Well remembered by me as it happened during my Assistant's course at Stanmore in
November 1965. I recall a few inches of snow in North London at the time and
doing the ob at the mock met office and reporting snow.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive...0119651130.gif

I don't think it lasted all that long.

Martin

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 10:13:11 +0000, JPG wrote in


Well remembered by me as it happened during my Assistant's course at Stanmore in
November 1965. I recall a few inches of snow in North London at the time and
doing the ob at the mock met office and reporting snow.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive...0119651130.gif

This one is well remembered by me in my first winter over here. It is a
few days later, in early December 1967, and led to over a foot of lying
snow here. Looks as if it lasted about four days.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive...0119671206.gif

The actual DWR charts for the 8th and 9th are on my website.

--
Mike 55.13°N 6.69°W Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 15/11/2004 10:32:27 UTC

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 10:32:27 +0000, Mike Tullett
wrote:

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 10:13:11 +0000, JPG wrote in
m

Well remembered by me as it happened during my Assistant's course at Stanmore in
November 1965. I recall a few inches of snow in North London at the time and
doing the ob at the mock met office and reporting snow.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive...0119651130.gif

This one is well remembered by me in my first winter over here. It is a
few days later, in early December 1967, and led to over a foot of lying
snow here. Looks as if it lasted about four days.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive...0119671206.gif

The actual DWR charts for the 8th and 9th are on my website.

A very brief northerly but if we are going into early December those of us in
the Midlands "fondly" remember December 8th 1990, when 8 inches fell in my area
and we lost electricity for 3 days.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive...0119901208.gif

I remember that snowfall well. It started in the early hours of Saturday and
a polar low was involved. The sky was lit up with flashes of blue light
caused from power lines being brought down. Blizzard conditions coupled with
gale-force winds.

In Worcester itself there was very little snow to the west of the City and a
light covering to the east. But when I travelled to Warwarkshire I was
amazed at what I saw. There were snow-drifts that had buried an entire
cul-de-sac which they were using a bulldozer to remove the snow. I worked
for BT at the time and I was there as part of a repair force, my job was to
survey the worst hit areas where near-on 100% of all the houses had no
electricity or telephone service. I have never witnessed anything like that
before or since.
_______________________
Nick G
Worcester
45m amsl
"JPG" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 10:32:27 +0000, Mike Tullett
wrote:

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 10:13:11 +0000, JPG wrote in
m

Well remembered by me as it happened during my Assistant's course at
Stanmore in
November 1965. I recall a few inches of snow in North London at the
time and
doing the ob at the mock met office and reporting snow.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive...0119651130.gif

This one is well remembered by me in my first winter over here. It is a
few days later, in early December 1967, and led to over a foot of lying
snow here. Looks as if it lasted about four days.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive...0119671206.gif

The actual DWR charts for the 8th and 9th are on my website.

A very brief northerly but if we are going into early December those of us
in
the Midlands "fondly" remember December 8th 1990, when 8 inches fell in my
area
and we lost electricity for 3 days.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive...0119901208.gif

JPG wrote:
Well remembered by me as it happened during my Assistant's course at Stanmore in
November 1965. I recall a few inches of snow in North London at the time and
doing the ob at the mock met office and reporting snow.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive...0119651130.gif

I don't think it lasted all that long.

Martin

November 1969 also produced some decent northerly outbreaks. This
followed a record October which had produced possibly the best "summer"
month of the year - dry (0.5mm at Bracknell), sunny, and very warm. The
long-range forecast for November went for more northerly winds than
usual, more frosts, and more snow. This was met with some scepticism but
the forecast proved to be spot on.

Graham
Bracknell

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 10:54:25 +0000, JPG wrote in

snip
A very brief northerly but if we are going into early December those of us in
the Midlands "fondly" remember December 8th 1990, when 8 inches fell in my area
and we lost electricity for 3 days.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive...0119901208.gif

Even though I wasn't there at the time, I too recall it well. My niece was
working for an airline operating out of Elmdon. All air traffic stopped
and she had to walk some 5 miles to get back home, with the M42 closed as
most roads were.


