South East & East Anglia Regional Weather Discussion 14/11/13

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Great .....

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another one to add to my collection...

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All I can say is if it's snows for 100 days in MK I will eat my hat ....there won't be food by then so I might have to lol

hahahahahahaha

 

hahahahhahahahahah

 

hahahahahahahahah

 

100 days of snow, love the quality of that reporting.....

 

(I hope they're right)

[JennyJane1]

In the Triangle! 

I know...................but.The Captain is taking the snow shield elsewhere so i can hope............a little bit....

[SteveCoops]

hahahahahahaha

 

hahahahhahahahahah

 

hahahahahahahahah

 

100 days of snow, love the quality of that reporting.....

 

(I hope they're right)

My thoughts exactly. We all laugh at the Express, but secretly hope they're right!

[john pike]

i suppose after all the press releases i had better start looking for warm charts

 

hi mk

 

you could have spagHATti on toast

[SteveCoops]

Here you go

 

http://www.metcheck.com/UK/dayforecast.asp?day=4&zipcode=Great%20Yarmouth&locationID=57426&lat=52.6&lon=1.7&findtype=

 

MC also showing Snow for Benfleet on weds! But rain for Southend!

 

If this does somehow pull off, I may be missing college on Weds 

 

Not because 'it snowed', but because I want to see the first fall in my area !

 

I knew there was a good reason to move inland slightly from the coast a while back

 

Argh back to watching lamp posts all night long again next week!

[abruzzi spur]

Great .....

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another one to add to my collection...

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All I can say is if it's snows for 100 days in MK I will eat my hat ....there won't be food by then so I might have to lol

Ali, that's a staggering collection of front pages. I have worked out their policy for a front page winter scare:

Perm any 4 from the following words: Killer; Freeze; Arctic; Hell; Blast

This gives you a number of options, even without conjunctives, eg:

Killer Arctic Hell

Arctic Blast Freeze

Arctic Freeze Hell.

then you have to add a timescale:

100 years; in a century; in a generation; ever

then you add a location:

Britain, England, Wales, Scotland, Triangle of Doom, the World, the Universe

then you have to add some pictures, as a byline to the main story, of either a horrible nightmare of a missing child or a member of the royal family killed in an awful accident

and out pops a Daily Express headline:

Worst in 100 years: Arctic killer blast to hit Triangle of Doom and then Universe (inside, the truth about the weather when Di died)

It really is utterly pathetic, manipulative and probably quite frightening for one of their key demographics, ie an elderly readership, especially in a time of rocketing energy costs and pressure on pensions.

Mr Desmond should take a long hard look at the paper he owns, though presumably it makes money on the back of this stuff so I imagine it's a 'good business model'

Sorry for the rant, not usually my style, but I have finally run out of patience with this (and the fact that I lost my 6th squash league match out of 6 has got NOTHING to do with it, ok???!!!!)

AS

Edited November 16, 2013 by abruzzi spur

[Tom Montalbano]

John are you sure that's not your day job and your real name is Nathan Rao

 

Oi, Mr.Mantle where's my Snow Cup spreadsheets (Only joking). I see the Snow Depth Competition was mentioned earlier in the day. I'm going to have to start thinking of a format, if members are still interested in some form of a competition this Winter and I'd certainly have to bring in a standard region wide form of measuring any snowfall. No more KENTimetres, TOWIEmetres and members from Sussex adding freezer preserved snowfalls, from past Winters, to their depths! Of course any members entering the competition in the Bromley area will be given preferential treatment and an easy draw in each round!

All joking aside, if some of you are interested please let me know, there's no point running it for a handful of members but if we do get a reasonable entry I'll try and come up with a workable format, to keep everyone involved through the Winter months.

I thought about splitting the region alphabetically into mini-leagues and then the winners of those leagues going into a knockout format, as we head into the 2nd half of Winter, for instance.

Problem of course is, will we have enough snow events to make it interesting enough. Anyway, I'd love to hear your thoughts, please.

Meanwhile must get out and cut the grass on Monday to prepare my pitch, for the challenge. Especially looking forward to seeing how my new location of Chislehurst fares, with any easterly convectional snowfall likely to lead to some reasonable snow depths, as the small bodies of water in the area produce a P.E.S streamer.

 

Tom.

Edited November 16, 2013 by Kentish CZ

[SteveCoops]

Ha I left Chislehurst in May after a year living there (I lived behind the Imperial Arms pub) to move to Rayleigh in Essex so I really want to beat you It was a good winter last year in Chislehurst! Especially as Southeastern trains meant many days of no work.

[Tom Montalbano]

Ha I left Chislehurst in May after a year living there (I lived behind the Imperial Arms pub) to move to Rayleigh in Essex so I really want to beat you It was a good winter last year in Chislehurst! Especially as Southeastern trains meant many days of no work.

