News reports vary widely. Tks

Claude

claude wrote:

News reports vary widely. Tks

Claude


At 0900z yesterday (Sunday) the reported depth in the SYNOP was 7 cm.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.

On Dec 20, 10:52*am, "Norman" wrote:
claude wrote:
News reports vary widely. Tks

Claude

At 0900z yesterday (Sunday) the reported depth in the SYNOP was 7 cm.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.

The cold seems to be the chief problem rather than the snow - with
limited daytime thawing what fell just isn't going away

On Dec 20, 10:35*am, "claude" wrote:
News reports vary widely. Tks

Claude

Saturday SYNOPs from Ogimet.....
1100 2cm
1200 7cm
1300 9cm
1400 9cm
1500 8cm

A lot less than is being claimed. BAA spokesman this morning started
at 5" in an hour
then increased it to 6" for better effect.

Jim

On Dec 20, 10:57*am, souwestdad wrote:
On Dec 20, 10:35*am, "claude" wrote:

News reports vary widely. Tks

Claude

Saturday SYNOPs from Ogimet.....
1100 * *2cm
1200 * * *7cm
1300 * * *9cm
1400 * * *9cm
1500 * * *8cm

A lot less than is being claimed. *BAA spokesman this morning started
at 5" in an hour
then increased it to 6" for better effect.

Jim

That concurs with the 3 inch my son reported at T5 on Saturday

souwestdad wrote:

On Dec 20, 10:35*am, "claude" wrote:
News reports vary widely. Tks

Claude

Saturday SYNOPs from Ogimet.....
1100 2cm
1200 7cm
1300 9cm
1400 9cm
1500 8cm

A lot less than is being claimed. BAA spokesman this morning started
at 5" in an hour
then increased it to 6" for better effect.

Jim

On BBC News Channel Simon Calder has just said that he was told by BAA that 20
cm fell at Heathrow. I suppose it's that extra invisible 10 cm that's difficult
to clear :-)

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.

On 20/12/2010 10:59, fred wrote:
On Dec 20, 10:57 am, wrote:
On Dec 20, 10:35 am, wrote:

News reports vary widely. Tks

Claude

Saturday SYNOPs from Ogimet.....
11002cm
1200 7cm
1300 9cm
1400 9cm
1500 8cm

A lot less than is being claimed. BAA spokesman this morning started
at 5" in an hour
then increased it to 6" for better effect.

Jim

That concurs with the 3 inch my son reported at T5 on Saturday


I think the problem wasn't the depth of snow, the runway was clear, it
was the frozen up parking stands that has been the problem.
Still I'd like a Journo to query the BAA spokesman on where he got the
5" to 6" inch figure from based on the offical SYNOPs. But of course I
imagine such SYNOP information would never make near a Journo... ;-)

R.

On 20/12/2010 11:16, Norman wrote:

On BBC News Channel Simon Calder has just said that he was told by BAA that 20
cm fell at Heathrow. I suppose it's that extra invisible 10 cm that's difficult
to clear :-)


I guess BAA won't be drawing as much attention to it's Press Release of
29th Nov as it was just a few weeks ago:

http://tinyurl.com/2flxhl7

"The cold snap may have only just bitten but Heathrow's snow team has
been working for months to ensure the UK's hub airport will once again
be prepared for the onset of winter.

With an extra half a million pounds invested in equipment this year,
Heathrow’s airside department run constant checks of runway and taxiway
areas, applying de-icing and of course clearing any snow and debris away.

Key Heathrow snow facts:

* Heathrow was the only major airport in the UK to not close last
winter

* There are over 60 vehicles and 50 staff keeping the runways clear

* An extra £500,000 has been invested this year in snow-fighting
technology"

On Dec 20, 11:16*am, "Norman" wrote:

On BBC News Channel Simon Calder has just said that he was told by BAA that 20
cm fell at Heathrow. I suppose it's that extra invisible 10 cm that's difficult
to clear :-)

Surprised with all the media attention and BREAKING NEWS hot air at
Heathrow that the whole bloody lot hasn't melted!

Richard

On 20/12/2010 11:32, Richard Dixon wrote:
On Dec 20, 11:16 am, wrote:

On BBC News Channel Simon Calder has just said that he was told by BAA that 20
cm fell at Heathrow. I suppose it's that extra invisible 10 cm that's difficult
to clear :-)

Surprised with all the media attention and BREAKING NEWS hot air at
Heathrow that the whole bloody lot hasn't melted!

Richard
Send the troops in! Actually couldn't they just send out all the stuck
passengers with brushes and shovels and that'll sort the problem...

Surely the UKMO should have a RED warning, specifically for the Heathrow
area, to "TAKE ACTION".
I suspect that BAA will say they were "Prepared, but no one told them to
"take action"...

R.