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[Misc] The Award-winning official "More Snow Tomorrow?" Thread [2024-25 Season]



BNthree

Plastic JCL
Sep 14, 2016
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WeHo
Having been in Indiana after heavy snowfall it is fair to say that while the people of Indiana just get on with their lives, we only need a couple of millimetres of snow here and everything stops. You should share this thread with your local friends and see just how much they laugh over our reaction to snow.

Most places where snow is guaranteed every winter people will put snow/winter tyres on their car (and the buses/delivery trucks too) they’ll have snow ploughs, a proper winter wardrobe etc. so yes they’re “just getting in with their lives” but they are prepared for it. Here snow is so infrequent no one has a clue what to do and is totally unprepared for it.
 




thedonkeycentrehalf

Moved back to wear the gloves (again)
Jul 7, 2003
9,297
Most places where snow is guaranteed every winter people will put snow/winter tyres on their car (and the buses/delivery trucks too) they’ll have snow ploughs, a proper winter wardrobe etc. so yes they’re “just getting in with their lives” but they are prepared for it. Here snow is so infrequent no one has a clue what to do and is totally unprepared for it.
Very aware of that but my colleagues across the world always laugh at our reaction to snow here.
 


Berty23

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Jun 26, 2012
3,622
Most places where snow is guaranteed every winter people will put snow/winter tyres on their car (and the buses/delivery trucks too) they’ll have snow ploughs, a proper winter wardrobe etc. so yes they’re “just getting in with their lives” but they are prepared for it. Here snow is so infrequent no one has a clue what to do and is totally unprepared for it.
Exactly this. My brother lives near Calgary. They are getting -30 this week where he lives. They have winter tyres. They have snow plough for their ride on mower. They have all the clothes they need. The whole country is set up for snow. They have lots of snow ploughs. They have rules about keeping bits of pavement clear of snow etc etc.

Anyone comparing it to here who thinks that we should have a massive fleet of snow ploughs and everyone should buy winter tyres for the odd occasion they need them needs to have a word with themselves. Money could be spent on so many better things.
 




BN41Albion

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Oct 1, 2017
6,796
Having been in Indiana after heavy snowfall it is fair to say that while the people of Indiana just get on with their lives, we only need a couple of millimetres of snow here and everything stops. You should share this thread with your local friends and see just how much they laugh over our reaction to snow.

Different scenario though - Indiana is in a region of the States renowned for heavy snowfall in winter. We barely get a drop of snow these days
 
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Thunder Bolt

Silly old bat
Exactly this. My brother lives near Calgary. They are getting -30 this week where he lives. They have winter tyres. They have snow plough for their ride on mower. They have all the clothes they need. The whole country is set up for snow. They have lots of snow ploughs. They have rules about keeping bits of pavement clear of snow etc etc.

Anyone comparing it to here who thinks that we should have a massive fleet of snow ploughs and everyone should buy winter tyres for the odd occasion they need them needs to have a word with themselves. Money could be spent on so many better things.
France has a law where snow tyres must be used in winter, in some departments, with snow chains in the boot.
Can you imagine the protests if it became law here, with every motorist forced to buy a complete set of tyres for something that might happen once every five years or so?
 


Napper

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Jul 9, 2003
24,429
Sussex
France has a law where snow tyres must be used in winter, in some departments, with snow chains in the boot.
Can you imagine the protests if it became law here, with every motorist forced to buy a complete set of tyres for something that might happen once every five years or so?
Zero protests here . We take and accept everything with a whimper
 




jakarta

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May 25, 2007
15,737
Sullington
My Airline Pilot mate met his wife in Norway, where she was in the Norwegian Army guarding his Nimrod on a NATO Exercise.

She did all the winter stuff alongside the boys, including cross-countries and overnighting in Snow Holes. As she said to me:

Ders no such thing as bad wedder, just the wrong cloding... :lolol:
 


Guinness Boy

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Jul 23, 2003
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Up and Coming Sunny Portslade
My Airline Pilot mate met his wife in Norway, where she was in the Norwegian Army guarding his Nimrod on a NATO Exercise.

