Good example today of the effect of (modest) altitude - at about 125m in Woodingdean there was a small covering of icy snow, drop down to the edge of Ovingdean at 75m and there was virtually nothing, back up to the TV mast above Woodingdean at about 200m and there was a decent covering.
Well, I can't follow most of it but after talking about 'snowmeggedon' this afternoon and 'the best charts posted in the internet era' a - apparently - bad 'ECM' model run this evening and the samaritans are now monitoring the thread
Still, they're 100% sure that the snow will be here in 6...
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/seven-dead-as-heavy-snow-hits-germany-and-austria-with-high-risk-of-more-avalanches-a4032926.html
You can set your watches by US's winter weather updates...
I made the mistake of checking the netweather forum about a week ago. The usual goons were calling for snow showers midweek this week opening the door to a new ice age next week.
A check at the weekend and they'd made their clockwork 'push it back a week' and then when I checked yesterday saw...
Dusting in Woodingdean
It's a pity we didn't get this a bit further into winter. I was over Hastings way and between 6-12ish the rain was really heavy - would have been a decent dump of snow.
Am I right in saying if the last couple of days weather had been in a couple of months time instead - the fabled 'Thames Streamer' might have come into play?
Anyway, apologies for bouncing this - stand at ease.....
What constitutes a 'non-event'? BN2 got a light covering yesterday and there was more overnight and it's very slightly snowing now. I'm not snowed in for a week but it's no 'non event'.
I dunno. Standing snow since Tuesday and bitterly cold all week. No snowmaggedon but colder than some 'forecasters' who said it would be like club tropicana