Considering the amount of snow in many parts of the northern half of the UK, it's a shame about the lack of reports here. apart from Ken & Norman.

Wake up in Scotland.

Graham
Penzance - more heavy hail overnight.

On Fri, 19 Jan 2018 01:13:24 -0800 (PST), Graham Easterling
wrote:

Wake up in Scotland.

zzz...

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Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
In Helensburgh, Scotland.
Weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather

On 19/01/2018 09:13, Graham Easterling wrote:
Considering the amount of snow in many parts of the northern half of
the UK, it's a shame about the lack of reports here. apart from Ken &
Norman.

Wake up in Scotland.

It was quite bad in the NE yesterday. A19 was closed in the morning due
to a jack knifed HGV as was the A66 (but that is common after snow).

The amount didn't look too bad but it arrived overnight and the gritters
and snow ploughs lost control of major routes without enough traffic on
them to keep lanes open. A19 was down to single lane and then they lost
it. The snow was almost the perfect temperature 0C to be very slippy and
local roads were treacherous most of the day. Gritting and ploughing
concentrated entirely on keeping the major routes moving.

The total amount wasn't much more than 6cm but the wind caused drifts
and power cuts. Some places were without power (and therefore internet).

It was quite pretty with fresh snow and sunny blue skies later on. There
is still plenty of lying snow but most roads back to normal today.

--
Regards,
Martin Brown

On Fri, 19 Jan 2018 01:13:24 -0800 (PST), Graham Easterling
wrote:

Wake up in Scotland.

Well, there hasn't been much to report from here. We had about 10cms on
the 29th December...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/l9yxwffgbz...30765.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/u9h39xumc6...30766.JPG?dl=0

....but apart from that there's been only light cover mostly from wintry
showers. I suspect that had we still been at Whistlefield it would have
been a different story because of the topography and additional height,
82m against 34m

Here's Ben Lomond on the 7th January, late on a bitterly cold
afternoon:-

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yhxqued2s9...30769.JPG?dl=0

--
Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
In Helensburgh, Scotland.
Weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather

On 19/01/2018 09:13, Graham Easterling wrote:
Considering the amount of snow in many parts of the northern half of the UK, it's a shame about the lack of reports here. apart from Ken & Norman.

Wake up in Scotland.

Graham
Penzance - more heavy hail overnight.


Well, I thought I'd made a comment or two, maybe that was elsewhere

Full snow cover has persisted for past 4 days, depth modest with 8cm
maximum and 6cm this morning. Tuesday pm/Wed am saw blowing snow with
gusts to 38mph. Conditions much worse just south of here with level snow
depths over 20cm.
It's been a colder than normal month so far with 6 days of snowfall.

Much drama on the nearby hill late last night with SAR helicopter and
search parties checking on reports of a 'distress light'. Well
intentioned false alarm apparently but I'm always surprised by the
number of lights on the hills in foul weather, in the dark. Even on
Tuesday evening when the snow was really bad there was a light on the
hill. Perhaps it's the thrill of the challenge.

Back to hibernation

--
George in Swanston, Edinburgh, 580'asl
www.swanstonweather.co.uk

On Friday, January 19, 2018 at 10:18:55 AM UTC, Alan White wrote:
On Fri, 19 Jan 2018 01:13:24 -0800 (PST), Graham Easterling
wrote:

Wake up in Scotland.

Well, there hasn't been much to report from here. We had about 10cms on
the 29th December...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/l9yxwffgbz...30765.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/u9h39xumc6...30766.JPG?dl=0

...but apart from that there's been only light cover mostly from wintry
showers. I suspect that had we still been at Whistlefield it would have
been a different story because of the topography and additional height,
82m against 34m

Here's Ben Lomond on the 7th January, late on a bitterly cold
afternoon:-

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yhxqued2s9...30769.JPG?dl=0

--
Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
In Helensburgh, Scotland.
Weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather

Thank you everyone - Nice pic of Ben Lomond Alan.

It's good to get a few reports. From this distance it's hard to judge how widespread the really bad conditions are, so some individual reports are good.

Also, posts from the frozen north are rather lacking these days, which is a shame.

Graham
Penzance A much more benign day down here today

On Friday, 19 January 2018 14:52:49 UTC+1, Graham Easterling wrote:
On Friday, January 19, 2018 at 10:18:55 AM UTC, Alan White wrote:
On Fri, 19 Jan 2018 01:13:24 -0800 (PST), Graham Easterling
wrote:

Wake up in Scotland.

Well, there hasn't been much to report from here. We had about 10cms on
the 29th December...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/l9yxwffgbz...30765.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/u9h39xumc6...30766.JPG?dl=0

...but apart from that there's been only light cover mostly from wintry
showers. I suspect that had we still been at Whistlefield it would have
been a different story because of the topography and additional height,
82m against 34m

Here's Ben Lomond on the 7th January, late on a bitterly cold
afternoon:-

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yhxqued2s9...30769.JPG?dl=0

--
Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
In Helensburgh, Scotland.
Weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather

Thank you everyone - Nice pic of Ben Lomond Alan.

It's good to get a few reports. From this distance it's hard to judge how widespread the really bad conditions are, so some individual reports are good.

Also, posts from the frozen north are rather lacking these days, which is a shame.

Graham
Penzance A much more benign day down here today

There was snow cover at my old stomping ground of Langtoft yesterday and this morning as seen on a webcam.

On Fri, 19 Jan 2018 10:18:39 +0000
Alan White wrote:

On Fri, 19 Jan 2018 01:13:24 -0800 (PST), Graham Easterling
wrote:

Wake up in Scotland.

Well, there hasn't been much to report from here. We had about 10cms on
the 29th December...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/l9yxwffgbz...30765.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/u9h39xumc6...30766.JPG?dl=0

...but apart from that there's been only light cover mostly from wintry
showers. I suspect that had we still been at Whistlefield it would have
been a different story because of the topography and additional height,
82m against 34m

Here's Ben Lomond on the 7th January, late on a bitterly cold
afternoon:-

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yhxqued2s9...30769.JPG?dl=0


A very good example of a razor sharp snow line.

On 19/01/2018 09:13, Graham Easterling wrote:
Considering the amount of snow in many parts of the northern half of the UK, it's a shame about the lack of reports here. apart from Ken & Norman.

Wake up in Scotland.

Graham
Penzance - more heavy hail overnight.



Nothing here in Northamptonshire, thank goodness. And that includes that
little bit of Scotland in the Heart of England - Corby. I'll let you
know if it ever arrives in these parts.

jim, Northampton

On Friday, 19 January 2018 09:13:25 UTC, Graham Easterling wrote:
Considering the amount of snow in many parts of the northern half of the UK, it's a shame about the lack of reports here. apart from Ken & Norman.

Wake up in Scotland.

Graham
Penzance - more heavy hail overnight.

Typical bloody London-centric Usenet with its lack of snow...