It did on 14 February 1979 too!: Temperatures left the Denmark coast at -12
C in a 40Kt easterly.
They arrived on the East coast at -5 C and dumped significant snow. Powder
snow everywhere and deep drifts. I was working at Linton-on -Ouse at the
time on an evening shift by 10pm that day there was 3 foot drifts. This was
on low ground too!! The 1000-500mb thickness was
510DM. This day will always stand out in my memory as the worst snow day
I've experienced -visibility was 30M and it looked like an Arctic blizzard.

Rob

"GKN" wrote in message
o.uk...
It did, January 1987 here in Essex.
Regards. Len.
"MJP" wrote in message
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Does an easterly passing over the North Sea to England ever result in a
similar effect to "lake effect snow"?

This effect can result in quite large snowfalls at say, Chicago from Lake
Michigan, so why does it never happen for England?

Sorry if this is a stupid question

- Michael