"Philip Eden" philipATweatherHYPHENukDOTcom wrote :
"Norman" wrote:

Rain turned to big globs of sleet here at 2210z.
Temp 4.3c and falling quickly.

Thankyou for that Norman. I was driving home from Luton
at that time and saw nothing other than rain - not even
windscreen sleet - but I've just this moment (2235z) taken
my big halogen lamp outside and it's now 90% snow,
though only slight, and the temperature is 1.8°C.
But for the alert I would probably have missed it!

No, I wouldn't have missed it ... heavy snow took the
temperature down to 0.4°C at 2315z, with accumulation
of 1 to 2cm on grass ... now back to sleet, with
snow-cover quickly melting, and a temp of 1.8°C (0005z).

Philip
(Whipsnade 214m)