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  • Location: Edmonton Alberta(via Chelmsford, Exeter & Calgary)
  • Weather Preferences: Sunshine and 15-25c
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  • Location: Powys Mid Wales borders.
  • Location: Powys Mid Wales borders.
On 19/11/2019 at 20:08, I remember Atlantic 252 said:

cor, never see that now, hate back then, most people must have got sick of cold and snow

Its returning big time, be carefull what you wish for.

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  • Location: Powys Mid Wales borders.
  • Location: Powys Mid Wales borders.
On 15/11/2019 at 01:16, SLEETY said:

Awesome charts.

I think  we will see those type of charts during this winter season for a change and not just the spring.

If those models were to came off in february 2013 around the same time as 1985 classic blizzards.

That would of been the more severe easterly blizzards and drifting snow and huge depths causing widespread country chaos the most severe spell since 1962-63.

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  • Location: Lee, London. SE12, 41 mts. 134.5 ft asl.
  • Weather Preferences: Cold, Snowy Weather
  • Location: Lee, London. SE12, 41 mts. 134.5 ft asl.

I've been a Member of Netweather since January 2005. I think I'm right in saying that I visited this topic, a few Years ago.

As a few Years have now elapsed since that time, I would like to revisit that subject again. There well maybe a few new entries into Member's "charts", in recent Years.

I was inspired to create this new Topic by my Post last Night, re. the "Cold Wave", in early December 1981. This in itself was inspired by a GFS Forecast Chart in a  Post made by TIGHT ISOBAR , in the Model Thread, some 17 Hours ago. When I viewed the 12z GFS Forecast Chart for Friday 6th December, I had a "Where have I seen that Synoptic Chart before, moment". It very much reminded me of the beginning of that bitterly cold spell, in December 1981.

I'll "kick-off" then but my 1-2-3, are unchanged.

1. - It has to be the "Daddy" of all "Beasts From The East" and specifically - Monday, 12th January 1987.

2. - The fiercest combination of wind/snow I've witnessed.

The catalyst, the finest example of a "snow-making" Channel Low I've experienced - Sunday, 31st December 1978.

3. - The "Cold Wave", that brought about the bitterly cold December of 1981 - Tuesday, 8th December 1981.

I will now "flesh-out" these events with a few personal anecdotes and some images. I don't have any Photos, that I've taken myself. But where I can,  will Post up some images from South East Meteorologist and acquaintance of mine, Ian Currie.

Mr.Currie has given his kind permission for me to reproduce these images, which appear in his excellent and very informative. Kent and Surrey Weather Books.

1. - I'll begin with my all time favourite Chart (which has been my Computer Wallpaper for many Years). - Mon. 12th January 1987. 

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I was 31 at the time and working in an Accounts Office in Bromley (Kent/S.E.London border). The bitterly cold air started to arrive on Sat.10th Jan. The following Day, my location (Anerley, S.E.London), started to experience a few "lightish" Snow Showers. On Monday 12th Jan., the Snow really set in. The Public Transport System throughout the London Borough began to shut down. With Road conditions worsening, our Office Manager decided to send all the Staff, home early.

I decided to go and spend a few Hours with my Parents, who lived around the corner between Bromley North and Grove Park. I decided to make my way home to Anerley, a few miles to the West. No Buses were running, so I decided to walk to Bromley South Railway Station. By this time, the Snow was getting on for 4+ inches deep. The Railway Staff informed me that no Trains were running, East of Bromley. The Medway Towns had become inaccessible, as the Snow was drifting badly. Southern Region had sent out de-icing Trains towards the Medway Towns but they had broken down East of Bromley, in the extreme conditions and very low Temperatures. Eventually, a  stopping Train to London Victoria arrived and I managed to get back close to my Home, very cold and very tired.

To end this Example 1 of my favourite Synoptic chart, I'[d like to Post up a few images of how extreme the conditions were in prts of S.E.England. These images appear in South East Meteorologist Ian Currie's, Kent and Surrey Weather Books, and are reproduced with Mr.Currie's kind permission.

1. The image below is of a "Snow Blower", that British Rail had sent down, from the Scottish Highlands. British Rail were attempting to keep this line open, so that Oil supplies could get through from Refineries, on the Isle of Grain in Kent. Jan.1987. 

2. - Queues form in the heavy Snow, outside a Bakery in Burham (a little West of Blue Bell Hill, in Kent). Jan.1987.

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3. - A Policeman on Point Duty, at East Clandon, near Guildford, Surrey. Jan.1987.

