Nov 2005 " this will be the harshest winter for 300 years "

[Uncle Spielberg]

I remember threads on here and headlines in papers with archive photos of cars burried in 10 feet high snow drifts and lakes frozen over with the obligatory headline " brace yourself for the big freeze ".

Tales of how a Siberian winter was to follow with the harshest winter for 300 years and lots of snow. Daytime / nightime temperatures staying below freezing for weeks on end. Advice to stock up on tinned products and keep an eye on your elderley neighbour.

We have not had a single frost in the month of January and today it is like a May day. Temperatures in the mid 50's and tonight minimum of 50 f is about 7 f above what the daytime maximum should be. Damp. Cloudy, Very Mild, week in week out.

A dusting of snow and couple of cold days at the end of December and thats it.

What a fecking joke

 

[hornet]

I think they said the same thing last year as well.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

No but this year was the year , even the Met Office sent out severe warnings in November, it wasn't your amateur forecaster with his finger in the air

 

[eastlondonseagull]

Flowers are out round my way, already. Spring is springing

 

[Barrel of Fun]

But remember we did have the hottest summer for 100 years or so.....

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Thats that for Winter, the sun warms things up from mid feb down here, so theres only 3 weeks of potential winter left and with temperatures pushing close to 60 degrees , it is warmer here than in many mediteranean resorts.

Ho Hum, the sledge will have to put away again, last used 1991.

 

[Lokki 7]

It actually has been a bloody cold winter in Siberia, and that has effected most of eastern and central europe. My outlaws in Finland are putting up with -20 and lower at the moment.
It seems the Gulf stream is still protecting us, if that were to retreat...

 

[lost in london]

-40 in Moscow, it's on its way!

 

[Scoffers]

Plenty of time yet, we are expecting 14 flakes of snow to hit the BBC Weather Centre on Monday 6th February at 08:14

Time to start stocking up again

 

[Grendel]

We have not had a single frost in the month of January.

Yes we have. There was a frost on Monday last week.

 

[Meade's Ball]

It actually has been a bloody cold winter in Siberia, and that has effected most of eastern and central europe. My outlaws in Finland are putting up with -20 and lower at the moment.
It seems the Gulf stream is still protecting us, if that were to retreat...

You loved November because i had a head-hole. Am i mentally correct Lokki?



*hownowbrowncow*

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Oh yes, didn't it get down to + 2 centigrade and there was s light frost on the downs

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

If its on its way it had better get a bloody move on

 

[perseus]

27 days of continuous rain in Seattle (causing floods, landslides and avalanches) and the huge snowfalls are melting in Japan causing floods. Sydney + 40 C.

 

[Meade's Ball]

Oh yes, didn't it get down to + 2 centigrade and there was s light frost on the downs

I knew a down that was colder during winter. She were dead friendly with her hands, but had nothing upstairs but an icy droop from her nose.

 

[Level 42]

Re: Re: Nov 2005 " this will be the harshest winter for 300 years "

Yes we have. There was a frost on Monday last week.

And Wednesday 11th Jan (last week) - in Southwick. I walked to the Romans and it was freezing with frost on the ground and cars.

 

[Meade's Ball]

Jan 11th is my half-birthday. I was 30.6. Congratulations to me.

 

[Gwylan]

I went to last Saturday's match in t-shirt and shorts...in January.

This is the warmest winter for years and it's just insane.

 

[Wozza]

Gareth Glover criticising other people's predictions!??! Give us a break!

"The final 2 will be Burns and Barrymore you can bet your bottom pound on that." - Gareth Glover / Uncle Spielberg

 

[Level 42]

Re: Re: Nov 2005 " this will be the harshest winter for 300 years "

Yes we have. There was a frost on Monday last week.

And Wednesday 11th Jan (last week) - in Southwick. I walked to the Romans and it was freezing with frost on the ground and cars.