We have snow at sdea level and on the coast...
The fourth consecutive day with snowfall. But this mornign was very nice. I woke up and thought: "oh, it has snowed". There was some snow. But precisely than, some snow started to fall. And it became heavier and heavier. Temperature was -0,3 C and falling a bit to -0,8 and -1,0C. Not much, but enough of course.
Now this is typical coastfront activity. The North Sea is very balmy with 10-11 C! So it is exceptional to sea 0 and 1 C at the centre of the Sea this early in the season. Heavy heavy showers develop but most interesting are all low pressure areas of small size developing constantly, making forecasting diffucut and the weather fun.
Now just 5 km more inland form where I live: almost nothing has fallen. 5 km closer to the sea, it is 10 cm. And on shore it is 2-3 cm (thawing a bit all the time).
Just my small area in The Netherlands has received a good snow cover! Nowhere else! But Eelde went down to -9 and others to -7 or -8 C in bright weather.
To top it all of: some waterpouts have been observed of the coast here and elsewhere in the showers on the North Sea. -42 C in the upperair and +11 water do not mix well! Great start of the season.
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Greet,
Jorge
BTW: no more wintertires available in the Netherlands as the result of last, snowy winter...And my new car has not got them....right...