My mother lives just north of Haslemere, Surry on Farnham Lane at ~
240m ASL (one of the higher spots on the North Downs). She has just
measured the snowdepth on the flat open section of her lawn. Five
readings averaging 33cm (which fell over just over 24 hours from ~1800
yesterday to 1830 today).

Has anybody measured a higher figure for central southern England?

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David G writes:
My mother lives just north of Haslemere, Surry on Farnham Lane at ~
240m ASL (one of the higher spots on the North Downs). She has just
measured the snowdepth on the flat open section of her lawn. Five
readings averaging 33cm (which fell over just over 24 hours from ~1800
yesterday to 1830 today).

Has anybody measured a higher figure for central southern England?

Impressive! (Pedantically, that's not part of the North Downs, though.
Much too far south.)
--
John Hall
"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people
from coughing."
Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83)

On Jan 6, 9:17*pm, John Hall wrote:
In article
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*David G writes:

My mother lives just north of Haslemere, Surry on Farnham Lane at ~
240m ASL (one of the higher spots on the North Downs). She has just
measured the snowdepth on the flat open section of her lawn. Five
readings averaging 33cm (which fell over just over 24 hours from ~1800
yesterday to 1830 today).

Has anybody measured a *higher figure for central southern England?

Impressive! (Pedantically, that's not part of the North Downs, though.
Much too far south.)
--
John Hall
* * * * * *"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people
* * * * * * from coughing."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83)

Oops. You're quite right. Her garden is sandy not chalky. I think the
hills around Haslemere are technically "greensand". Lets just say "The
Surrey Hills".

No challengers so far to beat 33 cm I see. My mother will be very
proud ;-)

On Jan 6, 9:43*pm, David G wrote:

No challengers so far to beat 33 cm I see. My mother will be very
proud ;-)

Depth reports on TWO: http://theweatheroutlook.com/twocomm...px?PageIndex=4

Not sure how reliable they are, include "31-34cm" in Tilehurst (nr
Reading) and 33cm in Reading itself. Call it a tie )

Final level snow depth here in my part of Tilehurst at 1830z on 06/01/2010
measured at 32cm

Ian Kelly



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On Jan 6, 9:43 pm, David G wrote:

No challengers so far to beat 33 cm I see. My mother will be very
proud ;-)

Depth reports on TWO:
http://theweatheroutlook.com/twocomm...px?PageIndex=4

Not sure how reliable they are, include "31-34cm" in Tilehurst (nr
Reading) and 33cm in Reading itself. Call it a tie )

On Jan 6, 8:56*pm, David G wrote:
My mother lives just north of Haslemere, Surry on Farnham Lane at ~
240m ASL (one of the higher spots on the North Downs). She has just
measured the snowdepth on the flat open section of her lawn. Five
readings averaging 33cm (which fell over just over 24 hours from ~1800
yesterday to 1830 today).

Has anybody measured a *higher figure for central southern England?

That is absolutely extraordinary - I lived in the Haslemere area in
the 80s (experiencing the 1985-87 winters there, as well as 81/82
which I don't remember quite as well). Will probably make a trip there
on Saturday (assuming the trains are running) as I doubt the snow is
going anywhere fast.

Meanwhile, only ever a thin - if continuous - cover in central
Southampton, since around 2100 Tuesday night, from three spells of
snow: 2000-2330 Tuesday, 0900-1300 Wednesday and around 1700-1800
Wednesday. Cover a little less than the Feb 2 event last year.
However, it looks like the NE suburbs, up round West End, have had a
*lot* more - they are just visible from where I work and the trees up
there looked very white.

Nick

On Thu, 7 Jan 2010 00:35:13 -0800 (PST), Nick
wrote:

Meanwhile, only ever a thin - if continuous - cover in central
Southampton, since around 2100 Tuesday night, from three spells of
snow: 2000-2330 Tuesday, 0900-1300 Wednesday and around 1700-1800
Wednesday. Cover a little less than the Feb 2 event last year.
However, it looks like the NE suburbs, up round West End, have had a
*lot* more - they are just visible from where I work and the trees up
there looked very white.

5 ro 6 inches fell to the East and SE of Southampton, right down to
the beach. All of it is still here. -7 deg C last night, -1.0
currently at 1500... looks like an ice day (perhaps my first ever,
here). Two mornings with complete snow cover and counting.

All side streets are atrocious - hard packed white stuff.

--
Dave