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Old February 28th 18, 12:50 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
Norman Lynagh[_5_] Norman Lynagh[_5_] is offline
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Default What real winter weather looks like

Graham wrote:



To put things into perspective, this one is from the A6024 over
Holme Moss in Feb 1979


How many red warnings do you think today's Met Office would have
issued during that winter?


Gtraham



More than a few :-) I was living in Watford at the time. The winter
seemed to go on forever. I recall that there was widespread snow right
into the middle of March - or is my memory playing tricks?!

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