Polar Bear

Matt just quickly...I would concur with you every step of the way....I am a sussex borne and bred girl...Mum Dad said exactly that the other morning..tis been thirty years when it last snowed to such a simialr quantity. I do remember goign to Goodwood Hill - I must have been about 6 or 7 or earlier..........

Hey all sorry I have not responded earlier, but I have been a bit snowed under...hope I didnt appear rude...thanks so very very much for the tips and links and I will pursue...(cant wait!!) ...these are all brillian ..what stars you are...hopefully soon I will be writing better posts PS Jonesye - hey nice to hear from you....hey you and me both getting the old chrimbo and birfday pressies! Maybe you and I ought to draw a list of wants...!!

Hey Stratus Just a quickie and I hope you dont mind..I have a friend still out in Courcheval..when enquiring about the weather someone told him that the patterns follow similar lines in new york...... .......hmmm..not sure on that one but what do you reckon? PB

hehe and apparently it is snowing in the three valleys!! last time was I think the 17th or 18th Jan...enjoy all!!..hope you get a decent dump..wish i was there!

Hey all Hope this is the right place to put such a request, but I am a total novice to weather forecast predictions etc. I am learning an awful lot from the forum, but sometimes lack of time does not permit to catch up on things via the site....this is causing me some (!) frustration!.... sooo.... I was wondering if anyone could recommend a book that I could get.. .a weather for dummies would be an excellent start if such a book exists..I suspect not.. then I could take it away read at bedtime and next time I am on the site be just that little more clued up......and hopefully have something more interesting to post! Many thanks in anticipation Polar bear

Hey startos ferric thanks for the explanation...very interesting and educational..am getting what you are saying..fascinating stuff. Wish I kind knew abit more before I headed out there..oh well another time peraps..you not heading out this year then? PB PS here is a useful link for those interested in the three valley areas. http://www.snoweye.com/?page=fr-savoie-3v&...tail=courchevel

Thanks Smich! I did think it was something like that but thought there may be a more local explanation...cool. Yes with regard to the weather you saw the same as me..the fog etc and those low clouds...amazing. The fogbow came over Valthoren in the pm and yes that was real eerie...the guys that skiied over from Meribel hit some strong winds too coming over. We took loads of pictures..all with great clouds and I think I will have to either post them here - if I can work out how to do it or send you a few.... Wonder if they will get any snow this week...not that it helps us being over here!

Hey Smich you must have been there at the same time as me! Was at courcheval 1650...towards end of the week not much in way of snow and icey conditions further up...1850 was a wee bit bit better - but went to Val Thorens on friday...what a difference that was...much nicer. as you said smich..the higher the better - val thoren is at about 2700. Went to Salire on i think the thursday...very good up there. only a beginner but my friends did ok.. I am very sad to be home and I have got the bug..I am not brilliant by any means but I would love to be there. we have a friend who is still out there for 5 weeks. I hope the snow improves for you all out there. Have lots of fun skiing if anyone of you is still out there...and let us know if you get any more snow...on a mopre serious note...why wasnt there much snow last week and Smich...did you understand the weather systems over there? ...my instructor tried to explain it to me...in very broken english..something about how some systems creat more for 1850 and not much for 1650..can you shed any light?!!!!!

oh dont...poor little things - if they had been one of mine I would have been so petrified...not to mention fear of the massive vet bills. Thank god the ground was soft...the thing is if it could lift up a pony of only 12.2 hh and shifted a lorry over 7.5 tonnes- what would it have done to a human . Everyone is lucky me thinks - especially when you look at how much glass would have been flying around too from that green house......

hmm and rthink the track was through hampshire ....a colleague had 105 mph recorded on his weather station...could it be?

Reading the skies are very dark and pelting it down with rain temps have dropped since midday from 12 degrees to just above 10 degrees. Dont know wind speed.

Paul Hi I caught something off the news this morning re remnants affecting our weather system...what and how is this likley to be..i.e what sort of weather and when..should we be battering down the hatches??..

I have always remebered the Beaufort Scale ever since I was knee high. This is because my family are sailors and this is what we were always taught. Think all then the force references do stem from the mariners use and the shipping forecast. I can only think in Forces when there is good breeze. Generally above a 7 we wouldnt go out in the boat, as it was verging on gale and things would get hairy! Inland though things are very different...a good 8 on the coast can be a six inland... when you are out a sea on the coast..you can get the whole fresh and whole thing as ways of a gale. I quite like the beaufort scale... as to which one used now..I think everyone seems to have developed their own..

Hi typhoon hunter....yeah I recently sussed this one out..apologies for the confusion. Web page wasnt refreshing so I could catch a glimpse of the thread already open for Chris.thanks though for the info.

Hi summer blizzard.. which Ts is this one..is it to do with Chris? http://hurricane.accuweather.com/hurricane...getype=position ,..differnt positions so I assume not

Yes definately, great reports, great picks and really refreshing..look forward to more!

great pic..where was the show?

Bilz...i can confirm the storm in Oxford....saw it over Oxford from the A4074 as it was about to send its deluge ontop off Oxford. Plenty of fork lightening, and the rain was torrential..incredible...have some photies but will have to post tomorrow. the shopping centre in Oxford was flooded and shops had to be shut down....we measured approx 50mm of rain from the storm... http://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/ti..._rain_falls.php

that is very interesting - I never knew that..and it is even more amazing when you consider up til when most thought the earth was flat!! ..was it christopher columbo who disovered it wasnt ..I cant quite remember.

More sleet and rain now than snow in reading .....

snowing lightly in Reading...very slight and light as with Oxford. ..will it settle and the flakes get bigger I wonder...

foggy in reading (and it seems to be worse than this morning!)...have no access to temps or anything though, unless someone else can provide a better update.

For the current conditions on the solents see these: http://www.chimet.co.uk/default.shtm outside chichester Harbour, wind gusts to Force 9.

Hi snow angel - yeah same effect in reading just five mins ago although I was in the office so couldn't tell if thre was snow..defo hail. Like you have ponies/horses - we are going down there tonight to turn our feed store back into the stable for the little ones (shetlands only 1 yrs old), and so we can bring them all in (thoroughbreds too) pleased you have them nice and snuggly now - ours to do later!! hope it clears abit!! !10 to bring in in this weather is not a nice prospect!! Will you bring yours in all day tomoz?

Raining (light drizzle) in reading - wind has picked up from this morning but nothing gusty. Cant tell you temps, or pressure as I unfortuantely dont have access to measurements