YOUR FAVOURITE ARCHIVED SYNOPTIC CHART

[Mark Neal.]

This is a good one for me, I think in Oxfordshire this was the moment we changed from having no snow, virtually ever, to the way the weather has been in the last few years.  (new poster, so hope this pic appears!!) This channel low dumped Wantage with 5 inches, and our office was closed - trouble was we had an international meeting - one guy coming from Germany!  So I braved the 7 mile journey (and abandoned my car) German guy having no problems with his journey naturally...health and safety meant we had to leave the office and adjourn to the pub!  We're really not cut out for it, we british are we?  And it snowed another 4 inches the next night!

 

 

Great to have another oxonian onboard! Can you remember.. 

[Mark Neal.]

Another gem from Christmas Day 2004

I can remember a few flakes of snow here in oxford that xmas day around midday, only a few but the only snow falling on christmas day i can remember  

[NeilN]

This one from October 2005 - VERY warm. Memories of travelling to Kidderminster to see my Dad. The temperature was 21c in Birmingham!!

 

Edited September 19, 2013 by nn2013

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This one from October 2005 - VERY warm. Memories of travelling to Kidderminster to see my Dad. The temperature was 21c in Birmingham!!

 

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[Dancerwithwings]

Talking of Archive charts looking back at the way weather was presented and the tech they had back then makes you appreciate what we have today.

interesting veiwing, A BBC special a change in the weather 1985;

 

[snowstorm445]

One of the best snow spells IMO prior to the cold winters of 2009/10/11, early January 2008. It only lasted for a day or two IIRC, but it brought heavy snowfall and thundersnow to my town near Dublin, which fell for nearly 6 or 7 hours non-stop with about 6 inches accumulating by morning. Lovely.

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[feb1991blizzard]

Here are  some more archives but of a different kind, archive runs rather than actual verification charts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[feb1991blizzard]

I will scan for some more later tonight- the GFS ones are grinding at the moment.

[Anvils in the Sky]

Loving reading everyone's recollections. Once again, I have to say "A pat on the back, Tom" for thinking of this one!

 

One thing I will say, though, is I cannot agree in the slightest with post 208 above. I deplore the way the BBC present the weather these days. For me, it was infinitely better before that "big change" of theirs earlier in the 2000s. For me, symbols etc are far more pleasing on the eye than those awful cloud blobs etc on those hideous non-static charts. I, for one, still miss the simplicity of the old charts. And I will never grow to like the way the BBC present the weather now. If only I could refuse to pay my TV licence in protest!

[Dancerwithwings]

Loving reading everyone's recollections. Once again, I have to say "A pat on the back, Tom" for thinking of this one!

 

One thing I will say, though, is I cannot agree in the slightest with post 208 above. I deplore the way the BBC present the weather these days. For me, it was infinitely better before that "big change" of theirs earlier in the 2000s. For me, emphasis than those awful cloud blobs etc on those hideous non-static charts. I, for one, still miss the simplicity of the old charts. And I will never grow to like the way the BBC present the weather now. If only I could refuse to pay my TV licence in protest!

I couldn't agree more with you on the way it was presented back then with more emphasis on the charts with like you said "symbols etc are far more pleasing on the eye"

When i mentioned .....(Talking of Archive charts looking back at the way weather was presented)......I was stating what the programme was about,

.....(and the tech they had back then makes you appreciate what we have today).....That's what i was on about the technology we have today compared to back then and how lucky we are!

i'm sorry if my post was misleading........And yes i still miss the simplicity of the old charts myself

Edited September 20, 2013 by Dancerwithwings

[Steve C]

I couldn't agree more with you on the way it was presented back then with more emphasis on the charts with like you said "symbols etc are far more pleasing on the eye"

When i mentioned .....(Talking of Archive charts looking back at the way weather was presented)......I was stating what the programme was about,

.....(and the tech they had back then makes you appreciate what we have today).....That's what i was on about the technology we have today compared to back then and how lucky we are!

i'm sorry if my post was misleading........And yes i still miss the simplicity of the old charts myself

 

Yes, I saw that the bit where they said that the then Met Office supercomputer would take 4 minutes to process information that would take a BBC Model B computer (I think) 70 days.

