Is what is coming down outside at the moment snow or hail? It’s small white chunks which sometimes bounce a bit on impact but quickly melt away. Perhaps ‘snail’ would be an appropriate term although ‘down’ doesn’t quite match up to the angled path of descent!

Anyway, in the time it has taken me to type this much, it has definitely turned into a wettish but settling snow flurry. The joys of winter! Time to report it on the UK snow map.