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another severe frost this morning Current temps -3.5c 5 nights in a row of at least -2c

Clear skies Temp -3.5c Humidity 93% Pressure 1031hPa

4th or 5th day of frosts here, lowest temps last night -5c In some places the frost never melts by day. We must be in a sheltered dip

Very cold, heavy frost, clear skies with a whisp of high level cloud. current temp - 5c lowest temp last night -5.4 brrrrrrr

Current temps 0.6c and falling rapidly

Last nights minimum -5c Still currently -5c very cols here sitting in my conservatory. Clear skies with some stunning contrails around

Katie hun, you're here.......................Horrid carpets mine was the same but the landlord won't change or even clean them yuck..........When you are up to it PM me and we can get together for a coffee.Don't forget to come to the Victorian Evening shopping market on Friday 2nd December. Lights on the tree in the river ceremony at 6pm.I'd love to meet you and mini family.You'll find me in full Victorian costume (can't breath!!) at the Motor museum for the schools Tombola stall.Glad you're here safely and noisy rellies have gone back ooop norf.Toorey xxxxxxxxx

Roo hunny, I've just been mooching around and wondered why I hadn't seen your witty comments recently.WEll, WEll WEll hun, Big congratulations to you all, mini Roo is a super cutiepie and all the better for being a tiny cutie. (one of mine was 5lb13oz, it's ok she'ss grow fast enough)Bit of a shock eh 2 and a half hours 1st time round. Just remember to opt for a home birth next time , you can pop one out in between serving Sunday lunch and the pudding.May the joys of new parenthood never cease to amaze you both.I'm really pleased for you bothTorey xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

brrrrrrr Current temp: -2.3c here this morning and thats the lowest it went last night too. Humidity 91% Pressure 1014. Quite a nice ground frost out there this morning, lets see if can at last get my lads to wear coats today.

Here's a few from my collection. 1st one is a deep red sky over Lincolnshire fields in January 2005. This photo hasn't been touched up in anyway. Quite stunning 2nd one is a picture of a Lenticular cloud over Loch Carron Easter 2005, first and last one I'm ever likely to see. OOOOPPPPSSSS just read that thay should have been from this november.....duh feel free to delete this post, having a blonde moment

Raining so heavily it's coming in the conservatory very windy too, why is it on my w/ends without kids I always end up getting up early 14.0c Pressure 1010mb

Top of the morning to you all. Its a stunning morning here, clear, sunny and crisp and fresh. Lot nicer than all that rain, don't mind the wind but not the rain. Was 8c when i woke up and its now 9.2c Pressure 1009

Bright Blue (arrgh, very bright, blinded now) sky. 20.c and rising in last hour. Fresh S.W breeze. Very pleasant but most unseasonal, even the kids are starting to notice how warm it is. They cannot see where our supposed winter is going to come from either. Too hot in conservatory to work and too bright to see monitor.

Still very warm and muggy 17.6c at 10.30pm

Just let them do thier own thing and wait until next year to see what else you have lurking around in there. Looks like a nice crop of colourfull plants you have there. I would just wait and see, don't cut anything back though.

1.Spiraea Japonica "Goldflame" I have 3 in pots, yours is a nice bush I'll change that to plant eh............link for info and care. Truely stunning colours this time of year. Hence the name Gold Flame http://www.wildchicken.com/nature/garden/nature_200_090.htm

Ahh yes i read that a while ago when it was posted, very funny and very apt. well done SF. cheers crimsone

Right thats the 4th time I've seen this , what does it stand for please?

Not only that but it was a full front page spread,continuing on page 2, very eye catching and thought provoking. When reputable spreads like the Independent start printing this stuff on a Saturday slap bang on the front page, you can bet your bottom dollar that those who had previously passed this coming winters prediction off as a media hype, may well be beginning to think a bit more serously about the implications it brings. I have to say personally, I am wondering when the panic buying of tins, water and gas heaters will start. All of you with means to heat a home with either wood/coal or calor gas will be in a damn site better position than the majority of us in our "new" gas/electric ones. Like myself and my kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yet again I feel the press are blowing this all out of proportion and trying to create panick among the general public. However I will add that at least some of thier facts are correct. Read this and make your own mind up. there are also some other articles to be read on the links. http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_brit...ticle321425.ece

its chuckin it down 12.7c nice not

Yhis winter forecast has had me watching with a mixture of interest, excitemant and quiet honestly trepidation. Lets be serious, how many of us actually have the means to heat our houses and cook a good hot meal without the aid of Gas or Electricity? We live in a modern house at the moment with no fireplace or wood burner and I know I would worry about how I would feed and keep warm my 3 kids because if they both went off then we would be really stuck. ( But then I have the VW Camper as a last resort) I will be the first to hold up my hand and admit to being a snow ramper but to be honest, I for one am erring on the side of not really wanting the winters to revert back to the ones I remember in my younger days. Our ultra modern society just cannot cope with it.

Dry and clear, some wispy high cloud. quite fresh and chilly at 3.4c

Bourton-on-the-Water 8am Current Temp 3.3c (5am this morning 2.4c) Clear blue sky and sunshine, nippy but lovely and fresh.

It appears that the eyewall winds are making landfall in the next 30 mins near Cameron (my 10 yr old lad called Cameron is really chuffed!!he's been up watching with me since 6am) and the Louisiana coast. 15 miles off the coast at present and moving at 12 mph, storm surge 15ft, 100 mph winds, lake charles strongest winds.