I snowed in London, UK overnight. At least a couple of inches. It looks like a winter wonderland and the parks are full of excited children playing in the snow. I expect it will last a few days and then rain will come and we will return to the bleak winter greyness. Snowfall in London does not happen every year and never lasts long. The Atlantic Gulf stream current keeps north west Europe about 10C warmer than it would otherwise be at these northern latitudes. It got to -6C last night and is hovering around 0C today. But this is in the big city, always a bit warmer than the countryside.
It is, of course, a matter of great conversation and there are lots of public safety warnings. There will be train cancellations and closed roads. There will be complaints about the lack of salt on the roads and the general lack of preparedness. There will be lots of bumps and car accidents if it freezes. And in these days of excessive fuel bills, there will be lots of concern about the circumstances of the poor and the elderly.
We had our first actual snowfall in Boston last night. Not much, less than 1" but at least it stuck to the ground. Before this we only had some flurries.
WHAT…Snow and blowing snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 6 and 12 inches, with up to 18 inches in portions of the northern mountains including the Park, northern Gore, and Medicine Bow Ranges, and portions of Rocky Mountain National Park. Winds gusting as high as 60 mph.
I’m in the Northern Park County Mountains. But the description is a bit unclear. They usually call that the Mosquito Range.
A couple of days ago we had some flurries. Real snow doesn’t happen until January with some outliers. The snow of my youth doesn’t happen anymore. Now at most we get two significant snow falls a year. The part of NJ that’s north and west of me tends to get much more even though it’s not really that far. If you live above Route 80 you tend to get earlier and more frequent snow.
Apparently I should have expected the first real snow storm to hit as people began arriving for my Christmas party. I live at the top of a mile-long gravel road up a big hill. At least a third of the people bailed but it was still a great party. Very Christmassy! We ended up with five or six inches. More coming in a couple days.
More people, more parties, or more snow? Or maybe all 3?
I haven’t worked much recently but I haven’t seen any snow yet. About 45F is the coldest I’ve encountered and that was in Washington DC which usually doesn’t get all that cold until much later in the season. Going to spend next week in Dallas, which should have temps in mid-30s to mid-40s F, so no snow expected. It’ll be after Christmas before I’m traveling again and have my next chance to see the stuff.
We shan’t speak of the beastly conditions here at home.
No significant snow yet this year, but there’s a major storm system moving through over the next few days along with high winds that may drop more than 10 cm of snow (about 4 inches) – enough to be annoying, especially when it piles up in drifts. There are varying snowfall probabilities over a period of at least four days, so it could be much more snow than that.
snow. No people expected until Christmas Eve and then it will be just family. Which is very small because I moved 3000 miles from the vast throng of them five years ago. Best thing I ever did.
I spent many years keeping at least one time zone as buffer between my wife and I vs. both our extended families. Worked great. And by and large we liked those people.
I’m in Taiwan which may or may not get a dusting of snow on the peaks of the highest mountains, although once a decade or so will fall at altitudes as low as 1,600 m (5,300 ft).
I keep an ocean away from mine, which seems about right.
Our rain turned to snow about 2 am at my place. Now, at 3:30 pm it’s still coming down but as very soft, wet snow. There is still a tiny green spot in the yard from where all the melting snow and rain puddled. It will likely freeze tonight. But snow expect all through tomorrow, too.
Light snow has started to fall here in suburban Chicago in the last few minutes. The NWS is predicting a few tenths of an inch of snow today/tonight (though it’s currently 36 degrees), and then maybe an inch or so over the course of tomorrow and Saturday, when it’ll be below freezing.
Came home from a shopping trip around 7 pm. No-mo-snow guys were busy snow-blowing the driveway and the sidewalks. Hired them two days ago, just in time for the heavy snow today. (Note: not a blizzard, due to light wind; just heavy snow.) Big fluffy flakes that were perfect for blowing, not shovelling.
