No thats ok its just I was surprised that a thaw is forseeable when there was noting mentioned for next week, do you mean that its a thaw up in Shields only or down here? Either way I hate slow thaws during the day and icing up again at night but I should imagine its not going to rise above 3 -4 for quite a while so most likely night frosts.
I have been reading the NE forum with interest and I must confess been looking out for your posts with interest, nice to meet now on the forum, oh I hope we get a good few inchs this weekend.