4. - The scene is of a snowbound Rickman Hill, Coulsdon, Surrey. Jan.1987. (The location of Ian Currie's old property).

In the next couple of Day's, I will Post up the second of my favourite Synoptic Charts ( 31st Dec.1978), plus a few personal anecdotes, of that Event.

I would love to read and view other Member's choices for their favourite Synoptic Charts, whatever Weather "floats their boat".

Regards,

Tom.     :hi: 

 

 

 

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  • Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland 20m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Snow,Thunderstorms mix both for heaven THUNDERSNOW 😜😀🤤🥰
  • Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland 20m ASL

You know I love any chance to post snowy charts / photos / videos Tom :oldlaugh: again I will copy my post from the snow streamers thread as it contains my 2 best snowfall events, but I will add that I still find it hard to split them into 1st and 2nd as November / December 2010 the snow was perfect for snowman / snowball making and also the rare -15 C temperature here but the BFTE was very poor for that with the snow being too dry (which also made measurements tricky) and both events produced a foot + of snow so were similar in that regard but to get that at 20 M ASL was probably a bigger achievement and getting a RED snow warning, and both had thundersnow although BFTE had much more than 2010.

On 13/09/2019 at 17:04, Kirkcaldy Weather said:

Here in Kirkcaldy we get the Forth streamer with snow showers starting in the North Sea then moving into the firth of forth before arriving here, the 2 best I have experienced in my lifetime so far (I am 23) were November 2010 and February / March 2018 Beast From The East.

The perfect setup is as straight of an easterly flow as possible and 850 temps usually from -8 and below.

November 2010

Winds were alternating between east and north easterlies on the 27th archives-2010-11-27-0-0.thumb.png.59772d62fe6b4f2429fd04d1a3ff4ac6.png  archives-2010-11-27-12-0.thumb.png.3a5f5d8db4ae254af8904a63fa42a957.png with the first signs of the heavy snow arriving on the Saturday night 


By midday on the 28th the flow was perfect with a straight easterly continuing to feed in non stop bands of heavy snow which were quickly piling up the snowfall amountsarchives-2010-11-28-12-0.thumb.png.48189a9c2f0b4f06219187730456f9ba.png  archives-2010-11-28-12-1.thumb.png.876ab9dd352c3b115cfc73adbfb29827.png the easterly flow persisted even heading into the 30th archives-2010-11-30-0-0.thumb.png.6710958913c927f730e0d5dae491e190.png some more forecasts of the event 

 

 

I was living in a higher part of Kirkcaldy at the time and by the end of the event there was over a foot of snow. Some other youtube videos from Kirkcaldy of this event 

February / March 2018

27th February 2018 saw the easterly begin to arrive up here with a bitter cold pool accompanying it   archives-2018-2-27-12-0.thumb.png.073e82234a2689a8bae53b1ec9263a13.png archives-2018-2-27-12-1.thumb.png.97223a1b99467e5065f407abb95c5169.png  through the night into the 28th the easterly strengthened  1334920792_archives-2018-2-28-0-0(1).thumb.png.01432f25de2c2f78f23ad80a195732a6.png with the gale force easterly winds blizzard conditions set in with the non stop snow showers and also plenty of thundersnow archives-2018-2-28-12-0.thumb.png.67f5d8790db48fa0ed10350086ce74f3.png archives-2018-2-28-12-1.thumb.png.516cf6410dacfb15d17bbe5da0796a6c.png archives-2018-3-1-0-0.thumb.png.91843009116d6e6a9bd27a8556a86412.png archives-2018-3-1-0-1.thumb.png.c67d07995292c4ed90995fbf037fdc83.png archives-2018-3-1-12-0.thumb.png.74ff8f188634a4c9379f4e05cc483366.png archives-2018-3-1-12-1.thumb.png.23d8f6b87a062e7c79a1b96d92459435.png archives-2018-3-2-0-0.thumb.png.496ef2fb371b2bdada8c5cdfb304e19a.png archives-2018-3-2-0-1.thumb.png.af6e9ef21642f730dff310bec25dda1d.png archives-2018-3-3-0-0.thumb.png.2b5c35df93d8408a04a42b06bc972026.png  archives-2018-3-3-0-1.thumb.png.c52ef65192174430f8a8773e786fc834.png even here at 20m ASL by the end of the event again I had a foot of snow which is quite an achievement at that altitude, also was in the center of a RED snow warning from the met office 

      

 

 

 

my pictures from the event

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  • Location: Lee, London. SE12, 41 mts. 134.5 ft asl.
  • Weather Preferences: Cold, Snowy Weather
  • Location: Lee, London. SE12, 41 mts. 134.5 ft asl.

