First wintry precipitation from the sky during this "cold snap". Either hail
or light snow falling from cumulonimbus.

Temperature 3.2C

Tom
Danbury, Essex (107m)

Just got that here at 14.50 , Tom. I thought it was soft snow pellets.
Tmax here has been Sun 4.7C, Mon 4.7C, Today 3.8C, now 3.7C.

Dave

"Tom" wrote in message
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First wintry precipitation from the sky during this "cold snap". Either
hail
or light snow falling from cumulonimbus.

Temperature 3.2C

Tom
Danbury, Essex (107m)

"Dave. C" wrote: Just got that here at 14.50 , Tom. I thought it was soft
snow pellets.
Tmax here has been today 3.8C, now 3.7C.

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Same very light "skittering" here Dave and definitely soft snow pellets.
But with some fairly thick and threatening Cu now going by to the east of
me.

A colleague of mine in Great Yarmouth (Norfolk coast) has just e-mailed to
say that it's now snowing heavily there.


- Tom
Blackmore, SW Essex

Nice to here from you Tom! (Bennett). Just been into town and the plastic
sledges are stacked high and selling like hotcakes. Hope they're not going
to be disappointed!

Dave

Encountered heavy snow shower while drivng from Norwich to Ipswich (A140) at
around 16:30 near Norwich.

Mulzy
Ipswich

"Tom Bennett" wrote in message
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"Dave. C" wrote: Just got that here at 14.50 , Tom. I thought it was soft
snow pellets.
Tmax here has been today 3.8C, now 3.7C.

text heavily snipped

Same very light "skittering" here Dave and definitely soft snow pellets.
But with some fairly thick and threatening Cu now going by to the east of
me.

A colleague of mine in Great Yarmouth (Norfolk coast) has just e-mailed to
say that it's now snowing heavily there.


- Tom
Blackmore, SW Essex

"Dave. C" Nice to here from you Tom! (Bennett). Just been into town and
the plastic
sledges are stacked high and selling like hotcakes. Hope they're not
going
to be disappointed!

Hi Dave,

Just back from a fortnight in Leicestershire running a training course.

Working from home still which is great - unless it's like tomorrow, when I
have an all-day meeting in Central London!!!

Lots of hype around, especially in the media, which has gone completely
bonkers. It all makes me nostalgic for the Co. Durham snowfalls I used to
experience. Now that WAS snow (eh, Ken?).

Similarly the big freeze of the 81/82 winter (I recorded minus 19C one
night - boy, was that cold, with ice floes on the River Wear at
Chester-le-Street in the days that followed). So far here, the "severe
frosts" have been very slight, with a balmy -2C at best and I doubt we'll
see much below -3C this week, unless we get a really deep snow cover by
tomorrow night

Ah well, maybe nostalgia ain't what it used to be.

Keep well.

- Tom
Blackmore, SW Essex.