2.4 deg C here, continuous moderate to heavy rain has turned to
sleet. Getting pretty dark now, the sort of gloom I remember from
years gone by during heavy snow.

I have the feeling that it this lot will be heavy snow further inland
of my essentially coastal location. I have to decide soon whether to
risk a drive to London with a bad back and the risk of problems
developing this afternoon on the high parts of the A3.

Decisions, decisions!

--
Dave
Fareham

On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:21:16 +0000, Dave Ludlow
wrote:

2.4 deg C here, continuous moderate to heavy rain has turned to
sleet. Getting pretty dark now, the sort of gloom I remember from
years gone by during heavy snow.

+0.6 deg C. Now continuous heavy (wettish) snow - very large flakes.

All surfaces now wet and slushy - this could stick soon.

--
Dave
Fareham W (Locks Heath)

On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:31:16 +0000, Dave Ludlow
wrote:

On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:21:16 +0000, Dave Ludlow
wrote:

2.4 deg C here, continuous moderate to heavy rain has turned to
sleet. Getting pretty dark now, the sort of gloom I remember from
years gone by during heavy snow.

+0.6 deg C. Now continuous heavy (wettish) snow - very large flakes.

All surfaces now wet and slushy - this could stick soon.

Continuous heavy snow continues.

+0.3 deg C. Slushy snow is accumulating now on all surfaces, all are
turning white.

This will cause _serious problems_ on the roads, especially inland of
here.

--
Dave
Fareham W ( Locks Heath)

On Dec 21, 2:44*pm, Dave Ludlow
wrote:
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:31:16 +0000, Dave Ludlow

wrote:
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:21:16 +0000, Dave Ludlow
wrote:

2.4 deg C here, *continuous moderate to heavy rain has turned to
sleet. Getting *pretty dark now, the sort of gloom I remember from
years gone by during heavy snow.

+0.6 deg C. Now continuous heavy (wettish) snow - very large flakes.

All surfaces now wet and slushy - this could stick soon.

Continuous heavy snow continues.

+0.3 deg C. Slushy snow is accumulating now on all surfaces, all are
turning white.

This will cause _serious problems_ *on the roads, especially inland of
here.

--
Dave
Fareham W ( Locks Heath)

Let's hope (well, if you like snow, let's hope...) this lot is heading
west. We're in the sleet phase now, but it was still rain when you
first reported sleet...

Nick

On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:59:21 -0800 (PST), Nick
wrote:

On Dec 21, 2:44*pm, Dave Ludlow
wrote:
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:31:16 +0000, Dave Ludlow

wrote:
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:21:16 +0000, Dave Ludlow
wrote:

2.4 deg C here, *continuous moderate to heavy rain has turned to
sleet. Getting *pretty dark now, the sort of gloom I remember from
years gone by during heavy snow.

+0.6 deg C. Now continuous heavy (wettish) snow - very large flakes.

All surfaces now wet and slushy - this could stick soon.

Continuous heavy snow continues.

+0.3 deg C. Slushy snow is accumulating now on all surfaces, all are
turning white.

Let's hope (well, if you like snow, let's hope...) this lot is heading
west. We're in the sleet phase now, but it was still rain when you
first reported sleet...

You may have just missed out then Nick, it was very marginal here,
even in the heavy snow. 6 miles down the road in Lee-on-the-Solent I
am told that there is no accumulation; here there is a 100% covering
of slush some of it with a thin soft snow topping.

Currently the heavy snow has turned to moderate sleet but it hasn't
yet shifted the slushy snow cover so if it freezes.... ouch!

Temperature +0.3, moderate light to sleet.

--
Dave
Fareham W (Locks Heath 40m asl)

On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:38:24 +0000, Dave Ludlow
wrote:

Currently the heavy snow has turned to moderate sleet but it hasn't
yet shifted the slushy snow cover so if it freezes.... ouch!

Temperature +0.3, moderate light to sleet.

Currently light to moderate rain, +0.3deg C, slush has compacted on my
wheelie bin, it's hard to stick my finger through it and is either
freezing or about to... the rain isn't really shifting the slush not
even on the side roads.

--
Dave
Fareham W (Locks Heath 40m asl)

On Dec 21, 4:11*pm, Dave Ludlow
wrote:
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:38:24 +0000, Dave Ludlow

wrote:
Currently the heavy snow has turned to moderate sleet but it hasn't
yet shifted the slushy snow cover so if it freezes.... ouch!

Temperature +0.3, moderate light to sleet.

Currently light to moderate rain, +0.3deg C, slush has compacted on my
wheelie bin, it's hard to stick my finger through it and is either
freezing or about to... the rain isn't really shifting the slush not
even on the side roads.

--
Dave
Fareham W (Locks Heath 40m asl)

After I last posted it turned to a mix of rain and sleet, with another
brief spell of snow just before 1700.
At the moment of the solstice (1747 apparently) it was wet and cold.
As appropriate as any I guess.... I'd be willing to bet that for a
combination of rain and cold, this could, appropriately be enough, one
of the wintriest days of the winter in these parts.

Nick

On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:14:16 -0800 (PST), Nick
wrote:

On Dec 21, 4:11*pm, Dave Ludlow
wrote:

Currently light to moderate rain, +0.3deg C, slush has compacted on my
wheelie bin, it's hard to stick my finger through it and is either
freezing or about to... the rain isn't really shifting the slush not
even on the side roads.

After I last posted it turned to a mix of rain and sleet, with another
brief spell of snow just before 1700.
At the moment of the solstice (1747 apparently) it was wet and cold.
As appropriate as any I guess.... I'd be willing to bet that for a
combination of rain and cold, this could, appropriately be enough, one
of the wintriest days of the winter in these parts.

The rain band moved West late afternoon before returning Eastwards in
the late evening - but as rain with just a suspicion of sleet,
stopping after midnight. However, the rain has failed to clear the
slush from pavements and side roads, which remain treacherous. Two
miles E and S of my location, the sleet and snow failed to stick at
all, there is no slush.

I suspect that even the small difference in elevation (40m) made a
difference, and the intensity of the precipitation which seems to have
been a bit less just to my East.

Midnight to midnight, I recorded 17.4mm of rain, sleet and melted snow
(collected in the guage) and most of it will have fallen during the
heavy sleet and snow in the afternoon. If it had been one degree
colder, I might now have been reporting a snow depth of 6 to 8 inches.

Temperature is now falling slowly (+0.5) and the remaining slush will
I am sure be frozen by dawn.

--
Dave
Fareham W (Locks Heath 40m)