Thanks Callum, for the above ^^^^. Some very informative and detailed accounts there, and some superb images of those events and video clips.

Like myself, re. the "Thames Streamer", you're ideally located to benefit from the "Firth of Forth Streamer".

My Second favourite Synoptic Chart, is the following:

2. - Sun. 31st December, 1978:

 11 PM (D.S.T.) 30th DEC.1978 (at the height of the Blizzard).

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In my time of being a Member of NW, frequently I read Posts re. a "Channel Low". Some Members refer to any area of Low Pressure that finds itself in that body of water that sits between England/France in Winter, as a "Channel Low"

Along the lines of, "there's even a Channel Low, at t168". Yes, it may be a depression that has entered the English Channel but it's not a "Channel Low" as I know it, Jim!! :nonono:

The above example, is the finest of what I have become to know as a true, "Channel Low".

An area of Low Pressure that rides up and engages bitterly cold air, on it's Northern and Eastern flank.

Back in the late 1960's (when I became interested in Meteorology), I witnessed a few examples of these phenomena. Low Pressure would track up from the S.W. and engage, entrenched bitter air to it's N.E. 

In effect, the reverse was true about the above example.

The Jet Stream and associated Low Pressure had began to take an ever more Southerly track, as Pressure rose in the Greenland/Iceland area. As this occurred, bitter air started to "invade" the very North of the U.K., a few Days before Christmas 1978. Indeed, quite a few parts of Scotland recorded a White Christmas.

This ever Southerly tracking pattern continued in the Days, following Christmas.

I was working for a Bookmakers in East Dulwich, South East London, at the time. I left for work on Saturday Morning 30th December, pretty exited. The Weather Forecast on Radio 4 spoke of Rain turning to Snow increasingly for the Midlands and Southern England, as the Day wore). on.

I vividly remember watching the coverage of Horse Racing from Market Rasen, in Lincolnshire. As the last Race drew to a close that Afternoon (probably around 3.30), I noted huge Snowflakes swirling around as the Horses approached the Winning Post.

I went for a drink with a few colleagues after work, in our local Pub. Around early Evening, the Pub Door kept being blown open by a strengthening wind. At around 8 PM, I visited the Gents and was surprised to see a line of white had developed in the corner of the Loo (Not unusual to spot this in a S.E.London Pub, at that time!! :shok:).

I soon realised some Snow Grains had been blown through a vent in the Loo wall and had drifted, against the far wall.

Myself and my colleagues, decided to move on to another Pub around the Corner, in Camberwell. As we left the Pub to walk to my Colleague's Car, the near Gale Force Easterly wind nearly took your breath away, as the Temperature was lowering, dramatically. A fine dusting of "Icing Sugar" Snow Grains were being blown across the Roads and settling in the Kerbs. We didn't stop to long in that second Pub, as conditions were deteriorating, rapidly and I had to get back to my Home in Bromley, around 9 Miles to the S.E.

My Colleague kindly offered to drive me Home. It was around 10 PM when we left the Pub and Snow had started to drift over the tops of the Kerbs (something I'd never witnessed, in an Inner London location). My colleague had forgotten to take a Rug off of his Car's engine, which he'd put on to protect it from the ever increasing bitter air. We soon had smoke, billowing out of the engine!! :shok: We soon got under way again and avoiding the hills between Camberwell and Bromley, had a relatively smooth, if very slow, journey back to my Home. The Car was sliding around a bit and we witnessed a few unfortunate Drivers, who had slid off the Road.

We arrived back in Bromley at around 11 PM. When I got out of my Colleagues Car, the scene that greeted me was reminiscent of the painting, "Retreat from Moscow"!! - image.png.4f85ea6640f26ca2f2f7389d174b6da6.png 

My Road had become a Winter Wonderland"!! The drifting had become so severe that I couldn't make out the Path, to my Front Door. The Snow Grains (evidently the air Temperature was around -5c), were coming down in huge quantities. An intake of breath "stung" your lungs. Polar Continental air, in all its glory!!

I finally got to bed, after many visits to the Curtains, as the Snow was easing off. 

