[Snow/wintry Precipitation Reports: 03rd March]

got really big flakes just started to fall here

[Snow/wintry Precipitation Reports: 02nd March]

had 12cms of snow between 6am and 2.30pm today, then we had sleety rain for an hour and now it has turned back to snow with more forecast for tonight. cant wait to see how deep it is tomorrow if this keeps up......as long as we dont get a thaw

[Snow/wintry Precipitation Reports: 02nd March]

just been out to measure, on the flat slabs in the middle of my garden there is 6cms already and getting heavier. more schools in sittingbourne are closing. it looks deeper than 6cms in other parts of the garden

[Helpful Hints For Measuring Snow]

Now I'm quite sure that most people know how to do it properly, just like they know to use indicators when turning and fog lamps only when it's foggy (even though many people I pass - often in Vauxhall Novas - have particularly well evolved sight over and above moine which allows them to see fog long before it has formed), but a few handy hints for those people who haven't had to do it for a long time...

1 - Use an inflexible ruler, preferably one that has proper calibration, i.e. cms that are 10 SI mm apart, not one of those home made ones with the marks 2 mm apart, or some Christmas cracker junk toy measuring tape with chinese mm (well known that Chinese mm are only ablout 50% a UK mm).

2 - Make sure that the first 3cm is not missing from the ruler, so that when you measure 6cm it's actually only 3cm.

3 - Don't confuse inches and cms, e.g. measure 6 cms but report 6": you'd be amazed, really you would...

4 - Measure on a hard level surface, like a stone flag.  If you measure on the grass try not to press the ruler into the earth too hard, you might snap it, quite apart from adding an erroneous 6cm onto your depth.

5 - Measure vertically down through the snow, preferably on a level surface, not at, say, 45 degrees, pretty though the effect might be.

6 - Don't measure ALONG the top of the snow.  We want depth NOT width!

7 - Avoid drifts.  These usually look like arranged piles of snow that are usually fairly obviously a lot deeper than the even 2mm lying everywhere else in your garden.

8 - Don't do what they do in Courchevel 1850 and locate your permanent snow depth gauge in a large hollow - unless snow depth REALLY matters to you.

If you don't have a ruler, a few useful guides...

A finger to the first knuckle must be at least 4", and far longer if you live near Osborne.

A second knuckle is indisputably a foot of level snow, even before you push your fingers into the ground.

It is easy to confuse ankle deep and knee deep, don't worry.

If in doubt, just guess, or make it up...and if you're desperate for an entry in the snow league just post up a message saying how mcuh snow you should have had / might have if only you lived 500m higher up, and in Norway.

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i was actually crying with laughter when i read this and even the kids laughed.dont know if it was funnier cos i was tipsy or what.i printed it off. probably get a telling off now cos im not talking about the topic lmao