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Chat => Chit Chat => Topic started by: AdrianH on January 11, 2012, 02:24:43 PM
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Sale weatherman: Get ready for ‘worst winter in 200 years’ (http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1468247_sale-weatherman-get-ready-for-worst-winter-in-200-years)
Harry says it's going to be COLD AND DEEP and Harry has the unfortunate habit of being right :'(
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:silly: :scare: :swoon:
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Well, ever the optimist .... ;D ..... that prediction was published on the 16th December ..... I know it can have a sting in the tail but my fingers are :fingers: for you. A near neighbor, a French Harry perhaps ;D tells me that our winter is over !! the moles are coming to the surface :shrug2: lots of :sun: :sun: but coolish here.
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Harry sounds more like a plain old pessimist to me. :scare:
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When I read the title I thought, don't be dirty this is a family show.
Anyway, whilst this forecast may turn out correct or not, Bill Froggat has been very quiet about it for a number of years.
Thank you Adrian, the thermals are going through the washer right now. We will see how it all turns out.
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Better not spend the EDF refund just yet :o :D
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It looks as if we could be set for a white Christmas with cold easterly winds direct from Russia."
that prediction was published on the 16th December .....
oops he may have got lots of other stuff right, but he got that bit wrong. Guess we shall have to wait and see.
Mind you he also mentions in there the very high winds off Blackpool just before xmas... so maybe he meant this
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btw... talking of Harry's making predictions that just reminded me of something else.
http://forum.kitz.co.uk/index.php/topic,10063.0.html
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It'll be interesting to see what happens ..... the predictions are not for that week in December, it is for the whole winter. Going on past evidence all the pressure/fronts/temperatures etc in certain locations . He is saying it all adds up to the possibility of a long hard winter.
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Well the moles won't be coming up today !! :'( our green/brown grass was frosted over this morning ...the birds were skating instead of bathing ;D ..... as I said - sting in the tail ? :-\ the chateaux will be pleased .....I was speaking to a couple of 'châtemains' the other day and they were saying we could do with some real cold weather ..... and now we have ;D
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:sun: :sun: :sun:
I've had the deck chair out. Well I thought about it.
Did the repairs from the wind damage instead. Managed 10 mins in the conservatory though. ;D
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Lots of them here too. Our lounge bay window faces South and, with the heating turned off, the temperature in there hit 26 C today. What winter?
Colin
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Lots of them here too. Our lounge bay window faces South and, with the heating turned off, the temperature in there hit 26 C today. What winter?
Colin
That's Johannesburg of course. Here in Blighty, we're lucky to see 26 F in January. More Global Warming, please.
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Lots of them here too. Our lounge bay window faces South and, with the heating turned off, the temperature in there hit 26 C today. What winter?
Colin
That's Johannesburg of course. Here in Blighty, we're lucky to see 26 F in January. More Global Warming, please.
No, 26C in our lounge in North Yorkshire! Not outside, obviously. ;)
Colin
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:D
Colin, I did a double take when I saw all the :sun: then realised you were indoors ;D
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Solid ice all over the car and -4C here this morning. The local gritter has yet again blasted the paintwork on our cars rather than put the salt on the road where it is wanted :-X
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:o Harry might have a point ! ;D
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I remain optimistic. :crazy:
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Moi aussi :lol:
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:sun: :sun: :flamer:
24o in the conservatory again.
I set my stall out to do some coding and promptly dosed off.
Of course the sun has now gone behind some clouds and the temperature has dropped.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16855184
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16852065
http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/local/snow_ice_and_sub_zero_temperatures_as_met_office_issues_severe_weather_warnings_for_east_sussex_1_3482222
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2012/02/01/uk-weather-colder-than-south-pole-health-chiefs-warn-that-minus-11c-cold-snap-could-put-1-500-lives-at-risk-for-every-week-it-lasts-115875-23730069/
Harry was pretty near the mark then.
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Yes Adrian looks like Harry was too near the mark... :o. Those poor people in Europe with what they are going through (also the poor animals who are dying especially the birds :( ) all we can hope is that we don't get as bad here... or too much of it if/when we do get the snow.
It's not too cold here this morning which makes me think after the rest of the week where it's been really cold, that snow might be on the way :no: :no: but am hoping not of course. Hope everyone keeps warm (Colin2 looks like the conservatory is your best bet :D) and keeps safe whatever the weather throws at us.
