M1JWR

daf's arent doing well around here, frost has nailed them big style

omega block

i remember 1975 on the other hand,i think it was may when there was some snow, up here anyway,diddent last long, and a cracking summer followed

however occasionally they can run all the way through, was it 1984

and 2007 was an awful summer

please spare a thought for us poor g"ts that have to work outside, and parts of the body are frozen that you wouldent know could freeze, snow is a right pain as it hinders work and getting to work more than anything else

nothing beats dec 1981/ jan 1982 here

Did i read someone mention uncle bartlett on here somewhere for around 20th of jan and somebody else saying a northerly at around the same time,very conflicting, shows nobody really knows do they.

Ah yes, now i remember, there was this mild blip in the middle for about 2 days when it lashed down, melted the snow never seen the river as big before or since, your right, 3 weeks of freezer, mild blip then 2 weeks of freezer. i remember that i walked down the river, on the river that is, for over a mile, the ice was at least 6 inches thick, even thick ice where it flowed over faster parts, iceicles hanging down the scaurs, all the land like concrete, lived on a farm then had to milk cows, the tankers couldent get round for the milk, they supplied big plastic bags to put it in, cant remember how big they were, held about 500 litres each, had to push tractor into the sun for whatever little warmth it had so as we could start it, man it was cold !

For me two winter events that will stand out above all others Winter 1981/82 7 weeks of minus 20 degrees of frost at night, it was very mild upto around christmas then a snow storm, after that into the freezer, got down to around minus 27 some nights spent time living next to an aga cooker and a coal fire, no central heating then, that was at the height of a good sunspot cycle, maybe the boffins could explain that. Fast forward to 26th dec 1998, the boxing day storm, there has been some vicious wind events here over the years but this one is firmly in the number 1 slot, it makes todays wind event a breeze in comparison, i think it was called hurricane stephen, 100mph gusts around here, worse further north, looked out at one point and things flying around, a tin sheet flew across the yard and impaled itself in another roof, if youve seen the film twister you will get the idea, never want to witness the like again.

at the moment i see a similar general pattern to christmas 1998 the boxing day storm, that was a bomb !!! I never want to experience the like ever again

As long as the azores high pressure is around there will be little change it is king and has been for awhile, its as simple as that

Did sombody say the magic words bartlett/euro high would be nice, as its the best way to melt all that snow with the minimum disruption not a coldie i'm afraid, i work outdoors, for me snow is the worst, followed quickly by mr jack frost, i remember 1982, no central heating then, we were all clammed around a coal fire and an aga cooker, got down to -27, having said that i am no fan of shed loads of rain either. back to the models people.

Well i suppose you are right from a certain point of view But Then it melts and then its my god the floods

Yes mate i am, 73 de m1jwr