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Forecast to go down to -8 tomorrow. Hasn’t been that cold for a while.
Winter 2020/2021
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So far it's been the coldest winter here since 2016. Walked down the post office this morning and it was -9.7 degrees C at 09.30. It's bitterly cold and supposed to be even colder over the next couple of nights. We have only got a couple of inches of snow on the ground though. The river Spey is very low which is most unusual for this time of year.
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I walk my dog past your house every morning
Really? I walk ours twice a day. I wonder if we've past each other
Really? I walk ours twice a day. I wonder if we've past each other
More than likely! I always walk through Duddon Close, then up Windermere Road, along Ullswater Avenue, Eden Road, Welland Gardens then back to my house. If you've seen a golden with a pink harness on, then that's us
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I'm having a very woolly day off work, so forgive my confusion...
Why has all the snow on the road and pavement seen from our window melted that I woke up to at ~0800, when the local weather station temp has literally just reached its highest figure of +1C/ feels like +1C?
Barely any road traffic or footfall on our quiet road. I've not been out yet, but it looked like ~5cm of snow first thing, was expecting to have loads of compactd snow and ice for the rest of the week.
Why has all the snow on the road and pavement seen from our window melted that I woke up to at ~0800, when the local weather station temp has literally just reached its highest figure of +1C/ feels like +1C?
Barely any road traffic or footfall on our quiet road. I've not been out yet, but it looked like ~5cm of snow first thing, was expecting to have loads of compactd snow and ice for the rest of the week.
I'm probably way off, but typically drains are routed under the roads, and can help warm the surface. Just have a look around grates/drains, the snow will typically melt quicker there. When there are cloudless skies as well the black road surface will absorb the IR from the sun, warming the surface, hence melting.
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More than likely! I always walk through Duddon Close, then up Windermere Road, along Ullswater Avenue, Eden Road, Welland Gardens then back to my house. If you've seen a golden with a pink harness on, then that's us
small world isn’t it. Obviously knew you lived in Soton or close to West End but sharing the same dog walk route
We got a white cockapoo with red harness, called Piper. My wife walks her week days between morning and then lunch. Then I do the weekends.
We do Monnow, Ullswater, through the woods down to Windermere then back up to Ennerdale.
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Saw that earlier also a chance of snow thursday? Uh huh, right. Went out for a walk earlier its blowing a hooly on the clifftop and on the tye and anywhere thats not sheltered. Its. So. Very. Very. Cold. I'm still sitting here with a jacket and woolly hat on typing this and shivering. Think the electricity is having problems the power went out earlier.
Oh I remember the 80's severe cold would happen every year as well as a dumping of snow. Now its just something that happens only rarely and snow almost never. One year the entire month of february remained below freezing it was also the year I got my licence then wrote off my mother's car hit some black ice went off into a field and rolled it over!
Salt on the road wil melt it on the areas that have been done the side roads around here havn't been and it doesn't melt at all had a few slippery moments yesterday wheels sliding around. Also the sun is getting stronger despite the temperature so if its out it will warm dark surfaces especially if south facing.
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Rain at that temperature?
-1c? Nothing newsworthy?
I was referring to them saying it's going to rain when the temp they forcast is under 0c,
shouldn't it fall as snow?
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Whenever I say that my wife says it isn't that simple. I never understand her explanation either
Not sure. I think it depends on the temperatures in the atmosphere as well as at ground level but somebody more knowledgeable will have to comment.
We were forecast snow at 5.00 and sure enough it started to snow - I worked it out that at the rate it was snowing we would get 4" by 2095
Needless to say it stopped after ten minutes -0.8c at moment
Watching the news online about the snow I had to smile at a Tesla starting off at top of hill and within 4 ft he had all wheels locked sliding down the hill into another car - Some people just shouldn't be on the road.
Needless to say it stopped after ten minutes -0.8c at moment
Watching the news online about the snow I had to smile at a Tesla starting off at top of hill and within 4 ft he had all wheels locked sliding down the hill into another car - Some people just shouldn't be on the road.
Haha.... Suddenly having a horse instead of a Tesla doesn't seem so silly
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Chucking it down in Hertfordshire currently. Didn’t see this on the BBC forecast. Seems quite unpredictable currently, forecast changes hourly. -3C currently, so it’s settled quickly.
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It's blowing an absolute howler here in Eastbourne now. Literraly feels like the house is going to blow away. I did the bins earlier after a workout. I went from sweaty mess to frozen icicle beard in mere seconds.
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We had the thinnest powdery sprinkle of snow overnightcomplete tease.
Same here, I swear there was more when I went to bed.
Going down to -7 tonight, chilly!