kiticat wrote:

Just seen the following adavance weather warning from the met office

Here is an ADVANCED WARNING of Heavy Snow affecting North West
England, North East England, The Midlands, Wales, Central Southern
England, South East England and East Anglia AND Lincolnshire.
Issued by the Met Office at 10:04 on Friday, 17 December 2004.
This is the first warning of disruption due to Heavy Snow.
The Met Office is forecasting a deepening Atlantic depression to run
quickly east across Southern England overnight Saturday into Sunday
morning. Frontal rain is likely to turn to snow in places over Wales,
Midlands, including southern parts of NW and NE England especially,
but not exclusively over higher ground. The risk extends almost
anywhere across England and Wales Saturday night into Sunday as the
depression clears south. 5-10cm of snow are possible, in particular
over higher ground which could lead to travel disruption.
At high elevations the snow may drift, giving temporary blizzard
conditions.
In addition, prolonged heavy rain is expected in the south and
southwest leading to localised flooding. Winds will also increase
along with the heavy rain gusting 60mph in exposed places.
At the moment the track and depth of the low are subject to some
uncertainty and there is a small chance for the snow threat to extend
further north into Southern Scotland. Probabilities will be revised
in subsequent issues of the warning.
For enquiries regarding this warning - please contact your regional
Met Office.
Transmitted by the Met Office at 10:04 on Friday 17 December


"AND Linconlshire".......have you noticed that the BBC weather
forcasters are obsessed with Linconlshire, it's mentioned on nearly
every weather bulletin. Ive never heard them say Cambridgeshire.