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Looking at the webcam shot, it is a surprise, banks would usually be much higher, I'm sure!
Last year we had over a foot of snow by this time, side streets were snow covered, now green grass. Worked out for me as I had my house sided, got it done before the snow.
Actually, the storm isn't even going anywhere close to Scotland, and pretty much disappeared into the ether didn't it?
Hahahaha.
That's why nothing is ever "nailed on", son.
Well, a storm was nailed on, but 900 miles further south - 'tis blowing a gale in the English Channel, so don't get your knickers in a twist love, it's only the weather
85 km/h wind and 19 mm here. Low pressure was at 978 hPa in Paris.
The low is currently in Belgium (968 hPa). Winds up to 212 km/h (132 mph) on the Puy de Dome mountain, mean wind 158 km/h.
Just to satisfy the curiosity of someone who has never been anywhere near the U.K......
Can any of you living there tell me what constitutes a real snowfall in London, Edinburgh, Dublin (yeah, it ain't U.K. but it's not that far off) or in Buxton?? Something that comes along once in a lifetime, say?
In my part of the world, 1916 and 1937 both saw snowfalls pass 1 foot (30cm) in Corvallis and close to two feet in Salem (Oregon's capital) and points north. There are stories about a 3+foot (nearly a meter) snow dump in 18 or so hours in Seattle during a particularly severe blizzard in January 1880 but I am skeptical. We, in Corvallis saw outlier snowfalls in 1971, 1989, 1993, 1995 and nothing of note since. We're due.....
Even colder if you take the 30 day period from the end of November. I don't know quite how much snow we got, but more than I ever saw here in my lifetime, and it stuck around for an entire month. Our winters are normally just a bit colder than Corvallis.
This month has been very different, only 3 snowfalls and all melted after a couple of days.
A good thick covering in Buxton, that pic from southern England is nothing compared to here....haha. There's been more than that several times this month here. Everything down to every little tree branch is covered in snow here, looks quite good actually, but horrible in every other way.
Just to satisfy the curiosity of someone who has never been anywhere near the U.K......
Can any of you living there tell me what constitutes a real snowfall in London, Edinburgh, Dublin (yeah, it ain't U.K. but it's not that far off) or in Buxton?? Something that comes along once in a lifetime, say?
In my part of the world, 1916 and 1937 both saw snowfalls pass 1 foot (30cm) in Corvallis and close to two feet in Salem (Oregon's capital) and points north. There are stories about a 3+foot (nearly a meter) snow dump in 18 or so hours in Seattle during a particularly severe blizzard in January 1880 but I am skeptical. We, in Corvallis saw outlier snowfalls in 1971, 1989, 1993, 1995 and nothing of note since. We're due.....
The deepest snow ever recorded in Hampstead, the highest and snowiest suburb of London was 45cm on New Year's Day 1963 - I remember reading that central London had 20cm from that same storm. We had 63 days of lying snow here that winter and 100 nights below freezing - I don't realistically expect to see anything like that here in my lifetime, and if it did it happen again it would cause enormous transportation and supply chain problems. The most snow I've ever seen in this country was probably in February 1991 when I was living in Yorkshire. I personally only remember it as "a lot" (I was five at the time) but a nearby town a bit higher up got 19 inches so it was probably 12-15 inches - that's more than there's been since.
Going back in history there have been snow events which seem unbelievable from a modern perspective, one example being the late-April 1908 snowstorm which gave up to two feet of snow to the English south coast, a part of the country where snowless winters have probably outnumbered the snowy ones in recent years: Philip Eden: The 1908 snowstorm - Weather UK - weatheronline.co.uk
Looking at the webcam shot, it is a surprise, banks would usually be much higher, I'm sure!
Last year we had over a foot of snow by this time, side streets were snow covered, now green grass. Worked out for me as I had my house sided, got it done before the snow.
As of this morning, we've only had 101" this season and a lot of that melted during a warm spell. There are only 30" on the ground now. Last year at this time, those numbers were around 170" and 100". The long range forecast is showing a very snowy Jan. - Mar. I hope so. Although, the snow pack is very unstable so everyone is expecting a very active avalanche season when the snow does finally come.
Only 30".. I'd happily take it if you're not interested.
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