The first wintry shower suprisingly arrived for me on the 20th November, and I live in the East Midlands. That day was foggy throughout and drizzle fell as sleet in the early morning when temperatures were low.
First significant snow came on the 4th December in the evening but lasted a mere 2 minutes.
[b]Introduction [/b]
It remains a very disappointing start to Winter for the Alps, with very little snow for the lower slopes, However the cold overnight temperatures have meant that snow cannons have been in operation, and a large number of resorts have been able to open. However the lack of snow has meant that the opening Ski races schedule for Val D'Isere have had to be moved to Beaver Creek in North America.
More details on snow amounts and general conditions available on at the Ski Cl
Sunday 6th November - Snow grains in the early hours - No Lying Snow
Saturday 3rd December - Wet snowflakes in heavy showers from the west - No Lying Snow
Sunday 4th December - Snow from showers from the west - Lying snow of 2cm later in the day
Monday 5th December - Heavy snow from showers from the west - Lying snow of 6cm
Tuesday 6th December - Snow showers from NW in the early hours - Lying snow of 3-5cm
Wednesday 7th December - No snowfall - Lying snow of 1-2cm
Friday 9th December - So
I perhaps left this forecast a bit late, to the point that it coincides with the Netweather one, but I felt it was worth doing one anyway even if it overlaps with much of what others are saying. I'll have a look at the factors to consider, then summarise each individual month, both in terms of the general pattern and for Scotland in particular.
[b][u][size=4]Key Factors[/size][/u][/b]
[size=4]ENSO - We're most likely looking at a weak-moderate La Nina, perhaps similar in strength to last year,
[b]Introduction,[/b]
Over the course of September and October this year I carried out a experiment to see what weather models performed the best at different time ranges from 24 hours to 144 hours.
[b]How it works,[/b]
Firstly I would let all the models do their 12z runs so none over them had a 12 hour advantage over another. Once they had done their 12z run I would pick a location and each model predicted its thought on it. The models then get awarded points on how close they are.
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[size=3][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][b]Introduction[/b]
Very much a NW SE split for the weather pattern for the Atlantic and Europe on current charts. General low pressure covering Greenland and all the way across to Scandinavia, with deep low pressure off the east co[/font][/size][size=3][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]ast of Iceland. Low Pressure for the north of the UK and westwards. However a big block of High pressure covering Russia, Eastern Scandinavia, all of mainland Europe, so
With todays announcement in the Commons by Shipping Minister Mike Penning, I and my colleagues can breathe a huge sigh of relief that finally it has been confirmed that we have saved our station from threatened closure. Almost a year has passed since the initial announcement was made in December last year and I don't mind telling you that we have all been through hell. From my own perspective, if the closure went ahead, I stood to lose everything I had worked so hard for over the past twenty-odd
This blog article will explore the future of PC gaming using DRM on the one hand, and online extras/support on the other, and how things may pan out if we see numerous competitors such as "Origin" compete (if that's the right word for it, as we will see below) with Valve Software's "Steam".
As many will already know, I am a strong opponent of forcing Digital Rights Management (DRM) on consumers because of the vast potential for abuse (as DRM basically gives the DRM owner scope to set whatever
[b]Current Situation [/b]
There is High pressure centered (1028mb) over SE Europe, with pressure over 1020mb for most of mainland Europe. winds over western Europe are coming from a mild SW direction for much of the Alps and for Western parts of Europe including Southern Scandinavia. Colder air is restricted to the far north of Scandinavia where this a northerly flow and for Russia. The mild weather looks well set for much of mainland Europe, however Scandinavia is set to see a change, and th
Want to see the cutest thing in the world that is either very resilient or very lucky?
(Or possibly a cobination of both.)
Then look no further.
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A good example of why you should always check both the laundry and your washing / drying machines before you use them if you have kittens, this exact thing happened to an old colleague of mine through carelessness with the laundry and unfortunately her k
Is there a new cold like virus going around or has what I have been experiencing over the last 30 hours or so just an oddball?
Is no ordinary cold though at least in the first 24 hours of my case, cant remember feeling so bad from a cold virus since I was a kid, felt more like a flu virus.
Thank god for paracetamol ay?
This is the first in a series of blogs looking at the Snow and Skiing conditions for the Alps for winter 2011-12.
