Cold Spell Discussion

[stewfox]

Couldn't help noticing that the sweet spot with an anticipated 30mm of precipitation (perhaps 30cm of lying snow) is pretty much exactly over...Abingdon At present I'm expecting to wake up to anything between 2 inches and a foot tomorrow morning here in Reading...

No thats over my house OX25 , stilly very heavy snow here, could be a foot here (I'm old money)

Edited January 5, 2010 by stewfox

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[PMPhotography]

Evening!

Just a quick question. We've had some decent snowfall here in Scarborough today (Around 9cm's). We've also had some potent showers tonight mainly of a wintry nature rather than snow.

I just nipped out to be greeted by the sound of dripping and thawing snow.

Temp at the moment is 1.6C with a dew point of 0.7C.

All the forecasts Iv'e checked range from -1C to a balmy +5C overnight!

Any ideas if and when the temp on the coast here is going to drop below freezing or are we just going to have an awful slushy affair with the cold spell!

[lovestruck]

Got about 2.5 cms here in Newbury but its stopped and seems to be melting.... so might be very slushy here soon :blush:

[Oblix]

Got about 2.5 cms here in Newbury but its stopped <_< and seems to be melting.... so might be very slushy here soon :blush:

Same here in Basingstoke, seems this event was kind of blown out of proportions.

[Osbourne One-Nil]

Just had around an inch additional snow fall up here, with the temp at -0.8C. The radar suggests perhaps 20 mins more from this shower too. I've given up measuring the depth as it's really blowing about now.

[BucksBlizzard]

Same here in Basingstoke, seems this event was kind of blown out of proportions.

We have had 8cm in a couple of hrs in Aylesbury and still snowing hard

[gottolovethisweather]

Got about 2.5 cms here in Newbury but its stopped and seems to be melting.... so might be very slushy here soon

Hello fellow Newburyite, love the name btw.

I measured 5mm earlier at 6pm and it has been steadily falling ever since, as for melting I certainly wouldn't think it would?

Currently AirTemp 0.2c and Dp -0.2c albeit close to sleetliness at those figures.

Much more fun to come though.

Cheers

STORMBOY

[Crockel]

It is strange how it is all panning out.

I live within half a mile of The Solent and it starting raining heavily before 5 o'clock. By 5.30pm it was snowing heavily and hasn't stopped since. The trusty ruler is showing between 7 and 8 cms at the moment (about 3 inches in old money) which in normally fairly snowless South Hampshire at sea level is pretty rare!

L

[MarkQPR]

It is strange how it is all panning out.

I live within half a mile of The Solent and it starting raining heavily before 5 o'clock. By 5.30pm it was snowing heavily and hasn't stopped since. The trusty ruler is showing between 7 and 8 cms at the moment (about 3 inches in old money) which in normally fairly snowless South Hampshire at sea level is pretty rare!

L

Just been out to measure, and there's just shy of 4 inches laying, still snowing lightly, and I'm watching the large area of snow that's just cleared Portsmouth, wondering whether it'll hit us. Could be a February-rivalling covering by morning if it does!

[paul tall]

Alright Dave, it's 21 consecutive days today. You were a day behind because you didn't count the dusting on 17th, or didn't get it, so for you it'll be 20!

[paul tall]

Aye, I've already counted today.

[Winter Monsoon]

From around 19:00 monday night untill this time today i have over 20cms lying snow in my location. It makes me laugh though because not much mentioned on national news. Also Meto said 1-3cm on monday LOL so wrong.

[Weather-history]

Manchester Winter Index = 10 x [(number of days with falling sleet/snow)+(number of days with lying snow at 9am)+(number of days with minima of 0C or less)] divided by the mean winter maximum.

It has rocketed right up over recent days but can fall back due to the winter mean maximum which will rise in value when we get milder days. Even so, I can't it see it being sub 50 by winter's end.

Manchester winter indices from 1973-74 to 2008-09

1978-79: 262

1985-86: 159

1981-82: 149

1976-77: 141

1984-85: 140

1995-96: 135

1990-91: 126

2008-09: 105

1986-87: 100

1977-78: 90

1980-81: 90

1982-83: 85

2009-10: 85 up to 5th January

1983-84: 82

1993-94: 78

2000-01: 77

1996-97: 72

1979-80: 66

2005-06: 59

2001-02: 50

2003-04: 50

1998-99: 47

2004-05: 47

1994-95: 45

2002-03: 44

1992-93: 43

1999-00: 42

1975-76: 41

1991-92: 40

1987-88: 37

2007-08: 37

1973-74: 30

1974-75: 26

1989-90: 26

1997-98: 25

2006-07: 21

1988-89: 20

Edited January 6, 2010 by Mr_Data

[mettalfabrik]

who,s moaning not me for sure thats london biased media for ya!

couple of charts for an interst one from 06\02\09 and from todays almost identical

[MisfitDog3]

"Southern England - stop moaning !!!!"

who's moaning? Just looks like reporting to me? By the way, we've had days on end of hardship stories about 'oop North on TV so lets keep a perspective on this...

The models? Cold, cold, cold by the look of it!

[trickydicky]

"Southern England - stop moaning !!!!"

who's moaning? Just looks like reporting to me? By the way, we've had days on end of hardship stories about 'oop North on TV so lets keep a perspective on this...

The models? Cold, cold, cold by the look of it!

Thats rhubarb, as laddo who's avatar looks like Boy George said, many places have had lying snow for 3 weeks and a lot of it, yet the media aren't too fussed. Yet as soon as a band of snow approaches the London commuter belt though we all need to know about it.

[MarkQPR]

Sorry. Southern England biased Media - Stop Moaning !!!!

How's that?

PS. Now snowing again. Powder stuff, the kind that's 'wrong' for the South East!

This bitterness towards the South is very very dull.

On the plus side, 9-inches in my part of Surrey, I have a home-working kit so no need to risk myself or any one else on the road!

No moaning here.

[Optimus Prime]

Sorry. Southern England biased Media - Stop Moaning !!!!

How's that? :lol:

PS. Now snowing again. Powder stuff, the kind that's 'wrong' for the South East!

I'd be careful, it's the 'SE' that pays for your NHS and other facilities.

Still snowing.

Edited January 6, 2010 by Optimus Prime

[paul tall]

I'd be careful, it's the 'SE' that pays for your NHS and other facilities.

How do you work that one out? I thought we all paid for our NHS.

[Optimus Prime]

How do you work that one out? I thought we all paid for our NHS.

You would never be able to sustain the NHS with the population of the north. Anyway, its still snowing and its gonna snow some more.John Hammond just mentioned -20c could well be recorded in Scotland.

[snowblizzard]

BBC News Special - John Hammond also said "there is absolutely no sign of this very cold spell coming to an end!"

Edited January 6, 2010 by snowblizzard

[Osbourne One-Nil]

I've just put a brazier in the outside lavvy as the bowl had frozen solid.

[snowblizzard]

Anyone care to comment on the T+120 fax chart (528 DAM line has moved quite a long way North!)

Edited January 6, 2010 by snowblizzard

[paul tall]

You would never be able to sustain the NHS with the population of the north.

What a clownish argument, clown. Go back to Krusty's Clown School.

We all pay the same percentage. And last time I looked there was an upper ceiling on NI contributions, so you can't even bring the higher average wage argument into it.