"Will Hand" wrote in message
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"Dave Ludlow" wrote in message
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On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 13:12:27 -0800 (PST), Stephen Burt
wrote:

Still snowing heavily. Temp at 0.0-0.1°C steady last 3 h, winds light
NE. Dead silence, nothing is moving.

Same here in Fareham, now snowing heavily again. 10cm snow depth.

M27 motorway has been snowbound for over 2 hours near Junc 9, people
are considering abandoning their cars.

This is quite, quite remarkable for my part of the World.

This is an extremely serious situation developing. The snow could go on
for hours looking at latest GFS, we are talking 40cm+ in places maybe. The
wind is due to pick up Weds morning and that could cause accretion on
power lines giving possible cuts. Be prepared for the worst this will
almost certainly be a spectacular event - well predicted by the Met
Office.

It has already been a 'spectacular' event up here.
Unfortunately *not* well predicted by the Met Office.
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Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl