Snow/wintry Precipitation Reports 26/27th Jan 2006

[Paul Sherman]

Please post all reports of wintriness in here for today, may be some snow later for the South East, It may turn out that you will need 200 days of this type of snow to even see it

Paul Sherman

[Lorraine]

Had a Light 5 min flurry here in purton,north wilts at 9 am. light but did start to lay

[TomD]

Light snow shower a few minutes ago.

[sunnijim]

Hastings,east sussex,had a 3 minute Sleet shower at 12 o clock,it became heavy for 30 seconds and was like a blizzard as the northeasterly gusted to 30mph,reports of it being snow locally at a place called Battery Hill,550feet above sea leval.temps dropped from 4c to 2c in sleet squall.

[Osbourne One-Nil]

Well, you southern nambies haven't got a monopoly on snow you know. If you look at Mallerstang, Cross Fell and the hills around Ullswater this morning, you can, if you look very hard (through a polorised filter) make out what looks to be the very merest dusting of snow above 2000ft.

[snowray]

Well, you southern nambies haven't got a monopoly on snow you know. If you look at Mallerstang, Cross Fell and the hills around Ullswater this morning, you can, if you look very hard (through a polorised filter) make out what looks to be the very merest dusting of snow above 2000ft.

OMG, realy? Did you count the flakes with your binoculars?

Well I saw about 6 flakes on the M25 at 12.30 today at 6c, Sevenoaks way.

Tonight I will be on lampost watch, we are going to get a thames streamer and lots of snow!!! So there!!!

[Kent Snow]

4 or so rain showers with hail/graupel mixed in since 1400. Nothing too exciting.

[Dave J]

1530z radar showing light to moderate rain/sleet/hail showers now across coastal parts of Suffolk, Essex and North Kent - with one right over the Isle of Sheppey.

Band of more moderate showers (mostly rain) has developed in the English Channel running showers into Normandy.

[Callie]

Sleet/rain showers all the way home from Hastings and through Bexhill.

Callie

[essex coast matt]

Just had light rain shower here with a bit of sleet mixed in. Temp 2.6C

[sunnijim]

just had a proper snow flurry here in Hastings,and it was snow not sleet this time.1550hrs

[Nick F]

Light snow flurry here near Manningtree in Essex , cloud looking thicker towards the East in the gathering gloom, temp: 3.1C.

[Snow Queen one]

Had a snow flurry hear in Maidstone around 3.29pm now have got snizzle. 2ºC outside ground wet.

[Snow Queen one]

soft hail here now

[crazysnowcatz4]

4 or 5 light snow/ sleet showers from around 12:30 - 3.45 always turning rapidly to rain , only one occasion were any flakes seen for about 1min , nr Canterbury

[Button Up]

On my way home from work at 17:45 the light rain suddenly turned to heavy wet snow which in the strong wind looked pretty impressive, shame it only lasted a short while.

BU

[snowray]

On my way home from work at 17:45 the light rain suddenly turned to heavy wet snow which in the strong wind looked pretty impressive, shame it only lasted a short while.

BU

just had rain here in Noerth kent.

[Paul Sherman]

Have had 2 hail-graupel showers this evening tap tap tapping on the conservatory roof. Well its a start.

Paul Sherman

[Paul]

Sleeting here this morning.

[Bartlett Low]

Judging by the met office radar looks like some precip heading my way here in manchester. Gone very dark...

Nope it's rain

Edited January 27, 2006 by Bartlett Low

[frozencanals]

Hi All

Just looked at the N-W Extra ppn radar, there is a nice bunch of wintery ppn heading round the top of Holland and hopefully tracking towards the south east, maybe gaining in intesity a bit as it comes?, or am I just being hopeful..

Cheers

FC

[Louby]

Sleet shower here this morning.

[Lorraine]

Nice big fluffy snow flakes here at the mo...but quickly turning sleety

[lizzie]

A couple of Snow showers this morning in Whitchurch, bristol.

[Rollo]

The rain showers are getting heavier and I can detect the odd bit of sleet now.