On 20/01/12 19:18, Fusarium solani wrote:
On Jan 20, 2:33 pm, "Tony
wrote:
Having lived in Winchester on and off for about ten years I can confirm
that, meteorologically speaking, it is the most boring place in Britain!

It never gets too hot in summer nor too cold in winter due to its proximity
to the sea. Fronts coming in from the west tend to have lost their vigour by
the time they get here and easterly winds fail to deliver snow showers as
they die out around London.. Thunderstorms no longer seem to come up from
the south and north westerlys are guaranteed to give clear blue skies in
any season rather than the heavy showers experienced elsewhere. Strong winds
are rare due to the shelter of the surrounding downs. To cap it all one
never knows whether to look at the forecast for the SE or SW!

Perhaps this is why so many "normal" people see it as the ideal place?!!

Bored regards

Tony

Guildford seems to share a very similar climate to yours described for
Winchester. A very familiar story - especially with regard to the lack
of thunder in the seasons that have passed for 'summer' in the last
four years. A westerly type winter following a westerly type summer is
not a welcome set-up as such synoptics seldom deliver the goods (heavy
rainfall, heavy showers, snow, thunderstorms etc) in 'central
southern' England (S.E. / S.W.!).

Let's sincerely hope that 2012 is not going to be as boring a year in
southern England as 2011 was.

Guy.
Guildford.

Although didn't Guildford get nearly a foot of snow back in February
2009? It was interesting in that to the south of Newlands Corner
(including where I work at MSSL) there was no more than about four
inches on the ground. Not sure what caused that much snow to fall in
that specific location which doesn't normally receive heavy snow.