A cursory look at the webcams across the Alps will show that snow levels are currently on recent at this early stage, and that temps over the Alps have been milder than normal so far in November.
As an example the following table shows maximum temps for Zermatt (1600m - Switzerland) and Salzburg (450m - Austria), this only gives a snapshot, but it can be seen that Temps are mil
[font=verdana,geneva,sans-serif]A couple of long range forecast related items to talk about today, as we've released our winter preview and also our summer review...[/font]
[font=verdana,geneva,sans-serif][b]Summer[/b][/font]
[font=verdana,geneva,sans-serif]Starting with the summer review, we know that our long range summer forecast didn't go to plan this year but we've never hidden away from that fact. We made an early announcement to let people know that it wasn't going to be as expected
La Nina Episodes Vs UK Winters 1949 - 2011 - Updated 22-OCT-2011 with futher references
[color=#00ffff][b]Weak (Oceanic Nino Index SST Anomoly -0.5 to -0.9)[/b][/color]
[b]1956-57[/b] Little snow overall. White Christmans for the NW of UK, though Mild & Wet with Atlantic LP dominating in the most part (w/swerlies)
[b]1962-63[/b] Very Snowy,Widespread heavy snow throughout Nov - March aka "The big freeze of 63"
[b]1967-68[/b] Little snow overall - Largely dry and a tad mild due to HP fr
[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Y[color=#000000]ou’d think that I’d have learned my lesson by now but you’d be wrong. No, this was not my first culinary battle wound…many knife injuries and burns have preceded this, but I think that this one might just take the proverbial biscuit or in this case MASH.[/color][/font]
[color=#000000][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]I apparently overestimate my knife skills, and on Tuesday morning, my poor left thumb was the victim of my recklessness. I was tr
Salon.com FRIDAY, OCT 14, 2011 1:00 PM GMT DAYLIGHT TIME
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A growing number of former government insiders — all responsible officials who served in a number of federal posts — are now on record as doubting ex-CIA director George Tenet’s account of events leading up to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. Among them are several special agents of the FBI, the former counterterrorism head in the Clinton and Bush administrations, and the chairman of the 9/11 Commission, who t
It's been a while since we had any major news about the radar, so I thought today would be a good time to share some with you..
In short, although the V5 version of the radar is still fairly new and in it's final beta phase, we've decided to jump straight on to V6 and are currently working hard to put that in place. The new system will use the same mapping and zooms as V5 but will use newer technology to allow us to bring a number of new features - including many of the most requested ones f
[size=3][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=black]When I read an article recently about endangered wildlife, it prompted me to write about my own somewhat unexpected relationship with a hedgehog.[/color][/font][/size]
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For years to come I'll remember those days,
Days into nights into days, just a haze,
When food was scarce, conversation less,
And sympathetic glances with whispers of 'bless'.
Dissaproving looks, murmurs and tutts,
Having to smoke discarded butts,
When all I wanted was a chat and a smile,
And all I received was behaviour so vile.
If only they knew the heartache and pain,
The desperation deep down, the pain, the drain,
Of fighting each day and making it through,
And willing to gain
Summer fades upon us all
Leaves turn brown, it's soon the Fall
The leaves are changing, and for that reason
That is why we love the Seasons
The Autumn colours rage so bold
But foggy days lead to the cold
With every day we lose the leaves
And feel the chill in every breeze
Cold days lead to frosty paths
Warm houses with hotter baths
Runny noses, coughs and sneezes
All brought on by winter's breezes
Fireplaces, rosy faces
snow is falling in all places
roads are gridlocked, c
As Fall approaches so do the thoughts of yellow and red leaves, pumpkins and Thanksgiving. Along with the festivites in October is usually the appearance of the first snows of the year, children running out open eyed forgetting they had 6 months of it last year.
This year is a little different. An abysmal start to the Spring/Summer season with snow up until early June but all that changed with the arrival of July. Since July 7th temps have averaged over 25oC with only a handful of days falli
[left]Well, here we are 13 weeks into fatherhood! I’m very conscious of becoming a baby bore (see earlier blog entry) so I’ll keep it brief! In a nutshell I’ve never been so tired and yet so happy, she is a little darling and any sleepless nights are forgiven with one little smile.[/left][left]In other news we have finally sold the back end of our garden to our neighbor who is going to build a house on the plot of land. It’s great to finally see this happen as we have been negotiating and trying
