Remember this well. Showers broke out in the afternoon of the 8th April 2005 here but what struck me was you could actually see the preciptation falling as the showers developed. They were of soft hail and snow in nature.
BBC forecasts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghEl1FqqBUM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5Pr-k4W9r8
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