Winter 2020/2021

ukxenon · 4 Nov 2020 at 07:47

i want it to snow like it used to when i was a kid .....3 to 5 foot deep

DXP55 · 4 Nov 2020 at 08:13

White over frost here in North Shropshire - said 0C on my outside temp sender.

timebomb26 · 4 Nov 2020 at 08:16

First snow at village level overnight and has been bloody cold all day. As with every year, I'm now rushing to get an appointment to change my tyres.

Begbie · 4 Nov 2020 at 08:17

DXP55 said:
White over frost here in North Shropshire - said 0C on my outside temp sender.

Same in South Shropshire. Freezing!

Efour · 4 Nov 2020 at 08:18

Had a week of snow 2 weeks ago.
Already sick of it.

Shadowness · 4 Nov 2020 at 08:21

Beautiful morning today. Nice and cold, crisp still air and light to no winds

That's what winter should be. Sick of the latest trend of wet, warm and windy.

PlacidCasual · 4 Nov 2020 at 13:01

timebomb26 said:
First snow at village level overnight and has been bloody cold all day. As with every year, I'm now rushing to get an appointment to change my tyres.

Assuming that is in Hokkaido. It always amazes me despite me knowing and understanding the reasons how much colder everywhere else is than the UK. Hokkaido is quite a away south of Southern England yet I bet you get real winters. It's like 95% of mainland US is below the 49th Parallel yet lots of areas are much colder than the UK where the Southern most point is the 50th Parallel. No doubt we'll get another Jet Stream driven wet warm and windy non-winter.

Blackjack Davy · 4 Nov 2020 at 13:11

Nice bright sunny clear day like its been the last few days. Lovely. Just like the summer except for the switch in temperature.

ukxenon said:
i want it to snow like it used to when i was a kid .....3 to 5 foot deep

I would just like snow. Any snow, any at all havn't seen a flake for years.

Efour said:
Had a week of snow 2 weeks ago.
Already sick of it.

Damn. I want your life.

PlacidCasual said:
Assuming that is in Hokkaido. It always amazes me despite me knowing and understanding the reasons how much colder everywhere else is than the UK. Hokkaido is quite a away south of Southern England yet I bet you get real winters. It's like 95% of mainland US is below the 49th Parallel yet lots of areas are much colder than the UK where the Southern most point is the 50th Parallel. No doubt we'll get another Jet Stream driven wet warm and windy non-winter.

Oh they do where my cousin lives it gets to be several feet deep and lasts 6 months or more

Neil79 · 4 Nov 2020 at 17:11

Efour said:
Had a week of snow 2 weeks ago.
Already sick of it.

I had week of snow... 10 years ago! Since then, nothing

Deleted member 77746 · 4 Nov 2020 at 17:48

Blackjack Davy said:
I would just like snow. Any snow, any at all havn't seen a flake for years.

Wooo o o o o - be careful. Don’t say that word whatever you do.... lol

Ryan-3 · 4 Nov 2020 at 17:56

We had snow for one day at the start of the year? I had to put my coat and boots on. Mind you, the two/three inches we had were gone by 11...

timebomb26 · 5 Nov 2020 at 07:06

PlacidCasual said:
Assuming that is in Hokkaido. It always amazes me despite me knowing and understanding the reasons how much colder everywhere else is than the UK. Hokkaido is quite a away south of Southern England yet I bet you get real winters. It's like 95% of mainland US is below the 49th Parallel yet lots of areas are much colder than the UK where the Southern most point is the 50th Parallel. No doubt we'll get another Jet Stream driven wet warm and windy non-winter.

I remember my first winter here 9 years ago was bitterly cold. End of November it snowed and then that was it, village temp was around -5 or lower through until the end of March.

Trends are worrying though with every year seemingly getting milder. Not uncommon now for village temps to hover around 0 in the day, which is horrible for the roads and bad news for the ski resorts with how relatively low to sea level we are.

Frubeling · 5 Nov 2020 at 07:37

Last two days my car doors have been frozen shut and I've had to spend 10 minutes de-icing

200sols · 5 Nov 2020 at 08:06

Frubeling said:
Last two days my car doors have been frozen shut and I've had to spend 10 minutes de-icing

Barely freezing and your car doors wont open?

Rroff · 5 Nov 2020 at 08:22

200sols said:
Barely freezing and your car doors wont open?

Been getting down to -1C or so here (South Somerset) last 2 nights and very heavy frost - like you'd expect to see more with -5C to -7C kind of temperatures. Though I've not had any problems with my car doors.

mccarf · 5 Nov 2020 at 08:28

In Helsinki last year we had barely any snow, it was more like a drizzly Welsh winter here. We had to go half way up the country for some decent snow. I'm hoping this year will be better!

Frubeling · 5 Nov 2020 at 08:34

200sols said:
Barely freezing and your car doors wont open?

Its been 0 to 1 degrees, according to the car thermostat, when I get in it at 5am
They're not fused shut but I do have to give them a good yank to unstick them

Conscript · 5 Nov 2020 at 09:04

Had to defrost the windscreen before going to the shop this morning. I don't recall if there was ever a morning that cold that I had to do that last year. Even at it's coldest, we only had very light frosts.

Frubeling said:
Last two days my car doors have been frozen shut and I've had to spend 10 minutes de-icing

Buy some of this and apply it to all of your door seals. Keeps them supple and helps prevent them sticking in the cold:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/nextzett-9...+pflege&qid=1604566959&sr=8-4&tag=googhydr-21

vanpeebles · 5 Nov 2020 at 09:12

Frubeling said:
Last two days my car doors have been frozen shut and I've had to spend 10 minutes de-icing

Treat your door rubbers with silicon rubber treatment. As above

moon man · 7 Nov 2020 at 15:15

Seriously mild today and some nice sun
did some lockdown ,Cornish style