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  • Meteorology Talk - Cold Fronts - re-scheduled - Register now!

    • 31/05/2023
    • 20:00 - 21:30
    • Ashtead Cricket Club
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    Now re-scheduled - Register now for this fascinating talk

    Cold fronts: the variety of types and the potential for severe weather

    Cold fronts are a known hazard for yachtsmen and maritime professionals alike. On the 24th of March 1878 the naval training ship HMS Eurydice  sank in a snow squall, off the south coast of England, with the loss of 376 hands.

    The sudden onset of severe weather was due to an  Arctic cold front. Arctic fronts are one example of the different types of cold fronts that affect the British Isles, all of which may produce hazardous weather, even in the summer months.


    This talk will briefly review recent meteorological research on cold fronts highlighting the risk for hazardous weather.

    Presentation by David Smart 

    UCL Hazard Centre (University College London)


    Organiser:  Dick Beddoe
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12/04/2023 Marine Surveying
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22/03/2023 The FastNet Race - Oleg
08/03/2023 HMCG - Tom Barnett - What actually happens when I activate my EPIRB?
22/02/2023 Secrets of the Mary Rose
15/02/2023 Catch the Tide
11/01/2023 The Sailmaker's Whipping - How to prevent frayed rope ends.
18/10/2022 Tom Cunliffe at the Leatherhead Theatre
23/03/2022 Swimming a Course to Steer
09/03/2022 CANCELLED DUE TO COVID Meteorology
12/01/2022 Sails - Construction and Manufacturing
18/11/2021 An Evening with Tom Cunliffe - At the Leatherhead Theatre
10/03/2021 Inspirational cruising destinations of the world
03/03/2021 A chat with Bill
01/04/2020 A Fastnet Experience
11/03/2020 From the Land of Fire to The Land of Ice
04/03/2020 Sail design, Materials & Trim - Cancelled due to Illness - Will be rescheduled
12/02/2020 Weather Systems
05/02/2020 David Sandeman 1976 OSTAR Transatlantic Yacht Race
15/01/2020 Chinese Medicine
04/12/2019 Electronic Navigation Aids
13/11/2019 RNLI Talk & Christmas Cards Sale
06/11/2019 An Evening with Tom Cunliffe
03/04/2019 Stress Free Sailing & Navigation - Duncan Wells
27/03/2019 CSC Sailing Fundamentals - Session 2
13/03/2019 The Commodore goes to the bottom of the World
27/02/2019 North West Passage
13/02/2019 Making Sailing Pay - Ken Fifield
16/01/2019 Singapore Sling goes Scandanavian
12/12/2018 'Confessions of a Yachtmaster Examiner'
07/03/2018 Sailing Around Britain- Ken Endean
28/02/2018 The Trinity House Story- David Whitehead
17/01/2018 Singapore Sling goes to the Baltic
08/11/2017 'HW Tilman's Maritime Experience- Bob Comlay
01/11/2017 The Boats That Made Britain- Tom Cunliffe
01/03/2017 Marine Accident Investigation Board
15/02/2017 National Coastwatch Institution
11/01/2017 Scottish Adventures
23/11/2016 'Man is not Lost'- Tom Cunliffe
16/11/2016 Emergency Response and Turn to Starboard
09/11/2016 The Green Blue- Kate Fortnam
02/03/2016 'Sand, seals and surf - cruising around Norfolk to the Wash'.
24/02/2016 Operation Neptune - National Trust Coast
10/02/2016 Ropes and Knots
20/01/2016 Walking with Lions
13/01/2016 QHM at Portsmouth
16/12/2015 Frosted Earth - Clouds
18/11/2015 Racing and the North West Passage 2013
04/11/2015 The How and Why of Tides
28/10/2015 1st Cuddington (Warspite) Sea Scouts
07/10/2015 Jubilee Sailing Trust
11/02/2015 RYA Handicap System Talk
28/05/2014 Talk about the Gwennili Trust
14/01/2014 Coastwatch Talk
17/12/2013 Marine Accident Investigation Branch Talk
16/04/2013 Talk by Jubilee Sailing Trust
26/03/2013 Talk on a real life Man Over Board situation
19/03/2013 Harken and Ocean Safety Talk
05/02/2013 Talk - Farnborough Aircraft Museum
15/01/2013 Talk - Round Britain in a 17 footer
04/12/2012 Talk and presentation - Solent Sea Rescue Organisation
06/11/2012 Clipper Round the World Race by Tricia Morris
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