.... Subscribers will already be aware of this, but others may want to
beg, borrow or ... otherwise obtain a copy of the January issue of
"Weather": for many here it will make mouth-watering reading! The issue
is dedicated to the notable events of winter 2009/10 and is obviously
interesting for that fact alone, but there is an article by Bill Pike
and Jonathan Webb which reviews "snowfalls associated with cold pools in
southern Britain".

As well as some interesting background history, there is a useful - dare
I suggest indispensable - listing of heavy snowfall associated with deep
cold air features to affect southern Britain since the start of regular
analysis of total thickness (TTHK 500-1000hPa) in the 1940s.

Of particular interest is that for each event, the lowest (analysed)
TTHK is given - something that often gets asked in this forum.

Martin.


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