 

Hi Steve,

 

Very nice up there, hope you gave the servants good severance pay!  Yes the Imperial Arms and Ramblers Rest, nice pubs up on the slopes of the Common.

 

Tom.

[Snowangel-MK]

Mmmm maybe I shouldn't have given my little Rupert (aka Toto) a haircut today .....

....I think I might have to buy him a coat or jumper now !

[abruzzi spur]

Oi, Mr.Mantle where's my Snow Cup spreadsheets (Only joking). I see the Snow Depth Competition was mentioned earlier in the day. I'm going to have to start thinking of a format, if members are still interested in some form of a competition this Winter and I'd certainly have to bring in a standard region wide form of measuring any snowfall. No more KENTimetres, TOWIEmetres and members from Sussex adding freezer preserved snowfalls, from past Winters, to their depths! Of course any members entering the competition in the Bromley area will be given preferential treatment and an easy draw in each round!All joking aside, if some of you are interested please let me know, there's no point running it for a handful of members but if we do get a reasonable entry I'll try and come up with a workable format, to keep everyone involved through the Winter months.I thought about splitting the region alphabetically into mini-leagues and then the winners of those leagues going into a knockout format, as we head into the 2nd half of Winter, for instance.Problem of course is, will we have enough snow events to make it interesting enough. Anyway, I'd love to hear your thoughts, please.Meanwhile must get out and cut the grass on Monday to prepare my pitch, for the challenge. Especially looking forward to seeing how my new location of Chislehurst fares, with any easterly convectional snowfall likely to lead to some reasonable snow depths, as the small bodies of water in the area produce a P.E.S streamer. Tom.

Hi Tom, would be great to do the depth cup, I am still sorry I never got into it last time. I have pinched the roller from the cricket club and will be flattening our small garden as much as possible over the coming weeks, ready for the arrival of whatever snow comes. We're not in a bad place here for snow depth but if I roll too hard the snow will fill the man made hollow and I will be told I have no depth. Which, actually, I could accept....

[abruzzi spur]

Mmmm maybe I shouldn't have given my little Rupert (aka Toto) a haircut today .....

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....I think I might have to buy him a coat or jumper now !

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It will be character building for him! Our dog has been sheared and is now 1/3rd normal size but I will not ever put him in a coat!

[Mark Neal.]

Would love to take part in Snow Depth Cup again Tom! That's if you have the time to do it..

A dank drizzly evening here in Oxford,7.1c. 2mph W

[SteveCoops]

Hi Steve,

 

Very nice up there, hope you gave the servants good severance pay!  Yes the Imperial Arms and Ramblers Rest, nice pubs up on the slopes of the Common.

 

Tom.

 

Exactly, the rent was 50% more than the mortgage now and for a place less than half the size! I do miss the Impy though.

[Snowangel-MK]

It will be character building for him! Our dog has been sheared and is now 1/3rd normal size but I will not ever put him in a coat!

It's the poodleX's turn next week - now that really is like sheep shearing....he will shrink by at least 1/3 but it will save him from getting snowballs stuck to his fur !

[Tom Montalbano]

Hi Tom, would be great to do the depth cup, I am still sorry I never got into it last time. I have pinched the roller from the cricket club and will be flattening our small garden as much as possible over the coming weeks, ready for the arrival of whatever snow comes. We're not in a bad place here for snow depth but if I roll too hard the snow will fill the man made hollow and I will be told I have no depth. Which, actually, I could accept....

 

Hi AS,

 

Yes as I said at the time, last Winters effort was a hastily arranged bodge job based on a challenge set by Paul Sherman, earlier in that Winter. This years will be open to those members who are on the Reg thread, in the next few weeks.

 

We could have a Regional Snowball cricket match on your pitch, bagsy we bat first and leave your lot to bat last on a wearing pitch, our S.Warne will do the rest, the fella can turn a snowball at right angles! 

 

Tom.

Edited November 16, 2013 by Kentish CZ

[abruzzi spur]

It's the poodleX's turn next week - now that really is like sheep shearing....he will shrink by at least 1/3 but it will save him from getting snowballs stuck to his fur !

Ha! Good point Ali, a few years back when it was properly snowy on the streets of Reigate I took our cocker spaniel out for a walk with me wearing my crampons to get a grip on the frozen iced-snow pavements, and we ended up in the nearest woods where the dog acted as a magnet to the snow, which balled all around his legs, and he ended up looking like a white show poodle!Anyway he's sat here being a bit soppy, fire is still going, 16 year old is out with friends and getting a cab back at 11 or so, youngest 2 are in bed, other half is in bed expecting poached eggs for breakfast, and there is a drop of decent red still up for grabs tonight....AS

[john pike]

tonight

 

some places may see a frost but not widespread

 

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/  no rain

 

a weak west to south westerly flow

 

watch for mist and fog patches again

 

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tomorrow

 

a weak westerly flow

 

looks dry but possibly cloudy

 

maybe a few showery bits to the very far north of the region

 

temps

 

around 10-12 degrees

 

