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I had to get out and scrape those, too.<\/p>\n<p>When I&#8217;d done that and got back in, I noticed the temperature on the console&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>-7\u00baC<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>It turned out that that was a little high. Once I started driving it fell to <strong>-9\u00baC<\/strong>. And it hasn&#8217;t gone above -3\u00baC up until midday.<\/p>\n<p>The forecast was for a low of -3\u00baC last night &#8211; but this miraculously changed as the temperature fell as the night wore on. They&#8217;re forecasting -1\u00baC tonight. I can&#8217;t wait to see what that turns out to be in the end!<\/p>\n<p>And then this just arrived:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">FLASH Warning of Heavy Snow for East Midlands valid from 1245 Sun 28 Nov to 2359 Sun 28 Nov <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Met Office  also has a report about the record November lows  last night. 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