Been an odd day, caused by being in the hinterland between snow & rain. For most of the past 10 hours it's been snowing, but often light, sometimes sleety. Just a few miles east of here there's a good 2-3cm (at least); I see on the traffic cams that the M6 has its outside lane snow-covered for miles on the eastern fringe of St Helens.
Yet here the snow has struggled to accumulate. Every time the pavements/lawns/roads have begun to turn white after a period of more decent snow, it's become lighter/sleetier & the white's turned to grey.
However, this last hour/hour & half the snow's pepped up and now we have a full covering. Not deep by any means - not even 1cm. But it's better than just a few miles west of here. Desperately unlucky.
However, it's a last hoorah, as the back edge of the PPN is fast approaching. There's bits & bobs of convective stuff bubbling in the Irish Sea, but I very much doubt it'd amount to anything.
So good luck to others for getting some snow. The areas initially forecasted seem to have missed out as the PPN moved further east than expected. I know through several bitter experiences that this is far from the first time this has happened.
Martin
Home: St Helens (26m asl) Work: Manchester (75m asl)
A TWO addict since 14/12/01
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Aneurin Bevan