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John · January 15th 13, 04:45 PM posted to uk.sci.weather

On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:23:47 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Tuesday, 15 January 2013 15:14:08 UTC, wrote:
"Brian in Aberfeldy" wrote in message

According to R2 travel lady: lots and lots of snow problems and blocked

roads in Norwich area?

It's horrendous. Three inches of snow in 90 minutes, on a weekday afternoon. Gridlock everywhere - multiple multi-vehicle "incidents" and children stuck in schools because the buses can't get through (the schools that weren't closed from this morning's flurry, that is).

Mayhem.

On the bright side - Thundersnow!

Two inches in an hour a bit further south. I drove out to the Suffolk
coast along 20 miles of harmless well-gritted wet road, with some
shallow snow cover on the fields either side. I drove back along the
same road a little later and the surface alternated between slush,
compacted snow and ice. Very easy to go fastish in the slush and then
hit ice a little further on. Fortunately, most drivers were
maintaining sensible separation distances on the A1120.

John