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Old January 28th 04, 03:55 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default The Met Office - an apology
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 13:55:18 -0000, "Pete B"
wrote:

...none have forecast that the Country will get a 'Whiteout'.

A 'whiteout' refers to visibility, i.e. there isn't any, rather than
to coverage :-)

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Alan White
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow.
Overlooking Loch Goil and Loch Long in Argyll, Scotland.
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