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- PARTS of Dorset were covered in snow this morning.
- The Dorchester area saw around a centimetre of snow settling and residents waking up to some wintry conditions.
- The surprise snow shower continued the unseasonable Spring weather in the area, with flood alerts issued by the Environment Agency.
- Local weatherman John Oliver said around a centimetre of snow fell but the temperature never dropped to zero.
- He said: “The cause of the snow was nothing out of the ordinary, it was just where the temperature dropped low enough for the rain to turn to snow and then back to rain again.”
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