Steve Groome

History of numerical weather prediction WWW.METOFFICE.GOV.UK The history of numerical weather prediction (NWP) at the Met Office, from the early 1950s to present.

Not a hard choice for me. Winter 1962/63 was just !!AWESOME !!....living at over 500ft ASL, here in the Chilterns. We had a memorable blizzard on Dec 29th, with very strong Easterly winds whipping the powdery snow into huge drifts. It carried on snowing throughout the 29th right through the 30th. At the time I lived in a PREFAB, waking up on the 31st the snow drifts were level with my bedroom window sill.Walking down the hall to the East facing front door,there was a small snowdrift INSIDE the door ,where the snow had been blown through the crack in the door ,also tiny snowdrifts inside the East facing windows. There was another severe blizzard on 19th-20th of January, with gale-force Easterly winds. By the end of the 20th,with the already lying snow, over 2ft of level snow lay on the ground with 6-8ft drifts. One thing that I have always remembered is the freezing drizzle after it stopped snowing.I could walk down my garden ON TOP of the deep snow,on a thick layer of ice,and suddenly would fall through,up to my waist. There has not been anything to compare to that winter since. Steve

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