Major snowfall in the UK

[montel-NA]

What a wonderful reportage, Leon.
Thinking about the italian situation I become so sad....

[leon]

Cool pics Leon, esp the Wantage one which looks kind of... exotic Btw, you said this is the most relevant snowfall in the last 15 years as far as coverage is concerned; are you implying heavier, yet not as widespread snowfalls took place in the recent years, by any chance?

Cheers!

Well Alex...
I am not that expert of the English Weather, but I have read some newspapers and all of them reported the same thing:
It has been the most relevant snowfall since 1996.
I think this imply either the intensity and the widespread.
I have tried to draw this English map to let you understand better. It is of course a bit vague... it give at least a rough idea of this snowfall though.
It is quite unusual to see the snow coming from SW (from the ocean) here in England...and this is why this event has been so impressive .
Last year it snowed 4 times in the south west, but all of them were in the form of showers, coming from the north... 20 mins 30 maybe of snowfall...and then clear sky again till the next one...


These two maps are of the 25th of November 2005...we had 2 showers early in the morning with 2 cm coverage melt by midday, because the sun came out.
Wales as well as in Cornwall had many showers in a row all the night through, with a total coverage on 8 cm ish.





Hope this answers your question and help to understand why this snowfall has been so important for the UK.

Leon

[inocs]

I outta find the equivalent of SK. TD ?

(very nice pics, Leon!)

[leon]

Leon, do you know the yearly average snowfall (in cm) in London City?

Thanks
Ale

In a newspaper article written in 2000 I have read that 'from 1970 to 1995 snow and sleet fell for an average of 3.7 days, while from 1988 to 1995 the average was 0.7 days. London's last substantial snowfall was in February 1991'. 5 to 7 of snow is quite remarkable in London and it is normally gone within 48 hours.

Leon

[leon]

Hi Leon, I was in Reading one year ago...do you remember? And here in Italy they had 5 months with the temperatures below the average.......


And this year? I am in Switzerland now very colse to Italy..... where we are having the hottest winter of the last decades.... and in England? it's snowing, of course!!!!


Why am I so unlucky?

Bye bye,
Luca

Ciao Luca...
Well...it's true that in London they have couple of snowfall this year...but apart from it it has been a warm and wet winter... and very very few frosty days...

Hope you are doing well.

Leon

[Gio]

In a newspaper article written in 2000 I have read that 'from 1970 to 1995 snow and sleet fell for an average of 3.7 days, while from 1988 to 1995 the average was 0.7 days. London's last substantial snowfall was in February 1991'. 5 to 7 of snow is quite remarkable in London and it is normally gone within 48 hours.

Leon

Azzz........no infos about the yearly average amount of snow?Maybe 10-15 cm?
Bye leo!

[leon]

Azzz........no infos about the yearly average amount of snow?Maybe 10-15 cm?
Bye leo!

Ops...!

Sorry Gio...little mistake... I meant 5 to 7 cm the average snowfall... I forgot to digit cm...
Sorry about that...

Leon

[Gio]

Ops...!

Sorry Gio...little mistake... I meant 5 to 7 cm the average snowfall... I forgot to digit cm...
Sorry about that...

Leon

Ah ok, perfect!

[aleceppi]

Ops...!

Sorry Gio...little mistake... I meant 5 to 7 cm the average snowfall... I forgot to digit cm...
Sorry about that...

Leon

Thanks Leon.
Have you got any yearly averages (for snow and rain) for the other main British cities?