Snow/wintry Precipitation Reports 6th March 2006

[Matt B]

Seems like there is a need for this so reports in here please for today. Thanks

[kincorth01]

Some more snow in Aberdeen overnight. Not much but that is now eight days of consectutive snow.

[Kent Snow]

A few snow grains fell during the night.

[Snow Queen one]

snow grains fell here last night too looked like someone had been out with the icing sugar all gone now though

[SP1986]

persistent snow in Heswall and Liverpool (more sleet below 50m asl - dry snow above 100m)

[Louise]

It's just been snowing quite heavily at Manchester Airport, my parents live just alongside. Here we had some grains overnight but nothing more than sleet this morning.

[Terminal Moraine]

Continuous light-moderate snow for the last hour or so. Only settling in the heavier bursts, and then only above 300m, as the temp' is 0.8c.

T.M

[GoKart Mozart]

Graupel earlier on . Now a fascinating alternating mixture of rain/graupel/wet snow. As the radar indicates it will intensify hopefully snow will prevail!

Ian

Keele, Staffordshire.

Lat. 52° 59' 55 N Long. 2° 16' 05 W :

OS Grid Ref : SJ 820447; Alt. 179m (587ft) O.D.

[Storm Animal]

light to moderate snow showers on and off all morning giving a light dusting to the

existing snow cover - the peak district still looks nice and snowy from my house

[rob-lancs]

Parents reported snow in Burnley at around 9.

[Shiny_Bottom_1]

Well. Just started snowing here, although it looks a little wet. But defo snow (at the mo) and not sleet.

[snowingtequila]

anyone have any reports from the Buxton area of the Peak District I am heading up there shortly and it is snowing quite a lot in Cheshire. Do I need to take the huskies?

[Sam Jowett]

Snowing in Whitwick now... either that or my webcam has an acne problem!

[Polar Continental]

I can confirm that rain has now turned to moderate snow here in Burton, temperature 2.5c and falling.

[Shiny_Bottom_1]

Snow showers now seem to becoming less wet, and some good sized flakes mixed in. Intensity is changing from light to moderate, but no settling.

Tried taking some pictures, but not really turning out too well.

Snow now getting heavier, and starting to settle

[mackerel sky]

Snow flurries in Leicester, fairly moderate at the moment with reasonable large flakes.

Not settling of course.

[GoKart Mozart]

That same band seems to have now eased off. An hour of wet snow. Light covering on cars & grass. Temperature fell from 2.1c (10am) to 0.8c (12noon)

http://www.esci.keele.ac.uk/weather/temperature.html

Is this when falling snow in light winds cools the air around it causing more precipitation to turn to snow (whatever that's called)?

Ian

Keele, Staffs.

Lat. 52° 59' 55 N Long. 2° 16' 05 W :

OS Grid Ref : SJ 820447; Alt. 179m (587ft) O.D.

[Paul Gilliver]

Snow flurries here in Newhall some quite heavy. Some very large wet flakes.

[SP1986]

That same band seems to have now eased off. An hour of wet snow. Light covering on cars & grass. Temperature fell from 2.1c (10am) to 0.8c (12noon)

http://www.esci.keele.ac.uk/weather/temperature.html

Is this when falling snow in light winds cools the air around it causing more precipitation to turn to snow (whatever that's called)?

Ian

Keele, Staffs.

Lat. 52° 59' 55 N Long. 2° 16' 05 W :

OS Grid Ref : SJ 820447; Alt. 179m (587ft) O.D.

Evaporative cooling

[phoenix]

some brief snow showers for morecambe bay this morning between 8.30 and 9 am. didnt really settle.

[Zerouali lives]

kincorth has already mentioned this, and yes, Aberdeen did receive a dusting of fresh snow overnight - ceefax had 'Snow showers' for Aberdeen at 0600hrs this morning.

[M'Lady]

Snow shower this morning around 10.30.

[stumathers]

Fairly light to moderate showery snow this morning from around 8.30 to 11.00.

It didnt really settle and there after it was sunny all the way.