| Snow 09:16 - Feb 1 with 1501 views | Ipswich24 |
Can anyone explain why we hardly ever receive any significant amounts of snow here in Suffolk? Always seems to miss us or just crappy rain or sleet? |  |
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| Snow on 09:17 - Feb 1 with 1495 views | SitfcB |
Were you not here last March?? |  |
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| Snow on 09:17 - Feb 1 with 1489 views | clive_baker |
On the flip side we do seem to get heat / summer sun that is rarely enjoyed by large parts of the UK. Our own little micro climate innit. |  |
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| Snow on 09:25 - Feb 1 with 1449 views | wkj |
My assumption is that its related to being coastal, I always thought being coastal meant you were warmer than inland in the winter, but cooler than inland in the summer. That and for the most part our prevailing winds usually come from the west or south west, so much of the snow might have fallen before it reaches us. |  |
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| Snow on 09:30 - Feb 1 with 1421 views | Kieran_Knows |
I've thought that too. I'm all for snow, but if it's going to snow, then I want it to be absolutely hammer it down meaning its up to my knees. Not this pathetic sleet stuff which still seems to cause havoc! |  |
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| Snow on 09:39 - Feb 1 with 1388 views | Ipswich24 |
| Snow on 09:17 - Feb 1 by SitfcB |
Were you not here last March?? |
I was. And it was gone in a flash and that was a one off. What I'm trying say is most other areas of country will get few inches where we here get sleety bits and pieces. | |
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| Snow on 09:39 - Feb 1 with 1385 views | SouperJim |
From what I recall from GCSE geography, the weather comes over from the west, over the welsh high ground, then sinks down to the lower ground in England. By the time it gets all the way over to very flat east anglia, it's pretty much all done with. Or something.
I live in a little village just outside Bury, we've had about 5-10cm of snow the last few days, but when I park my car in Bury just 10 minutes up the road, the local cars have only a light dusting while I've got a thick sheet of the stuff on my roof still. Seems weather conditions can be very localised. |  |
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| Snow on 09:46 - Feb 1 with 1351 views | wkj |
| Snow on 09:39 - Feb 1 by SouperJim |
From what I recall from GCSE geography, the weather comes over from the west, over the welsh high ground, then sinks down to the lower ground in England. By the time it gets all the way over to very flat east anglia, it's pretty much all done with. Or something.
I live in a little village just outside Bury, we've had about 5-10cm of snow the last few days, but when I park my car in Bury just 10 minutes up the road, the local cars have only a light dusting while I've got a thick sheet of the stuff on my roof still. Seems weather conditions can be very localised. |
That is a part of it, as well as mentioned coastal areas having more of a moderate climate. Last year we got pelted as the wind came in from the north-east, and as such the temperature was more moderate on the southwest coast.
March last year | |
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| Snow on 09:46 - Feb 1 with 1350 views | SitfcB |
| Snow on 09:39 - Feb 1 by Ipswich24 |
I was. And it was gone in a flash and that was a one off. What I'm trying say is most other areas of country will get few inches where we here get sleety bits and pieces. |
It lasted two weeks!
I was thinking earlier we usually get it bad but have just missed out this time. | |
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