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in inland Devon. On 8/9 January 1982 conditions were especially severe in the Bristol area where dri s were locally 1 m deep. Another event, this time from convective showers, on 12 January 1987 produced snow depths of 35 cm (Falmouth), 39 cm (Penzance) and even 23 cm on the Scillies. Also, persistent

in inland Devon. On 8/9 January 1982 conditions were especially severe in the Bristol area where dri s were locally 1 m deep. Another event, this time from convective showers, on 12 January 1987 produced snow depths of 35 cm (Falmouth), 39 cm (Penzance) and even 23 cm on the Scillies. Also, persistent

of the upper atmosphere. The office had no internal expertise or even a network of upper air stations and there were just two meteorological flights making twice daily soundings to 24,000ft at Mildenhall and Aldergrove. Radiosonde stations were located at Penzance and Lerwick using Finnish and French

and there were just two meteorological flights making twice daily soundings to 24,000ft at Mildenhall and Aldergrove. Radiosonde stations were located at Penzance and Lerwick using Finnish and French equipment until these countries were invaded, at which point the Met Office was forced into developing

over whether accurate forecasting was possible, the first thirteen stations began to send in their observations by telegraph on 3 September 1860. They were Aberdeen, Greenock, Berwick, Hull, Yarmouth, Dover, Portsmouth, Jersey, Plymouth, Penzance, Queenstown (now Cobh), Galway and Portrush. Soon