In message , Metman2012
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On 17/03/2018 10:38, John Hall wrote:
In message , Metman2012
writes
It's snowing here - looks quite heavy but it's only settling on
grass so far so it's really only slight. I see Heathrow have
cancelled flights today so I assume it's worse up there
There was a piece in my paper this morning saying that yesterday
they had cancelled 70 short-haul flights scheduled for today as a
precautionary measure, so they might as yet have little or no snow lying.

- well it's in the amber warning area. Anyone else got snow? There
aren't many posts yet.
Here in Cranleigh we had very light drizzle first thing and then
light snow from about 8:30. I was about to say that it hadn't started
settling yet, but then looked out of the window to discover that at
some point in the last 15 minutes the snow had become much heavier
and it is now moderate verging on heavy, and has started settling on
the grass. If this keeps up I imagine it won't be long before it
starts settling on all surfaces.
That's the problem with snow, you can hear heavier rain but snow is
always quiet. I've experienced what you have, looked out and wondered
where all the snow came from when not long previously it wasn't even
snowing!

And of course about five minutes after I'd posted that the snow reverted
to being fairly light once more. Round noon it petered out altogether,
after first having reverted to sleet or even rain. There was a little
lying snow visible in a few spots; the tops of hedges seemed to be a
favoured location. It started snowing again very lightly around 4pm, but
we've had very little so far. There's just a dusting on grass, roofs and
cars, and I think tarmac and stone surfaces are still pretty much clear.
--
John Hall
"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history
that man can never learn anything from history."
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)