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5 hours ago, TomSE12 said:

Hi wHf,

That's an easy one for Yours Truly, has to be Sat/Sun 30th/31st December 1978. See archive charts below, at the height of that event:

     500hPa Sunday 00z 31st Dec.                  850hPa Sunday 00z 31st Dec.

      

         Ppn Sunday 00z 31st Dec.

I was 23 at the time and working for a Credit Bookmaker in East Dulwich, S.E. London.

A few Days before Christmas, pressure rose strongly over Greenland and Atlantic Lows were forced on a track, further and further South, The Wintry Weather arrived in Scotland first, giving northern parts there, a White Christmas.

During the following few Days, Lows tracked further and further South, across the Atlantic and with it the Wintry Weather, edged further South.

The Morning Forecast for Saturday 30th Dec, suggested a Rain > Snow event, later in the Day.

Went to work that Morning, full of anticipation. I ventured out during my Lunch Break, and couldn't help notice that the wind, had a Continental bite to it.

Watching the Racing from Market Rasen, Lincs that Afternoon.(We received the Live pictures and Commentary from each Racecourse, every Afternoon). During the last Race (about 3.30, at that time), I noticed a few Snowflakes amongst the Rain, that was falling at the time.

After having our usual treat, Skate and Chips, myself and 3 colleagues went for a drink, in our local to work, in Lordship Lane, East Dulwich. The Pub door kept being blown open, by the ever strengthening and bitterly cold wind.

A little while later, during a trip to the Gents, I noticed a line of white on the floor of the loo, not to uncommon a sight in S.E. London at the time, I remember thinking to myself. On closer inspection, it turned out to be some powder Snow that had been blown through a grate in the Loo wall, and piled into a small drift.

Myself and my colleagues left the Pub around 8.30 and walked into an Easterly gale, the temperature of which literally took your breath away. Fine, powdery Snow, with the appearance of Icing Sugar, was blowing across the Roads, and was beginning to collect in the gutters, in drifts.

We headed to another Pub, around the corner in Camberwell.

We left the 2nd Pub around 10.30, by this time Snow was piling up above the edge of pavement level, quite impressive for an Inner London Borough (Southwark).

One of my colleagues offered to run me to my home in Bromley, a little over 8 Miles to the S.E.

There are a few hills between the 2 locations, and we carefully avoided them.

My colleagues car, was sliding all over the place but we finally arrived safely, at my home.

It was unrecognisable, from the place I'd left in the Morning. 

The drifting was so bad at this time (around Midnight), that I couldn't make out the path to my front door.

It was actually painful to breath in, with the combination of fine powdery Snow, and an Easterly gale.

It still remains the most potent combination of Wind, Cold and Snow I've witnessed, in my 55 Years of being interested in Meteorology.

I like to refer to the event, as a reverse Channel Low.

This particular Low found itself in the Channel, after the Jet Stream was forced further and further South, by the rise in Pressure, over Greenland.

My understanding of a Channel Low, is one that has approached from the S,W. and tries to dislodge entrenched, bitter cold, rather than being the catalyst, that introduces it.

In a short while, I will post up another example of a potent Channel Low, that caused my Father a problem.

Regards,

Tom.   

Thank you so much.

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does anyone remember any channel low or battlegroud snow from which london and south east recieved significant snow. Just wanted to look up the charts from the archive.

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11 minutes ago, Snowfish2 said:

A crumb of hope

I think its snowing over the north downs now. Check the motorway cam of M25 near caterham.

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Just wanted to ask does anyone know whats the lowest 850's South east has seen in like last 50 years.

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6 minutes ago, Surrey said:

I won't go deep into this conversation as we could probably have a Skype call about it for years.. 

I've always had the opinion that as we warm up our planet our climate will turn more and more tropical. With the risk one day maybe in 50 maybe in 100 years of hurricanes actually making it to our shores thanks to ingredients being much more available. People will call me mad.. But in the past 10 years we were very very close.. I think it was Ophilia (can't spell it!!!) came very close.. 

Warm (hot) dry summers with immense thunderstorms (that dreadful Channel killer of storms will diminish) and warmer wetter winters with little or no snow/cold away from the usual spots.. 

However, we don't fully understand the impacts yet but we do know storms are bigger stronger and more powerful when you give them warmth!! 

U know where im from pakistan in the southren foothills of himalaya my village is at 1200-1300m approximately. My parents and grandparent always used to tell me that it used to snow so heavy and accumulate around 40-70cm per westren depression but now a days our village barely gets 10cm a year if we are lucky and snow line has moved maybe around 1900m when a westren depression comes. However it feels like monsoon has become way heavier in the region. 

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7 minutes ago, cookie27 said:

Definitely a little more sleety here

Bro nothing in stratford