Winter 2013/2014 Forecasts/Hopes/Discussion Thread

[feb1991blizzard]

 

[Cheshire Freeze]

I wonder if we can beat that this coming winter, January 2014 coldest winter month in 100 years perhaps?

 

Loving the new DP SI. Would have been awesome to see a smiley face etched in the snow

[feb1991blizzard]

 

[feb1991blizzard]

To add to crewe colds post regarding Dec 2010, no official figures but I can guarantee that it was not just sub zero in this neck of the woods like the CET zone but severely sub zero.

[Boro Snow]

i think gav was getting mixed up with dec 2011 which was 0.6 if i remember rightly

[stewfox]

I wonder if we can beat that this coming winter, January 2014 coldest winter month in 100 years perhaps?

 

Some of the coldest Jan CET on record , can we see a pattern ??  Note the 4 in the year.

 

1684     -3.0c

1814  -2.9c

1740  -2.8c

1940  -1.4c

1784   -0.6c

 

Other factors

 

In September 1813 they were saying Bruce Forsyth should retire and look what happened in Jan 1814.

 

In September 1683 the artic ice recovered by 60%. 'Recovery was the name of the day' Look what happened in 1684.(ref sceptical science)

 

In September 1939 war was declared, we see today war declared on Asda prices and look what happened in 1940

 

In more detail

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1684 , 1814, 1740 , 1940 and 1784 we have '14' as a re-occurring theme, coincidence , don't think so... so its looking even better for mega cold. I forecast wide spread blizzards particularly around the 4th 14th (very big event) 24th Jan 2014

 

Full details can be found on Piers website  http://www.weatheraction.com/   

Edited September 18, 2013 by stewfox

[feb1991blizzard]

i think gav was getting mixed up with dec 2011 which was 0.6 if i remember rightly

 

Dec 2011 was about 5c

[Methuselah]

1962 was the year before JFK got shot...

[BlueSkies_do_I_see]

Late Nov 2010 and late March 2013 have proven we can get early and late cold. Historically the most likely time for a big freeze and snow is Late Dec through to early Feb.

Edited September 18, 2013 by BlueSkies_do_I_see

[Boro Snow]

Dec 2011 was about 5c

wasnt that for the whole of the winter tho infact i think it was 4.5 for winter 2011/12 certainly one to forget but the middle of feb for us in the north east had a weeks cold spell with lying snow 

[feb1991blizzard]

wasnt that for the whole of the winter tho infact i think it was 4.5 for winter 2011/12 certainly one to forget but the middle of feb for us in the north east had a weeks cold spell with lying snow 

 

Don't know the exact figures but early feb 12 was the only potent cold spell in that entire winter, dec gave a few days of falling and lying snow here but it was brief PM incursions, on the whole it was significantly above average because of a ridiculously mild xmas period- about 15c here I think.

[feb1991blizzard]

You mildies need to fatten up for winter, it's going to be a long hard cold one me thinks!

 

Not like you to be so positive.

[Boro Snow]

Don't know the exact figures but early feb 12 was the only potent cold spell in that entire winter, dec gave a few days of falling and lying snow here but it was brief PM incursions, on the whole it was significantly above average because of a ridiculously mild xmas period- about 15c here I think.

yeah there is nothing worse than a very mild xmas it just doesnt feel right, infact it ruins the day for me it doesnt have to have lying snow just be cold,

[stewfox]

yeah there is nothing worse than a very mild xmas it just doesnt feel right, infact it ruins the day for me it doesnt have to have lying snow just be cold,

 

Always liked this episode the cold and snow and cheer of xmas v reality (heavy rain / misery etc)

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eleKBjraLMs

[feb1991blizzard]

Whilst I don't like mild crap anytime, I almost feel a brutal 87 or 91 style easterly would be almost wasted at xmas, it wouldn't have that crippling effect, always used to pray for one in January, even the feb 1991 spell was a bit wasted because it was near to the school holidays, I hated school and always felt the time I needed a belting most was when we had just gone back, now I get the buzz from watching the news and seeing it all unfold.

[Yarmy]

Always liked this episode the cold and snow and cheer of xmas v reality (heavy rain / misery etc)

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eleKBjraLMs

yeah there is nothing worse than a very mild xmas it just doesnt feel right, infact it ruins the day for me it doesnt have to have lying snow just be cold,

Spent Christmas in Sydney once. Bizarre experience: there were shops open and everyone went down the beach in the afternoon.

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Whilst I don't like mild crap anytime, I almost feel a brutal 87 or 91 style easterly would be almost wasted at xmas, it wouldn't have that crippling effect, always used to pray for one in January, even the feb 1991 spell was a bit wasted because it was near to the school holidays, I hated school and always felt the time I needed a belting most was when we had just gone back, now I get the buzz from watching the news and seeing it all unfold.

 

I certainly wouldnt say wasted,0pposite infact, would be fantastic at Xmas, for my area anyway, warm north sea creating lots of convection, and a white Xmas

[Gaz1985]

Spent Christmas in Sydney once. Bizarre experience: there were shops open and everyone went down the beach in the afternoon.

 

Now that's my idea of a fun Christmas!

[March Blizzard]

I can understand people wanting mild weather for a number of reasons. However, in winter "mild" is nearly always accompanied by rain and cloud, which I could happily do without. I think people looking for consistent mildness are essentially asking for a 6 month Autumn - without all the pretty colours.That I find odd, but each to their own and all that!

[DAVID SNOW]

Spent Christmas in Sydney once. Bizarre experience: there were shops open and everyone went down the beach in the afternoon.

 

 

Spent Christmas in Shirley once, strange girl.

[hillbilly]

When I was at school in the late 70s and up to mid 80s I remember being off school because of snow on a number of my birthdays when we would go sledging ....the 3rd week of january

[Dancerwithwings]

Spent Christmas in Sydney once. Bizarre experience: there were shops open and everyone went down the beach in the afternoon.

Ive spent Christmas in Lapland Finland, Inwhich was great but what was Bizarre everywhere was shut on Christmas Eve and open on Christmas Day ?

They celebrate Christmas Day on Christmas Eve !... Anyway woke up on Christmas Day and temps were -33 Just brill   Always one to remember.

[feb1991blizzard]

When I was at school in the late 70s and up to mid 80s I remember being off school because of snow on a number of my birthdays when we would go sledging ....the 3rd week of January

 

Almost every year we had school shut up until 88-89, then the only ones after that were Dec 90 and feb 91,

 

88-89, 89-90, 91-92 and 92-93 were all garbage.

[feb1991blizzard]

I certainly wouldnt say wasted,0pposite infact, would be fantastic at Xmas, for my area anyway, warm north sea creating lots of convection, and a white Xmas

 

Yes, im not talking synoptically, wanting snow at xmas is something everyone says but I don't think people think it through though, most people in Britain, particularly nowadays, work to live rather than live to work, and so snow might get them a welcome relief from the 'January blues', wheras at xmas it can ruin family plans etc

[cheese]

Yes, im not talking synoptically, wanting snow at xmas is something everyone says but I don't think people think it through though, most people in Britain, particularly nowadays, work to live rather than live to work, and so snow might get them a welcome relief from the 'January blues', wheras at xmas it can ruin family plans etc

Not if it falls before Christmas itself. I don't like the Met's definition of a white Christmas - if there is snow on the ground, it's a white Christmas. Certainly looks more white than wet snow that doesn't settle.