This is 30 years ago today that we had this "Great Beast from the East" , I remember it well the last time we had a foot of snow in East Hertfordshire, which was of the dry powdery stuff even the River Lea froze solid in Ware town. Irony this time round having another Beast from the East but not as extreme as the one in 1991.
Until now. As of todays date (12/12/08), we have had the longest prolonged cold spell since this video. With snow last week and temperatures not getting above 5c for the last 2 weeks. A bit of winter at last, although this time round, i feel the cold more than i did back in 1991 and im only bloody 35!
I'm from Southend (Essex) and I remember that week so well. I was only 10 and I remember all the snow. We were given time off school but unfortunitly I fell ill with the sickness bug which was around at the time! Was always ill when it snowed for some reason but never that bad heh. Anyways aint it amazin how much ud gasp if u saw a weather forcast like that today?! It will never happen again I swear!!
RIP, sad news of his passing. He always seemed jovial and pleasant - often unlike the weather he had for us. Loads of interviews on about him all saying what a really nice man he was.
Basically they've distorted the fact that if it snows at night it tends to warm up a little because of the cloud cover. Simple solution to people who say this - ask them if it has never snowed in either of the Poles.
Nostalgia for cold and snow during the wintertime Anything below, freezing with a couple cm's causes closures of airports and schools!" In this video they talk inches and a up to a foot.
That was a clssic set-up for snow, what id give for that next februrary! High pressure centred over scandinavia, a weakened atlantic jet, low pressure over italy and an incredible cold pool of air advecting over from europe! This is the most textbook set up you will ever see!
Nostalgia for snow during the wintertime Anything belowfreezing with a couple cm's causes closures of airports and schools!" In this video they talk inches and a up to a foot.
Magnificent and thrilling, one of my all time favourite forecasts !! From a time when forecasts were presented in the way they should be. A BIG THANK YOU for uploading Neil, would love to see more from this 2 week period or January 1987 !!
I remember this very well because I had a Saturday job in a supermarket at the time. The bread lorry came and delivered to us but then couldnt get back up the hill so it was stuck there. People were panic buying so the manager spoke to the bakery and they allowed us to sell all the bread that was left on the lorry!
This is a classic easterly cold blast, the like of which we've probably not seen since 1991. Notice how the south is significantly colder than the north and Scotland. I imagine the meteorologically ignorant were saying someting like "I bet it's even colder up north".
Wrong,the modern graphics make the weather more understandable and accurate,the old day symbols would only cover about 1 mile and weather simply is not like that at all
WE DO !!! Jan 2010 - another huge area of high pressure is in residence over Scandinavia, giving the UK a frozen easterly blast and dumping over a foot of snow in many places !
Also, degrees is the different between heavy rain and heavy snow. Furthermore, wind chill makes the north feel much colder, about 5'C colder than the south. (Inverness and Aberdeen frequently experience days which feel close to freezing).
@JollyRodders No, I mean mid-January 1987. It was basically a MORE severe form of the above easterly, although relatively similar in general evolution, nut with colder temperatures (both surface and upper air), stronger winds, and heavier and deeper snow. Search: 'thames news. big freeze, january 1987' in the youtube search bar.
Granted thanks to the persistant fog there temps are matching eastern central Europe. But observing current UK data there are very low temps being recorded up and down the country (currently -4 Biggin Hill, Kent and -5 your neck of the woods). My point being that when there is high pressure over the near continent there is little difference temp wise north-south. This was very much the case during the cold 80s winters. During the recent 'modern' mild winters the north tended to be cooler.
Oh and Edinburgh's average minimum temperature is a good 2'C colder than London's in winter. Also, Edinburgh is quite southern for Scotland, consider Aberdeen and Inverness perhaps.
Nope. See winters 1947/48, 1962/63, 1978/79, 1981/82, 1985/86 and the severe cold spell in January 1987 - known for it's record low daytime maximas in south-east England (minus 8 in Kent I believe).
