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Manley (1940)
Snowfall in the British IslesMet. Mag., 75
Manley (1947)
Snow cover in the British IslesMet. Mag., 76
G. Manley (1952)
JOHN DALTON'S SNOWDRIFTWeather, 7
Manley (1939)
On the occurrence of snow-cover in Great BritainQuart. J. R. Met. Soc., 65
G. Manley (1958)
On the frequency of snowfall in metropolitan EnglandQuarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 84
S. Ashmore (1952)
Records of snowfall in BritainQuarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 78
G. Manley (1944)
Topographical Features and the Climate of Britain: A Review of Some Outstanding EffectsThe Geographical Journal, 103
A great deal of needless romance has long been attached in Britain to the subject of snow. Our forefathers' memories must be discounted, for within four generations much of the population of these islands has moved downhill, southward, or into the larger towns where snow gives less trouble. When about 1929 I began working on the Pennines from Durham, and also skiing, I soon learnt to distrust the exaggerated stories, bad reporting and general lack of knowledge, and I set out to rationalise the available data. These were later discussed and mapped (Manley 1939, 1940, 1944 and 1947). SNOWY WEATHER The general principles that govern the frequency with which snow or sleet, that is, partly melted snow, falls in Britain are logical and well enough known. First, there must be an airstream of Arctic origin, or sufficiently cold continental origin; the surface air must be cold enough for not all the snowflakes falling through it t o melt. Sea temperatures being what they are, snow is not normally observed if the wind has too long a fetch over the Atlantic. Snow from a south-westerly airflow does not occur today, except in the occasional polar-air low, although it was
Weather – Wiley
Published: Nov 1, 1969
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