Author Topic: It's snowing! (Read 639502 times)

woollypigs · « **Reply #4250 on:** 06 February, 2015, 06:15:14 pm »

Temperatures are measured in a box where there is no draught/wind e.g. the ambient temp. Wind chill is when you are standing in the "gale" without any cover. Well that is how I understand it.

andrew_s · « **Reply #4251 on:** 06 February, 2015, 08:12:55 pm »

Wind chill is about cooling rates.
A thermometer cools down to the same temperature as the air, but your body tries to keep itself at a constant 37 deg C. If there's a -5 wind chill, your skin is losing heat at the same rate as it would at -5 in nearly still air.

When I worked in the Antarctic, we used to call it "bullshit factor", as the numbers on the temperature/windspeed charts then in use gave not very realistic, but impressive sounding numbers. I did crack the -100 barrier on a couple of occasions. The charts have been changed since, and I think it's more like -70 on the current scales. Still cold enough to get minor freezing of the skin round my wrists when working overhead, getting the ice off the anemometer.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #4252 on:** 23 February, 2015, 10:38:54 am »

Rain turned to sleet an hour or so ago, which got heavier and almost became hail. A better effort than Saturday's surprise sleet (the surprise being "Oh, gosh, there's sleet on my legs") but still a long way from snow.

Ruthie · « **Reply #4253 on:** 23 February, 2015, 01:48:14 pm »

A spattering of snow this morning in Darlington, at walking to work time. It's gone now.

Ruthie · « **Reply #4254 on:** 02 March, 2015, 10:31:37 am »

A further shattering of slidey stuff this morning. Not quite enough to hide the dogshit paving the streets of Darlo at the moment

andrewc · « **Reply #4255 on:** 02 March, 2015, 11:15:19 am »

Ruthie, the last thing you want is _hidden_ dogshit !

andrewc · « **Reply #4256 on:** 02 March, 2015, 11:39:57 am »

Cold, windy with a few flurries of sleet, but nothing that lasted.

pdm · « **Reply #4257 on:** 02 March, 2015, 12:38:28 pm »

Plenty snow showers all morning here in the Eastern Peak - Not really settling but very pretty.

mcshroom · « **Reply #4258 on:** 02 March, 2015, 07:01:59 pm »

Quote from: andrewc on 02 March, 2015, 11:15:19 am

Ruthie, the last thing you want is _hidden_ dogshit !

Frozen dogshit might be preferable to sticky dogshit thoughbut

Nothing settling, but lots of hail sleet and sno showers this morning out here.

woollypigs · « **Reply #4259 on:** 02 March, 2015, 07:11:22 pm »

Just back from Denmark now't to be seen there. Driving back from airport, last night, saw some sleet and hail on parked cars. Saw out of windows the same on rooftops today.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #4260 on:** 02 March, 2015, 08:49:00 pm »

Snow falling, starting to stick.

Aunt Maud · « **Reply #4261 on:** 02 March, 2015, 08:58:26 pm »

Still no snow in Denmark, been sunny, dryish but a bit breezy.

madcow · « **Reply #4262 on:** 02 March, 2015, 09:02:43 pm »

Wet and sleety stuff in Perth,might settle later if temp drops .
Hope I can get out of here tomorrow.

woollypigs · « **Reply #4263 on:** 31 March, 2015, 08:22:54 pm »

Sleety snowy thing fell from the heavens above today here.

Pingu · « **Reply #4264 on:** 26 April, 2015, 06:55:35 pm »

IMG_5021 by The Pingus, on Flickr

David Martin · « **Reply #4265 on:** 26 April, 2015, 07:09:18 pm »

Snow? I got caught in a hailstom today

Pingu · « **Reply #4266 on:** 26 April, 2015, 07:31:18 pm »

IMG_5035 by The Pingus, on Flickr

Riggers · « **Reply #4267 on:** 27 April, 2015, 04:10:04 pm »

You think you have it bad. We had drizzle down here yesterday!!! I know! Terrible isn't it!!

Bledlow · « **Reply #4268 on:** 27 April, 2015, 05:03:32 pm »

Last snow I saw was April 8th - in Tokyo, which is further south & usually warmer than southern England. Cherry trees in full bloom, covered in snow, were all over the news.

mcshroom · « **Reply #4269 on:** 27 April, 2015, 06:00:16 pm »

No snow for us in the borders yesterday, but plenty of hail, and there was ice on the tents this morning

phantasmagoriana · « **Reply #4270 on:** 27 April, 2015, 06:14:30 pm »

Bit of snow here today, though mainly sleet and hail. I want last week's weather back!

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #4271 on:** 13 November, 2015, 12:51:39 pm »

Some very wet sleety snow is falling on Niddrie.

bumper · « **Reply #4272 on:** 13 November, 2015, 03:45:09 pm »

no photos but it was snowing when I crossed Rannoch yesterday.

I was on my home from Abigail's Party, what a super time that was

Kim · « **Reply #4273 on:** 20 November, 2015, 11:28:35 pm »

Starting to snow in Birmingham...

phantasmagoriana · « **Reply #4274 on:** 20 November, 2015, 11:36:59 pm »

And in Glasgow.