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Adam lufc

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  1. Sorry everyone for my uncharacteristic pessimism. Just feeling a tad frustrated as I look outside to the half green half white landscape, reading how much snow there is in Norfolk, and how we're likely to miss the heaviest snowfall once more.

    It's only the weather, right? I think we may be getting our just desserts after having more snow than other places throughout the last decade. smiliz39.gif

    You telling me were not due any at weekend. That wud be a shambles!

  2. The evidence doesn't really bear that out- it wasn't generally cold enough for snow prior to the widespread snowfalls of the 17th/18th December 2009, or the ones that hit E Scotland and NE England on the 25th/26th November 2010.

    The main issue is rather that a thin, patchy snow cover is far more prone to thawing in sunshine and/or temperatures slightly above freezing than a deep and full snow cover- this is due to surface albedo as a deep/full snow cover strongly reflects heat, especially solar energy. Here at Sandhutton I'm seeing the same issue although most grassy surfaces are holding onto a couple of centimetres.

    Fantastic explanation. Just what I thought. Still decent enough coverage on grass n hedges, just a shame that hour or so of 1.6c did some damage. Temp since dropped down to 0.4c hoping for weekend.

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