Amber Snow Alert

Earthman wrote:

Cool literally Longfield.
We had to keep a tap running back then during the day :eek: and the washing froze on the line during the day :eek:

Kids these days they just dont know what it was like back then

That said-lets see what happens-I'm not expecting to see snow here actually untill monday and I totally agree it's very close to March now however its only a week later than the february 1991 cold snap and that did see a few sub zero days here and 8 inches of snow with a similar chart to what we are looking at now

Weathercheck wrote:

I suggest you save 3 or 4 times, and print each one
5 or 6 times :eek: :eek: :eek:

96hr: http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/fax/PPVM89.TIF
120hr: http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/fax/PPVO89.TIF

Holy mother of jasus im about to faint :eek:


Please carry out the above fax charts like these will never
be seen again, they are out of a dream text book..

80's eat your heart out who want 63' :eek: :eek:

Weathercheck wrote:

They might not but 1 or 2c will likely be the maximum.

Im still finding it hard to quite believe all this

Longfield wrote:

1 or 2 is a long way from days when coast max temps were -3c ..

When snow fell then it settled, if when snow falls on sat/sun./mon it will be wet slushy and unlikely to amount to much above 2-3 cm of wet snow at lower levals.

In the charts i posted above... the snow was crunchy and light !! and snowballs didnt hurt they crumbled in the hand!!

3 Day Outlook:
Sunday night will be mainly dry and cold, with clear spells and light to moderate northerly breezes. Widespread sharp ground frost will develop and some icy patches may form on roads. On Monday, cloud will increase during the morning and outbreaks of rain, or possibly sleet, will spread from the north. During the evening, however, drier conditions will develop and cloud will tend to break. Moderate, northerly winds will veer northeast with the clearance and it will turn even colder. Wintry showers will affect northern and eastern counties overnight, with snow in places, and sharp to severe ground frost will develop in most areas. There will be a high risk of icy roads as a result. It will then continue very cold right up to next weekend with brisk, mainly easterly winds prevailing. Western counties will be mainly dry with broken cloud but other areas will have wintry showers; the showers will be most frequent near Irish Sea coasts and will fall as sleet or snow much of the time, especially in midweek. Serious night frosts will occur also and untreated roads will be hazardous.