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43 minutes ago, mushymanrob said:
nature doesnt need this that or the other. things hibernate because its cold and theres no food - if its warm enough for food , they are in no danger.
frosts breaking up the soil?... i have no idea what you mean.... most arable farms scuff last years crops after harvest then direct drill, very little is ploughed in autumn to 'break down' (which wind wind, rain, sun, frost does anyway) and prior to drilling field are cultivated to break up the soil to a tilth regardless of how many frosts were had..... plus most farms dont let fields lie empty over winter, they cultuvate and drill them straight after ploughing. i have detecting permission on over 2000 acres scattered around mostly eastern england.
nature IS complicated, some things like a cold spell to thrive, others species thrive better in milder weather, theres no one rule that says nature likes or dislikes mild/cold, everything in nature is not governed by the same criteria.Disagree. Warmer temp's in winter dosen't always equal more food.
That butterfly i saw last week was reacting to unusally high temperatures,but i doubt it found much food. Haven't seen much Buddleia in flower,lately.
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40 minutes ago, snowspotter said:
Anyone based in the South at least can forget any meaningful snow after Mid-February. So I think bearing in mind the current set up it is time to call this winter over for us Southerners. Sure we may well get some snow but not anything long lasting on the ground. I am basing this on the fact that I am 52 years old and there has not been one really cold snowy spell down here after Mid February . In fact the only one early February is the 1991 epic.
If you want a week long snow on the ground you might need to head to high ground up North or maybe USA/Canada, The Alps or Scandinavia.
If your in Dublin , Cornwall or the Isle of WIght I'd give up !
I always think Mid February is the cut off down here due to stronger sunshine etc.
I dont see the point in a March Easterly that just provides days of snowfall and bugger all on the ground other than a bit on the downs
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15 minutes ago, ANYWEATHER said:
To be honest ,I think this statement is a little bit over the top! This mild weather is much kinder to the wildlife than harsh cold. Just look at the record breaking cold March 2013 with freezing cold and cattle and sheep buried in deep snow with the loss of thousands of animals. I would imagine cattle farmers at least prefer mild to cold, although I do prefer the more seasonal cold than this very mild weather
The issue with mild weather at this time of year, is that it lures wildlife into action when it should still be dormant.
Just this last week,i've seen several ladybirds a small tort butterfly and 2 or 3 bumble bees,a cold spell now would leave these vulnerable.
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57 minutes ago, JoeShmoe said:
Is it Spring yet ?
Must be,certainly aint Winter
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9 minutes ago, Backtrack said:
Make me laugh you do.
Models show mild and you're all over it posting more than anyone
They show cold and you hide
Hang on,i'm still waiting for knocker's "cold plunge" posts when a cold spell arrives(and i'm not referring to that feeble attempt,last week)
He'll deliver,i'm sure of it. Heard that tesco in cambourne had sold out of blue crayons. He's getting ready
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7 minutes ago, fergieweather said:
Latest (yesterday's) GloSea5 remains consistent and - as I mentioned on Thursday eve - has ECMWF support:
- Broadly westerly pattern to mid-Feb
- Switch to meridional pattern mid-Feb onwards, with ridging in Atlantic; UK flow NW-N'ly
- Thus increased prospect of colder weather relative to 1st half of month
Toppler?
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24 minutes ago, Andy Bown said:
It was clear and 4.8c half an hour ago, now turning foggy with low cloud too.
Today's interest lies in how quickly the front and rain moves in later, BBC forecast suggests Plymouth at 13.00 and Bristol by 15.00.Yes,we live in exiting times!!!
Dont you just love the U.K's weather
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15 minutes ago, knocker said:
The ecm this morning can be summed up with wet, windy and warm as systems traverse the UK on the strong westerly flow.
Does look that way. Can only hope we're close enough to high pressure, to the south,to keep the worst of the wet stuff away.
How anyone can actually look foreward to weather like this is beyond me.
Obviously dont have to go out in it.
It's just depressing stuff,end of.
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Took this pic 3 years ago today. Last time it went white here.
You can see St keverne in the background.
Wonder how much longer i have to wait to see this again?
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3 minutes ago, knocker said:
One has to keep in mind that 'chasing the easterly' is an annual event in the MOD thread. It's a sado/masochistic ritual that is part of the initiation tests that newbies have to pass before acceptance as bone fide members of the 'coldie club'. Hence when thrown the odd bone by the GFS it's manna from heaven and the hare is running
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Putting my fishermans hat on,we haven't had a really good easterly blow for what seems like ages.
Talking about it the other night,consensus amoungst the troops(fishermen) is that one's due.
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Dont know about cold,positively Mild now(8.3C) an hour ago.
V still and cloudy. Just come back from the boat,sea like a sheet of glass,gig rower's out practicing,first shoal of lance in the bay,almost spring like. Not long now for here.
Edit, spoke to soon,chucking it down now.
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Amazing how quickly this cold spell has given way. Couple of night's ago,saturday night was supposed to be the coldest night with severe frosts,even here (-2,-3) was quoted.
At 2200,the temp at culdrose air base was 6.6c. Quite a difference.
Dont think iv'e ever seen quite such a turnaround.
Feeling mild outside now,the cold spell lasted about 1 day here,awesome
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1 hour ago, Evening thunder said:
Unbelievable really..
It was looking very cold night tonight, but this rudddy shortwave has changed that at less than one day out!! Can't remember such a change before. Also drags in milder air ensuring precip on Monday is all rain even on the moors [edit: in the SW..] and the 'cold snap' is over here (while other parts perhaps stay cold). Just dull, damp and maybe a bit chilly here.
