The aspect looks messy in the cold rain compared to the
snowy scene yesterday evening. There is still more than
half cover on the grass of 1cm but negligible slush on the
lanes.

Mostly rain so far this morning, although a 10% element
of snow mixed in during a moderate to heavy session
between 0800Z and 0830Z.

SYNOP 05/0850Z
03/// 41240 80104 10009 20005 49872 51008 75876
887// 333 42001 86703 88708=

METAR
EG// 050850Z 01004KT 4000 -RADZ BKN003 OVC008
01/01 Q//// RERASN YLO2=

Details:
wind... N by E, force 2.
visibility... 4000m (temporarily fell to 1500m).
weather... slight rain and drizzle (recent mod/hvy rain/snow).
clouds... 6/8 St base 300ft, 8/8 St base 800ft.
dry bulb... +0.9C.
dewpoint... +0.5C.
RH... 97%.
sea level pressure... 987.2mb (rising more slowly).
min temp last night... +0.4C.
rainfall last hour... 2.7mm.
24 hour rainfall (0900-0900Z)... 7.8mm.

beaufort letters (0750-0850Z)... cro,crs,cRS,cr,cdoro.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)

On Feb 5, 9:11*am, "Nigel Paice" wrote:
The aspect looks messy in the cold rain compared to the
snowy scene yesterday evening. *There is still more than
half cover on the grass of 1cm but negligible slush on the
lanes.

Mostly rain so far this morning, although a 10% element
of snow mixed in during a moderate to heavy session
between 0800Z and 0830Z.

SYNOP 05/0850Z
03/// 41240 80104 10009 20005 49872 51008 75876
*887// 333 42001 86703 88708=

METAR
EG// 050850Z 01004KT 4000 -RADZ BKN003 OVC008
*01/01 Q//// RERASN YLO2=

Details:
wind... N by E, force 2.
visibility... 4000m (temporarily fell to 1500m).
weather... slight rain and drizzle (recent mod/hvy rain/snow).
clouds... 6/8 St base 300ft, 8/8 St base 800ft.
dry bulb... +0.9C.
dewpoint... +0.5C.
RH... 97%.
sea level pressure... 987.2mb (rising more slowly).
min temp last night... +0.4C.
rainfall last hour... 2.7mm.
24 hour rainfall (0900-0900Z)... 7.8mm.

beaufort letters (0750-0850Z)... cro,crs,cRS,cr,cdoro.

Nigel *(Romsey, Hampshire)

Very hazy this morning but it *looks* like the snow on the south
slopes of the downs outside Winchester was still there at 11.15, down
as low as about 300ft. Hopefully the earlier rain was the worst
threat to maintaining the snow cover, as it's remaining cold today and
the next lot is supposed to turn increasingly to snow... so hopefully
somewhere within an hour's train journey on Saturday will still have
good cover!

Looks like it'll stay cold for the first half of the month, which is
good for now, though I hope the below-average trend of recent months
comes to an abrupt halt next month!

Nick

The local fields resemble a patchwork quilt, "available in green,
brown and white". Overall snow coverage is a blotchy 25%
of which most fields have very little, whereas a couple are 70%
covered.

It became particularly gloomy at 1330Z just ahead of a brief
burst of moderate rain and a few blobs of wet snow, despite
the temperature only falling to +2.3C. The wind was flukey
at that time (embedded instability afoot?). The sky has since
brightened with higher cloud visible through the low Stratus,
travelling in the opposite direction.

SYNOP 05/0850Z
03/// 41240 80104 10009 20005 49872 51008 75876
887// 333 42001 86703 88708=
--------------------------------------------------------
SYNOP 05/1450Z (current ob)
03/// 41240 73605 10029 20023 49888 53004 72172
875// 333 41998 86703 87640=

METAR
EG// 051450Z 36005KT 4000 BR BKN003 BKN040
03/02 Q//// YLO2=

Details:
wind... N, force 2.
visibility... 4000m.
weather... mist.
clouds... 6/8 St base 300ft, 7/8 Sc base 4000ft (not sure
about this but it's travelling from the SW so maybe
someone could tell me what it really is).
dry bulb... +2.9C.
dewpoint... +2.3C.
RH... 96%.
sea level pressure... 988.8mb (steady, then rising).
rainfall last hour... trace.
6 hour rainfall (0850-1450Z)... 0.7mm.

beaufort letters (1350-1450Z)... cro,c.

Nigel (Romsey, Hampshire)