The Bevmeister

Norwich and suburbs getting dumped on now.....

Snowing here right now. I know it won't come to anything but it's like welcoming a friend back home!!!!

I think we can only ever rely on anything 'decent' when there is an easterly Snow rye. We keep hearing easterly incursions predicted by those much more educated by me on the topic of 'weather' and their knowledge of what 'should' happen as shown by the charts but ultimately it is the weather that keeps letting us down- and the ruddy Azores high I think!!

Can somebody....niegh ANYBODY give East Anglia some hope of snow??!! The westerly precips just keep fading out at the east midlands and my daughter is getting desperate for some sledging for the first time in 3 years!!! I'm even looking forward to 'The Jump' starting on channel 5 so I can at least sit close the tele and pretend.......!!!!!!

My maths are as good as my LRF's Plum....!!!!!!

I have had to scrape my windscreen 4 times since winter started compared to twice for the whole of last winter. Therefore I can conclude, that this winter is 50% better than the last one.....!!!!!

And last September was the 7th largest cover and look what that brought us!!! LOL!!!

Does Madden live in the scene on a Christmas card...? This is my theory, and as such I am expecting his July 'Winter' forecast to mention oversized Robins, falling snow containing glitter and what appears to be a fat bloke in a car with no wheels being pulled through the sky by horses.......!!!!

I'll take Chio's I think....!!! Subtle but also 'some' significant differences between the two LRF's.......

Absolutely brilliant work and a fascinating read. Well done Sir....

Not from me......I'm sick of the sensationalist garbage that gets 'puked out' each winter- and subsequent 'told you' rubbish just because we may have 3 weeks of proper cold at some stage during the season. I asked my 7 year old tonight, "Do you think it will be cold this winter?" R- "Yes, probably Daddy", "Do you think we'll have snow?" R- "It's winter Daddy so I should think so", "Do you think it will be cold all the time?" R-"Not all the time Daddy". That single conversation has more credit than the predictions of Madden I'm afraid......!!!

Madden and Powell........ Although I will have a cheeky fiver at the bookies for a touch of snow on Crimbo day.......I wonder if Ladbrokes would give me odds on an ice floe ripping past Great Yarmouth as well....???

I skied in Andorra (Pas de la Casa) this year at the end of March and is the 7th time I have been there in the last 15 years. There is always snow there and the lifts are always open when possible, but as the resort is so ridiculously high, it does take a few days to acclimatise properly. Snow condition is always really very good indeed but if I was returning to Andorra again, I would go to Soldeu (Sol-day-oh) as you have the opportunity to ski the Grand Valeria (three peaks) anyway, and the resort itself is much nicer....but maybe I only think that because I'm an old git in my 40's now!!!!

Long time reader, pretty new member- first time poster......!! Is it likely that we will see any SSW this year or is it likely to be a more gradual process bearing in mind the 'general' predictions are for a cold winter and that there are nice 'shaping up' signs?