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Snow has hit the capital's streets - but Londoners have already voiced their disappointment at the pitiful amount which fell.

A white blanket of snowflakes covered parts of the city this evening as temperatures dropped to two degrees celsius.

Pictures posted on Twitter showed cars and streets coated with a light dusting of snow and hail.

But people living in the capital took to Twitter to complain that they were underwhelmed by the level of snowfall.

One person tweeted: "This is London's attempt at snow then".

Derek Knight, a producer at Radio 1, wrote: "It's valiantly trying to snow in London, but it's melting as soon as it hits the cynicism."

This is the closest its been to snow in London so far pic.twitter.com/MqRjG6TAmj — YUNG-T✨ (@Tasm0n_D) January 29, 2015

Another wrote: "Stuck in London for the next three hours because we've got half an inch of snow, really?"

And one Twitter user posted: "Everyone else has snow and I get pelted with giant hailstones in Central London. How is that fair? #WhereIsMySnow?!?!"

The Met Office today issued a cold weather alert for London.

Snow at last in London! pic.twitter.com/2PZw5yitq4 — Sadie Robinson (@sadier01) January 29, 2015

A spokesman said there would be "scattered snow showers easing for a time during the evening, with clear, dry conditions developing and patchy ice developing on untreated surfaces".

In other parts of England there was major disruption today as "thundersnow" storms brought travel chaos, closing more than 300 schools, roads and Manchester airport.

A Met Office amber "be prepared" snow warning for northern England has been downgraded to yellow but knock-on effects are expected to continue.