Lauren

I remember that summer, despite being young. We have pictures of our garden where all the grass is yellow and crunchy, that's never happened before or since. Long days of playing in garden. If I recall correctly there were several good thunderstorms as well.

Have flown through several thunderstorms now. My first memory of doing so was on an old Tupolev to Bulgaria, there was several storm cells going on . The pilot said something along the lines of there being space to manoeuvre inbetween the various cells but that it would be very bumpy and it was. We were making quite a few turns and it was amazing to see all the different lightening around, many were different colours. As we were descending for landing we couldn't fly above it or around it, this made for a crosswind landing with the pilot being unable to decide which wheel to land on (or so it seemed!). On the way to Thailand in a 747. The pilot said there was a huge storm system over one of the Stans. It was so big going around it would mean stopping for fuel so they wanted to go over higher to get out of the worst of it. If I recall we went to something like 47000ft which is at the very limit of it's altitude tolerance. I have certainly never been that high before or since. Even then we were still getting buffeted by the storm clouds. This was at night so the light display was out of this world. I can't be sure but several of us saw something that looked like a little mushroom cloud of light erupting from the top of the clouds. I am not sure if this was some sort of sprite, but it was certainly stunning. Flying out of Croatia. There had been severe thunderstorms for a couple of days and we were concerned we would be delayed as the airport had been closed on and off with the passing storms. We were sitting on the tarmac ready to go for 45 minutes whilst they waited for a gap in the storms and then off we went. Bumpy is not the word. Lots of jolting and stomachs being taken away. Quite intense for 10 minutes, but then it was over. It was during the day so the storm couldn't be appreciated as much. Finally not a thunderstorm as such. We were leaving Egypt just as the rains were arriving. I don't recall there being a thunderstorm but it was by far the scariest takeoff I've ever had and I enjoy turbulence! It was so bumpy the stewards were asked to sit back down and buckle up. there were several screams and we certainly dropped dramatically at one point, so much so for a split second I thought we were going down. It carried on like that for about half and hour and several people ended up in tears.

What a gorgeous day. Got down to -4 last night which left us with thick thick frost. It is now sunny and almost warm. As the sun creeps along the ground the frost melts so there is literally a massive line across the ground, one half sun and one half frost.

27ft of snow is mind boggling. i can't even imagine what would happen if that fell on the UK.

First time this whole winter season I've been able to see my breath in the mornings.

More money than sense. Pay several thousand to be airlifted out or enjoy an extended holiday for much cheaper. Hmm hard choice.

I'll be honest, I have no idea what they are on about half the time in the model discussion thread and don't want to keep asking in there, but basically: What are they all getting so excited about, what is on the GFS?

Forget sledges, we put a body board inside one of those big thick plastic sacks and it goes very fast. Last time it snowed people on the hill kept asking if they could borrow because their sledges were rubbish in comaprison!

And that's fine but i wanted to know what evidence Village had for his claims.

I just saw this, this morning. Can you imagine if 10ft of snow fell on the UK in 48hours. Havoc would not be the word.

Had some lenticular over this way too Coast. Anyone would be forgiven for thinking this was a March morning.

By the same bloke who predicted the early Januray storms would be like doomsday and bring unimaginable destruction. That website is lol-a-rific, full of people who spend far too much time in their bedrooms smoking weed.

Sorry where is the evidence of this? Reading between the lines is not evidence. Do you have any reports or per reviewed papers that back this up?

So if the supplies aren't running out, why are they constantly seeking out new sources? What is your evidence for your claims? You sound a little like a conspiracy theorist.

I think you're probably right, although I reckon more March time. Still got my snow shovel and blankets in the car just in case. Always best to be prepared!

Do I get the impression he pretty much makes it up as he goes along?

I understand now, thanks very much. Thanks to the others who trnaslated the gobble-dee-gook of the charts for me.

Forgive me as I am still a novice when it comes to charts, but what are they currently indicating. I have read but I don't understand :blush:

You know, i don't think there has been a day yet this winter that has truly felt like a winters day. It's just been too warm to have that bitterness of a winters day.

But don't you see sausage, everyone at the MetO is in on it, they are being paid off by the government. It's all so the government can use thier weather machines to promote the idea of global warming. Open your eyes, for the love of God, man! *shakes solar sausage*

In my lifetime probably the early 90's winter snow (can't remember what year) or the 2010/2011 snow. Early 90's snow. This was one of those times the community really came together. I was a bit too young to remember the details but my parents recall it well. As far as they knew snow was forecast, but it wasn't supposed to be particularly heavy. They woke up in the morning to find at least a foot of snow and it was still pummelling down. On our street at the time there were several self employed labourers so they really needed to get to work. All the men came out to dig out driveways and the road (we lived on a hill so it was impossible to drive on it unless the snow was cleared). They went at it for several hours but the snow was literally falling faster than they could dig so they eventually gave up and decided to have the day off. Instead all the kids came out and walked to the top of the hill where there is a big grassy slope and went toboganning and of course all the men and Mum's came and joined in. it was like a scene from the christmas cards where the whole village come out to play in the snow. Apparently there was a grit shortage that year so the gritters were fighting a losing battle with the snow and many of the main roads in our areas were shut because they were too dangerous. I know most people didn't go to work for several days as they simply couldn't get out of our road and even if they could lots of their route was closed anyway. I'm not sure if it caused similar disruption for the rest of the country but I know the roads were badly disrupted in my area. 2010/2011 snow Well this was recent so we can all remember. My area had thigh high snow (we are the top of a hill so it seems to collect there somewhat). The cars were buried up to their doors and you simply couldn't move them. My road and the surrounding ones were closed so you couldn't go to work (oh no, what a shame!). Again the gritters were not prepared so they couldn't deal with the snow which brought most of Kent to a standstill. More sledging fun was had by all. We took some dofgs for a walk which was almost impossible for them but they thouroughly enjoyed it. I don't think I've ever seen snow that deep in the UK.

I do not like the way the world seems to burying it's head in the sand and just keeps on a ontinuous search for fossil fuels. I get that we need them, but we KNOW they will run out. Instead of spending money on unneccessary wars, why not spend the money researching alternative fuels?

Then Gloucesterhsire would suddenly start getting massive storms and Miami would dry up!

A friend of mine is doing his PHD and him and a couple of others researchers are looking to why there has been quite a sudden drop in UK thunderstorm activity. Could be interesting.