Chrissie
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Good Morning all.........-5C here at present,a harsh frost but no snow as yet,new acme super scoop snow shovel is on red alert ;D
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-6° here :o ..... wind-chill -13° :o :o - no snow for us though, thank goodness. Hot and :sun: :sun: in the verandah though ! Needless to say no shoppy/lunchies for me at the moment ;D
Take care all !
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Good morning everybody, -6 here as well. As my mother used to say it's too cold to snow.
I also feel for the poor souls that are dying from the cold weather. But you know mother nature has her way of natural selection.
Sorry if that sounds callous, it's not meant to be, just an observation.
The conservatory will have to wait this morning until the sun gets shining on it. It's not cold in there but not warm enough to sit in.
At least there is no wind about, and has not been for a couple of days now.
Nice one for Harry and his Almanac, my mother always swore by that. I think Paul should take more notice of it.
Stay warm and safe every-one.
Colin No.2
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http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/batten_down_the_hatches_1_4208583
SHEFFIELD has been warned to ‘batten down the hatches’ with heavy snow predicted to hit the city in the biggest freeze of the winter so far.
Forecasters say around 5cm of persistent snow will fall across the city tomorrow - and Sheffield Council is geared up in preparation.
A fleet of gritters has been salting the streets for days as temperatures plummet - reaching as low as -6C last night - and are ready to work throughout Saturday.
And there is 18,000 tonnes of grit in stock - enough for around 36 days - with around 100 snow wardens on standby to clear pathways and roads
5cm ............. :-X ;D
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Good afternoon.... :)
You guys seem to be having the weather we had all week........but that has now turned mild and rainy, and is expected to last like that well into next week.
It's quite pleasant out there.. :)
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http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/batten_down_the_hatches_1_4208583
SHEFFIELD has been warned to ‘batten down the hatches’ with heavy snow predicted to hit the city in the biggest freeze of the winter so far.
Forecasters say around 5cm of persistent snow will fall across the city tomorrow - and Sheffield Council is geared up in preparation.
A fleet of gritters has been salting the streets for days as temperatures plummet - reaching as low as -6C last night - and are ready to work throughout Saturday.
And there is 18,000 tonnes of grit in stock - enough for around 36 days - with around 100 snow wardens on standby to clear pathways and roads
5cm ............. :-X ;D
2 inches? That's nowt for Sheffield - known as snow flurries locally isn't it? :lol:
Colin
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:D
I hope they haven't missed the'0' off ;D
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Well with all the hoo haa about how cold and frosty it was going to be last night I covered the car windscreen (with one of my best curtains) because I go out early to do the shopping on a Saturday. Although it was cold not a bit of frost to be seen anywhere, not until I sat in the motor and frosted up the inside of the screen. ???
I've got me sledge out waiting for this blizzard that is coming our way. What was it, 5cms or something. You watch, they will have the day wrong. Keep the snow shovel for another day Phil.
Stay warm and enjoy your day everyone.
Colin No.2 from the conservatory.
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Good morning Colin :)
I've got me sledge out waiting for this blizzard that is coming our way. What was it, 5cms or something. You watch, they will have the day wrong. Keep the snow shovel for another day Phil.
Very cold and frosty here at present.According to BBC weather the snow will hit us from 3pm onwards today so we shall see.
New snow shovel is fully charged and ready to go ;D
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-8C here this morning and a very hard frost with it. The blue sky is turning a purple/grey as the cloud builds up, will it be rain or snow, we are right on the border on the weather charts?
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Well so far so good 'ere in the sarf east....but I won't speak too soon lol. I see from the forecast it will be late afternoon and evening that the sssnoow is expected :-X just hope it doesn't, they do get forecasts wrong sometimes ;D
Stay safe and warm everyone and it's good to know Uncy has the gleaming new shovel at the ready...hope it doesn't get worn out! :lol:
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Stay safe and warm everyone and it's good to know Uncy has the gleaming new shovel at the ready...hope it doesn't get worn out! :lol:
I'll tell Sue to go easy with it >:D :D
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No snow here.. no frost... but instead weird ice.
I cant see out of my front windows. It looks what it would look like during a down pour.. but clear ice.
My car is also enveloped in it.. a sheet of clear ice slightly rippled. Never seen anything like it before.
Pavements are a bit treacherous so Ive not been out today and am sat reading my book for my book club and have both the central heating and fire on it so cold.
