Well, most unexpected.

Started with light snow at 9:30 am and continued until it got too dark
to see.

During the "snow event" , there were protracted periods of moderate to
heavy snow; you know, the intensity where you can see the flakes falling
at 40ft or more. Proper "old skool" snowfall.

Now between 15 and 20 cm depth.

Yes, travel was disrupted, as I had to turn back from a journey by car
to Hereford, as the queue had stretched back 3 miles due to I don't know
what, but the roads were genuinely treacherous.

The electric supply went off from around 13:30 to 16:00 -ish. Presumably
due to overheads being taken down with the weight of snow and ice.

2m temp hovered at +0.5 for most of the day, Dewpoint has been between
-1.0 and -0.5 for the whole period.

Can see the next system looming towards the SW, and only hope that the
less cold air doesn't melt the snow before daylight.

Also, hope that it lasts long enough for Ian Collins to take some (what
will be, I'm sure) memorable pictures of what Winter used to look like.

May have to go out and get myself the D200 Ian, to capture my own
historical record !

Andrew B

AndrewB AndrewB wrote in :

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Yes, travel was disrupted, as I had to turn back from a journey by car
to Hereford, as the queue had stretched back 3 miles due to I don't
know what, but the roads were genuinely treacherous.
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I believe West Mercia police have blocked off certain roads because of a
combination of snow and - perhaps more to the point - abandoned cars
blocking the way. One report I heard mentioned over 250 of these on the
A4103 Hereford-Worcester road alone, but I don't know how much credence to
give that.

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Bewdley, Worcs. ~90m asl.