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    January 1987

    in Historic Weather

    Posted

    Fantastic memories of 87! It had been snowing most of sunday night (being close to the Thames estuary,it kept things going!) and by monday morning everywhere was a winter wonderland.Massive drifts and about 18 inches of level snow. I went out exploring with a friend, we could leap into huge drifts head first :D We walked to Hadleigh Castle, its very exposed overlooking the estuary,took some brilliant photo's. It was late morning by now and the sky started to darken,the snow was coming off the thames,we had a complete "whiteout",couldn't see my own hand :lol:

    Had a great few days that week,the most extreme snowy event i've witnessed so far ;)

    Carinthians latest Arctic reports

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    Hi earsnow,

    You could almost feel that the cold had retreated for the last couple of days but at least for a start it will descend down the west of the UK this weekend. It must be something to do with Carinthians arctict reports.

    Well that's my story anyway.

    Carinthian isck now so bye for the moment and keep those reports coming. :)

    Hi John, Lets hope that arctic cold starts to cool and influence our part of the world soon,just for the moment thats all it needs to do!

    The severe winter of 1978-79

    in Historic Weather

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    I was just leaving school for the day in jan 79,and it started to snow :) Iwas 14, the buses had stopped, so i set off for a 3 mile trudge heading through a severe easterly blizzard :o By the time i got home i looked like a snowman :D School was called off for a few days after that :) Happy Days :)

    Eighteenth century weather

    in Historic Weather

    Posted

    Thanks for that T.M. He also mentions, that he witnessed in the sunshine the air was full of icy "spiculae" floating in all directions,when the temps were very low?

    There are also his accounts of the summer of 1783,when Iceland had major eruptions. Alarming meteors,tremendous thunder-storms,intense heat and blood red sunsets! :)

    Eighteenth century weather

    in Historic Weather

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    Has anybody else read the journals of Gilbert White,the 18th century naturalist. There are some great accounts of severe winter weather! He writes about the extraordinary frosts of 1784,when they had a vast snow on the 7th december.By the 9th the lanes were impassable! He mentions the thermometer fell to 4degrees by 11 o`clock on the 9th and 1/2 a degree below zero on the 10th of december! ;) (whats that in centigrade?)It started to thaw on the 3rd of jan 1785. Another notable set of entries was from 1788.The frost started on november the 23rd and continude with lots of heavy snow till jan the 15th 1789, when the snow melts!!

    If only we could see weather like that again ;) it might just cure me of my obcession with snow ;) (never!)

    Anyway, theres lots of weather accounts in the book with dates,almost makes you wish you were back in those days!

    Lapland,snow&aurorea borealis..

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    I'm thinking of taking the family for a short trip to Lapland around xmas.

    It's really for the kids :lol: but i would like to see the northern lights :lol:

    I've heard that because of the sunspot minimum cycle this year it might be a poor show. Has anyone got some thoughts on this? and has anybody been on one of these trips. as long as there is plenty of snow i think i could be happy :lol:

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