Weather pictures & report of December 22 2003 |
Isolated wintry showers. |
Synopsis: wintry showers in NW'ly maritime polar airflow. During late night showers of snow produced a thin cover of snow which quickly disappeared during the forenoon. Towards sunset a magnificent shelf cloud showed up, associated with a weak thunderstorm passing east. All photos taken at Kampenhout in local time (CET). |
Satellite picture of 11:10 CET revealing snow covered area's (white stripes) in
mid and southeastern parts of Belgium. In the north arrival of more wet snow showers. (Source: NOAA & University of Bern)
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04:01. First real dry snowfall of the season producing a cover of 1cm.
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10:30. Thin cover of snow giving the first "sunny wintry pictures" of the
season.
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10:50 N. Arrival of more light showers of snow.
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11:35 S. Virga of snow, sadly with little effect for any
accumulation.
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14:30 N. In the afternoon some dramatic black skies
showed up: Cb arc pra with a fresh load of wet snow.
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14:41 NNW. Not much later the first flurries came down,
sadly leaving no white cover.
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15:50 N. At the end of the day this showed
up: a beautiful shelf cloud.
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16:00 NW. Quite impressing sight with no significant increase in
windspeed.
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16:01 NW. The shelf cloud was moving quite rapidly
SW-wards.
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16:03 NW. Another view of an unforgettable moment.
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