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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Very unaccurate it is only going to be -11.5 
Probably one of those theoretical possibilities that will only give us a few days hard frosts.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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hmmm might be able to give my winter tyres some snow to play in before they hit the alps on the 13th 
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Frosty the Snowman may have access to refrigerated vehicles - maybe he could ship some across to Andorra ?
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The bottom half of Britain hasn't had a major snowstorm since 1991.
The present 2-week forecasts are showing above-average temps and rain for Southern England through mid-Jan.
Even if it does snow, global warming indicates that it will probably melt within hours 
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'scuse me whitegold
I'm in the bottom half of England and remember cycling home through 8 inches of snow while 100s of poor sods were marooned on the M11 all night. About 4 years ago iirc
Though I take your point in general - my 10 year old saw NO snow at home for the first 5 years of her life. And since then we've had no more than 2 or 3 inches apart from the above.
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Whitegold, what about the snow that ground all of Kent to a halt in March 2005?
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| pendodave wrote: |
'scuse me whitegold
I'm in the bottom half of England and remember cycling home through 8 inches of snow while 100s of poor sods were marooned on the M11 all night. About 4 years ago iirc
Though I take your point in general - my 10 year old saw NO snow at home for the first 5 years of her life. And since then we've had no more than 2 or 3 inches apart from the above.
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Those 8 inches (20cm) must've been a snowdrift. The M11 debacle in Jan 2003 was more like a 2- to 3-inch dusting. There were isolated reports of up to 5 - 6 inches (13 - 15cm), but that is hardly a snowstorm.
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| Boris wrote: |
| Whitegold, what about the snow that ground all of Kent to a halt in March 2005? |
This was a bit more substantial than the M11 mess in 2003. Up to 12 inches (30cm) fell in a week near Canterbury. But the biggest single one-day fall was still only a modest 4 to 6 inches (10 - 15cm). The week was perhaps a semi-storm at best.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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i am resigned to the fact that the south east will see no more than an occasional flurry of snow this year..
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You know it makes sense.
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Was it 86/87 we had that massive snow, Wasn't it the same year as the storm?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| No, it was in the LondonPaper although from memory it was pretty much word for word the same as the Express. |
Interesting as they have different owners. They may have been quoting a press release or the lp nicked it.
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| I was looking forward to some nice wintry weather as well - and then hoping it might shift off to Austria |
If it's snowy easterlies, then it'd have come from Austria (or come here instead of there).
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wtf, maybe I need snowchains on my way back to the UK then?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| CANV CANVINGTON wrote: |
| i am resigned to the fact that the south east will see no more than an occasional flurry of snow this year.. |
You can get roughly 14 to 1 at some bookies that London will not see another White Christmas between now and 2050.
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The MetO winter update is out tomorrow (I think). Their earlier one was expecting colder conditions later in the season, so it'll be interesting to see what they come up with, I suppose. Obviously some parts of the country will get snow this winter - partly because some already have, but no one will be able to say where for sure at the moment. Snow relies on such specific conditions that it's very difficult to forecast in this country, which lies on the borderline. Last year we had a notable cold spell with snow falling for 18 straight days in some places, but it only settled in a few. When I lived in Hertford on more than one occasion we got non-settling snow whereas Stevenage at 50m higher had it settle.[/b]
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| Whitegold wrote: |
| CANV CANVINGTON wrote: |
| i am resigned to the fact that the south east will see no more than an occasional flurry of snow this year.. |
You can get roughly 14 to 1 at some bookies that London will not see another White Christmas between now and 2050. |
Seeing as the LWC has closed, they're pretty good odds...or have they changed the definition?
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| skanky wrote: |
| Whitegold wrote: |
| CANV CANVINGTON wrote: |
| i am resigned to the fact that the south east will see no more than an occasional flurry of snow this year.. |
You can get roughly 14 to 1 at some bookies that London will not see another White Christmas between now and 2050. |
Seeing as the LWC has closed, they're pretty good odds...or have they changed the definition? |
The definition, I believe, is that a single natural snowflake has to land on the roof of Buck Palace in Central London on Crimmy Day.
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Interesting, I wonder who'll be looking out for it? The LWC at least had a weather station (such that it was).
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