I think you may have misread my reply compared to others.

By saying "I couldn't help noticing the date", I meant Sat 29 Jan and the
similarity with the charts for next week (Sat 29 Jan) compared to those
associated with a notable short cold spell many years ago on Sat 29 Jan.


"Shaun Pudwell" wrote in message
...
For those who are otherwise brain dead, select 12 GMT + 168h ( Saturday
29th
Jan 2005 ).
I didn't think I needed to spell it out on a science news group!

Shaun Pudwell.


"Pete B" wrote in message
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"Shaun Pudwell" wrote in message
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Just look at this chart. Our current high and the big Russian high
appear
to be merging by next weekend. If this is to happen then I would have
to
say big time snow. It's all on a knife edge at the moment though.

See Link:
http://expert.weatheronline.co.uk/da...cmwf/pslv.html

Shaun Pudwell.


Hi

I couldn't help noticing the day/date. The forecast chart is not exactly
the
same but not far off that for Sat 29th Jan 1972, 33 years ago:

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive...1972012912.gif

The day before was even closer:

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive...1972012812.gif

For some reason, the intense cold of that Saturday in Macclesfield,
Cheshire
(max temp ~ -3) stuck in my mind ever since. Although I was only a
teenager
at the time, the strong NE wind, continual but light snow showers (which
did
not melt but the slight deposit from each one just blew around for the
rest
of the day) interspersed with sunshine became a 'baseline' in my own
records, possibly because I had a 'schoolboy' Saturday job then that
involved outside work. Until Dec 31 1978, nothing so cold had been had
since
in that locality and only a handful of days since in winters such as the
rest of 1979, 1981/82, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1995/6 (and Dec 2000 on a
visit
to E Kilbride area of Scotland) have produced anything quite the same in
any
area I have lived.

For the record, that 1972 cold spell went on for another 2 days followed
by
an all day snowfall in Macclesfield on Tues 1 Feb 1972 which
unfortunately
heralded the onset of milder weather the following day and the cold spell
was then over.

So 9 years on from the last time in 1995/6, here's just hoping ;-)

--
Pete

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