Wc Monday 6th February 1996, West Cumbria

[trickydicky]

As promised the other day, a selection of pictures taken in and around Kirkland nr Ennerdale in the week of the 6th of Feb 1996. Not a bad covering eh?  :lol:

[dvdfjojo]

Fabby pics trickydicky - looks like you had great fun in it! Thanks for posting them.

[tom_f123]

Wowwwwww Amazing pics mate look at that drift over the car! thanks for sharing them

[Don]

Wow! Superb photos there A repeat performance for 6th February 2009 perhaps?

Thanks for posting

Edited January 23, 2009 by Don

[BIG LAD]

simply stunning! what kind of altitude are these taken at? thanks for sharing.

[Tucco]

Excellent images shows what real deep snow is like. Remember the event very well.

Mark

Teesdale,Co Durham

[trickydicky]

simply stunning! what kind of altitude are these taken at? thanks for sharing.

nearly 700ft, nothing especially high. Altitude made no difference whatsoever in this event, my dad got stuck at Sellafield (right by the sea) and had to walk all the way home, he didn't get home till tea time on the 7th!

Excellent images shows what real deep snow is like. Remember the event very well.

Mark

Teesdale,Co Durham

yes, it was a good'un, the only one to come close around there was late feb 2001. I can remember watching Look North on the saturday, it had rained and started to thaw in Kirkland but the poor Look North reporter was stood by one of the trans pennine roads, probably the A66, getting battered by snow and nearly blown off his feet while a load of snow ploughs tried in vain to keep the road open. With the first fall and the Saturday storm your area must have been practically buried?

[high ground birmingham]

An event which came close to Feb 1996 synoptically especially for Wales, Western Counties of Midlands, NW England and parts of Scotland was the March 12th 2006 event. Even here, milder air lost out and the weather stayed cold for a couple of days more.

Whilst not delivering the huge snowfall amounts of Feb 1996, it was still a good event for the above mentioned areas. I think even areas right on the West coast of England such as Blackpool saw quite a lot of snow on Mar 12th 2006.

[Thundery wintry showers]

There was 13cm level snow at Lancaster with 2m drifts and nearby Morecambe had its heaviest snowfall since 1947. In addition the maximum temperature at Hazelrigg, Lancaster University Weather Station, on the 6th was only -1.2C.

[high ground birmingham]

There was 13cm level snow at Lancaster with 2m drifts and nearby Morecambe had its heaviest snowfall since 1947. In addition the maximum temperature at Hazelrigg, Lancaster University Weather Station, on the 6th was only -1.2C.

Are u talking about Feb 1996 or March 2006??

[Albion Snowman]

Fantastic snaps and it goes to show what the wind can sculp out of a bit of frozen water

[sunny scunny]

WOW thats a lot of snow :o :o Excellent pics