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Michael writes:
Several Flash Warnings mention "Heavy Snow" of 2 to 5 cm in depth. Now
to me less than 1 inch of lying snow is not exactly a heavy
accumulation, I remember one night in Bradford when we had 5 inches in
3 hours or so. Has Global Warming made the people of the UK so less
used to snowfall ? Maybe the Met Office needs to tame down their
seemingly dire warnings ?

IIRC, back in the 1960s 8 inches or more was heavy snow and 4-8 inches
was moderate snow.
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