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Saturday 11 February 2017 9:36 am

More like dandruff: These are the best tweets about London’s snow flurries

By: Courtney Goldsmith

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Last night, the Met Office warned the City could get as much as an inch of snow during the evening rush hour.

However, things weren't quite that drastic on the ground.

Some Londoners questioned whether what fell from the sky could actually be classed as snow at all.

Snowing in a half hearted can't be bothered to stick fashion 🌨more dandruff than precipitation. #londonsnow

— Anne Steele 🎢 (@anneoftheshire) February 11, 2017

is it snowing in #London or is it just a trial version of snow? #londonsnow or maybe it is just ghost of the snow. #saturdaymorning #snow

— Gunce (@itsgunce) February 11, 2017

#uksnow Snow in London rn like pic.twitter.com/zgtFMHNO89

— faiyaz (taylor's version) (@fixated_f) February 10, 2017

Others mocked the City's habit of overreacting.

https://twitter.com/MadonnaEffect/status/830095106376073217

https://twitter.com/JusttCaity/status/830092702976995336

Foreigners had quite different takes on the snow…

'It's snowing proper snow! ' comes the shout from the Australians in the @lonelyplanetUK library. 👍 #SE1 #londonsnow @LondonSnowWatch

— Karyn Noble 💙 aka karyn_noble on Threads (@MsKarynNoble) February 10, 2017

Russian friend: 'This isn't snow, it's white rain.' #Londonsnow

— Lizzie Dearden (@lizziedearden) February 11, 2017

And some were just thankful the trains were still running.

https://twitter.com/gothinisity/status/830339198540472320

Will there be more snow today?

Early this morning, the Met Office updated its yellow warning for London and the South East, saying the areas could still see accumulations of two to three centimetres of snow throughout the day.

Yellow Warning of Snow for London & South East England https://t.co/1uVsCrJyee

— Met Office – UK (@metofficeUK) February 11, 2017

But Londoners will be hard-pressed to expect anything more than a few flurries after snow alerts over the past month have proved disappointing.

In its statement today, the Met said this morning's snow is likely to turn to rain throughout the day.

It added: "Some small accumulations are possible across the warning area however many parts will see little or no cover, and where it does settle it is likely to melt through Saturday."

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