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KevBrads1
24 November 2013 19:50:14
Here are BBC weather forecasts and news reports from those two remarkable spells from 21st November to Boxing Day 2010 which featured heavy snow and low temperatures

November

21st: two weekly forecasts

22nd

23rd

24th

25th

26th

BBC news report

Forecast

27th

28th

-18C in recorded in Wales

29th

30th

BBC News report

December

1st: Good old Rob

2nd

BBC report on the cold at Altnaharra

Forecast

3rd

BBC news report

4th

5th: two weekly forecasts

6th

7th

8th

9th: the cold finally relaxes for the moment

10th

11th

12th: weekly forecast

13th

14th

15th

16th: Arctic air floods southwards

17th: Snow arrives

ITN News report

18th

19th: weekly forecast

20th

21st

BBC Northwest on low temperatures at Crosby

22nd

23rd

Christmas Eve

Christmas Day

Boxing Day

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Quantum
24 November 2013 19:53:44

It was pretty remakable that even on boxing day as the warm front moved north, it was entirely of snow, even on its back edge. The UK had become so cold it had inherited its own cold pool. Even after the warm front passed temperatures refused to rise above average. 

2024/2025 Snow days (850hpa temp):10 days with snow/sleet falling

18/11 (-6), 19/11 (-6), 23/11 (-2), 22/12 (-5), 04/01 (-5), 05/01 (0),14/02 (0), 15/02 (0)12/03 (-6), 13/03 (-6),

2023/2024 8 days 29/11 (-6), 30/11 (-6), 02/12 (-5), 03/12 (-5), 04/12 (-3), 16/01 (-3), 18/01 (-8), 08/02 (-5)

2022/2023 7 days 18/12 (-1), 06/03 (-6), 08/03 (-8), 09/03 (-6), 10/03 (-8), 11/03 (-5), 14/03 (-6)

2021/2022 12 days

26/11 (-5), 27/11 (-7), 28/11 (-6), 02/12 (-6), 06/01 (-5), 07/01 (-6), 06/02 (-5), 19/02 (-5), 24/02 (-7), 30/03 (-7), 31/03 (-8), 01/04 (-8)

NDJF
24 November 2013 20:13:25

Thanks for taking the time to share these - always interesting to watch. sign of things to come.

KevBrads1
24 November 2013 20:41:35
It was an amazing period of weather, a toss up between August 1995 and this for one of my all time favourite.
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Hungry Tiger
24 November 2013 21:24:23

It was an amazing period of weather, a toss up between August 1995 and this for one of my all time favourite.

Originally Posted by: KevBrads1 

And I would add August 2003 to that one.

January 1979 would come close to this - But I have to say that period from November 21st 2010 to Boxing day 2010

has to be well up there. It was really incredible - I thought the last week of November 1978 was as colder weather as you could exoect in November until the final 10 days of Noevmber 2010 came along.

 

Gavin S. FRmetS.

TWO Moderator.

Contact the TWO team - [email protected]

South Cambridgeshire. 93 metres or 302.25 feet ASL.



Gooner
24 November 2013 21:38:48

A great set of forecasts

 

Remember anything after T120 is really Just For Fun



Marcus

Banbury

North Oxfordshire

378 feet A S L



SnowJon
24 November 2013 22:36:39
Wonderful - thanks for posting!

The best few weeks of weather I have experienced here 🙂

Bangor, Co Down
KevBrads1
25 November 2013 08:09:45
I wonder if we did a poll on which was the better, the period during December 1981 or late November to Christmas 2010, which one would come out on top?

I wasn't in this country during December 1981 but it did sound amazing.

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Saint Snow
25 November 2013 10:25:21

I wonder if we did a poll on which was the better, the period during December 1981 or late November to Christmas 2010, which one would come out on top? I wasn't in this country during December 1981 but it did sound amazing.

Originally Posted by: KevBrads1 

 

Dead heat for me.

In 1981, I was only 9 (nearly 10!) so there's all the childhood wonder thing that embellish my memories of it (I got a plastic sledge for Christmas that year - Best. Present. Ever.) Plus, the snow was totally unexpected because, of course, no internet, and I wasn't a slave to BBC weather forecasts either.

But 2010 was remarkable, both for its early onset (although we only had an early taste of snow because we had a day trip to York the last weekend in Nov) and durability. The fact I could watch the forecasts evolving via the charts was great - but saying that, it was a duel-edged sword. Seeing so many places get buried in snow and watching potential snow events IMBY be downgraded to 'near miss' as the time approached was nervy. So much so that I couldn't get too excited until we actually had snow - didn't want another 'dry squib' like 1987... When the snow finally arrived a few days before Xmas, it was relief as much as anything.

