A comment Dave in Essex made got me thinking...Do easterly winds off
of the North Sea sometimes produce snowshowers in the east of England
in places such as Essex and Norwich?

What conditions must exist for this to occur and how much snow
typically falls?

Northwesterly, westerly and southwestly winds during the winter will
cause heavy lake-effect snow to the lee of the Great Lakes in Canada
and the USA. This is a common occurrence in December and January, and
can localized blizzard conditions.

I presume that the dynamics producing snow along the east coast of
England are similar.

Bob

Here in South East Lincolnshire (just off the Wash coastline) a good,
strong North Eaterly around a Scandinavian High can bring some
exceptional falls of showery snow. 1977 or 1978 (can't remember which)
brough widespread, heavy snow showers to this area, cutting off large
towns such as Peterborough for several days. I was a young lad
enjoying walking to school in 15 inches of level snow and diving into
10 foot snow drifts - and no, the schools never closed for snow in
those days (until they eventually ran out of heating oil)!

Paul

I think Bob that you might come to regret using the "S" word on this
newsgroup. Many contributors (and occasionally me I have to admit)
behave like school kids at the mere thought of snow.

And don't ever mention thunderstorms either - they (we) all freak
out:-)

Jack

"mittens" wrote in message
...
A comment Dave in Essex made got me thinking...Do easterly winds off
of the North Sea sometimes produce snowshowers in the east of England
in places such as Essex and Norwich?

What conditions must exist for this to occur and how much snow
typically falls?

Northwesterly, westerly and southwestly winds during the winter will
cause heavy lake-effect snow to the lee of the Great Lakes in Canada
and the USA. This is a common occurrence in December and January, and
can localized blizzard conditions.

I presume that the dynamics producing snow along the east coast of
England are similar.

Bob
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Well they used to Bob! Especially places like Norwich in Norfolk, used to be
very snowy. It is far enough from the sea to be colder but near enough for
the showers to penetrate. Sea surface temperatures by February used to be
about 5C but in recent years seem to struggle down to 7C. The Baltic doesn't
seem to freeze to the same extent any more either.Further South here in
Essex we get snow showers from E and NE winds. We also get a "lake effect"
type snow event off the Thames Estuary if conditions are right and people
talk about "snow streamers" coming up the Estuary to here. Nothing so far
last year or this but most years get up to 5-15cm. Generally, 1987 is
considered to be the last severe cold/snowy winter in S.E England although
we have had our moments since!
Dave

"mittens" wrote in message
...
A comment Dave in Essex made got me thinking...Do easterly winds off
of the North Sea sometimes produce snowshowers in the east of England
in places such as Essex and Norwich?

What conditions must exist for this to occur and how much snow
typically falls?

Northwesterly, westerly and southwestly winds during the winter will
cause heavy lake-effect snow to the lee of the Great Lakes in Canada
and the USA. This is a common occurrence in December and January, and
can localized blizzard conditions.

I presume that the dynamics producing snow along the east coast of
England are similar.

Bob

Don't forget the Northerlies running down the East coast as well!
They don't penetrate far inland (usually) but we get significant snow from
them here - though the last 2 years have been a little bleak.


--
David Mitchell, 70m amsl, Langtoft, East Riding of Yorkshire.

Stamping through the snow, David Mitchell at proclaimed
loudly and it became the following telegram...


"mittens" wrote in message
...
A comment Dave in Essex made got me thinking...Do easterly winds off
of the North Sea sometimes produce snowshowers in the east of England
in places such as Essex and Norwich?

What conditions must exist for this to occur and how much snow
typically falls?

Northwesterly, westerly and southwestly winds during the winter will
cause heavy lake-effect snow to the lee of the Great Lakes in Canada
and the USA. This is a common occurrence in December and January, and
can localized blizzard conditions.

I presume that the dynamics producing snow along the east coast of
England are similar.

Bob

Don't forget the Northerlies running down the East coast as well!
They don't penetrate far inland (usually) but we get significant snow from
them here - though the last 2 years have been a little bleak.



Ahhh, I remember Christmas week in 1995, about a foot of snow on the top of the
Wolds above Langtoft. IIRC, that came from something like a northerly, but I
would have to check my records, when I can find them......
--
Rob C. Overfield
Hull

"mittens" wrote in message
...
A comment Dave in Essex made got me thinking...Do easterly winds off
of the North Sea sometimes produce snowshowers in the east of England
in places such as Essex and Norwich?

What conditions must exist for this to occur and how much snow
typically falls?

Northwesterly, westerly and southwestly winds during the winter will
cause heavy lake-effect snow to the lee of the Great Lakes in Canada
and the USA. This is a common occurrence in December and January, and
can localized blizzard conditions.

I presume that the dynamics producing snow along the east coast of
England are similar.

Bob

Cruddy awful snow in Norfolk this evening - virtual whiteout along the A47
from direction of King's Lynn to Norwich. Not pleasant at all.

On Feb 1, 4:11 pm, mittens wrote:
A comment Dave in Essex made got me thinking...Do easterly winds off
of the North Sea sometimes produce snowshowers in the east of England
in places such as Essex and Norwich?

What conditions must exist for this to occur and how much snow
typically falls?

Northwesterly, westerly and southwestly winds during the winter will
cause heavy lake-effect snow to the lee of the Great Lakes in Canada
and the USA. This is a common occurrence in December and January, and
can localized blizzard conditions.

I presume that the dynamics producing snow along the east coast of
England are similar.

Bob

East Kent can also get considerable 'lake effect' snow in these
situations. A North Easterly is ideal. An easterly sea track is often
too short to produce significant snow. Likewise for a northerly wind,
significant snow is unlikely, except perhaps for Thanet which just
about sticks out into the sea.

I grow up just inland from Dover, and the most significant falls came
from 'lake effect' snow showers. In February 1983, if my memory serves
me correctly, we had 15 inches, of fairly wet snow; fall over a 2 week
period. Right on the coast the amount of snow was considerable less.