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

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

There was an occasion in the 80's, in fact I may have the sat pic somewhere,
though not on PC. There were ne'lies down the Skagerrak which then curved
into easterlies and se'lies, and dumped huge amounts of snow in the Stirling
/ Ochils area of Scotland. The keen snow anoraks here will know the date.

The Cu started small in the Skagerrak and grew and grew and grew until the
hit the northern side of the Scottish Central Belt.

Anyone got the satpic?

Would be 1980-87, probably the second half of this period.

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
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It did, January 1987 here in Essex.
Regards. Len.
"MJP" wrote in message
...
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

"ROBERT BROOKS" wrote in message
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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 -


....or the best in the view of many members here Rob!! Where you working
these days? Surely not commuting the M62 every day?

Mike

Its far from a stupid question! Just never cold enough anymore post 1987.

It was a big factor in the heavy snows over the SE in January 1987. I had a
level 38cm and it began to fall at temperatures of around minus 8C to minus
10C. Southend had a depth of over 60cm and some it fell at temperatures
close to minus 10C.
Ian Currie-Coulsdon
www.frostedearth.com


"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

Happened last February, kind of.
Hasn't happened much in recent years due to, basically, the air not being
cold enough.
I remember in '91 some terrific Anvils coming in.

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"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

"Trevor" wrote in message
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Mike

Its far from a stupid question! Just never cold enough anymore post 1987.

So with the mass of very cold air we have currently over eastern
Europe/Russia, there are possibilities of this happening this winter but we
would have to have exactly the right position of cyclone and anti-cyclone
which is a chance in a million?