I woke up on that New Years Eve 1978, to an incredible sight.  As you can tell from the Archived Chart for Noon on the following Day. the Easterly wind was still "blowing a Gale". Huge billows of powdery Snow Grains were being continually being blown off of rooves, gardens and cars. Despite the bright Sunshine, New Years Eve 1978 was bitterly cold with Air Temperatures, remaining well below freezing. For the first time, I witnessed Snow Ploughs on the Main Road that runs between Grove Park and Bromley North, some 50+ Yards from my Front Door.. They were fighting a losing battle, in trying to keep our Main Road clear of drifting Snow, as the continuing Easterly Gale continued to blow the powdery Snow, back on to the Road.

       11 AM (D.S.T.), 31st DEC.1978

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By the end of New Years Eve, the depth of drifting had reached 4 Feet.

This was by far the greatest I've ever witnessed, in the Bromley area. 

So, for those new Members reading this, this was the real Dr.McCoy of Channel Lows Jim, as I know it!! :oldgrin: 

This was, by far and away, the best (worst) Event, depending on how you feel about heavy and disruptive Snowfall, that I've witnessed in the Bromley (S.E.London/N.W.Kent) area, for a combination of heavy Snow and Gale Force winds, in my 50+ Years of being interested in Meteorology.

I like to refer to this Event, as a "reverse" Channel Low. Rather than actually trying to dislodge entrenched, bitter Polar Continental air.

It happened to be the catalyst for ushering it in to the U.K.

I will Post up a couple of images of the result of this event from Ian Currie's Kent and Surrey Weather Books, tomorrow Morning.

In a few Days time, I will post up my 3rd Favourite Synoptic Chart, which was the catalyst for ushering in the bitterly cold December 1981, the "Cold Wave" of Tuesday 8th December, 1981.

Regards,

Tom. :hi:    

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  • Location: Edmonton Alberta(via Chelmsford, Exeter & Calgary)
  • Weather Preferences: Sunshine and 15-25c
  • Location: Edmonton Alberta(via Chelmsford, Exeter & Calgary)

i have never experienced an intake of air stinging my lungs even at -40c let alone at -5c?

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  • Location: Lee, London. SE12, 41 mts. 134.5 ft asl.
  • Weather Preferences: Cold, Snowy Weather
  • Location: Lee, London. SE12, 41 mts. 134.5 ft asl.
10 minutes ago, cheeky_monkey said:

i have never experienced an intake of air stinging my lungs even at -40c let alone at -5c?

Sorry matey, I stand by what I Posted. That's what I felt!!

Regards,

Tom.  :hi:

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  • Location: Lee, London. SE12, 41 mts. 134.5 ft asl.
  • Weather Preferences: Cold, Snowy Weather
  • Location: Lee, London. SE12, 41 mts. 134.5 ft asl.

Morning  all,

Crikey, did I get a shock when I glanced at this Thread on my Mobile overnight, to see that it had grown to 14 Pages, already. I'm not signed in my Mobile, so didn't get to see the Sticky Note from Mapantz.

A big thank you to Mapantz for "digging up" my original Thread, which I started a Day after my Birthday, in 2013. I'll enjoy reading back over Member's Posts, from that time.

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"i have never experienced an intake of air stinging my lungs even at -40c let alone at -5c?"

Just want to address the above Post, from Cheeky Monkey last Night. I'll Post up that Synoptic Chart from 31st Dec 1978, again:

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As you can tell the Easterly wind was very strong and as stated in my description of the Event, was blowing near or at Gale Force for quite a bit of the duration of the Event, Beaufort Scale 7 or 8 (between 32 and 46 MPH). 

Below is a Wind Chill Chart (in Celcius)

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As I stated in my description, Snow was falling at an Air Temp. of -5c (hence the very powdery nature of the Snow).

As you can see from the Chart, a Wind Speed of around 35 MPH, combined with an Air Temp of -5c, gives a Wind Chill Factor of -14 (certainly not to be sneezed at). We do not often see these values in the UK and certainly not in Southern portions, of these Isles. The flow was coming off a Continent, which especially to the E/NE of that "Channel Low", had that part of Europe in the "Freezer".

My main Library in Bromley, has a huge Reference section. It has the Broadsheets, such as The Times and Daily Telegraph, on Microfiche. Some Years ago, I photocopied the Weather Sections of these Newspapers, at the time of very cold Wintry spells, in the UK. The temperatures over some parts of Europe on the 30th December 1978, were way below freezing. The Scandinavian Capitals, were between -15c and -18c (0f in old money). Berlin was around -10c.