I vaguely remember this when I was just 4 years old. I was supposed to be going to Playschool but both my mums and friends car wouldn't start due to the snow and cold. So we stayed at home and played in the snow. Some plastic roofing of a shed had blown of somewhere from the gales and we used that to slide around in it on the road which was solid ice, it was a very cold sunny dayfrom what I remember. Also remember having to go back indoors to warm up several times!
It was minus 3 there because of freezing fog. Take away that fog and it would be several degrees warmer. The other said places are on higher ground so they dont count. They have nothing to do with latitude. When it comes it a continental setup the south east always fares worst because there is only the narrow stretch of the English Channel to warm the cold air. Whereas in the north and Scotland you have the much wider North Sea protecting them.
Hardly "much colder" though, is it? Anyway, you referred to the "north" so I would say Edinburgh qualifies. I am currently in a city hundreds of miles south of Inverness and it is much colder I can assure you. It's Bratislava:-)
Oh come on. People say 'it must be much colder up north', they are referring to the UK. And the north is colder. Also, quite hilariously Inverness is currently much the same as Bratislava, daytime maximum here was -4'C and the minimum at night was -9'C. Quite funny :) Unless you have any points to make that are actually true, I guess we can just stop it there?
"A lot colder"? Is this comment based on statistical fact or just another ignorant comment of the type I referred to? Compare the climate stats during the winter months for Edinburgh and London and you will see there is very little difference in temperature. As I type the coldest temps are in the south-east at the moment. Look for yourself.
Ignorance on your part I'm afraid. The colder temperatures at the moment are in the north, around Inverness. Day time maximum for today was -3'C. Inverness is colder than London, as is Aviemore, Braemar and Carrbridge, therefore the north is colder than the south. NOWHERE on the east coast of England is colder than the central Scottish Highlands normally. And about the weather at the moment, the Greenland High which might form will likely bring a NORTH Erly.
Rest in peace, what a great man!
Yes I remember it well, cold and snowy start to a fab year for me. I'd go back to 1991 in a heartbeat!
Me too
R.I.P Ian McCaskill another Legend gone but will never be forgotten
This is 30 years ago today that we had this "Great Beast from the East" , I remember it well the last time we had a foot of snow in East Hertfordshire, which was of the dry powdery stuff even the River Lea froze solid in Ware town. Irony this time round having another Beast from the East but not as extreme as the one in 1991.
I remember I was about 5 or 6 having the day off school and playing in the snow it was cold!
The man was a National Treasure, no less......
RIP Ian and thanks for broadcasting the best weather forecast I've ever seen 😃
Legend Remember Watching 🌄 Him Do The
Weather When I Was Growing Up
he seemed like a lovely man.
Until now. As of todays date (12/12/08), we have had the longest prolonged cold spell since this video. With snow last week and temperatures not getting above 5c for the last 2 weeks. A bit of winter at last, although this time round, i feel the cold more than i did back in 1991 and im only bloody 35!
I was 10 then and to this day we havnt had a winter like that. The last of the great winters.
RIP Ian, one of the greats.
brrrr, that was another cold winter ...thanks for that Uncle Ian
Nostalgia for cold and snow during the wintertime
Anything below, freezing with a couple cm's causes closures of airports and schools!"
Loved him
I'm from Southend (Essex) and I remember that week so well. I was only 10 and I remember all the snow. We were given time off school but unfortunitly I fell ill with the sickness bug which was around at the time! Was always ill when it snowed for some reason but never that bad heh. Anyways aint it amazin how much ud gasp if u saw a weather forcast like that today?! It will never happen again I swear!!
Damn humans burning of decades of fossil fuels that contributed to global warming.
That's what you call a snowy forecast. Very wintry.
RIP, sad news of his passing. He always seemed jovial and pleasant - often unlike the weather he had for us. Loads of interviews on about him all saying what a really nice man he was.
