On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 01:12:50 +0100, "Jon O'Rourke"
wrote:

"AliCat" wrote in message
...

"Joe" wrote in message
...
I'm rather new to meteorology, but I was very
surprised to see 582dm
thinkness at about 45 degress latitude, is this
normal ?


Check out Josephine, mid 80's IIRC. She eventually
gave the SW of England a bit of a battering,
including me and my tent!

Another of note was ex-Hurricane Lili which packed a real punch across
southern Britain in 1996, http://members.aol.com/windgusts/Lili.html#HISTORY

I remember that one now, here's a chart of its track across most of
the Atlantic: http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/at199612.asp

Surprisingly, the tracking information below the chart still denotes
it as a "tropical storm" with nominal winds of 65Kt (isn't that
hurricane force?) when over England late on the 28th October 1996.

Here's a photo of Lili sitting squarely over England on 28th October.
http://www-grtr.u-strasbg.fr/quickNo...8/28346412.jpg
You can just see the coasts of East Anglia and Eastern Kent poking out
from the Eastern edge of the cloudbank near the mid-top of the photo.

All this information out there, free to see and drool over. The
Internet is a wonderful thing!

--
Dave