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    Scottish Cold Spell Discussion 5

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    Moray Firth streamer towards midnight perhaps Pete? We're in a good position currently, the winds are coming straight from Lochaber and keep things very cold, this is forecast to continue even as the precipitation moves in slowly. If we're lucky (now this is all precipitation depending, but it's a strong possibility currently), we could see tempratures sitting well below zero, with snow moving heavy precipitation! :)

    I live in hope!! :):):):yahoo::drunk::clap:

    Anyhoo. Time to close... :cold:

    East Anglia & South East Cold Spell Discussion

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    Councils spend most of their budget on salt??? :cray: Not sure what planet you live on. Perhaps they should get the 5-a-day coordinators or diversity outreach officers on the case clearing the roads instead of cluttering them up.

    My council taxes have gone up 30% and we still don't get the lane outside gritted. I love this weather — Nature's in charge for a change.

    A planet on-which it snows quite a bit, Iceni :rofl: ; but, my first 31-years were spent in East Anglia...

    But, it's not a question of, how-much (as a percentage) Councils are prepared to spend on salt. It's more down to the fact, that the last 20 or so winters have tended to be mild...What would you do? Folk memory is very short???

    And yes, it's great to see that Nature's in control. It let's us all know where we stand?? :)

    Happy Xmas to you and yours!!! :80::cray::80::):rofl::rofl::)

    General Climate Change Discussion.......

    in Space, Science & nature

    Posted

    Oh absolutely Pete.

    ***

    I'd rather we looked at adaptation and mitigation whilst giving these nations a chance to change their own future rather than legislate against meaningful development. The idea that limiting emissions is the panacea to everything, overlooks so many related issues IMO.

    And a Happy Christmas to you my sweet :good:

    Absolutely agree!!!! :good::yahoo:

    Scottish Cold Spell Discussion 5

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    -8c also here this morning about -4c now and clouding over. Have never seen the side roads so bad council put a snowplough round yesterday but 48 hours too late did no good whatsoever just scraped and polished the surface and would not take very much more snow to make travel impossible

    Do you reckon that the cloud layers approaching from the NE hold much potential, NL? You've been here longer than I have. :)

    General Climate Change Discussion.......

    in Space, Science & nature

    Posted

    Morning dear.

    Fair point, but I'd rather folk had money to buy their own rice than depend upon charity hand outs. Staples may well be in short supply in the future (even more so than today) but if we take a longer term look, more money in the hands of the poor in developing countries leads to greater education - many, if not most consider it the utmost important aspiration. Better educated populations, particularly of women lead to a dramatic drop in birth rates; it's THE most influential birth control. Long term, those beans and pineapples grown by poor nations will lead to fewer people. Surely it's better to have fewer people to share the crop in the first instance than less food for even more people?

    True...But, it's the staples what keep people alive? Whether they be potatoes or rice; surely, maintaining such foods is the most fundamental issue? At least, if peeps can still grow for themselves?

    Happy Christmas, my friend! :winky:

    General Model Output Discussion

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    Thanks Pete - you too (christmas smiling face)

    It has been a very nice change that we have the mild air in the uncertain FI time period and the cold air in residence. Hopefully that is the default pattern for the winter.

    January will see a closer link up between the AO and NAO - so it will be very important in terms of where the pattern goes following this cold spell

    The models are trying to hint at an eventual 'lift out' of the -NAO pattern as the year closes and it is a case of a) will this actually happen and B) if it does, how will the patterns reconcile in terms of how much the AO might move upwards from its very negative position with an associated northward move of the jet stream?

    This is where the signals need to reload in terms of generating a further swathe of northern blocking without zonal winds over the pole gathering too much momentum and letting the advantage swing away from the cold dominated set-up we have been in. IMO we wait to see those signals hopefully appear asap, as the above indicators, as said, correlate much more closely during the heart of winter.

    Thanks, T... :):):(:(

    I think that you've summed things up pretty well, there...It's all so reminiscent of the winters of the late '60s, IMO: rain, sleet, snow and freezing fog??? Will it, or won't it? That is the question... :(

    And, some of you suggested that this situation might arise this time...So, hats off to you! :hi::hi::hi:

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