Weather.... late 2009

[iann]

Some snow showers last night.  Cold enough that they just accumulated, but not as cold as they forecast.  Then today I don't think it got above freezing.  -6C at 9pm this evening and I imagine it will go lower.  Cold for England!  At least it has dropped the humidity in the greenhouse.  Dewpoint at -7C and any humidity has now frozen out on the glass

[KentGardener]

Not very nice in Medway.

One of my chums looks fed up  


And the other looks bloody freezing  

[angie]

I think you need to go out there and put a jacket on your chums they do look freezing
Angie

[David Shaw]

Ouch, is that what a brass monkey feels

[Anthony Darby]

The second one certainly seems to be holding onto something!

[TheOnionMan]

Photo of snowy "allium bobs", our first snowfall on Dec. 6, 2009.  Some people thought this view was niviculous.

[johnw]

Mark - A wonderful symphony of snowballs!

johnw

[Sinchets]

A strange beginning to winter here. The snow we had last weekend melted on Monday and Tuesday, then we had heavy rain. It snowed again on Thursday and Friday and the temperature on Friday around midnight was -10C. Saturday midday was -6C. Saturday at midnight was +2C and everywhere the snow was melting. At  some point in the night the wind changed direction and froze the running meltwater solid. It is now -4C, but it is raining! The rain is freezing onto the icy ground. 

[cohan]

A strange beginning to winter here. The snow we had last weekend melted on Monday and Tuesday, then we had heavy rain. It snowed again on Thursday and Friday and the temperature on Friday around midnight was -10C. Saturday midday was -6C. Saturday at midnight was +2C and everywhere the snow was melting. At  some point in the night the wind changed direction and froze the running meltwater solid. It is now -4C, but it is raining! The rain is freezing onto the icy ground. 

sounds like western alberta temperature swings, and eastern canada precipitation patterns!

[Sinchets]

Mmm it gets better it snowed after lunch and put about 15cm down then dropped to -15C overnight, yet they say we will be back up to +6C by Friday  The warm air from the Mediterranean and cold from the Baltic are really fighting it out this year!

[Darren]

No journey to work for me today!  Susan unfortunately had to go in. She waited on the platform for two hours, starting at 0530, for a train, eventually managed to persuade the station staff to open the waiting room for the last half hour. She reached work four hours after leaving home. (it is only 36 miles).

I am working at home but just stopped for a brew and went out to take some pictures. We had had about two inches of snow on sunday but it was melting by yesterday afternoon, however last night we got around four inches which is not going anywhere quickly (like Northern Rail apparently). Maybe Susan can see our garden in daylight if she looks on here at lunchtime. A couple of pics:

Whilst uploading these I noticed the distinct sag in the roof of the fruit cage after negligently forgetting to remove the netting. I just went out and stood under it with a broom gingerly poking it. You can guess what happened. Pity Susan wasn't there, it would have made her day...

[tonyg]

Garden looks good in the snow Darren - as mine does.  Trouble is when it melts your garden will still look good ....

I remember the dramatic effect of snow on the in-laws fruit cages last winter.  Lowering clouds of snow - quite literally!  Fortunately I was not able to get underneath

[ranunculus]

Just nipped out and took four images - snow still falling - at least my Ranunculus are snug under this chill mid-winter blanket.


MY GARDEN AT NOON TODAY.

[Maggi Young]

I admire Sue's determination to get to work inthis weather....how many others are so dedicated to their employment?
Pity she wasn't there to see Darren's snow shower.... she might have had the camera handy and given us all a laugh!



Tony, as good a demonstration of a "blanket of snow" as I've seen!



 Cliff, very similar scenes here..... sky is a little bright at the moment, perhaps.
Don't you love the way the snow makes those fab hats on the pots? 

[Darren]

Susan is very dedicated Maggi, but also her employers think flexibility is something to be shown by employees and not themselves so she didn't feel she had much choice. And she has been scheduled approximately 10 hours work today and also tomorrow too. 

Tony - yes that is pretty much what it looked like before the broom. It was quite clear afterwards but then I looked like the second of the statues from our friend in Kent! Susan, being a girl and therefore more sensible, would probably have told me 'don't go under there'.

Hope it eases off soon Cliff. We had another shower after I took my pics but the sun is shining now.