
First snow lying of the season this morning. Just 6cm but frozen solid, ground instruments proving difficult to read, it's far too early in the winter for this!

COPLEY MET. OFFICE SITE manual readings 09hr 21st November, Wind NW 15 knots (force 4) gusting 20 knots. Visibility 10 miles. Few clouds. Temperature -1°C Humidity 70%. Barometer (adjusted to sea level) 1011mb rising. Maximum today -0.6°C Last night's minimum -0.9°C Grass minimum -3.1°C 30cm earth 7.7°C Past 24 hours' precipitation 5.3mm Sun today 0.4hr Highest gust today 41knots (47mph). 6cm snow

Have to go out now, will update later.
Ken
Copley
Teesdale

That is cold! Mind you this spell is warm compared with late November 2010, when even Perranporth beach froze http://www.turnstone-cottage.co.uk/ExtremeNov2010.pdf That was my record November cold spe;; by a large margin.

Anyway, it's all too cold for me, so I'm taking my daughter to Eden tomorrow (cheap locals pass in November). We can sit in T Shirts in he tropical biome & dream of summer!

At least the wind's dropped now gusting to around 40kt at St Ives, compared with a peak gust of 69.6kt http://www.nci-stives.org/weather/Cu...antage_Pro.htm
The very strong winds in the early hours a combined effect of the pressure gradient, the dangler effect giving some viscious squalls, and funnelling around the tip of Cornwall.

Graham
Penzance