I've been surprised how cold it has stayed today here in
Southend-on-Sea. Most of the day has been dull with continuous light
snow, nothing settling. Most of the day the temp sat around 0.7°C, but
now this evening there seems to be breaks in the cloud and has dropped
back to:
17:50
Temp -0.1°C, DP -1.9C
Wind ESE 1mph
1000.8mb steady.
--
Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net

"Keith(Southend)" wrote in message
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I've been surprised how cold it has stayed today here in Southend-on-Sea.
Most of the day has been dull with continuous light snow, nothing
settling. Most of the day the temp sat around 0.7°C, but now this evening
there seems to be breaks in the cloud and has dropped back to:
17:50
Temp -0.1°C, DP -1.9C
Wind ESE 1mph
1000.8mb steady.
--
Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net

Steady light snow most of the day in Epping, some heavier bursts early pm.
Seems to have stopped now. Maximum temperature +0.4º at 1310 but soon fell
back below freezing in the heavier snow and is now at -0.5º
Hardly a breath of wind - unless the anemometer has frozen up again.
This is so 1963

--
George in Epping, West Essex (107m asl)
www.eppingweather.co.uk
www.winter1947.co.uk
COL 36055

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This is so 1963

--
George in Epping, West Essex (107m asl)www.eppingweather.co.ukwww.winter1947.co.uk
COL 36055

So the fun and games have yet to start then?

"George Booth" wrote in
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"Keith(Southend)" wrote in message
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I've been surprised how cold it has stayed today here in
Southend-on-Sea. Most of the day has been dull with continuous light
snow, nothing settling. Most of the day the temp sat around 0.7°C,
but now this evening there seems to be breaks in the cloud and has
dropped back to: 17:50
Temp -0.1°C, DP -1.9C
Wind ESE 1mph
1000.8mb steady.
--
Keith (Southend)
http://www.southendweather.net
e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net

Steady light snow most of the day in Epping, some heavier bursts early
pm. Seems to have stopped now. Maximum temperature +0.4º at 1310 but
soon fell back below freezing in the heavier snow and is now at -0.5º
Hardly a breath of wind - unless the anemometer has frozen up again.
This is so 1963


One aspect of 1963 was that thaws were forecast more than once, if my
memory is correct, but did not materialise. It will be interesting to
see what happens this time around given the advances in forecasting
accuracy over the last 45 years.


Alan Gardiner
Chiswell Green, St Albans
101m ASL

On Jan 13, 7:22*pm, Nick wrote:
On Jan 13, 7:09*pm, MahFL wrote:

1963 eh ? your all doomed I tell you DOOMED !!!!!

Just as long as it can stop being 1963 on the 1st of March, and turn
into, say, 1995.

Nick

Good point - 1963 was a cool summer and put paid to the idea that
a cold winter meant a hot summer, an idea reinforced by 1947 but for
which there seems precious little evidence.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

On Jan 14, 1:43*am, Tudor Hughes wrote:
On Jan 13, 7:22*pm, Nick wrote:

On Jan 13, 7:09*pm, MahFL wrote:

1963 eh ? your all doomed I tell you DOOMED !!!!!

Just as long as it can stop being 1963 on the 1st of March, and turn
into, say, 1995.

Nick

* * *Good point - 1963 was a cool summer and put paid to the idea that
a cold winter meant a hot summer, an idea reinforced by 1947 but for
which there seems precious little evidence.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

All the prolonged cold winters of my lifetime (i.e both Jan and Feb
cold) tend to lead to poor summers - 1979, 1985, 1987. That's why,
despite me willing this promised cold to return next week, I'm kind-of
half-hoping February will be a bit milder. Plus, when the sun starts
setting after 5, you can actually enjoy the mild weather - it feels
like spring rather than November.

Nick

in 72833 20100114 083216 Nick wrote:

All the prolonged cold winters of my lifetime (i.e both Jan and Feb
cold) tend to lead to poor summers - 1979, 1985, 1987. That's why,
despite me willing this promised cold to return next week, I'm kind-of
half-hoping February will be a bit milder.

I remember the summer of 1963 as being warm and sunny.

In article ,
Bob Martin writes:
in 72833 20100114 083216 Nick wrote:

All the prolonged cold winters of my lifetime (i.e both Jan and Feb
cold) tend to lead to poor summers - 1979, 1985, 1987. That's why,
despite me willing this promised cold to return next week, I'm kind-of
half-hoping February will be a bit milder.

I remember the summer of 1963 as being warm and sunny.

Assuming that you were in England at the time, I think your memory is
probably at fault. Having said which, the summer of 1963 was no worse
than many other summers in the 1960s.
--
John Hall
"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people
from coughing."
Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83)

in 73026 20100115 103327 John Hall wrote:
In article ,
Bob Martin writes:
in 72833 20100114 083216 Nick wrote:

All the prolonged cold winters of my lifetime (i.e both Jan and Feb
cold) tend to lead to poor summers - 1979, 1985, 1987. That's why,
despite me willing this promised cold to return next week, I'm kind-of
half-hoping February will be a bit milder.

I remember the summer of 1963 as being warm and sunny.

Assuming that you were in England at the time, I think your memory is
probably at fault. Having said which, the summer of 1963 was no worse
than many other summers in the 1960s.

Yes, I was in England (Kent) and I don't think my memory is at fault.
It was a very eventful year for me and I have clear memories of the summer.

On Jan 15, 10:33*am, John Hall wrote:
In article ,
*Bob Martin writes:

in 72833 20100114 083216 Nick wrote:

All the prolonged cold winters of my lifetime (i.e both Jan and Feb
cold) tend to lead to poor summers - 1979, 1985, 1987. That's why,
despite me willing this promised cold to return next week, I'm kind-of
half-hoping February will be a bit milder.

I remember the summer of 1963 as being warm and sunny.

Assuming that you were in England at the time, I think your memory is
probably at fault. Having said which, the summer of 1963 was no worse
than many other summers in the 1960s.
--
John Hall
* * * * * *"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people
* * * * * * from coughing."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83)

The June-July-August CET shows it to be the coolest summer from
1957 to 1976 apart from 1962 and 1965. Mean temperature 14.8°C. It
wasn't dreadful like 1954 and 1956 but certainly not very good.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.