She did all the winter stuff alongside the boys, including cross-countries and overnighting in Snow Holes. As she said to me:

Ders no such thing as bad wedder, just the wrong cloding... :lolol:
“Guarding his Nimrod” :lolol:

#NotAEuphamism
 


dazzer6666

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Mar 27, 2013
55,274
Burgess Hill
France has a law where snow tyres must be used in winter, in some departments, with snow chains in the boot.
Can you imagine the protests if it became law here, with every motorist forced to buy a complete set of tyres for something that might happen once every five years or so?
Same in Canada……saw loads of road signs while driving there saying chains etc were mandatory on certain roads after October…….
 




WATFORD zero

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Jul 10, 2003
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France has a law where snow tyres must be used in winter, in some departments, with snow chains in the boot.
Can you imagine the protests if it became law here, with every motorist forced to buy a complete set of tyres for something that might happen once every five years or so?

As if the state of our roads isn't bad enough, could you imagine a few thousand morons clunking around in snow chains at the first sign of a frost :lolol:
 


vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
28,245
Back in the late 70's and 80's I used to ride my motorbike to work for an 8am start going from West Worthing to East Worthing. If we had had snow or a hard frost/freeze it was simpler to ride slowly to the nearest bus route and follow that as far as possible before going on to the side roads.
Because in the good old days we had plenty of Busses and bus routes that were given priority for the gritters. Those old Southdown double deckers would start around 6 am and go til 11 pm ish and they soon got rid any snow and ice, it was just a simple matter of following their tyre tracks. Of course nowdays we are far are far more streamlined and efficient and have dispensed with about 85% of local busses.
 








Cheshire Cat

The most curious thing..
Are we getting snowmageddon next week or not?
Definitely

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A1X

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Sep 1, 2017
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Deepest, darkest Sussex


Papa Lazarou

Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
Jul 7, 2003
19,319
Worthing
Are we getting snowmageddon next week or not?
I'd say the odds are against it, but it's not impossible. For Sussex to get disruptive snow (MetOffice terms) requires a number of things to happen just right:

1. The cold air arriving from the north Sunday / Monday needs to have enough time to get right down into the South, and be properly cold (cold aloft, not just at the surface, 850hpa temps of -5c -6c or lower. As low as -10c would be great).
2. The low pressure forecast to push in from the West needs to follow a favorable track, so as to be far enough north to send precipitation up to the south of England, but not so far north that the associated warm front / mild air gets to us, otherwise it'll be sleet / rain here. The latest data seems to be suggesting that the low has a higher chance of missing to the south than being too far north, which would leave us cold and dry, but projected path varies by a couple of hundred miles between different model runs.

The models are all struggling with many aspects of the evolution, which is understandable and we're talking about a potential event that's almost a week away still, and a lot can change.
 




Audax

Boing boing boing...
Aug 3, 2015
3,249
Uckfield
I'd say the odds are against it, but it's not impossible. For Sussex to get disruptive snow (MetOffice terms) requires a number of things to happen just right:

1. The cold air arriving from the north Sunday / Monday needs to have enough time to get right down into the South, and be properly cold (cold aloft, not just at the surface, 850hpa temps of -5c -6c or lower. As low as -10c would be great).
2. The low pressure forecast to push in from the West needs to follow a favorable track, so as to be far enough north to send precipitation up to the south of England, but not so far north that the associated warm front / mild air gets to us, otherwise it'll be sleet / rain here. The latest data seems to be suggesting that the low has a higher chance of missing to the south than being too far north, which would leave us cold and dry, but projected path varies by a couple of hundred miles between different model runs.

The models are all struggling with many aspects of the evolution, which is understandable and we're talking about a potential event that's almost a week away still, and a lot can change.
Also worth noting that longer range, it looks like a chunk of Feb could be cold as well (according to the more well respected long termers on Netweather, the background signals are right for a colder-than-average Feb). So if we miss out this time, it hopefully won't be the last chance of snow this winter (unlike last year where it was one chance, a forecaster sneezed and it got blown away).
 


Papa Lazarou

Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
Jul 7, 2003
19,319
Worthing
Also worth noting that longer range, it looks like a chunk of Feb could be cold as well (according to the more well respected long termers on Netweather, the background signals are right for a colder-than-average Feb). So if we miss out this time, it hopefully won't be the last chance of snow this winter (unlike last year where it was one chance, a forecaster sneezed and it got blown away).
True, but I'm not putting much faith in that, just yet.
 


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