SNOW SNOW SNOW!

[fluffymark]

SNOW! Here in London! *screams* A little bit, about an inch, but it's made everything so *pretty*!

[Poll #912995]

*goes out to play in the snow*

Edit: Don't believe all those tales of transport woe. No delays at all from Leytonstone to Wimbledon. I've just done the journey in 45 minutes, which I think is a record for me, as it normally takes an hour. *shocked*

Comments

[philipstorry.livejournal.com]

It's the latter - buildings remaining heated during the night.

Even if the heating is off, you've also got all those server rooms, which are being kept cool. All the heat that's being exchanged there mounts up. Plus there's heat leaking from buildings, heat from cars and buses being in higher concentrations, and so on.

Basically, the city - that's the whole of central London, not just The City - is about one to two degrees warmer than the surrounding suburbs. (And the suburbs themselves are a degree or so warmer than teh surrounding countryside, as I understand it.)

Microclimates like this are fascinating stuff. :-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_London

[fluffymark]

I'm aware of London's unique microclimate, which is why I'm always VERY shocked when I see snow in London. Especially when some regions just outside London have had no snow. That's very unusual.

[philipstorry.livejournal.com]

Yeah, bloody unusual.

And I wished for snow in my LJ yesterday, which makes it a freaky occurrence really.

*thinks*

Um. Back later. Gotta write an LJ post...
;-)