Basically they've distorted the fact that if it snows at night it tends to warm up a little because of the cloud cover. Simple solution to people who say this - ask them if it has never snowed in either of the Poles.
Nostalgia for cold and snow during the wintertime
Anything below, freezing with a couple cm's causes closures of airports and schools!" In this video they talk inches and a up to a foot.
Rip
bmwracing1974 yeah, very sad.
That was a clssic set-up for snow, what id give for that next februrary!
High pressure centred over scandinavia, a weakened atlantic jet, low pressure over italy and an incredible cold pool of air advecting over from europe! This is the most textbook set up you will ever see!
Nostalgia for snow during the wintertime
Anything belowfreezing with a couple cm's causes closures of airports and schools!" In this video they talk inches and a up to a foot.
It was a great winter! :)
Loved Ian McCaskill's weather forecasts
I remember that time. Over a foot of snow. Great times
the weather the month and year i was born... pretty much the same now lol
You should’ve seen him on spitting image!
Magnificent and thrilling, one of my all time favourite forecasts !! From a time when forecasts were presented in the way they should be.
A BIG THANK YOU for uploading Neil, would love to see more from this 2 week period or January 1987 !!
They are produced the same way in the modern days too
I remember this very well because I had a Saturday job in a supermarket at the time. The bread lorry came and delivered to us but then couldnt get back up the hill so it was stuck there. People were panic buying so the manager spoke to the bakery and they allowed us to sell all the bread that was left on the lorry!
Class ian
This is a classic easterly cold blast, the like of which we've probably not seen since 1991. Notice how the south is significantly colder than the north and Scotland. I imagine the meteorologically ignorant were saying someting like "I bet it's even colder up north".
weather Feb1991 Ian McCaskill
really hope this never happens ever again !, but it will sadly . cannot stand snow . R.I.P Ian
RIP Ian. Will be sadly missed
Oh yes, particularly winter 1962/63. Pretty much everywhere across the Brtish Isles had heavy snow and low temps for neraly two months.
Why can't we seem to get high level blocking nowadays? It seems impossible now.
Not in 2018. You must have enjoyed it.
The snow we had in this millennium was nothing like 40’s 60’s 70’s 80’s and 90’s but we still couldn’t cope.
There's snow falling and settling down where I am in South East England.
VERY interesting forecast for tomorrow & Tuesday
i used to think that was harold bishop when i was younger
I think I prefer these graphics compared to what they are using now.
Wrong,the modern graphics make the weather more understandable and accurate,the old day symbols would only cover about 1 mile and weather simply is not like that at all
WE DO !!!
Jan 2010 - another huge area of high pressure is in residence over Scandinavia, giving the UK a frozen easterly blast and dumping over a foot of snow in many places !
And we've got even more snow in SE England tonight!!!
legend.... RIP
Also, degrees is the different between heavy rain and heavy snow. Furthermore, wind chill makes the north feel much colder, about 5'C colder than the south. (Inverness and Aberdeen frequently experience days which feel close to freezing).
r.i.p
WOW
thts more than 2days of snow !
Brilliant forecaster , much better times
Ian
Heavy snow falling in Essex again tonight!!! :D
The reason people say 'I bet its even colder up north' is because unlike this scenario, it normally is colder up north. A lot colder.
rip to a nice man
@JollyRodders No, I mean mid-January 1987. It was basically a MORE severe form of the above easterly, although relatively similar in general evolution, nut with colder temperatures (both surface and upper air), stronger winds, and heavier and deeper snow.
Search: 'thames news. big freeze, january 1987' in the youtube search bar.
may he rip.He was a very good forecaster.
I got married on the 9th. Most of the guests had to cancel. Totally memorable week with London like a ghost town.
Which bulletin was shown before this?
@Jedbickers what about January 1987?
Granted thanks to the persistant fog there temps are matching eastern central Europe. But observing current UK data there are very low temps being recorded up and down the country (currently -4 Biggin Hill, Kent and -5 your neck of the woods). My point being that when there is high pressure over the near continent there is little difference temp wise north-south. This was very much the case during the cold 80s winters. During the recent 'modern' mild winters the north tended to be cooler.
