The Nose Knows...Added : Wednesday at 14:00 Second year Met and in one of the lectures the teacher told us that "The human nose is fantastic at forecasting snow.." "Even better than the ECMWF ► model?" I asked, which resulted in a few sniggers around the room. The lecturer ignored my actually quite serious question and told us how the human nose detects when temperatures are near freezing so we have a decent idea as to whether it might snow or not.
We've all met people who will tell us that "I can smell the snow in the air!" My Aunt Linda was like that, confidently telling us that she could smell that it would start snowing soon, only for Uncle Ted to then telll us she saw the forecast on the TV that morning...
Today we have a trough across Eastern areas which will bring some snow showers inland across parts of Norfolk :-
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Tomorrow, the focus shifts to the West and Southwest as low pressure grazes the region with snow on the Northern edge :-
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Wintry showers continuing in the North, but it's Saturday where this deep low pressure system comes in from the West :-
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Plenty of hazards from this system and all due to a few reasons :-
First up is the snow on the leading edge of the system. This will mostly affect Northern mountain ranges but could well fall at lower levels and settle for a time.
Next, strong winds around the system affecting not just coastal areas but also inland regions with snow leading to blizzard conditions across mountain ranges.
The next additional hazard is the milder air coming in, this then turns the snow to rain leading to rapid snowmelt and milder air compounding this. This means any laying snow will melt quickly and add on the laying snow this will lead to excess surface water and swollen rivers.
So, not just a powerful low, but this also brings a marked change to the airmass and means my Scandinavian snowboots will go back in the cupboard again.
METEOROLOGIST : SELLINGUNUSEDPAIROFSCANDINAVIANSNOWBOOTS | 
