On Wednesday, 13 March 2013 16:01:57 UTC, Scott W wrote:

a combination of soil temps being a bit too warm and intensity of snow in our region not being enough? I would've thought that the cooling effect of that NE'ly wind would have negated any urban heat island effect, with the view that it was not modified by the heat of the centre

In all the snows since I've moved to Blackheath, Orpington appears to have got usually much more - must be a vagary of the orography or maybe that Orpington is prone to more convergence in easterly flows (it's "sort of" on the upslope of the N Downs?)

Just had a moderate snow shower in London that was heavier than anything that fell over the weekend. Some decent sized flakes. What fun.

Richard