First blast of winter

Stage = 59cm, Ta = 5C, Tw = 10C

December-like conditions today as heavy rain and sleet sweep in with strong winds. The air temperature in Murakami on the coast is just 3 degrees C, so the mountains will have been getting their first big accumulation of snow. Air temperatures were around 5 degrees at the gauging point, and with water temperatures around 10 degrees it made for very cold conditions to take a discharge measurement.