Aaron
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Agree. Its a wishful thinking thread. Nobody can predict a single day's weather, nigh on 4 months out. Even if you are predicting a cold or a mild winter, it still will not guarantee a snowy or a gree Christmas Day. So this thread will be about a) past Christmas events b] what you are wishing for.
Nobody cares. It's called having a bit of fun, nobody is trying to predict whether it will be a white Christmas or not.
After last year, we missed out on the snow during the latter half of December. Something similar to December 2009 with the cold of December 2010 please.
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Summer 2011: A summer that nobody will remember in 3 years time. Certainly not like 2007 or 2008 which everyone remembers due to the massive amounts of rainfall.
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Very much the same here. Leaves on the ground, turning red and golden. Soon they'll be fully turning, and it will look fabulous.
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I'm not going to take charts, models and anything like that too seriously until we enter mid November. They will change day in, day out and even at a close time range, they can change all over the place.
So I'm not going to treat it as a reliable source.
Judging on how Autumn seemed to have arrived early this year just like our Spring and Winter, I feel we will see an early start to winter (albeit this does not mean a Nov 2010 event).
So let's have a look at weather patterns.
Winter 2010/2011:
Started - November, Reached it's peak - December, Faded away - January, Ended - Febuary.
Spring 2011:
Started - Febuary, Continued - March, Reached It's Peak - April, Faded Away - May, Ended - May
Summer 2011:
Started - May? - Continued - June, Faded Away - July, Ended - August
Autumn 2011:
Started - August......, Continued September, Reached it's Peak - October, Ended - November.......
Summer 2011 - started March ended April.
Autumn 2011: Started mid-July, continuing.
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The type of summer that you don't remember because nothing happened in it. It was just plain, not dire but not great. It was.. well, boring. Of course this depends on your location, only the Scots should complain really since they've had one of their wettest August's on record.
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Rain and 14c
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Only 23cm in December 2010? That's pretty low considering we got more here around 90 meters asl and parts of Leeds got around a foot.
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Mostly cloudy, 14.7c. Feeling chilly today.
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Scotland had more snow in January and March.
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Wonder if we'll start seeing white dots in the Highlands soon?
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Sleet in Altnaharra at 7C is possible. It's unlikely but it can happen, so we should wait and see.
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The skies will need to clear first in Scotland, If it's still raining up there. Currently 10 °C at Leeds Airport station, so if skies clear more, a chilly night for us.. hopefully our first ground frost won't be too long.
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Wow, these figures are astonishingly low. Especially for the likes of Shawbury.
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I don't see why it should be. It is entirely possible, even at such high temperatures.
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To think, Altnaharra is at a same elevation as me... how unfair!
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Below freezing at CairnGorm summit now.
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You know, I can't help but feel jealous, I want some "real" weather..
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So Irene made landfall on New York City as a category 1 hurricane but shortly after was downgraded to a TS, hm.
Just for thought, in Scotland there are 58 mph sustained winds, stronger than Irene in New York.
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Let's have a repeat soon please!
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Snow in March and April is a relatively common occurrence here, I'd dare see it's been just, if not more common, then snow in November and December over the past 10 years.
I witnessed sleet in May and October last year.
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Highest snow depth 2010/2011: 25 cm on 3rd.
Highest snow depth 2009/2010: Between 15 and 20 cm.
Highest snow depth ever: Over 40 cm in 1995. (there's been much deeper snow here though in the 70's especially, before I began recording weather events)
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Laura Tobin yesterday mentioned the possibility of snow across the Scottish Mountains, any reports yet?
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The snow in my neighbours back garden in early December. Pretty deep, even deeper snow drifts.
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Thats my train of thought. I don't see the appeal of gales to be honest. I can understand thunderstorms, lightning the thunder etc, I can understand snow, watching it fall, the beauty of it when it lies etc. There is visual evdience of it, even though they can be disruptive and claim lives but gales? Maybe by the coast and watching the waves pound the coast but inland? You can't see it, all you hear is the wind whistling and slamming into buildings. You wonder if your roof is going to stay on. You can't really even take a picture of a gale. Just a tree bending in the wind or the aftermath, most.
No single weather phenomenon I don't think has been responsible more for insurance costs or lives than gales. It's the most disruptive phenomenon in this country.
It's like snow, it causes disruption in the UK and even causes fatalities, but that isn't going to stop people from wanting it. Gales are rather exciting, and it's sad that lives are lost and properties are damaged but that is not going to stop me from wanting my autumn storms. People have a preference of weather believe it or not.
I can see the appeal of gales but I do find that the tradeoff between excitement and risk is far steeper with gales than with thunderstorms and snow (a point that I recall you mentioning back in late February 2010). I do enjoy the occasional bout of strong winds, up to and including the "fresh gale" Beaufort Scale category, and often go outside to feel the power of the wind. Particularly in autumn, swirling leaves near the ground, loud rustling, can create quite an awe-inspiring atmosphere. But when we get into the "strong/whole gale" categories my feelings shift primarily towards fear of structural damage. I still make the most of its redeeming features by standing outside facing the wind, but sustained wind speeds of 50+ mph aren't something I specifically wish for.
My thoughts exactly. I don't wish for damaging storms that take peoples lives, but if I woke up one day and the wind was howling at 50 MPH I'd probably go outside to experience it!
We saw about 1cm of powder snow in the second half of December. A few miles north and west saw about 3cm.
First half of December was much better here when around 1 foot fell.
Early December was good for snow, around 25 cm here, could be more though as underneath the powdery snow was compact, solid snow that fell earlier in November. Late December was better for cold though, the River Aire in central Leeds froze from bank to bank for the first time since 1963 I believe.
Glad for once lived further south. Had 10 inches on 18th and with a few more flurries and cold it was still there over xmas. Although two of those out door 'bushes' are now dead.
Looks around the same amount of snow we got but you seemed to get more since we had around 8 - 9 inches depending on surface.. I guess being further north doesn't necessarily mean you're going to get more snow, though the snow doesn't seem to last very long down south, that was proven after the heavy snowfall in the south east on the 1st of December, 60 cm of snow fell on parts of Sussex downs but quickly melted a few days later.
1st Sept 2011 Weather & General Chat
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First day of Autumn... mostly sunny and 19°C, the highest temperature for over a week surely!