So, an intake of breath of that Polar Continental air, did indeed have a "stinging" quality about it.

But then again, if like "Cheeky Monkey" you Winter in Canada, perhaps your body has become acclimatised to extremes of Cold, unlike someone who has spent their life living in S.E.London/N.W.Kent!! 

Regards,

Tom.    :hi:

 

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  • Location: Lee, London. SE12, 41 mts. 134.5 ft asl.
  • Weather Preferences: Cold, Snowy Weather
  • Location: Lee, London. SE12, 41 mts. 134.5 ft asl.

Below, are the z500 and 850 Synoptic Charts, at the height of the Blizzard on the Night before New Years Eve, 1978. 

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Taking a look at the 850 Chart below, you can see how close Southern England came to having Rain, rather than Snow. There's a huge temperature contrast, over a very short distance. Just across the English Channel, Northern France had just heavy Rain and lots of it. The Weather "Gods" certainly smiled on Southern English, "Snow Lovers" that Night and placed this particular "Channel Low" with "slide rule" perfection and gave the Midlands > South, an historic Event. Many Villages in the East of S.E. England were "cut-off", being fully exposed to the Easterly Gale that came screaming out of North Central Europe.

Those "brutal" 850's just to the East of Scotland, and a 24c difference in those 850 Temps, between the tip of Denmark and North Central France, helped fuel the "Snowstorm". 

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Finally a few images, from that Event.

These are reproduced with the kind permission of Ian Currie and apper in his Kent and Surrey Weather Books.

The first image is of a car buried in a huge Snowdrift, near the Village of Grain, on the Hoo Peninsular, in North Kent This part of S.E.England was badly affected by the Pre-New Year Snowstorm, being fully exposed to the Snow-laden Easterly Gale.  

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Although still Snowy, further West in Surrey conditions were less severe.

Below, a 65 Bus destined for Chessington Zoo proceeds along the Icy and Snow covered A243 at Hook, on New Years Eve, 1978.

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Regards,

Tom.   :hi:

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  • Location: Edmonton Alberta(via Chelmsford, Exeter & Calgary)
  • Weather Preferences: Sunshine and 15-25c
  • Location: Edmonton Alberta(via Chelmsford, Exeter & Calgary)
On 27/11/2019 at 23:05, TomSE12 said:

Morning  all,

Crikey, did I get a shock when I glanced at this Thread on my Mobile overnight, to see that it had grown to 14 Pages, already. I'm not signed in my Mobile, so didn't get to see the Sticky Note from Mapantz.

A big thank you to Mapantz for "digging up" my original Thread, which I started a Day after my Birthday, in 2013. I'll enjoy reading back over Member's Posts, from that time.

Quote:

"i have never experienced an intake of air stinging my lungs even at -40c let alone at -5c?"

Just want to address the above Post, from Cheeky Monkey last Night. I'll Post up that Synoptic Chart from 31st Dec 1978, again:

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As you can tell the Easterly wind was very strong and as stated in my description of the Event, was blowing near or at Gale Force for quite a bit of the duration of the Event, Beaufort Scale 7 or 8 (between 32 and 46 MPH). 

Below is a Wind Chill Chart (in Celcius)

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As I stated in my description, Snow was falling at an Air Temp. of -5c (hence the very powdery nature of the Snow).

As you can see from the Chart, a Wind Speed of around 35 MPH, combined with an Air Temp of -5c, gives a Wind Chill Factor of -14 (certainly not to be sneezed at). We do not often see these values in the UK and certainly not in Southern portions, of these Isles. The flow was coming off a Continent, which especially to the E/NE of that "Channel Low", had that part of Europe in the "Freezer".

My main Library in Bromley, has a huge Reference section. It has the Broadsheets, such as The Times and Daily Telegraph, on Microfiche. Some Years ago, I photocopied the Weather Sections of these Newspapers, at the time of very cold Wintry spells, in the UK. The temperatures over some parts of Europe on the 30th December 1978, were way below freezing. The Scandinavian Capitals, were between -15c and -18c (0f in old money). Berlin was around -10c.

So, an intake of breath of that Polar Continental air, did indeed have a "stinging" quality about it.

But then again, if like "Cheeky Monkey" you Winter in Canada, perhaps your body has become acclimatised to extremes of Cold, unlike someone who has spent their life living in S.E.London/N.W.Kent!! 

