"John Hall" wrote in message
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In message , Jim
Cannon writes
On Monday, February 6, 2012 at 5:24:36 PM UTC,
wrote:
Watching a pristine layer of snow, slowly melt away before the cold air
returns. All very sad.
Some of you in the SE have my commiserations :-)

Its sadly another occasion of melting snow Will. Looks like some of the
HISTORIC falls from earlier in the month are going to be WIPED out. What a
month though eh?

Are you still peddling the line that it's been a remarkable month? It's
been a perfectly ordinary one. Sure, certain areas such as the Peak
District and the higher parts of Dartmoor have had substantial snowfalls,
but that's not unusual in those parts in February and the amounts have
been well short of record-breaking. (As I'm sure Norman and Will will be
happy to inform you.)

Dartmoor amounts were pretty ordinary, 4 to 6 inches undrifted, but it was
on the ground above 500 metres for just over two weeks. In the past I have
walked on high Dartmoor in 18 inches of level snow with absolutely nothing
below 500 metres!

Will
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