"AliCat" wrote in message
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"Joe" wrote in message
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I'm rather new to meteorology, but I was very
surprised to see 582dm
thinkness at about 45 degress latitude, is this
normal ?


Check out Josephine, mid 80's IIRC. She eventually
gave the SW of England a bit of a battering,
including me and my tent!

Another of note was ex-Hurricane Lili which packed a real punch across
southern Britain in 1996, http://members.aol.com/windgusts/Lili.html#HISTORY

Jon.