Regards,

Tom.    :hi:

 

so i tested your theory the other evening whilst doing a bit of light snow shoveling on my drive..temp was -13c with a windchill of -25c..so is stopped and took some big intakes of breath and really sucked it in to see if i could feel anything as to what you described..and not a sausage..maybe ill try again with a lower temp and report back..certainly get that stinging pins and needles effect when cold wind hits your face..often i get a runny nose when it gets below -10c and im outside.

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  • Location: Manchester Deansgate.
  • Weather Preferences: Heavy disruptive snowfall.
  • Location: Manchester Deansgate.
7 minutes ago, Steve Murr said:

Nobody has ever posted this one-

Who can guess the date > what a chart!

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  • Location: Manchester Deansgate.
  • Weather Preferences: Heavy disruptive snowfall.
  • Location: Manchester Deansgate.
3 minutes ago, I remember Atlantic 252 said:

back then though shame, was looking 11 years too late

I had in my head 1950's all along and knew March, went 59, 56, 55 and 53, finally the penny dropped on 52.

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  • Location: Wildwood, Stafford 104m asl
  • Weather Preferences: obviously snow!
  • Location: Wildwood, Stafford 104m asl
3 minutes ago, feb1991blizzard said:

I had in my head 1950's all along and knew March, went 59, 56, 55 and 53, finally the penny dropped on 52.

real winters! makes even the 80's the christmas pudding

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  • Location: Manchester Deansgate.
  • Weather Preferences: Heavy disruptive snowfall.
  • Location: Manchester Deansgate.
1 minute ago, I remember Atlantic 252 said:

real winters! makes even the 80's the christmas pudding

People round here say the 70's trumped the 80's, but are they really just referring to a couple of big events in the late 70's or was it that cold zonality used to trump Easterlies around here?

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  • Location: Lincoln, Lincolnshire
  • Weather Preferences: Sunshine, convective precipitation, snow, thunderstorms, "episodic" months.
  • Location: Lincoln, Lincolnshire

The winter of 1978/79 trumped everything that the 1980s produced over most of the country, but overall the 1980s was the snowier decade, as there was a run of predominantly snowless winters from 1970/71 through to 1975/76, and for most 1976/77 was only about average.

I don't have a clear favourite synoptic chart, and my choice could well vary depending on the day, but here's one of my favourites from a long, long time ago:

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  • Location: Manchester Deansgate.
  • Weather Preferences: Heavy disruptive snowfall.
  • Location: Manchester Deansgate.
Just now, Thundery wintry showers said:

The winter of 1978/79 trumped everything that the 1980s produced over most of the country, but overall the 1980s was the snowier decade, as there was a run of predominantly snowless winters from 1970/71 through to 1975/76, and for most 1976/77 was only about average.

I don't have a clear favourite synoptic chart, and my choice could well vary depending on the day, but here's one of my favourites from a long, long time ago:

 

I was born in Jan 77, my late mom said - typical you were born at that point.

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  • Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland 20m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Snow,Thunderstorms mix both for heaven THUNDERSNOW 😜😀🤤🥰
  • Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland 20m ASL

Newer weather events and the associated charts since my previous post in this thread. 

11th / 12th August 2020

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Around mid-day there were some discrete small storms developing with one clipping here. After it was eerily still and I even posted in the Scotland thread I felt like something was coming.... Was it ever 😲😲

At around 6pm a trough moved into the borders then all hell broke loose with at least 2 supercells hitting here by 11pm, it takes a lot to scare me and this is still the only time I've been scared due to a weather event but with good reason as it was easily the most severe storms everyone here has ever seen, they lasted a mind boggling 12 HOURS!!  With cars floating down the streets and it was declared a major incident, I recorded a 129.59mm/h rain rate87621BB9-91CF-493E-983C-C07C2F5C53DA.jpe and 94.74mm in just a few hours 👀

My videos of the supercells (the earlier storms of that day are on my YouTube channel) 

8th 9th & 10th February 2021

There was much uncertainty within the models in the lead upto this. 

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Overnight into the 8th the graupel showers began to get more and more snowy with a dusting by early morning and by teatime it was all snow with a nice covering IMG_20210208_181506.jpg.a915f8b810c65c28

On the morning of the 9th we were upto 6cm IMG_20210209_103334.jpg.d06b60080854bac3

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A day full of amazing mega intensity sea effect snow bands 😍😍 

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By nighttime the depth was approaching 12cm 😃 😁IMG_20210209_222615.jpg.6a8c8326bb509490

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With the easterly losing its intensity into the 10th the total snow depth was between 12 nearing 13cm 

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