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Old April 3rd 06, 04:41 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Mike Tullett Mike Tullett is offline
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On Mon, 03 Apr 2006 15:18:46 +0100, Steve Pearce wrote in


About 2 years ago on a Wednesday evening about 5pm we had a thunder storm
with snow. I had never seen thunder and lightning before with snow in all
my (quite long) life.

This was in North Surrey by the way near Croydon and Sutton.

Does anybody on this friendly group remember it? Is it really that unusual?
What caused it?


28th January 2004, very dramatic just north of the M4 near Heathrow. A
squall line was the cause I seem to recall.


This was my enhanced MODIS image for the day after, showing the extent of
lying snow. It was published soon after in "Weather" IIRC, though I don't
have a copy.

http://www.mikett.plus.com/29-jan-2004.jpg

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Mike Coleraine 55.13°N 6.69°W posted 03/04/2006 16:41:52 UTC