--
Mike 55.13°N 6.69°W Coleraine posted to uk.sci.weather 15/11/2004 12:19:09 UTC

Nick G wrote:

I remember that snowfall well. It started in the early hours of Saturday and
a polar low was involved. The sky was lit up with flashes of blue light
caused from power lines being brought down. Blizzard conditions coupled with
gale-force winds.

In Worcester itself there was very little snow to the west of the City and a
light covering to the east. But when I travelled to Warwarkshire I was
amazed at what I saw. There were snow-drifts that had buried an entire
cul-de-sac which they were using a bulldozer to remove the snow. I worked
for BT at the time and I was there as part of a repair force, my job was to
survey the worst hit areas where near-on 100% of all the houses had no
electricity or telephone service. I have never witnessed anything like that
before or since.

Indeed. Was probably the only serious snow event that I can remember
(I'm only 24 though). We were cut off from the rest of the world (no
electricity, roads impassable) for most of the weekend. I think most of
Tamworth (where I lived at the time) had no electricity. I remember snow
being plastered up the sides of houses and those unlucky to have a front
door facing north had to dig their way out of the drifts.

--
Jonathan Stott
Canterbury Weather: http://www.jstott.me.uk/weather/

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:52:13 -0000, "Nick G"
wrote:

I remember that snowfall well. It started in the early hours of Saturday and
a polar low was involved. The sky was lit up with flashes of blue light
caused from power lines being brought down. Blizzard conditions coupled with
gale-force winds.

In Worcester itself there was very little snow to the west of the City and a
light covering to the east. But when I travelled to Warwarkshire I was
amazed at what I saw. There were snow-drifts that had buried an entire
cul-de-sac which they were using a bulldozer to remove the snow. I worked
for BT at the time and I was there as part of a repair force, my job was to
survey the worst hit areas where near-on 100% of all the houses had no
electricity or telephone service. I have never witnessed anything like that
before or since.
_______________________

Fortunately it happened on a Saturday and by the time Monday came around, the
roads were a lot freer and economic loss was minimised. I have photos of
neighbours clearing a path through the snow to allow someone to drive out to go
to the hospital. Most of central Warwickshire was paralysed including
Kenilworth, where I live. Power came back on on Monday night and by Wednesday
the snow had all gone.

Martin






Nick G
Worcester
45m amsl
"JPG" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 10:32:27 +0000, Mike Tullett
wrote:

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 10:13:11 +0000, JPG wrote in
m

Well remembered by me as it happened during my Assistant's course at
Stanmore in
November 1965. I recall a few inches of snow in North London at the
time and
doing the ob at the mock met office and reporting snow.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive...0119651130.gif

This one is well remembered by me in my first winter over here. It is a
few days later, in early December 1967, and led to over a foot of lying
snow here. Looks as if it lasted about four days.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive...0119671206.gif

The actual DWR charts for the 8th and 9th are on my website.

A very brief northerly but if we are going into early December those of us
in
the Midlands "fondly" remember December 8th 1990, when 8 inches fell in my
area
and we lost electricity for 3 days.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive...0119901208.gif

Jonathan Stott wrote here on 15 Nov 2004:

Indeed. Was probably the only serious snow event that I can
remember (I'm only 24 though).

Did you not get much in February 1991? Here (Bewdley, Worcs) both
December 1990 and Feb 1991 were quite memorable, with around eight
inches of level snow on each occasion.

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"Mike Tullett" wrote in A very brief northerly but if we are going into
early December those of us in
the Midlands "fondly" remember December 8th 1990, when 8 inches fell in
my area
and we lost electricity for 3 days.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive...0119901208.gif

The thread put me in mind of mid-December 1981 to v. early January 1982.
I know we've spoken about it on this ng before, but the days either side
of http://www.wetterzentrale.de/archive...0119811228.gif
were nothing short of remarkable, IME.

The above chart shows some v. cold air approaching from the *SW* (albeit
having previously travelled south-east from Greenland) but we'd had a
bitterly cold snap (in the real sense of the word) for a while before
that.

- Tom.