On February 9th in 1855, residents of Devon, England awakened to a find a light snow cover blanketing the landscape, rendering the bucolic countryside a whiter shade of pale.
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With a light snow falling and a stiff, chilly breeze blowing, Chicagoans huddled together to watch the historic inauguration on Jumbotrons set up in Pioneer Court along Michigan Avenue.
"By all accounts, we are expecting a serious weather event, " he said, adding that the storm was likely to start as a light snow on Friday morning and become heavier as the day goes on, with the worst coming between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.
One bus trying to negotiate a left turn on a snow-covered street fishtailed, swiping down a light pole on a sidewalk.
"It means there is more light penetrating through the ice - that depends to a high degree on the snow cover but once it has melted the light can get through, " Dr Gerland said.
Parts of the county and Worcestershire had a 60 to 80% chance of light snow on Sunday evening, the Met Office said.
When we stopped at Stevens Pass to stretch our legs, I tried to devilishly form a sad-looking snowball from the light snow that covered the ground.
Michael Musher, a National Weather Service meteorologist, said light snow in the Midwest and light rain elsewhere around the country could cause only minor problems.
He is a serious man with a head full of snow-white hair, light skin, and glacier-blue eyes.
Parts of England have seen some light snow overnight, as forecasters warn a second, heavier, band will fall across large areas of the UK in the afternoon.
Some places, mainly in eastern England, will continue to get light snow on Sunday, possibly up to a couple of inches.
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The summit day begins in headlamp light at 1 am, when a line of trekkers kicks crampon spikes into the crunchy snow and trudge slowly to the peak, hoping to summit at dawn.
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