BillF Posted December 8, 2010 Report Posted December 8, 2010 Guardian registered -10C as the Mon/Tue overnight minimum for Manchester and last night felt much the same. However, they're forecasting +8C for Friday - if only we could believe it! Quote
brownie Posted December 8, 2010 Report Posted December 8, 2010 Winter is a couple of weeks away but IT IS cold right now... The scene near Notre-Dame cathedral this afternoon: The Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport and the city's bus system have been closed Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted December 9, 2010 Report Posted December 9, 2010 +2 this morning. Still felt cold. A very slight thaw, likely to cause more trouble than help. The surface melt is already freezing. Quote
Matthew Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 81 today, not a cloud in the sky.... I hate it, bring on the cold, cloudy weather. Quote
BeBop Posted December 13, 2010 Report Posted December 13, 2010 81 today, not a cloud in the sky.... I hate it, bring on the cold, cloudy weather. Left Los Angeles on Saturday morn. Figured Alabama would be colder, but tolerable. Well, the high was 27F and the low was 16F. Have to drive overnight to Memphis, where the temps are nearly identical. Watch for ice on the road, BeBop. Quote
sidewinder Posted December 17, 2010 Report Posted December 17, 2010 More of the white stuff - and it looks set to stay. A bit of a hair-raising drive back today. Went 'off piste' and began to regret it when I passed several 4x4s who couldn't deal with the ice and at the front of them - a police car stuck in a ditch with the policeman digging himself out. I made it back ! Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted December 17, 2010 Report Posted December 17, 2010 We've got off light so far. Snowed for 3 hours yesterday at work but it was pretty wet - just made icy surfaces. Home (19 miles north) had hardly been touched. Very cold, though. Tomorrow is looking more dangerous! Still got 3 days before the Xmas hols. If it tumbles down we won't see many of the kids in! Quote
sidewinder Posted December 17, 2010 Report Posted December 17, 2010 (edited) Somerset, Devon and bits of Dorset got hit quite bad today. Was stuck on one road for an hour whilst the police cleared a couple of stuck lorries (why those idiots drove up there beats me). And then a white van man guy who didn't like being honked at as a warning tries to pick a fight (jerk). Meanwhile, my diesel tank was hitting reserve. Not the sort of start to the day I wanted. As mentioned above, it was just as bad on the way back. Fully expect to have to work from home for the first day or so next week. It has its advantages - I can listen to Mosaics whilst I am typing away. Edited December 17, 2010 by sidewinder Quote
sidewinder Posted December 21, 2010 Report Posted December 21, 2010 One of the good things about a covering of snow is that you can see what has been rooting around the garden during the night, looking at the tracks. Some two-hoof tracks left all over the place this morning by what can only be a small deer. Literally hundreds of tracks, some right by the house - interspersed with splashes of urine ! Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted December 21, 2010 Report Posted December 21, 2010 (edited) Bloody cold here - and my central heating has gone down. Again! I think it's something to do with a pipe that takes off fumes - if it freezes the system shuts down. Last year it came back once a thaw set in. A great British invention. A central heating system that can't cope with the cold! We've had none of this week's snow. Interesting how much more coverage it got because London was affected! However, there are threatening signs for tomorrow. Edited December 21, 2010 by A Lark Ascending Quote
sidewinder Posted December 21, 2010 Report Posted December 21, 2010 The South West got hit very badly yesterday morning. It's stayed frozen through today but they are re-opening the roads and it should be a bit better tomorrow. No more snow forecast here for a few days so we need a thaw ! Tonight's temperatures don't look good though.. A great British invention. A central heating system that can't cope with the cold! Designed by British Rail? I stick with my 20 year old ancient gas boiler. Much more reliable than this modern EU-approved rubbish ! Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted December 21, 2010 Report Posted December 21, 2010 (edited) Oh Dear! http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_warnings.html?day=2 Just as well I did my dancing around naked in the garden whilst killing a goat Winter Solstice rituals a bit earlier. Apologies to the rest of the world for the current weather obsession - but this is what you get when you put up a 'How's the Weather?' thread on a site with Brits. Edited December 21, 2010 by A Lark Ascending Quote
mjazzg Posted December 21, 2010 Report Posted December 21, 2010 definite thaw in London this evening. Rain not snow. I thought they'd put the "How's the weather" thread up FOR the Brits, no? Quote
BillF Posted December 21, 2010 Report Posted December 21, 2010 Yesterday's temperatures in Manchester: max -8C, min -15C. Quote
medjuck Posted December 21, 2010 Report Posted December 21, 2010 Wet! Sitting by fire listening to new Ellington Mosaic box thankful that (so far) there are no leaks. Quote
mjazzg Posted December 21, 2010 Report Posted December 21, 2010 Wet! Sitting by fire listening to new Ellington Mosaic box thankful that (so far) there are no leaks. If that boxset leaks I'd send it right back from where it came Quote
Jazzjet Posted December 21, 2010 Report Posted December 21, 2010 Oh Dear! http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_warnings.html?day=2 Just as well I did my dancing around naked in the garden whilst killing a goat Winter Solstice rituals a bit earlier. Apologies to the rest of the world for the current weather obsession - but this is what you get when you put up a 'How's the Weather?' thread on a site with Brits. Hopefully, this doesn't sound too smug but all our snow has gone here in Cornwall. Quote
cih Posted December 21, 2010 Report Posted December 21, 2010 Huddersfield -8 degrees. Been wearing my coat all day in the office today and yesterday - even when I got too warm, I couldn't bring myself to take it off, I felt like I was still partly at home and kept in on. Very cosy. But I didn't then feel the benefit of it when I went out. And I was warned about this when I was a child. Quote
Tim McG Posted December 22, 2010 Report Posted December 22, 2010 Wet! Sitting by fire listening to new Ellington Mosaic box thankful that (so far) there are no leaks. Rainy and wet up my way, too. Quote
BeBop Posted December 22, 2010 Report Posted December 22, 2010 (edited) 81 today, not a cloud in the sky.... I hate it, bring on the cold, cloudy weather. Left Los Angeles on Saturday morn. Figured Alabama would be colder, but tolerable. Well, the high was 27F and the low was 16F. Have to drive overnight to Memphis, where the temps are nearly identical. Watch for ice on the road, BeBop. What a difference a week (or so) makes. Birmingham is warm (50s F) and sunny now. Edited December 22, 2010 by BeBop Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted December 23, 2010 Report Posted December 23, 2010 Snowed again yesterday, though the sort of stuff that didn't put the roads out. Still below zero so my central heating has not revived. Thank the lord for that electric fire. Quote
sidewinder Posted December 23, 2010 Report Posted December 23, 2010 Below -10C out there last night. Damn cold. Almost got frostbite clearing the ice off the car roof yesterday. Quote
brownie Posted December 23, 2010 Report Posted December 23, 2010 Snowing once more over Paris... Can't remember when there has been that many snow days over here! Quote
sidewinder Posted December 23, 2010 Report Posted December 23, 2010 Snowing once more over Paris... Can't remember when there has been that many snow days over here! Let me guess. 1963? Quote
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