Snow is on the way to UK next month

Metalface Mark said:
I dont want snow, but cold weather is good for the economy.
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Honest question as I don;t know the answer. What benefits are there to the economy other than more money going from my pocket to my energy supplier?

And Hurricane Katia was classed as a Post-tropical storm by the time it got here in September by the MetOffice hence the confusion. It WAS a hurricane, just not by the time it got here. I think we can let it slide since the entire media also reported it as such though.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/who/how/case-studies/post-tropical-storm-katia
 
bulldog147 said:
We are facing another snow in UK next month say forecaster. Also another cold weather to stay in UK for the next three months.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...now-forecast-parts-Britain-early-October.html
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Why do people still read the Daily Mail? Pretty much everything they print is wrong. The headline in the OP was "Britain to be hit by SNOW in October... forecasters warn an early winter is on its way". When the truth was that this October saw the warmest October day ever recorded (29.9C) and ended up being the 8th warmest October in the last 100 years. Also, here we are a quarter into November and it's been barmy - I can't remember a warmer 5th Nov.

Do yourself a favor and don't read the sensationalist rubbish the Mail prints.
 
clv101 said:
Why do people still read the Daily Mail? Pretty much everything they print is wrong. The headline in the OP was "Britain to be hit by SNOW in October... forecasters warn an early winter is on its way". When the truth was that this October saw the warmest October day ever recorded (29.9C) and ended up being the 8th warmest October in the last 100 years. Also, here we are a quarter into November and it's been barmy - I can't remember a warmer 5th Nov.

Do yourself a favor and don't read the sensationalist rubbish the Mail prints.
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They didn't just make that up, they took it from the Met Office who predicted it... so if you want to blame anyone, it's them for getting it wrong.

Ultimately what I believe has always been the case in this country is that its genuinely impossible to predict the weather much in advance.
 
clv101 said:
Why do people still read the Daily Mail? Pretty much everything they print is wrong. The headline in the OP was "Britain to be hit by SNOW in October... forecasters warn an early winter is on its way". When the truth was that this October saw the warmest October day ever recorded (29.9C) and ended up being the 8th warmest October in the last 100 years. Also, here we are a quarter into November and it's been barmy - I can't remember a warmer 5th Nov.

Do yourself a favor and don't read the sensationalist rubbish the Mail prints.
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Balmy :)
 
clv101 said:
Why do people still read the Daily Mail? Pretty much everything they print is wrong. The headline in the OP was "Britain to be hit by SNOW in October... forecasters warn an early winter is on its way". When the truth was that this October saw the warmest October day ever recorded (29.9C) and ended up being the 8th warmest October in the last 100 years. Also, here we are a quarter into November and it's been barmy - I can't remember a warmer 5th Nov.

Do yourself a favor and don't read the sensationalist rubbish the Mail prints.
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Don't blame me! Blame the met office! Don't think the mail is to blame either!
 
The met office is in conspiracy with this government imo lets save a few bob put a false forecast out get rid of a few thousand it makes me fume this is what they have done.
 
Nexus said:
They didn't just make that up, they took it from the Met Office who predicted it... so if you want to blame anyone, it's them for getting it wrong.
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bulldog147 said:
Don't blame me! Blame the met office! Don't think the mail is to blame either!
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The Met Office is not the issue here, their input into the Mail's ridiculous sensationalism was "a chance of upcoming overnight frosts". At fault are low key forecasters talking things up for the exposure, the Mail for further hyping it and our own bulldog147 for linking to it! :)
 
Todge said:
Honest question as I don;t know the answer. What benefits are there to the economy other than more money going from my pocket to my energy supplier?

And Hurricane Katia was classed as a Post-tropical storm by the time it got here in September by the MetOffice hence the confusion. It WAS a hurricane, just not by the time it got here. I think we can let it slide since the entire media also reported it as such though.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/who/how/case-studies/post-tropical-storm-katia
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People buy more/warmer clothes, heating service industry (what im in) improves.
 
Metalface Mark said:
People buy more/warmer clothes, heating service industry (what im in) improves.
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But tourism drops, people have less money for anything else because of higher fuel bills, etc etc.

I don't have any figures, but I'd be fairly comfortable guessing that a mild winter would be better for the overall economy than a overly cold one (not inc snow).

And with cold temps comes the change of ice/snow which causes millions of pounds worth of lost income when it hits.

December 2010 for example saw 10% less fuel being bought at petrol stations because people either stayed at home or found other ways to work. Just in tax alone that's a fortune and its not something that will just surge again to make up for it like construction does.
 
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