So which recent event - though I am going from my memory he-) - do
YOU think that this cold snap will be nearest to? (Other posters who
are well-informed on this particular subject matter can answer this
question as well.:-)):
-1979 winter (surely not! NO man would be SO bold, surely not?:-o :-))
-December 1981 (easterly),
-February 1985 (easterly),
-February 1986 (easterly),
-January 1987 (easterly),
-February 1991 (easterly),
-November 1993 (north-east-easterly),
-February 1994 (easterly - second best winter memory of my life),
-December 1995 (easterly - the BEST winter memory of my life),
-February-March 1996 (easterly of sorts, though still moderately
memorable),
-November 1996 (unlikely - as that was a slow-tracking but a
nonetheless snowy SOUTHERLY),
-Christmas Eve 1996 (north-easterly),
-January 1997 (easterly),
-April(!) 1998 (unusually potent north-easterly),
-February 2001 (unlikely - as that was a NORTH-WESTERLY),
-New Years Eve, 2003 (unlikely - as that was also a NORTH-WESTERLY),
-January 2004 so-called "thundersnow"/nothing where I live event (hope
not:-(, for obvious reasons),

???

:-p

D.

Damien
I would say February-March 1996 as it stands at the mo

I would say February-March 1996 as it stands at the mo

Sweet....:-D

I was thinking more along the lines of December 1995, as that was an
easterly which had a slight north-easterly component to it.:-) Either
would suit me though.

D.

Not December '81 . Was a true Arctic source, though, of course the winds
were easterly at times.

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I would say February-March 1996 as it stands at the mo

Sweet....:-D

I was thinking more along the lines of December 1995, as that was an
easterly which had a slight north-easterly component to it.:-) Either
would suit me though.

D.

What was so special about Feb/March '96 ?, in the SouthEast anyway ...

RonB
"vince" wrote in message
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Damien
I would say February-March 1996 as it stands at the mo

Danny:

Not December '81 . Was a true Arctic source, though, of course the
winds
were easterly at times.

Then why were northerlies so good then, and not so good now, à la the
"winter" of 2004?

Is this maybe where that age-old but now long-discredit phrase "When
the north wind doth blow, there will be snow" comes from?


Ron:

What was so special about Feb/March '96 ?, in the SouthEast anyway
....

Yes - which is odd, because the South-East seems to be going to bear
the BRUNT of this coming *POSSIBLE* cold snap, which is unusual, as the
South-East, I hear, generally missed out on such fun during the
aforementioned 1996 cold spell.:-( :-)

It's length was awfully impressive though, certainly up here,
especially what given the previous MILDER winters.:-o :-p

D.

I was thinking more along the lines of December 1995, as that was an
easterly which had a slight north-easterly component to it.:-) Either
would suit me though.


Damien this spell was a non starter, ok, was cold but the snow that
fell was of the granular sort, flurries as the MO would describe.
Vince

Ron
if my memory is correct a trough swung sw wards from Norway on the
evening of the 22feb ? though snow amounts were small 5-7 cm in the
strong ne winds it piled up reasonably ,as it was the powdery sort, i
think that spell lasted a week (bucks/beds area) I wonder if Philip
Eden recalls this as he lives local
ATB

if my memory is correct a trough swung sw wards from Norway on the
evening of the 22feb ? though snow amounts were small 5-7 cm in the
strong ne winds it piled up reasonably ,as it was the powdery sort

Damn you guys really were unlucky in that winter!:-o :-(

Up here, we were talking 5-7 INCHES!:-o :-(

Then again, you laugh now, after 2003, 2004, etc..

D.

In article . com,
vince writes:
if my memory is correct a trough swung sw wards from Norway on the
evening of the 22feb ? though snow amounts were small 5-7 cm in the
strong ne winds it piled up reasonably ,as it was the powdery sort, i
think that spell lasted a week (bucks/beds area) I wonder if Philip
Eden recalls this as he lives local

From Weather Log for February, 1996, compiled by none other than Philip
Eden: "On the 18th, a vigorous depression tracked south-eastwards from
Scotland to north Germany, and a very strong northerly airflow swept
across the country in its wake. It became very cold with snow showers
over the next four days, with a period of heavier drifting snow across
eastern, central and southern England overnight 19th/20th. Rain,
preceded by snow, spread slowly from the north-west during the 21st and
22nd, introducing a thaw."

The headline for the month as a whole was: "Rather cold, frequent snow,
very sunny."
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