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Old January 29th 10, 12:53 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Martin Rowley Martin Rowley is offline
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Default [WR] Guildford 29jan10

"Phil Layton" wrote in message
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1215: NNW14KT SHRAPL 6SC 3CU 04/02 Q0991=
RMK: Some blustery showers now going through with ice content!

Phil

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.... hadn't occurred to me before, but that weather combination
following the revised METAR code is close to being 'shrapnel', which
it sometimes feels like! ( The old coding was changed as the weather
in this case would have been SHRAPE.)

Martin.


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