December Snow Reports

[Storm Animal]

Awoke to a dusting of snow this am, and then has snowed again this evening...about 1-2cm cover. Appears to be stopping now, temp -2oC

[Cloud 10]

Have had snow/hail showers on and off through the day,some quite heavy.

Have a light covering now which has turned very icy.

[Guest]

We had a brief but moderate snow shower here at about 4pm which has left a good dusting. Pretty impressive since I live 55 miles west of Edinburgh and this was off an easterly It was just a rogue shower which made it all the way over here!

[Backtrack]

Yes, as Jan says above, it's snowing in North Liverpool... which is nice.

Really?

I've had nothing and im east of liverpool!

[Terminal Moraine]

1.5cm of lying snow here after several short moderate snow showers during the day.

[Altohumorous]

Heavy hail/sleet shower here just north of Dublin city at about 6.30/7, left the ground and cars covered in hail for a little while, mostly melted now

[Backtrack]

Just had a snow shower. Left a dusting.

Minus 0.2c currently.

[matty8]

4 inches + under the main snow band roads are no go, nearly blocked, very windy - drifitng. Had 4 inches within 2 hours. Never seen anything like it?!

[Bad2thebone79]

Nice bit of snow outside.

Damn I'm goin out tomorrow!!!

Still, I'll enjoy it - hopefully it'll last til Christmas!!!

[lukenmudge]

4 inches + under the main snow band roads are no go, nearly blocked, very windy - drifitng. Had 4 inches within 2 hours. Never seen anything like it?!

Where abouts are you?

It's frustrating, just north of the snow band (I'm in peterborough) www.raintoday.co.uk

[MACWY]

Where abouts are you?

It's frustrating, just north of the snow band (I'm in peterborough) www.raintoday.co.uk

Fairly heavy snow falling between Leeds and Bradford, has been for last five minutes.

[ScottSnow]

Snowed on and off all day here in Gateshead. About 1-2cm of coverage. My Grandma lives near Newton Aycliffe in Co.Durham and she reports more down there around 1 inch I think she said.

[Stratos Ferric]

Seem to be located under a long street of showers here in Upper Stratosdale. Near blizzard conditions at times, and like a giant christmas snowstorm through the window. Needed all the traction control the car could muster to get home at 21h, and then only just managed it. Suspect there will be some marked local variation in depths hereabouts in the morning. Wind has scoured the yard clear of snow, but it's piled up to 6" plus on the far side. Suspect level depth at the moment will be around 4-5cm.

[Coast]

Currently around 5cm in Eastbourne and building quickly, reports of up to 20 cm further into the North of Sussex

[Callie]

Yup snow here just outside Eastbourne since last night around 8.30pm, although at 3am most had gone from paths and roads it is now back :o

[Stratos Ferric]

Seem to be located under a long street of showers here in Upper Stratosdale. Near blizzard conditions at times, and like a giant christmas snowstorm through the window. Needed all the traction control the car could muster to get home at 21h, and then only just managed it. Suspect there will be some marked local variation in depths hereabouts in the morning. Wind has scoured the yard clear of snow, but it's piled up to 6" plus on the far side. Suspect level depth at the moment will be around 4-5cm.

Definitely caught in a remarkably persistent convergence zone here. Drifts outside up to around 40cm, but level snow slightly less than I estimated last night, probably 3-4cm.

Can't remember an accumulation from showers (without any frontal influence) like this for years.

[chionomaniac]

We have 6 inches of snow in Brighton after periods of persistent snow overnight. The most remarkable fall was in blizzard like conditions between 11pm and midnight last night when over 2 inches fell.

[SussexmarkyMark]

We have 6 inches of snow in Brighton after periods of persistent snow overnight. The most remarkable fall was in blizzard like conditions between 11pm and midnight last night when over 2 inches fell.

I concur with that. Just measured 17cm level snow in back garden. Between 11pm and midnight last night it was A-maze-ing !

[Greyowl]

Moderate to Heavy snow fall @ 10.15

[Thundery wintry showers]

17th December Norwich: Snow and graupel showers during the morning, but only the graupel settled on the ground.

17th December Cleadon: Much the same, but as the evening wore on, some of the snow started to temporarily settle as well.

18th December Cleadon: 2cm covering of mixed snow/hail/graupel. Two of the showers at 1-2am were very dramatic, one of them had heavy blowing snow and almost whiteout conditions, while the second had large hail- this hail can be picked out from the general covering on the ground and measures about 7mm diameter. However, due to the warming effects of the sea temperatures generally rose to about 1.5C in between showers which restricted the overall extent of accumulation.

[paul tall]

You don't half go around the houses to say "2cm snow cover in Cleadon"

3cm here.

PS Can you view member profiles, I'm getting an eror message?

Edited December 18, 2009 by paul tall

[grab my graupel]

Heavy and frequent snow showers

[Stargazer]

Measured 8cm on the garden table at 0800 today at home in Reading. Clear now at work in Basingstoke with a snow depth of about 4cm, but we have had a couple of light snow showers here since 0900.

[snowuse]

Moderate to Heavy snow fall @ 10.15

Glen - heading to Ely around 3pm from Cambridge. Are you anywhere near and, if so, how are the roads?

[mackerel sky]

12cm of level snow in Rushden when I left the house at 9am... only about 5cm in Bedford at work, a lot of which has thawed! Snowing hard again in Rushden according to my wife, just a few flakes in the wind in Bedford currently.