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  • Location: Bucureşti
  • Location: Bucureşti

After 2006/2007 sorry excuse for a winter, 2007/2008 has shown that the cold stuff has returned, and with what style... The south of Romania and the north of Bulgaria have been hit by a huge snow storm, between the 1st and 3rd of January, leaving as much as 108 cm in 48 h in Zimnicea in the extrem south of Romania, between the 2nd and 3rd of January. Many roads have been closed, and are still closed in both country, including a highway between Bucharest and the black sea. After all that snow, some pretty cold temperatures these days, up to -27 c this morning in the center of Romania, and temperatures haven't pass yet -15 in some cities in the center of thecountry although it's noon. Bucharest has up to 52 cm of snow, and curent temperatures -9 c, and it looks like more snow is on its way.

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  • Location: just south of Doncaster, Sth Yorks
  • Location: just south of Doncaster, Sth Yorks

love the third photo which really shows the depth of snow fallen.

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  • Location: runcorn, uk (near liverpool) 100m asl
  • Location: runcorn, uk (near liverpool) 100m asl

some great pictures there mate well done whens your snow forecast for?

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  • Location: Brighton (currently)
  • Location: Brighton (currently)

Awesome pictures! The East Balkans do pretty well when a Russian high forms and the winds turn easterly. As the wind crosses the Black sea, it picks up moisture and dumps loads of snow especially in Bulgaria and Romania.

I was in Budapest, Hungary, last month, which is further west and bands of snow made it there from the East although not as much as now.

Karyo

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  • Location: Bucureşti
  • Location: Bucureşti

[qoute] welcome to the forum.[\quote]

Thank you, I must say that I find this forum very intresting.

[qoute]whens your snow forecast for?

you mean more snow??[/qoute]

Yup, light snow is forecast for the next couple of days, and I think a more serious snow shower is due to arrive next week-end.

An intresting detail about the temparutes. In Bechet this morning there were -25 c, now if you search in the "euro heat" thread, you will see that I wrote on the 25 of July that bechet recorded 44,3 c.

Other pictures from Romania !

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  • Location: Woodchurch, near Ashford Kent. 11m asl.
  • Location: Woodchurch, near Ashford Kent. 11m asl.

:o :shok: Fantastic pics, my children are green with envy!!!!!!!!

Keep us posted on any further developments, we will have to live out our snow fantasies through you!!!!!

:o

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  • Location: Aberdare, Mid-Glamorgan. 202 ASL
  • Location: Aberdare, Mid-Glamorgan. 202 ASL

Thanks for the pics! I am off to skiing to Borovets, Bulgaria in 3 weeks so its good to see all that snow.

You are right it was a rubbish winter last year very difficult to ski.

Thanks

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  • Location: Western Isle of Wight
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, Storm, anything loud and dramatic.
  • Location: Western Isle of Wight

Excellent pictures AE.

Its a shame the Horses have been banned from your main roads, I am sure they are most useful in such extreme weather.

Regards,

Russ

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