Was wondering the same earlier, perhaps he has had his power cut off? BBC said upto 1 million homes in SW France were without power. Let's just hope that this is the reason for his absence and nothing more serious.
I don't know what country you are from but from where I am it has been far from consistently above average. Most days are average at best. And besides, after the first 10 days a complete "flip flop" would be exceptionally mild, opposite to the exceptionally cold we saw a few weeks ago.
Yup, I said that the snow warnings will be toned down but not fully removed, and lo and behold that's what happened! But you folk in the north stay safe, looks very nasty indeed. It's bad enough here!!
Exactly, those in the red areas be extremely careful, the key from the Met Office makes grim reading: "Major damage to infrastructure and the environment is likely. Casualties are possible"
For the first time ever (I think) the Met Office have put into action their extreme red warnings: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_...t_warnings.html
Met Office have issued flash warnings for Severe Gales in Wales, Northern Ireland and SW England: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_...t_warnings.html
Very, very little left now. A bit of ice left on the waterfall. A lump of snow left in next doors garden. Will be gone by tonight but it has lasted a week!
I don't think I have ever seen so much mild ramping before in a countryfile forecast
"Definitely an improvement in the temperatures" - Well what does improvement mean? To me it's colder!
"The eastern half could SUFFER some colder temperatures" - It's only 5-6c for heaven's sake, it's pretty much average.
I still have snow, but only very slushy deposits in the most sheltered of sheltered places. Will almost certainly still be there in the morning as it is -2c now. Not bad at all for 1 inch of snow to partially remain for 6 days!
When did they announce the 2008 figures? A minute past midnight on New Year's Day because it didn't upset the Global Warming apple cart? But seriously it shouldn't really be taking this long surely!