On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 17:43:22 +0000, Jonathan Stott
wrote:

Philip Eden wrote:

Jonathan, or anyone, do you have any information about
snowdepths over the East Kent Snowtrap (i.e. the North
Downs between Canterbury, Dover, Folkestone and
Ashford)? Someone told me that there was "about six
inches" this morning. That "about" worries me. If it was
the average of several measurements then fine, I'll
accept it, but if it was an estimate then I would divide by
two or three because people always grossly over-
estimate snow-depths.

Philip,

Here in Canterbury we got about 5cm generally (8m ASL). There wasn't any
more at the University campus (50m ASL). Can't say about the Downs,
unfortunately, but six inches seems somewhat of an overestimate.

I have no measurements to speak of but driving around the area from
Canterbury to Maidstone, down to Ashford, across to Folkstone and back
up the Thanet Way to Herne Bay, the area that had significantly more
snow than most was the Ashford area. Locally I wouldn't be surprised
if there were depths of 5" around that area.


Mark Chamberlain
Herne Bay, Kent