I love those images. This one should have a whole U.K. view https://wvs.earthdata.nasa.gov/api/v1/snapshot?REQUEST=GetSnapshot&LAYERS=MODIS_Terra_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor&CRS=EPSG:4326&TIME=2019-02-02&BBOX=50,-10,62,10&FORMAT=image/jpeg&WIDTH=4551&HEIGHT=2731&AUTOSCALE=TRUE&ts=1549122058854

That'sa pretty awesome image!

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Probably the best snow event since Jan 2010, not so much for the depth but for the fact that it was followed by such a beautiful sunny day. Went up to the hills just outside Basingstoke for sledging. 6-7 inches of snow still on the ground, clear blue skies, absolutely gorgeous.

 

Thats what it’s alll about.

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Was out on Deeside between Aboyne and Ballater, which got the snow yesterday, and depth was perhaps around 10-12cm. However Lower Deeside appears to have missed out both yesterday and overnight. Peterculter and Milltimber just have the same as we had all week with lots of green fields and even as far inland as Banchory there is less snow than in Aberdeen.

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Despite the radars ppn type indicating snow, the last shower was predominantly rain with a bit of sleet thrown in.

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Depth was 3cm this morning but it's getting a top up now with some fairly moderate snow falling at the moment.

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Snow falling again this morning.

Nothing here, other than a very brief spell of rain which has now moved through, and which wasn't even around for that to register at any of my local stations as actual rainfall.

That just sums up once again, how boring the weather is here where I live, compared to just about everywhere else in the UK.

 

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Depth was 3cm this morning but it's getting a top up now with some fairly moderate snow falling at the moment.

 

Still a poor snowfall amount for Aberdeen!

Looks like a a period of heavy snow showers in Aberdeen now, but doesn't look like lasting long, so hope it does make it above 7-8cms:

https://www.metcheck.com/WEATHER/precipitype.asp?V=Z

Although as I type - this snow shower would have probably passed and now sun has come out and it's drip drip!?

 

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The depth here is still at around 8cm with a slight thaw in treated areas but in shaded areas an extra centimetre or so on ground I had cleared yesterday. Might pop out for a bit of sledging (while we still can before tonight’s rain!).

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Probably the best snow event since Jan 2010, not so much for the depth but for the fact that it was followed by such a beautiful sunny day. Went up to the hills just outside Basingstoke for sledging. 6-7 inches of snow still on the ground, clear blue skies, absolutely gorgeous.

 

Totally agree, and in fact 2010 I don't believe delivered two sunny snowy days across a weekend, like we are getting this weekend. The fact the snow was falling and melting a bit as it settled has made for a really solid cover, and is proving hard for the sun to shift. Unlike the Beast's powder from last year, which I think disappeared very quickly.

I think the kids are getting too old for it now, so my wife and I are going out for a walk in it this afternoon and leaving them at home!

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Sledge runs around here are still open but it feels like end of season in the Alps! Glorious sunshine, low dew points and snow still on the fields but melting on the tarmac etc. Quite a rare occurrence. 

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I love those images. This one should have a whole U.K. view https://wvs.earthdata.nasa.gov/api/v1/snapshot?REQUEST=GetSnapshot&LAYERS=MODIS_Terra_CorrectedReflectance_TrueColor&CRS=EPSG:4326&TIME=2019-02-02&BBOX=50,-10,62,10&FORMAT=image/jpeg&WIDTH=4551&HEIGHT=2731&AUTOSCALE=TRUE&ts=1549122058854

Amazing shot; sad I missed it yesterday. I can pick out my location, right on the useless side of the divide!

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Probably the best snow event since Jan 2010, not so much for the depth but for the fact that it was followed by such a beautiful sunny day. Went up to the hills just outside Basingstoke for sledging. 6-7 inches of snow still on the ground, clear blue skies, absolutely gorgeous.

 

Envy & delight Rob looking at your shot.

Thanks for posting it.

Brought a lump to the throat.

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There is a good deal less snow in the local park than up the hill a little (albeit 55m or so!) at home but it still looks nice and was fine for sledging.

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There is a good deal less snow in the local park than up the hill a little (albeit 55m or so!) at home but it still looks nice and was fine for sledging.

Aberdeen & Basingstoke; emphasises what your satellite picture showed Doc.

Although I'm a loser locally, with just a couple of cm and now mostly gone, this was a nationwide few days of event.

Count as historic?

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Aberdeen & Basingstoke; emphasises what your satellite picture showed Doc.

Although I'm a loser locally, with just a couple of cm and now mostly gone, this was a nationwide few days of event.

Count as historic?

I'm not sure I would call it historic but it'll do. Mustn't grumble and all that. Hopefully it won't be the last of the winter. (Note to self: Don't look at the model output )

I have just been out to measure the snow in the garden and interestingly after the late morning snow the depth here has increased marginally from yesterday (by millimetres) and is at time of writing just under 9 centimetres level depth. Due to the lack of wind there has been no appreciable drifting against surfaces.

I will be lucky if it is 9mm deep this time tomorrow! 

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Probably the best snow event since Jan 2010, not so much for the depth but for the fact that it was followed by such a beautiful sunny day. Went up to the hills just outside Basingstoke for sledging. 6-7 inches of snow still on the ground, clear blue skies, absolutely gorgeous.

 

That's a great photo Rob. It kinda makes model watching worthwhile when you get a result like this.

The years are ebbing by..my kids are now 12 and 10. Another winter passes. The sledge gathers more dust in the shed. I could drive 40 odd miles to see some but its never the same. Its been 6 years now since they've witnessed anything greater than 3cm around here.

Another couple of years and they'll be too old to want to go out sledging with their old Dad.

This winter has hurt.

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Proof we did have some snow in Dartford on the evening of the 1st of Feb

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/725ki4ulzvqwket/2019-02-01%2023.27.04.jpg?dl=0

 

If I'd waited until morning, there'd have been nothing left to take a picture of!

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Snow cover lasting much better today. The overnight frost helped to freeze the snow and it is now lasting well (what we have left), guessing dew point must be lower. Over the top of the downs still full cover, deep snow in places and stunning azure blue sky, beautiful......

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The sun sets on the snow at the wolf centre, near Reading, a few minutes ago. I'm glad I went there yesterday, I got to see Detling Hill in Kent looking like a picture postcard in the snow (complete with abandoned cars for added effect ) and then there was the snow in Berkshire. Crunchy, beautiful and much enjoyed by the wolves.

It all seems like a million miles away from the dull muddy greens here in coastal Kent!

 

EDIT: And here's the same area yesterday - there's been some melt, but it's still generally covered!

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