There was a decent snow shower last night as I set off to drive across Brigg. Not very interesting, you may think, but many folk who follow the weather like to note November snow, in this case falling on the 24th. I remember there being heavy snow on Friday and Saturday, November 19 and 20, 1971. We had a school football match at Brigg Grammar on the Friday afternoon and then, the next morning, set off to York to watch Grimsby Town play in an FA Cup first round tie, which they lost. We were open to the elements at Bootham Crescent (not in a covered stand) and it was cold and bleak. Worse than that, the Mariners lost. However, they followed a great football tradition and concentrated on the league, going on to lift the Division Four title.
Expect more snow showers today.
In November, 1971, I was geography student on a field trip in the Cairngorms. We stayed near Aviemore.
ReplyDeleteVery little academic work was achieved as the weather was so atrocious; there were severe snow blizzards in the hills and the temperatures plummeted.
Many people walking the hills were caught out and one unfortunate secondary school party suffered about 4/5 pupils + instructor dying from hyperthermia on the nearby, Cairn Gorm.
Mountain rescue teams were out in force - helicopters couldn't fly because of the winds and poor vis.
It is worth remembering that Scottish mountains become the Artic in bad weather.
British weather is fickle - not only is it affected by the Gulf Stream, but the UK is at the junction of about 4+ air masses - the Artic, the Dry Continental and etc. - one can never predict with certainty which one/combination will prevail at any one time.