So much for that 'Exceptionally cold' stuff.. Even just now the BBC said 'remaining very cold into next week'.. Well, not here.Coldest this winter is this morning at -2.9C, every winter I've recorded so far has got colder, so it is currently my worst winter on record an February has a lot to do to change that.
At least I saw some snow on Dartmoor yesterday.
It's only the weather I guess...I know your pain but seen this soooooooo many times,water off a ducks back now.
Do what i do,forget about net weather for a bit,dont turn the telly on and get outside and enjoy living where we do because,come on,you wouldn't want to live anywhere else,would you?
Let them have their bit of snow.
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2 hours ago, Thunderbolt_ said:
I don't even like cold weather anyway, so it doesn't really make much of a difference to me. I'd move to somewhere where winter was almost non-existent if I could.
My point is, from a statistical point of view, a 4C maximum in January, compared with a 6C average is hardly a "cold spell," which ever way you look at it. Yes the next few days do look colder so that would push this spell into "cold spell" territory by the start of next week. However, one single day that has been within 2C of the average is hardly a notable day temperature-wise, which anyone can objectively agree with.
Move down here then
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10 minutes ago, festivalking said:
David braine spotlight suggesting that Sunday and Monday that the Atlantic will nose into the cold producing wintery stuff for the sw. But.....then said it's on a knife edge and would know more tomorrow.
Saw that to. From an IMBY point of view,further west the better,want the front to just scrape the lizard
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2 minutes ago, knocker said:
The Cb/Cu has largely dissipated and it's quite a pleasant late afternoon. Well it would be if I didn't have a spot of gout!!
Yeah,day off today. Spent this afternoon in the garden and out of the wind,that sun was very nice,dare i say,springlike.
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40 minutes ago, karlos1983 said:
Oi oi what's on here then
hot off the press
Looking good for Cornwall then
Can someone turn off Knocker's shield.
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6 minutes ago, Weather-history said:
Metamorphosed from a grey one to a red one.....
Knocker's had his red crayons out again.
Dont think sidney enjoyed it.
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One thing's for sure,the night's are coming out.
Still got some daylight at 5.05pm.
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5 hours ago, jethro said:
The cottage in Cornwall we stayed in last week had a bulging bookcase full of books related to local interest/history, one of which was a photographic history, loads of pictures going back to the very beginning of photography. Amongst all the photos were lots taken in the winter of 1890/91, deep, deep snow and frozen seas in Cornwall - of all places! Had a quick look on here and found an archived thread from Weather History; this weather chart led to deep snow all over the SW:
Admittedly the cold weather then was much more entrenched than it is now, or will be in the near future, but as a model reading numpty who just sees different/coloured shaped blobs, I'll be on the lookout for any which resemble the ones in that chart. Who knows, with all the apparent strange goings on in the NH this winter, maybe we will get one of those elusive Scandinavian highs which led to the cold that year - I may even have a vague idea of what one looks like now, although I'm not convinced my senile brain has got it sorted just yet, I think it's that round, yellow blob on the right hand side???
More on that cold winter here:
I live a field away from the wreck site of the "Bay of Panama" which founded in a snow storm on 9th March 1891.In what's become known as the great cornish blizzard.
The cold was so great that sailors actually froze to death,stuck to the rigging.
It's what i judge my winter's by,if it did that in March 1891,it can do it again. My winter ends on 10th march.
Think Knocker was a school kid back then,saw some stuff that put him off cold and snow for life.
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2 minutes ago, snow*please said:
Cold and dry isn't fun! what's the point in cold with no snow, it's like Sun with no heat in summer.
I want to go sledging with the kids it's long overdue lol
It's better than mild and wet!!!!!!!
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4 minutes ago, I remember Atlantic 252 said:
As expected GFS 18Z shoved things West, not looking like any snow on Monday now away from Ireland, disappointing run really if snow is what you are after
Looking good. Just need a further correction west and thing's could get exiting for us in the south west
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7 hours ago, snowspotter said:
I know where your coming from but realistically when was the last time the lizard peninsula had any sort of cold spell . I struggle over here so it must be pretty rare for where you are !
Actually,we get snow here quite often,alot more often than most people would assume.
Like everywhere else,2010 was very icy here, january 2013 we had a day of lying snow and even last winter we had snow settle for a few hours.
28th feb 2004 was v snowy,remember it well,it was my stag night.
Think it was january 2010 we were effectively cut off here for 3 days
14th feb 1994 was snowy as was 8th feb 1991
And of course,the big daddy of them all, Jan 87.
Need i go on.
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15 minutes ago, Bristle boy said:
Not sure why everyone in the Mod thread are arguing over whether each model has "got it wrong" or "backtracked" or whatever over the coming cool spell. It's an absolutely cr@p alleged cold spell anyway with v little snow forecast, except for 'the usual suspects'.
Can we even call it a cold spell?
Surely,this is just normal,mid-winter weather. Normal temps(6-8 for me all week) then almost certainly going milder again,next week.
Even Fergie last night on the telly,saying similar,"nothing exceptional,no deep freeze" his words,not mine.
Just shows how desperate this winter is for this "cold snap" to be talked up so much.
Show me frozen puddles,rock hard ground,nannies breaking the ice of the birds water,kids breaking the ice on the fish pond,people wearing scarves,i could go on and on,and that's for down here!!!
Cold spell,dont think so
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Spring moans, ramps, chat and banter
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LOL,Bit extreme perhaps?
Know what your saying,but it's not that bad,is it?
Springtime in Cornwall(may-July) usually lovely weather. Goes t--s up when you lot come down for your hols!