Some light rain this morning just turned to rain and snow.

Phil
Guildford

On 09/02/2013 09:04, Phil Layton wrote:
Some light rain this morning just turned to rain and snow.

Phil
Guildford
.... tying in with your observation Phil, we've just (09/0920Z FEB) had a
short spell of rain and 'noisy rain' mixed (i.e., ice pellets if you're
a Brit, sleet if you come from over the water): wandering about in the
rain and it started to sound 'clattery' but the ice element was small
and the pellets soon disintegrated. Must be in that 'sweet spot' where
the vertical temperature profile is a bit convoluted, between the
snowy-potential zone to the east and rain to the west.

Martin.


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West Moors / East Dorset
Lat: 50deg 49.25'N, Long: 01deg 53.05'W
Height (amsl): 17 m (56 feet)
COL category: C1 overall

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Phil Layton writes:
Some light rain this morning just turned to rain and snow.

Phil
Guildford

I haven't noticed any sleet in Cranleigh yet, just light rain, but I
think I'm at a lower altitude than you.
--
John Hall

"Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong."
Oscar Wilde

On 09/02/2013 10:37, John Hall wrote:
In article ,
Phil Layton writes:
Some light rain this morning just turned to rain and snow.

Phil
Guildford

I haven't noticed any sleet in Cranleigh yet, just light rain, but I
think I'm at a lower altitude than you.

Im at 80m elevation. For the last hour theres been steady light RA with
some large snowflakes (50p size) mixed in.

Phil

In article ,
Phil Layton writes:
On 09/02/2013 10:37, John Hall wrote:
In article ,
Phil Layton writes:
Some light rain this morning just turned to rain and snow.

Phil
Guildford

I haven't noticed any sleet in Cranleigh yet, just light rain, but I
think I'm at a lower altitude than you.

Im at 80m elevation.

I'm not sure of my precise elevation, but I'd guess that it's more like
50m.

For the last hour theres been steady light RA with some large
snowflakes (50p size) mixed in.

Phil

Just after I posted my earlier message the rain turned sleety, but it
wasn't long before it turned back to rain again.
--
John Hall

"Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong."
Oscar Wilde