The best rain to snow event I remember was in February 1985 when I was at college in Ormskirk.
Amazing one that was. Rain in the morning - sleet for about 3 hours and then snow falling late afternoon and then settling at about 5.00pm.
By the following morning there was at least 6 inches of snow blowing about in a stron NE wind.
This cold spell lasted about 2 weeks or more.
Originally Posted by: idj20
I do recall experiencing something similar to that in the winter of 1985. It became very mild in the opening few days of February after what has been quite a wintry January and although there were talks of "Winter about to return with a vengeance", I never really paid that much attention (I was 17 at the time but even then I was well into meteorology at the time).
One evening I looked out the window and could see quite heavy rain in the light under the light from my favourite lamp I use for lampwatching (still the same one I use to this day), it was also accompanied with a brisk southerly wind and I thought "huh, it's not going to snow".
But it wasn't long when I noticed the rain was taking on a sleety look and within minutes it was snowing quite heavily as the wind turned right around into as a north east. That then lead to the second cold and snowy spell as we went into the rest of February.
I have experienced quite a few rain-to-snow events in my time, especially what with me living on the coast line but with the near Continent close to hand so dewpoints can often be all over the place when it comes to borderline snow events, but for some reason this 1985 event always springs to mind as I can "see" it all unfold in my mind.
Originally Posted by: Hungry Tiger