On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 09:16:28 +0000, Mike Tullett
wrote:

Apart from showers in the unstable airflow (very cold air being heated from
below by sea around 9C) there must be a significant threat of polar lows
snips
Here is an example of such a situation - early December 1967, soon after I
arrived here in N.I. I am still amused by one of the photos - trying to
get to work, when over a foot of snow had fallen. I sure wouldn't do it
now:-)

http://www.mtullett.plus.com/December-1967/index.htm

That's a beautiful example of what tends to happen in a Northerly as
polar lows (and many disturbances without a closed circulation)
approach the South Coast. A light South Westerly at Bournemouth (I'm
guessing it's the Airport, a few miles inland).

I'm still not convinced that the models aren't overdoing the coldness
for Tuesday, down here. What *we* need is a genuine - and rare -
1969'er

--
Dave
Fareham, Hampshire