"Col" wrote in message
Quite.
There were warnings of snow of course but they were of
the order of 5-10cm, 15cm on hills.
Well I got almost twice the 'hills' forecast total and I'm
at just 500ft!
In that respect it was a very poor forecast, a relatively
normal snow forecast for NW England ended up as
an exceptional snow event.
I think the problem lay in that the snow band didn't
move south as fast as was envisaged, so once it was
stuck over you it just snowed and snowed and *snowed*.
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl


In all my memory I do recall once being covered by one of these extreme
weather warnings, on the 27th of February 2001.
We had a 30 hour long snowfall which had bonafide blizzard conditions at
times, by the end of which there was 18 inches (45cm) of snow with drifts
over 6 foot common place.
The windchill was sub -20ºC for a time in the F6/F7 wind. All transport came
to a complete halt... Indeed it was virtually impossible to walk beyond your
front gate. The extreme warning was issued about 2 hours from the end of the
event, by which time it was rather obvious what the situation was by looking
out your window - if you could see out of it! Still, I suppose it warned
others not to travel into the area.
Alex.