On 13/01/17 10:58, John Hall wrote:
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Disappointing in the end. After a promising start with lawns rapidly
becoming white and temp falling to 0.7, it petered out. Temp now up
to 1.3 and a general thaw.

Similar here, though there's a full cover of perhaps a couple of cm on
the grass, and partial cover on other surfaces.

Also what happened to the near gale NW?

I heard the sound of one or two strong gusts but that was all.

About 2 cm of snow left on the grass this morning, and a fair amount of
frozen slush on pavements and untreated, lightly used roads. This was
the first morning with snow lying here since at least the winter of
2014-5, when I can't remember if there was any or not. There was also
none lying in 2013-4, which of course was the winter of floods and gales.

Within the last half hour it's started snowing again, though it's very
slight. Judging by the rainfall radar, the heavy stuff is likely to pass
by to our east.

It's possible, judging by what happened here that there wasn't any heavy
or even moderate snow. If it had been rain instead of snow, it would
have gone unnoticed.

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks. [Retd meteorologist/programmer]
Web-site: http://www.scarlet-jade.com/
There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would
not have enough to live upon. [Samuel Butler]

0.5cm wet snow E Northants. 8z-9z.
Settled on grass, cars, roofs.
Hard surfaces wet.
Drove to work Near Leicster 11:30z.
Full cover 3-4cm on elevated sections of
The A14 above 175m.As said to Norman
Amazing what 100m extra elevation does
In marginal situations.

Ian Raunds E Northants 65m amsl.

In message , John Hall
writes
About 2 cm of snow left on the grass this morning, and a fair amount of
frozen slush on pavements and untreated, lightly used roads. This was
the first morning with snow lying here since at least the winter of
2014-5, when I can't remember if there was any or not. There was also
none lying in 2013-4, which of course was the winter of floods and gales.

Within the last half hour it's started snowing again, though it's very
slight. Judging by the rainfall radar, the heavy stuff is likely to
pass by to our east.

I was surprised that it took until about noon today before the last
traces of snow disappeared. It's not been that cold, and there was a
little rain yesterday afternoon and more heavy rain this morning. (I
think there may have been sleet for a while this morning, even though I
couldn't actually see anything white falling. The sound of the
precipitation hitting the ground was noticeably different, and the
visibility was reduced more than one would expect from rain.)
--
John Hall
"One can certainly imagine the myriad of uses
for a hand-held iguana maker"
Hobbes (the tiger, not the philosopher!)