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I presume we're talking about the forecast rather than the OPI itself, which is there; -2.12.
(Click OPI - Final data above where it says "The revision of the index OPI and forecast")
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Getting a few flakes of snow falling now
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Not at the moment but the sky's starting to look black
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It might be best if you just gave up and didn't bother
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That's the stuff hitting us from the E at 4-6ish in the upcoming morning.
Hmmm. I think I'm coming round to TyneValleySnow's point of view: We've had enough now thanks - time to share
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I don't see how it's going to stay with you for long... system seems to be moving north at a fair rate.
I can see what you you're saying, but what about that clump making its way around East Anglia? It seems reluctant to line up behind the rest of the streamer and may join in on it's southerly flank
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@DavyF & recklessabandon: Thanks
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Latest doorstep update https://www.dropbox....0121_205105.jpg
We've got similar problems.
I took this on the way back from the pub - its the path from the Travellers to Knitsley Lane: https://www.dropbox.com/s/q6v3qct17j4a1yd/Trees.JPG
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Anyone watch that programme about winter 1963
I stopped after the black and white documentary but thought it was fascinating
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He's further north than you- and just a small difference in latitude is hugely important in a SE flow for this region.
It's amazing - the difference is less than four miles and yet the weather couldn't be more different
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And now we have heavy snow and a strong breeze making a peach of a blizzard
How come you're getting all that when I've just got broken clouds?
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Looking at the radar the main band of snow which has affected the south is still moving north the leading edge is near Bradford now
That's what's forcing the convective snow into a more easterly track isn't it?
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wind is vicious now
Thank you :-)
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@ PeterF And the wind. You keep forgetting about the wind :-)
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... and especially so for the elderly, with demonstrable mortality rise in previous such scenarios, plus dreadful news for many businesses; for ordinary folk trying to go about daily lives; for those trying to combat and recover from recent flooding woes; and for varied wildlife after a dismal summer. So rest assured, just as many of our viewership will pray that something as extreme as the EC12z doesn't become reality as those who do, because for many it's not a funny snowfest yahoo but a deadly serious matter. http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/20618018
Thank you. I've been thinking along similar lines but have been too afraid to give voice to my concerns until you posted this. There's nothing wrong with being excited about the current possibilities synoptically - I am, I love snow and the slightest chance of it appearing where I live I welcome with open arms. But there are others for whom its a disaster and, if anything like what is being suggested by the charts comes off, people will die. Sorry for putting a damper on things but as fergieweather says "for many it's not a funny snowfest yahoo but a deadly serious matter."
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Did none of you see the snow at St James Park earlier? Ok, it was only brief - less than a minute - but it was snow
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I've often joked about living in the snowiest town in England but is it really Consett? What about the likes of Buxton and Congleton?
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And now it's stopped
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It's snowing in Consett
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I've been watching the radar at rain today and it seems to me that the band of precipitation is taking a more northerly track than forecast or am I just seeing what I want to see?
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Thanks for the link; it was very interesting, although I confess that the days when I could completely follow the mathematical argument are long behind me.
Perhaps a better quote given the title of the thread is that referenced at [2]. I.e. "a recent study of the past behaviour of cosmogenic isotopes suggests an 8% chance that the Sun could return to Maunder minimum conditions within the next 50 years."
To my mind an 8% chance doesn't warrant the suggestion that a new mini-ice age is likely or probable. I would regard 8% as a remote possibility. (I am, of course, conflating "maunder minimum" and mini-ice age, which may not be correct)
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we dont have access to charts from the last 10 or 20 years
Charts here go back 18 years. From a very cursory examination of random samples there does seem to be an argument for a slight weakening (over the whole 18 years) but nothing as dramatic as suggested by the NOAA charts today and last year
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Inland towns in County Durham such as Tow Law and Consett can't be far behind Alston for accolade of snowiest towns, they do less well than Alston from frontal snow but they are much better placed from northerlies, north easterlies and easterlies with no protection from the Pennines. I remember when living in Newcastle on many occasions hearing reports of heavy snow in the Consett area only for there to be rain in Tyne and Wear - again a bit of height makes a huge difference.
There were many times last winter that my wife arrived at work having struggled through the snow to get to the clear roads lower down only to be met with looks of derision at work when she complained about the snow. It's right what you say about a little bit of height as well - the snow line for much of last winter was around Dipton/Medomsley which are only around 25m lower than Consett itself. Where they had a little bit of wet slushy stuff in Consett it was like this.
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Is the shop on the corner Dog Happy? (I'm trying to work out exactly where on the A692 I'm looking at)