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The humidity has been very low for the last few days, so the normal familiar frosts haven't really happened, but it's still cold. :)
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Just started snowing......its 1hr 9mins early ;D
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I said to my son that it was about to snow, everyone else said no way .......... 10 minutes later we had lots of BIG snow flakes falling, the fact that it lasted all of 45 seconds is another matter. ::)
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Still wickedly cold here, glacial north east wind (https://forum.kitz.co.uk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi94.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fl97%2Fkte_2006%2Fcid_CBF670B9-8799-47D1-B112-BF0B23061D8A.gif&hash=6fc5780dbe4bd79b9f796d497b1d38747aa02d45) ... but I'm venturing out soon, wine order is ready and that's very important ;D
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Still wickedly cold here, glacial north east wind (https://forum.kitz.co.uk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi94.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fl97%2Fkte_2006%2Fcid_CBF670B9-8799-47D1-B112-BF0B23061D8A.gif&hash=6fc5780dbe4bd79b9f796d497b1d38747aa02d45) ... but I'm venturing out soon, wine order is ready and that's very important ;D
Important !!!!..........Its life or death :drunk: :D
Just flurries here at present,him 'upstairs' must be just shaking his duvet ;D
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:D I'm only upping the stocks Unc, but I've put it off for three days now. Hubby has passed the Château twice and forgotten each time :'( -- always ask a busy woman :lol:
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Hubby has passed the Château twice and forgotten each time
He must have got 'Yorkshire Syndrome'...............Short arms and deep pockets :lol:
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Heavy snow here - started at 1:30pm and laying - about 1cm already.
Colin
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Just cold gloom here, in East Anglia. If you check an atlas, you will see that there is no land mass north of here before the North Pole is reached! :-X
It's 4.5 degrees C in the roof space and 19 degrees C in the room where I'm sitting. :(
My feline instincts tell me to find my bed and hibernate. :-\
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My weather station tells me the wind is predominantly from the South, so you should be getting the cold that Scottiesmum is sending across.
19o you should be sat in your shirt sleeves. ;D
Put another jumper on and some extra socks.
I'll change it the wind has now swung round to the North East.
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Wont be going for a swim this weekend then > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-16889200 ???
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Snowing a blizzard at present,road is well covered :no:
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You can have some of ours if you want it.
There must be oh! 2 centimetres or about an inch. Enough to stop the job anyways.
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We now have 3 inches and it has just stopped snowing - must get the sledge out tomorrow.
Colin
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Going by what I can see out of the window we have a few inches here.
I just hope the conservatory roof can stand the extra weight. (Joking really)
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Once again the country is brought to its knees by a few inches of snow !!
Thought there was fire this morning.........looked out of the window and it was smoke coming off the snow shovel >:D :D
I did my bit and cheered her on from the warm living room with a bacon sandwich and a nice hot cup of tea.... >:D ;D
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Well I've been brought to a standstill :D we have SNOW :o :o and it had drifted and blocked the exits :'( managed to get a shutter open .... Scotty didn't know whether to run in or out ;D really funny ..... we have now managed to clear a pathway through the garden to the track, used up all the dishwasher salt because it is freezing like billio . Me no like :no: :( ;D It has certainly wakened me up ;D
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Me no like
Get a grip :lol:..........Thats the trouble with Lancashire folk,there too soft :lol:
At least someone likes it
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:P ..........after 18 year out of Lancashire I have gone soft ;D
Oh look at those smiles ... what a lovely photo :)
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:)
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I see that TD, the photographic perfectionist, has done his bit once again. ;D
There must be about 3" of snow in my part of East Anglia. Looking at the sky, there could be more to come. :no:
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Couldn't believe it when it started snowing here late last night...and so we have snow too, snow joke! Hope it doesn't stay too long, looked lovely when it first laid but now grey and slushy in some parts. @ Uncy, glad you are doing your part with feeding the troups <snigger>....poor Sue, bet she was frozen to the shovel poor girl.
Fancy snow out in La Belle France where you are Kate...gosh, what a shock for the system! Still, if you have the vino and plenty of food then you should be ok for a little while...otherwise get scotty a harness, build a sled and get him to run you to the shops.... ;D
Keep warm y'all but don't go working up a sweat with the snow shovels...else Sue will get the union on to you ;D ;D ;D