Winter 2017/2018 - Thread
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You must be near me, the roads in westhill were so bad I couldn't make it to the road to tyrebagger!
( The period 10-15th could be a notably cold and snowy spell for parts of western, central and southern central Europe. )
https://londonwx.wordpress.com/winter2017-18/
https://londonwx.wordpress.com/winter2017-18/
Had a nights camping last week on Carn Dearg to test my new tent. Was a good night and I was very comfortable, very cold with lots of snow.
Watched Outlander on my iPad to set the scene
What an awesome show too!
Sure is.
That is quite a break down.
I kind of hope we follow the previous trend inline with solar cycle 23 and have some snowy winters inline with 2009-2011 with 2019-2021.
Week ahead is looking wintry!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/42231565
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/42231565
Simple solution, remove the summer tyres and get all seasons at the very least, or alternatively a set of winters.
Councils can’t clean every road to perfection.
Getting confused now again!
Looking at this which was posted a few replies back:
https://www.theweatheroutlook.com/twodata/chart.aspx?chart=/charts/gefs/gefsens850London0.png?cb=634
To me that shows at the bottom that rain is fairly low and snow is unlikely?
So why are all the forecasts such as Met Office forecasting heavy rain Thursday and snow for Friday?
Looking at this which was posted a few replies back:
https://www.theweatheroutlook.com/twodata/chart.aspx?chart=/charts/gefs/gefsens850London0.png?cb=634
To me that shows at the bottom that rain is fairly low and snow is unlikely?
So why are all the forecasts such as Met Office forecasting heavy rain Thursday and snow for Friday?
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Netweather seems to think snow on Sunday... whoot
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I had winter tyres on my old car, but when the roads are sheet ice there's still no grip. Really good on fresh snow though
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Evening all...been following this thread for a while and decided to jump in on the convo...desperate here for snow! Seen the forecast change so many times in last few days! Here’s hoping! Winds picking up last few hours...we will see!
Get decent winter tyres or adjust your technique then.
the ones I have are good on ice too, there’s a lot of it here!
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The wind is starting to pick up here now. A hour ago it was gusting to the mid 20's and now is in the low-mid 30's and we just had a gust of 38.9mph. It's 4.2 degrees C, down from 5.2 degrees C a hour ago with a windchill of -7.2 plus it's trying to start snowing. It's supposed to get really bad here later on today so I will update if it get's worse.
On a side note, why the hell can't neighbours secure their bloody wheelie bins!! This has been forecast for days yet they leave their bins in the open so when it's windy they get blown over and all their crap ends up in everyone elses gardens. It happens everytime we have strong winds.
On a side note, why the hell can't neighbours secure their bloody wheelie bins!! This has been forecast for days yet they leave their bins in the open so when it's windy they get blown over and all their crap ends up in everyone elses gardens. It happens everytime we have strong winds.
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Well that turned into a damp squib. No higher gust of wind than this mornings 38.9mph and it actually started dropping by 11am. No snow, just a bit of rain although the temp did drop to 2.3 degrees C. Yet another highly inaccurate weather report, again!!
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