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tomorrow night

 

a weak west to south west flow

 

temps

 

somewhere around 5-6 degrees

 

rainfall

 

maybe some cloudy drizzly bits around but other than that mainly dry

 

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monday

 

a breezy north west flow

 

trough slap bang over the south east

 

rainfall

 

expect some heavy persistant rain

 

temps

 

getting to around 8 degrees

 

will not feel it though

 

cooling off quickly as the rain clears and night time sets in

 

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monday night

 

 

a cold and strong north west wind

 

temps

 

cold around 3 degrees

 

ukmo show a lot of rain

 

i disagree

 

i will say some showery bits but nothing too heavy

 

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tuesday

 

a cold and gusty north west wind

 

temps

 

getting progressively colder as the day goes on

 

reckon around 4-5 degrees max here

 

also trough on fax chart over the midlands maybe interesting late in the day

 

rainfall

 

 

shows dry

 

so not convinced on ukmo rain predictions at present

 

the trough on the fax could see something later which is not on ukmo

 

so more runs needed but if that trough hit late tuesday we may see something wintry

 

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reckon the late ones may be later than normal tonight

 

i will post them when ready though

[abruzzi spur]

Hi AS, Yes as I said at the time, last Winters effort was a hastily arranged bodge job based on a challenge set by Paul Sherman, earlier in that Winter. This years will be open to those members who are on the Reg thread, in the next few weeks. We could have a Regional Snowball cricket match on your pitch, bagsy we bat first and leave your lot to bat last on a wearing pitch, our S.Warne will do the rest, the fella can turn a snowball at right angles!  Tom.

Evening Tom, I think you are doing yourself down a bit - it seemed to really capture the moment and the imagination of the members and that was thanks to you.If you have a Mr Warne playing for you then I think we might struggle!We probably need Charlton Kerry, a proper ex-cricketer, to pick sides here......!AS

[Jax]

Evening all

 

Spent the night out with the rellies including one from London Colney, we had a meal in a local(ish) village, near my old school spookily enough.  Anyway a good nigh was had by all and it ended with wine, so not a bad thing then.

 

Feeling far from cold out this eve, it is not warm granted but I do not think we will see a frost tonight.

[john pike]

dew points from monday

 

 

 

 

 

see how these are dropping from the north west with the colder air incoming

 

see what these show tomorrow night

[Jax]

dew points from monday

 

 

 

 

 

see how these are dropping from the north west with the colder air incoming

 

see what these show tomorrow night

that is winter encroaching on us. May not snow/sleet but cold it shall be.

[Summer of 76]

Oi, Mr.Mantle where's my Snow Cup spreadsheets (Only joking). I see the Snow Depth Competition was mentioned earlier in the day. I'm going to have to start thinking of a format, if members are still interested in some form of a competition this Winter and I'd certainly have to bring in a standard region wide form of measuring any snowfall. No more KENTimetres, TOWIEmetres and members from Sussex adding freezer preserved snowfalls, from past Winters, to their depths! Of course any members entering the competition in the Bromley area will be given preferential treatment and an easy draw in each round!

All joking aside, if some of you are interested please let me know, there's no point running it for a handful of members but if we do get a reasonable entry I'll try and come up with a workable format, to keep everyone involved through the Winter months.

I thought about splitting the region alphabetically into mini-leagues and then the winners of those leagues going into a knockout format, as we head into the 2nd half of Winter, for instance.

Problem of course is, will we have enough snow events to make it interesting enough. Anyway, I'd love to hear your thoughts, please.

Meanwhile must get out and cut the grass on Monday to prepare my pitch, for the challenge. Especially looking forward to seeing how my new location of Chislehurst fares, with any easterly convectional snowfall likely to lead to some reasonable snow depths, as the small bodies of water in the area produce a P.E.S streamer.

 

Tom.

Hi Tom,

 

Seems a long while ago when you asked will pm you tomorrow as on the tablet

 

 

Chris 

[Jason T]

A crazy.

 

 Overcast  

7°C

Feels Like: 5° Wind Chill: 5°   Ceiling: 2000 Heat Index: 7°   Visibility: 6mi Dew Point: 7°   Wind: 6mph Humidity: 100%   Direction: 290° (WNW) Pressure: 30.36"   Gusts: NA Edited November 16, 2013 by Jason T

[snowbob]

Hi AS,Yes as I said at the time, last Winters effort was a hastily arranged bodge job based on a challenge set by Paul Sherman, earlier in that Winter. This years will be open to those members who are on the Reg thread, in the next few weeks.We could have a Regional Snowball cricket match on your pitch, bagsy we bat first and leave your lot to bat last on a wearing pitch, our S.Warne will do the rest, the fella can turn a snowball at right angles! Tom.

well up for it again this year mateWas great funThanks for all the effort you put inP.s do I get a bye into the next round as reigning champion lol Edited November 16, 2013 by snowbob