Moderate snow continues to fall from showers streaming off the North
Sea, forming underneath this sub-516dm cold pool. On my second floor
balcony we have around 14-16cm (a refined measurement will follow in due
course once I am appropriately dressed).


First signs on the radar of the frontogenesis occurring over northern
France which is due to deliver more prolonged, heavy snow later today.
This warm front will introduce higher theta-w air and the snow is likely
to turn to rain later this evening at lower levels. However the
difficulty remains as to how cold the lying snow will keep the boundary
layer. An awful mixture for the forecasters to handle.

Joe
--
Hampstead, London (81m asl)

Joseph Hunt wrote in news:6unoh4Fgd4qrU1
@mid.individual.net:

Moderate snow continues to fall from showers streaming off the North
Sea, forming underneath this sub-516dm cold pool. On my second floor
balcony we have around 14-16cm (a refined measurement will follow in due
course once I am appropriately dressed).

Joe - that confirms the northward shift of the main band overnight, I'd
imagine. I'm guess just shy of your numbers here, although like you I'll
take a slide rule up on to Blackheath later this morning for official
measurements !

Richard

Richard Dixon wrote:
Joseph Hunt wrote in news:6unoh4Fgd4qrU1
@mid.individual.net:

Moderate snow continues to fall from showers streaming off the North
Sea, forming underneath this sub-516dm cold pool. On my second floor
balcony we have around 14-16cm (a refined measurement will follow in due
course once I am appropriately dressed).

Joe - that confirms the northward shift of the main band overnight, I'd
imagine. I'm guess just shy of your numbers here, although like you I'll
take a slide rule up on to Blackheath later this morning for official
measurements !

Richard

I have just driven to St Albans along the M1. Minor roads are tricky to
navigate but the motorway had been cleared, admittedly only two lanes of
it. Quite a stark contrast in snow amounts - there is probably about
half of what we have here only about three miles to our north.

Alan Gardiner - any reports from your area?

......and yes driving was essential - the other half is a pharmacist.


Joe
--
Hampstead, London (81m asl)