 

Tell you what, though - I always hate to see the thaw set in. I'd love to see an extreme winter event that was so snowy & persistent that even I wanted an end to it!

 

Martin

Home: St Helens (26m asl) Work: Manchester (75m asl)

A TWO addict since 14/12/01

"How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power? Here lies the whole art of Conservative politics."

Aneurin Bevan

NickR
25 November 2013 10:28:11
I'm going to more this to the TV forecasts sub-forum. This sort of archival post should not be lost as it drops off the list, and being in the sub-forum will ensure it is kept for prosperity.
Nick

Durham

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Saint Snow
25 November 2013 11:49:34

I'm going to more this to the TV forecasts sub-forum. This sort of archival post should not be lost as it drops off the list, and being in the sub-forum will ensure it is kept for prosperity.

Originally Posted by: NickR 

 

Well moving it here will kill off any chat about the events mentioned in the thread anyway...

Martin

Home: St Helens (26m asl) Work: Manchester (75m asl)

A TWO addict since 14/12/01

"How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power? Here lies the whole art of Conservative politics."

Aneurin Bevan

KevBrads1
25 November 2013 18:20:36

I wonder if we did a poll on which was the better, the period during December 1981 or late November to Christmas 2010, which one would come out on top? I wasn't in this country during December 1981 but it did sound amazing.

Originally Posted by: Saint Snow 

Dead heat for me.

In 1981, I was only 9 (nearly 10!) so there's all the childhood wonder thing that embellish my memories of it (I got a plastic sledge for Christmas that year - Best. Present. Ever.) Plus, the snow was totally unexpected because, of course, no internet,and I wasn't a slave to BBC weather forecasts either.

But 2010 was remarkable, both for its early onset (although we only had an early taste of snow because we had a day trip to York the last weekend in Nov) and durability. The fact I could watch the forecasts evolving via the charts was great - but saying that, it was a duel-edged sword. Seeing so many places get buried in snow and watching potential snow events IMBY be downgraded to 'near miss' as the time approached was nervy. So much so that I couldn't get too excited until we actually had snow - didn't want another 'dry squib' like 1987... When the snow finally arrived a few days before Xmas, it was relief as much as anything.

Tell you what, though - I alwayshate to see the thaw set in. I'd love to see an extreme winter event that was so snowy & persistent that even I wanted an end to it!

Originally Posted by: KevBrads1 

Experienced of the strangest effects in weather during that first cold spell I have ever seen. We had snow, quite moderate, falling from freezing fog that Monday morning but what was so strange that a couple hundred of yards away, there was nothing. It was very localised.

Bizarre.

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RobSnowman
25 November 2013 20:27:28
Great videos. I just went through all of them. It reminded me just how exceptional the period was. Impressive.
I built this snowman of myself.
Saint Snow
26 November 2013 10:42:19

Experienced of the strangest effects in weather during that first cold spell I have ever seen. We had snow, quite moderate, falling from freezing fog that Monday morning but what was so strange that a couple hundred of yards away, there was nothing. It was very localised. Bizarre.

Originally Posted by: KevBrads1 

 

I'm sure we've talked about this before. The effect was stark travelling along the M62 over the general Chat Moss area - and it wasn't the first time it's happened (I think you took some pics of it from a year or two previous to this event)

Martin

Home: St Helens (26m asl) Work: Manchester (75m asl)

A TWO addict since 14/12/01

"How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political freedom to keep wealth in power? Here lies the whole art of Conservative politics."

Aneurin Bevan

KevBrads1
26 November 2013 12:57:20

Experienced of the strangest effects in weather during that first cold spell I have ever seen. We had snow, quite moderate, falling from freezing fog that Monday morning but what was so strange that a couple hundred of yards away, there was nothing. It was very localised. Bizarre.

Originally Posted by: Saint Snow 

I'm sure we've talked about this before. The effect was stark travelling along the M62 over the general ChatMoss area - and it wasn't the first time it's happened (I think you took some pics of it from a year or two previous to this event)

Originally Posted by: KevBrads1 

It has happened numerous times over the years but not so dramatically as recently

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KevBrads1
30 November 2013 10:03:21
BBC news report on December 2010 and possible causes that resulted in it.

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