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First snow for the season.

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First snow for the season.
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RE: First snow for the season.
October 31, 2019 at 6:10 am
Some years ago (I disremember exactly when), the UK Meteorological Office changed the definition of what qualified as a 'white Christmas'.  Previously, there had to be snow lying on the ground at ANY weather observation station at 9:00 AM on Christmas Day.  Now, if a worker at any station reports a single snowflake falling from the sky at any time during the twenty four hours of Christmas Day, it is officially recorded as a 'white Christmas'.

So, if you're planning a holiday trip to Britain in the hopes of some Dickensian-style Yule with heaps of fluffy white snow, brace yourself for disappointment.  Or go to Scotland, the odds are much better.

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RE: First snow for the season.
October 31, 2019 at 1:47 pm (This post was last modified: October 31, 2019 at 1:49 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(October 31, 2019 at 6:10 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Some years ago (I disremember exactly when), the UK Meteorological Office changed the definition of what qualified as a 'white Christmas'.  Previously, there had to be snow lying on the ground at ANY weather observation station at 9:00 AM on Christmas Day.  Now, if a worker at any station reports a single snowflake falling from the sky at any time during the twenty four hours of Christmas Day, it is officially recorded as a 'white Christmas'.

So, if you're planning a holiday trip to Britain in the hopes of some Dickensian-style Yule with heaps of fluffy white snow, brace yourself for disappointment.  Or go to Scotland, the odds are much better.

Boru




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#23
RE: First snow for the season.
October 31, 2019 at 1:48 pm
It does not.

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#24
RE: First snow for the season.
October 31, 2019 at 2:40 pm
Snow is the frozen souls of the damned being thrown to earth by god...


...cos he’s a bastard!

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#25
RE: First snow for the season.
October 31, 2019 at 2:58 pm
(October 31, 2019 at 2:40 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Snow is the frozen souls of the damned being thrown to earth by god...


...cos he’s a bastard!

And so is his son!


REALLY!
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RE: First snow for the season.
October 31, 2019 at 3:12 pm (This post was last modified: October 31, 2019 at 3:14 pm by Rev. Rye.)
First snow of the season. My back door window.

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Life in Chicago. Or the Chicagoland area.

Whatever. Dealt with worse.

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#27
RE: First snow for the season.
October 31, 2019 at 3:17 pm
This is the ninth coldest Halloween in north Texas since they started keeping records.

AARRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!

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#28
RE: First snow for the season.
October 31, 2019 at 4:36 pm
Sleet and rain here now.


"Trick or....aw shit".



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#29
RE: First snow for the season.
November 1, 2019 at 3:12 am
Ah, you kids. If only you knew the snow we used to have

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RE: First snow for the season.
November 1, 2019 at 5:34 am
(November 1, 2019 at 3:12 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: Ah, you kids. If only you knew the snow we used to have

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