On Thu, 4 Mar 2010 05:33:53 -0800 (PST), Nick
wrote:

On Mar 4, 11:48*am, Bob Martin wrote:
in 237527 20100304 104430 John Hall wrote:

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Bob Martin writes:
in 237524 20100304 101958 John Hall wrote:
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Bob Martin writes:
For sheer depth of snow this year's was beaten on 6th April 2008.
We had over 20cm in 3 hours but it had all gone by late afternoon.
I'm just north of Waterlooville.

Wow! That's impressive. In Cranleigh, Surrey, for a short while the snow
was some of the most intense I've seen. It was also remarkable for being
powdery snow blowing in the wind, rather than the large, wet flakes one
might expect at that time of year. But it only lasted for about an hour
here, between 8am and 9am, so we only had about a third as much as you,
and the last traces had gone by about 2pm.

Just checked my photos and it started at 8:05 and 70% of it had fallen by 9am.
So almost the same as you, except it continued at a reduced rate until 10:30

So the first 14cm or so fell in just under an hour. That's truly
remarkable.

Yes, probably heaviest I've ever seen and I remember '63.

My son lives 2km away from me, just east of Waterlooville, and in April 2008 * *
and January this year he had less than half the snow that we had.
Altitude difference is just 10m.

I remember that one as well, only a small amount in Southampton and
indeed in Portsmouth, however it was much heavier up near Petersfield.
Don't remember a lot in the Rowlands Castle area - I travelled by
train to Liphook that day, again deliberately to see the snow.

Being April though it was already melting fast by 11am and mostly gone
by about 2. Well before sunset it had just about all disappeared.

Same here in Fareham, my notes say "soft hail then heavy snow 7 - 8
am - 2.5 inches. 100% snow cover at 9 am GMT - slowly melting to 5% in
the shade at end of day."

Maximum temperature was a mere 6 degrees C that day, pretty cold for
April, hereabouts!

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Dave