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Landed at LHR 10/1930 Reasonable visibility with Light Rain and Snow
(Sleet?) reported. Noted on Aircraft Display on descent/approach temp at 5000 FT MS01 and PS02 from 3000FT to landing. We left car park and hour later in all snow - large flakes which quickly on reaching the M4/M25 junction became moderate small flakes. Headed East around the N part of the M25 with no let up in this moderate small flake snowfall, blowing like smoke in a strongish wind. In places the carriage ways were completely slush covered and after Watford occasionally the fast lane was completely whitened. NO salt spreading seen at all on M25 despite each roadside sign stating it was happening. Worst from M11 junction to just past Stansted. For much of the time whole motorway was covered completely, traffic fairly light so maintained a well spaced 30mph generally though the few large lorries and coaches tore along in outer lanes making a smoke like whirl of snow completely obliterating forward vision. 3 gritters in convoy seen heading south. On reaching Cambridgeshire the road had obviously received better attention and was less covered. 12 miles N of Stansted the snow became v slight and there was nothing obviously lying at all. No snow lying to Bury St. Edmunds , but to East and 8 miles onward soon 2 cm or so lying. (Overnight this was topped up to 5CM here at 0900Z this morning - now half depleted.) Home thankfully, after taking double the normal time for this journey. This was the nearest I'd seen to a blizzard for several years, and for all those people who moan that they've only had a cm. so be it, I found it caused quite a struggle and would happily have missed it if possible. I thought the advanced UK based forecasts for this event were excellent, Only a few days ago the GFS was holding temperatures around 5C or more in the Southern precipitation. NSS Mid Suffolk |
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On Feb 11, 12:29*pm, "Jennik" wrote:
Landed at LHR 10/1930 Reasonable visibility with Light Rain and Snow (Sleet?) reported. Noted on Aircraft Display on descent/approach temp at 5000 FT MS01 and PS02 from 3000FT to landing. We left car park and hour later in all snow - *large flakes which quickly on reaching the M4/M25 junction became moderate small flakes. Headed East around the N part of the M25 with no let up in this moderate small flake snowfall, blowing like smoke in a strongish wind. *In places the carriage ways were completely slush covered and after Watford occasionally the fast lane was completely whitened. NO salt spreading seen at all on M25 despite each roadside sign stating it was happening. Worst from M11 junction to just past Stansted. *For much of the time whole motorway was covered completely, traffic fairly light so maintained a well spaced 30mph generally though the few large lorries and coaches tore along in outer lanes making a smoke like whirl of snow completely obliterating forward vision. *3 gritters in convoy seen heading south. On reaching Cambridgeshire the road had obviously received better attention and was less covered. 12 miles N of Stansted the snow became v slight and there was nothing obviously lying at all. No snow lying to Bury St. Edmunds , but to East and 8 miles onward soon 2 cm or so lying. (Overnight this was topped up to 5CM here at 0900Z this morning - now half depleted.) Home thankfully, after taking double the normal time for this journey. *This was the nearest I'd seen to a blizzard for several years, and for all those people who moan that they've only had a cm. so be it, I found it caused quite a struggle and would happily have missed it if possible. I thought the advanced UK based forecasts for this event were excellent, Only a few days ago the GFS was holding temperatures around 5C or more in the Southern precipitation. NSS Mid Suffolk Took me an hour and 10 minutes to ride my scooter from Southwark Bridge to Wanstead around midnight last night - a distance of just 8 miles. Main reason being is that riding in slush plays havoc with the point with damp - causing it to keep cutting out about 4 miles in to the journey. Lots of pushing and intermittent riding pushed up the journey time. Nevertheless the thickness of the snow, big fat fluffy flakes that just seemed to hang in the air made visibility difficult. And the snow was sticking on the tarmac from Bow flyover onward - no sign of any gritters. Ironic, then, that just after 2.30am, safely tucked up in bed, I noticed the flashing orange light of a gritter flicker past. Grrrr! |
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