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Old February 1st 09, 09:20 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default Blackheath, SE London

On 1 Feb, 20:52, Richard Dixon wrote:
What a difference a couple of hours makes. Probably a level inch here at a
guess. Glorious.

I'm actually not that bothered about getting much more than this - it's
just nice to see everything white, especially when the road (a side road)
is covered, that's always a nice sign of "proper snow". It's always
amaazing the extra level of ambient light the snow provides.

I used the weatheronline radar which is quite simplistic but allows you to
stick in your postcode which appears as a dot. My impression is that North
West Kent is probably getting a pasting - having relocated the "dot" to
Orpington, it's been sat under a line of heavy snow for the last 2.5 hours.
Anyone from the Orpington area?

Cheers
Richard


I remember that in 1987 the Isle of Sheppey was very badly hit by the
snow and cut off for a day or so - think the Daily Mail headline was
'Siberia, No it's the Garden of England" - perhaps this system is
similar?