Here are BBC weather and news reports on the 1st-2nd February 2009 snow event

To begin with, it's the build up to snow event of early February

28th January 2009: Tomasz warns of the prospects of cold easterly flow on the way


29th January 2009: Tomasz firms up on the cold weather prospects


30th January 2009: Tomasz warns the threat of heavy snow


31st January 2009



BBC news report of 1st February 2009 on the deteriorating conditions


Peter Gibbs warns of a big snow event


BBC news of 2nd February 2009 on the snow chaos


BBC weather 2nd February 2009

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I don't think it was too bad here initially, but I took this and some more on the 13th by which time there was a fair cover.
Not particularly serious even then.

 

 

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BBC Northwest reports and weather of 2nd February

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Basically a prelude to what would happen the next year...

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It was a good convective easterly although short lived.
Sunday dawned cold with light flurries , the temperature fell through the day . I remember by evening it was -4c with snow flurries both at Leeds and Luton airports and -3c across a good area. Overnight the convection kicked in and significant falls were recorded. Monday evening saw persistent snow from the Se. If I remember correctly a red warning was issued for up 50cm of snow across eastern up slopes. Didn't happen though. We got about 10cm from the showers and 10cm from the persistent snow. Some areas had over a foot where the showers aligned.
Think the band from the se was accompanied by disappointment as a warmer air raised temperatures, the snow fell at 0.4c here so must have been a slushy mess on lower ground.

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Cheers Kev

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[quote=KevBrads1;542918]BBC Northwest reports and weather of 2nd February

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vra3bZUuqAM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxG56eK1k5A[/quote]

Wow...isn't the bloke from the Krypton Factor!???

Used to love the flight simulation part of that game show.

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Yeah it's Gordon Burns. He was chief news reader for BBC northwest for some years until he retired recently.

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More forecasts and news reports from the first half of February 2009

3rd February 2009


4th February 2009: more snow on the way


5th February 2009: another snowfall


7th February 2009: more snow on the way


8th February 2009: a winter storm on the way


9th February 2009: Bristol area got a dumping of snow


11th February 2009


BBC news of 12th February 2009 on the snowfalls in the north


12th February 2009

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