A man of menx
I hope Jan2012 will be similar to this. It just might be. Fingers crossed! :)
Does anyone have his pre-BBC footage of him dressed as superman doing the weather for Central?
People proffered the old weather graphics.
YES!!!
I like the modern 3d graphics,the symbols only ever covered 1 mile max and weather doesn't happen like tht
I wonder which was worse (or for that matter better) February 1991 or February 2009?
A very similar prospect to what could happen later this week! Looks similar in some ways!!
@KaMaCaRz "what about January 1987?"
Do you mean the storm of October 1987 and Michael Fish's There is no hurricane on the way forecast...??
Oh and Edinburgh's average minimum temperature is a good 2'C colder than London's in winter. Also, Edinburgh is quite southern for Scotland, consider Aberdeen and Inverness perhaps.
Nope. See winters 1947/48, 1962/63, 1978/79, 1981/82, 1985/86 and the severe cold spell in January 1987 - known for it's record low daytime maximas in south-east England (minus 8 in Kent I believe).
On top of the snow thats already there. :D
Snow? what the hell is that !!!?
@uberteknik ummmm hahaha what does that all mean for the next month?
@KaMaCaRz Ah yes. Interesting contrast with last December 2010...Mabye February 2011 will be another cold one...We will see.
@uberteknik .. hope so!!
Another death in 2016 of a well known face from tv/media. Ian seemed such a likeable bloke.
Can Jan 2012 bring a repeat?
No!!
I vaguely remember this when I was just 4 years old.
I was supposed to be going to Playschool but both my mums and friends car wouldn't start due to the snow and cold. So we stayed at home and played in the snow. Some plastic roofing of a shed had blown of somewhere from the gales and we used that to slide around in it on the road which was solid ice, it was a very cold sunny dayfrom what I remember. Also remember having to go back indoors to warm up several times!
It was minus 3 there because of freezing fog. Take away that fog and it would be several degrees warmer. The other said places are on higher ground so they dont count. They have nothing to do with latitude. When it comes it a continental setup the south east always fares worst because there is only the narrow stretch of the English Channel to warm the cold air. Whereas in the north and Scotland you have the much wider North Sea protecting them.
hallloooo
Umm 1991?
Southern britain will never see snow again.the last time was jan 2013 and i think this will be the last time ever.
Not necessarily snow will occur if the temperature is cold enough
2:22
Hardly "much colder" though, is it? Anyway, you referred to the "north" so I would say Edinburgh qualifies. I am currently in a city hundreds of miles south of Inverness and it is much colder I can assure you. It's Bratislava:-)
Oh come on. People say 'it must be much colder up north', they are referring to the UK. And the north is colder. Also, quite hilariously Inverness is currently much the same as Bratislava, daytime maximum here was -4'C and the minimum at night was -9'C. Quite funny :)
Unless you have any points to make that are actually true, I guess we can just stop it there?
Halloooooo
R.I.P - days when the weather forecasts and presenters were good and better symbols , all this advanced technology and we now get blobs to look at lol
This was high tech for its day, computer generated and had been for about 6 years
Video graphics came along 2005
Incompetent & inept. The Richard Whitely of weather news.
"A lot colder"? Is this comment based on statistical fact or just another ignorant comment of the type I referred to? Compare the climate stats during the winter months for Edinburgh and London and you will see there is very little difference in temperature. As I type the coldest temps are in the south-east at the moment. Look for yourself.
Ignorance on your part I'm afraid. The colder temperatures at the moment are in the north, around Inverness. Day time maximum for today was -3'C. Inverness is colder than London, as is Aviemore, Braemar and Carrbridge, therefore the north is colder than the south. NOWHERE on the east coast of England is colder than the central Scottish Highlands normally.
And about the weather at the moment, the Greenland High which might form will likely bring a NORTH Erly.