Winter 1947: 'General Inference' and Discussion*
at 0600 on 29th January 1947
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'An anticyclone persists over Southern Scandinavia
and a depression over the Western English Channel is moving south west.
In the Midlands and South East it will be mainly fair with good bright
periods. Snow will occur in parts of South and South West England and
Wales. Heavier falls of snow are likely in Northern England, South Scotland
and Northern Ireland. Snow showers will occur in North Scotland. Cold
or very cold in the North with frost day and night in many parts of
South Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland. Very cold in
the South with day and night frost and very severe frost at night in
some districts' At 0600hrs-an area of clear skies stretches from south-east
England all the way to south-eastern Europe. Within this zone are some
very low temperatures e.g.Munich has -8°F (-22°C), northern
France 0°F (-17.8°C), Netherlands 6°F (-14.4°C). Temperatures
are below freezing over most of mainland Britain the only exceptions
being a few coastal stations in Scotland. The coldest place at 0600
is Croydon with 10°F (-12.2°C). Snow is falling (or has fallen
recently) in several areas; south Devon, Scilly Is, Midlands,E Anglia,
NE England (moderate), S Scotland (moderate), northern Ireland (our
old friend Malin Head), Dublin and even in the far south-west of Ireland.
A couple of further points. Even coastal Manston (Kent) is reporting
18°F (-7.8°C) and the report from Tangmere(Sussex, nr Chichester)
may interest some on USW 'Wind NE force 5, temperature 19°F (-7.2°C),
sky clear, 9" of level snow, drifting snow near the ground (had
been drifting snow high up). Everywhere in mainland Britain reported
frost overnight, the coldest being Croydon with 5°F (-15°C).
Maximum temperatures on the previous day had stayed below freezing in
many parts of England and Wales, the exceptions being southern Devon
and Cornwall and coastal areas of Scotland, N England, Scotland and
Ireland. The lowest maximum was Lympne (Kent) with 25°F (-3.9°C)
and the highest 43°F (6.1°C) in the Western Isles. Snow cover
reported from many stations in England and Wales. The greatest (level)
depth is 9" at Tangmere, Boxted and Felixstowe. Waddington (Lincolnshire),
which will feature in weeks to come, now has 6". Snow cover (1")
now reported from Eastern Scotland. Even Scilly, St Marys, reports 1"
of snow (and it will get better!). Finally, from other sources, the
minimum overnight temperature at Writtle (Essex) on the 28th/29th January
was a rather chilly -5.1°F (-20.6°C) recorded at 0900 on the
29th.
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