White!

[oyster]

Drew curtains at 07:30 to whiteness out there. Bit of a surprise - not forecast. But looked like snow everywhere. Further checks showed it was hail.

Needed drive partner in to town, and got caught in one of the heaviest hail showers I remember in a very long time. All roads covered within minutes. Drivers being very very careful - bit gaps, slow, especially downhill. Fair size hail lump - gave quite a ping on my face even just walking.

Forecast still doesn't say anything about hail.

 

[flecc]

Drew curtains at 07:30 to whiteness out there. Bit of a surprise - not forecast. But looked like snow everywhere. Further checks showed it was hail.

There's a post about snowing in County Durham on this link

Seems Winter's coming in quickly.
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[Fat Rat]

Drew curtains at 07:30 to whiteness out there. Bit of a surprise - not forecast. But looked like snow everywhere. Further checks showed it was hail.

Needed drive partner in to town, and got caught in one of the heaviest hail showers I remember in a very long time. All roads covered within minutes. Drivers being very very careful - bit gaps, slow, especially downhill. Fair size hail lump - gave quite a ping on my face even just walking.

Forecast still doesn't say anything about hail.

Not a spot here
And you know where I live
That’s mad

 

[oyster]

Not a spot here
And you know where I live
That’s mad

Even a few hundred yards divided those who had 07:30 hail from those who didn’t. But the 9:30 hail was across the whole town.

 

[grldtnr]

Come! Come! Apart from a late thaw from the 2018 spring, it hasn't been all that bad as a Summer, and October has been relatively benign ,up to now!
End of BST tonight, back to UTC Sunday morning, get her thermals out!

 

[oyster]

There's a post about snowing in County Durham on this link

Seems Winter's coming in quickly.
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But at least white was warned about in the north.

 

[anotherkiwi]

I can see snow on the Basque mountains (1000+ meters)! Last night it was 5°C and raining here by the coast so I am not surprised.

 

[grldtnr]

I can see snow on the Basque mountains (1000+ meters)! Last night it was 5°C and raining here by the coast so I am not surprised.

The Essex boys would be walking Southend prom in shorts and singlets in that weather, not cos they are tough, just simple!

 

[grldtnr]

The Essex boys would be walking Southend prom in shorts and singlets in that weather, not cos they are tough, just simple!

I am a ''naturlized" Essex man, so where a bit more than that.

 

[flecc]

I am a ''naturlized" Essex man, so where a bit more than that.

In a generic TOWIE sense, there are "Essex Boys" everywhere in England.
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[anotherkiwi]

The Essex boys would be walking Southend prom in shorts and singlets in that weather, not cos they are tough, just simple!

They walk around like that here in the middle of December/January, makes the northern folk easy to spot.

Last year we went to the Rioja for the weekend in January - beautiful blue sky, not a cloud, snow capped hills, crispy 10°C. Saturday nigh out for tapas and all the locals were shirt and jacket, I was in coat, jumper, scarf, glove and woolly hat mode so we were getting the "oh look tourists" stare...