 

I wonder how a typical home computer would compare now (with the Met Office computer then)?

Edited September 20, 2013 by Steve C

[Dancerwithwings]

Yes, I saw that the bit where they said that the then Met Office supercomputer would take 4 minutes to process information that would take a BBC Model B computer (I think) 70 days.

 

I wonder how a typical home computer would compare now (with the Met Office computer then)?

Pretty much sure that your home pc has more processing power now than back then, Im sure the techo folk would lets us know that

Had a little chuckle when Mr fish him self had a ((((blip))))  when the symbols kept on slipping! You don't see that today do you

[Anvils in the Sky]

I couldn't agree more with you on the way it was presented back then with more emphasis on the charts with like you said "symbols etc are far more pleasing on the eye"

When i mentioned .....(Talking of Archive charts looking back at the way weather was presented)......I was stating what the programme was about,

.....(and the tech they had back then makes you appreciate what we have today).....That's what i was on about the technology we have today compared to back then and how lucky we are!

i'm sorry if my post was misleading........And yes i still miss the simplicity of the old charts myself

No probs. I see what you mean now. Sorry for misunderstanding it. I'm open-minded in most things, but VERY close-minded when it comes to people trying to tell me the "modern" BBC weather way is the best! I put my hands over my ears and go "lah lah lah lah", just like we used to do as kiddies! The way I see it is we are a weather-obsessed nation, and what with the changeable nature of this country's weather anyway, the format of our TV forecasts HAS to be amongst the best. And it was imitated the world over for many years. Now, I don't doubt somebody can give me examples to prove me wrong, but I'm not aware of anybody else copying the "modern" BBC way. And I think that speaks volumes.

 

But, yep, fully with you on the technology thing of course. I remember being absolutely petrified of the small computer room at school in the 80s. (Small room....but massive machines!) Computers really did frighten the life out of me. And look now. I'd be well, truly, and completely lost without one!

 

And just so Tom doesn't tell me off for not talking about the archive charts in my post, here's another great one from my point of view. I was in Perpignan on this day. And guess what that little low off the coast of Catalonia delivered that night! (Hint: Brontophobes might want to run for cover!) And, boy, was it a "humdinger"!

[Tom Quintavalle]

Mr.Anvil, thank you for your very kind words sir and I'll forgive you for having such a love of storms! Lol.

Tom.

Edited September 20, 2013 by TomBR7

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Here are  some more archives but of a different kind, archive runs rather than actual verification charts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5th Dec '12 (THAT ECM), first one for 4th Feb, didnt actually turn out like that, but was a snowy day for me, east v west battle

Edited September 20, 2013 by IrememberAtlantic252

[Anvils in the Sky]

Mr.Anvil, thank you for your very kind words sir and I'll forgive you for having such a love of storms! Lol.Tom.

That's the spirit! Thanks very much! (It's not as if I'm a storm lover, but snow hater. At least we have 50% agreement!)

[feb1991blizzard]

5th Dec '12 (THAT ECM), first one for 4th Feb, didnt actually turn out like that, but was a snowy day for me, east v west battle

 

Yes unfortunately neither did the 5th Dec one, I got about 3 inches from that battleground, lucky to get that really because frontal alignment wasn't correct.

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Yes unfortunately neither did the 5th Dec one, I got about 3 inches from that battleground, lucky to get that really because frontal alignment wasn't correct.

 

I got same amount, but yes if you look at actual archive chart for 04th Feb, it does look unfavourable, infact looks mild, wind seems on a SSW angle, not SSE or SE

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There was a Daily Express headline around the time 'NEW ARCTIC CHAOS NEXT WEEK'  around this time, I wonder if it was runs like this that lead to it.

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[I remember Atlantic 252]

 

 

 

 

 

18Z flop I assume, cannot remember actual weather on Feb 10th,

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[cheese]

 

 

 

 

If only!