It's hard to imagine, in this current mild Winter, that parts of the Thames Corridor were under 6+ inches of Snow, on the 2nd February 2009.
Having lived in the S.E.London area for most of the 64 Years of my life, I've witnessed a few "Thames Snow Streamers" but the 2nd February 2009 version, is without doubt the most potent, I've experienced.
I'd like to hear Members own experiences, of that spell.
In a couple of Days time, I will Post up some of my own memories of that event.
In the meantime, I leave you with a couple of YouTube clips, of that Snowfall:
I worked in Croydon, Surrey, at the time (a few hundred yards from where the majority of this video was shot), and had done for around 12 Years, on and off but in all that time, had never seen Snowfall as deep as this. But this "Streamer" behaved differently to the norm. The reasons for which were given a brilliant analysis, by our own Paul Sherman.
There were a few cracks of thunder associated with this intense train of Snow Showers, and heard the thunder associated with this bolt of lightning, at my home location of Lee, around 13 Miles to the West.
A couple of archive Charts, from that event:
Regards,
Tom.