It's fair chucking it down with snow here in Guildford this morning. Had about an inch in the last half hour as far as I can tell from up here on the 2nd floor. I havn't seen it snow like this the whole 7 years I've been living here...
Seems the council didn't believe the forecast, the gritters havn't been out and the road out front of the flat looks eminitely undriveable (for the average skill level the drivers display round here anyway)
April (snow) showers
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Re: April (snow) showers
Nice think layer on the ground here in London
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Re: April (snow) showers
Pretty decent down here as well - kids have been out making a snowman this morning.
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Re: April (snow) showers
I wasn't expecting this when I looked out this morning, seems to be a good couple of inches.
the patio plants will be happier when it's gone
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Re: April (snow) showers
Apparently there was a good covering first thing, but it's pretty much all gone now.
Bit rubbish, didn't live up to the hype at all.
Bit rubbish, didn't live up to the hype at all.
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Re: April (snow) showers
Still going on up here...
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Completely gone here now.
Current view from my window looks like this:
Current view from my window looks like this:
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Re: April (snow) showers
Absolutely no snow at all here (Broughton, Scunthorpe area) - bright blue skies with warm sunshine, if the breeze is a tad chilly.
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Yet only 20 miles down the road near Portsmouth...Bubba wrote:Still a little bit here in Southampton, although nothing major.
Was it a car or a cat I saw?
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snapbenedictw wrote:Pretty decent down here as well - kids have been out making a snowman this morning.
he's got some decent cover so I'm hoping he'll last a while-
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Re: April (snow) showers
Plenty here again
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Re: April (snow) showers
Nearly all melted here.
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Re: April (snow) showers
Well, it's a gorgeous Spring day here in the centre of Nottingham, not a sign of any snow.
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Re: April (snow) showers
Gritting(salting) doesn't get rid of snow!Flabio wrote: Seems the council didn't believe the forecast, the gritters havn't been out and the road out front of the flat looks eminitely undriveable (for the average skill level the drivers display round here anyway)
All the salt does is lower the freezing temperature of any water it's in.
I've been in charge of winter maintenance while on call out duty in the past.
We've put down loads of salt, then the snow fell, so it looks like we've not salted, but the snow doesn't go away until vehicles have mixed the salt and snow together.
See here:
Council gritters put salt down.
Snow falls.
Snow still there when people wake up.
People get in vehicles and drive on the snow.
Snow mixes with the salt.
Salt lowers freezing temp of snow/ice/water.
Snow gradually disappears.
Had a couple of inches here so far.
