With probably the most severe weather of the winter forecast for the
northern half of the country tomorrow evening/night, I'm almost shocked at
how benign the newsgroup has been in the run up to this event.
Have we become snow weary? Or do most believe it will pass without the
severity that is forecast?
The deepest snowfall of the winter here has only been 2cm, I'm hoping
tomorrow will re-dress the balance. With a WNW flow it's a bit of a hit or
miss affair for the Central lowlands. I recall a similar event back on 28th
December 2001 - which turned out to be a miss here. This system looks less
promising - but nature has thrown a few extremes at us recently.

What's the wind-chill with an air temp of -2°C and a 40KT mean wind? Rather
cold I imagine :-!

Alex.



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Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
(20 miles ESE of Glasgow)
55°47'14" -3°55'15" 115m/358ftamsl
http://www.alex114.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
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"Alex Stephens Jnr" What's the wind-chill with an air temp of -2°C and a
40KT mean wind? Rather
cold I imagine :-!

snip
According to the windchill-tables ms 23 C, Alex :-).

Lots of wind expected over Holland next Sunday. Some speak of snow -- but I
guess it'll be rain, maybe sleet now and then; but that'll be all.

Wijke
SE Flevopolder
The Netherlands

After last month's events I'm "anti-snow" due to family in hospital
(slipping over) and the hell on the A414 the morning!

Won't catch me excited about snow anymore

Tom
Danbury, Essex )107m)

"Alex Stephens Jnr" wrote in
message ...
With probably the most severe weather of the winter forecast for the
northern half of the country tomorrow evening/night, I'm almost shocked at
how benign the newsgroup has been in the run up to this event.
Have we become snow weary? Or do most believe it will pass without the
severity that is forecast?
The deepest snowfall of the winter here has only been 2cm, I'm hoping
tomorrow will re-dress the balance. With a WNW flow it's a bit of a hit or
miss affair for the Central lowlands. I recall a similar event back on
28th
December 2001 - which turned out to be a miss here. This system looks less
promising - but nature has thrown a few extremes at us recently.

What's the wind-chill with an air temp of -2°C and a 40KT mean wind?
Rather
cold I imagine :-!

Alex.



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Alex Stephens Jr
Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
(20 miles ESE of Glasgow)
55°47'14" -3°55'15" 115m/358ftamsl
http://www.alex114.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
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Reminds me of the 2nd/3rd Feb last year similar wind flow and we ended up
with 12cm of snow - fingers crossed

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Paul Crabtree
Brampton N.E. Cumbria 117m ASL
Climatological Station 7076

http://mysite.freeserve.com/brampton...ome/index.html

Alex, I'm afraid you're probably suffering the attitude that it's not
happening in the South so it doesn't count! Sorry! Also I think it looks so
shortlived atm that it's difficult to get that enthusiastic.

Dave
"Alex Stephens Jnr" wrote in
message ...
With probably the most severe weather of the winter forecast for the
northern half of the country tomorrow evening/night, I'm almost shocked at
how benign the newsgroup has been in the run up to this event.
Have we become snow weary? Or do most believe it will pass without the
severity that is forecast?
The deepest snowfall of the winter here has only been 2cm, I'm hoping
tomorrow will re-dress the balance. With a WNW flow it's a bit of a hit or
miss affair for the Central lowlands. I recall a similar event back on
28th
December 2001 - which turned out to be a miss here. This system looks less
promising - but nature has thrown a few extremes at us recently.

What's the wind-chill with an air temp of -2°C and a 40KT mean wind?
Rather
cold I imagine :-!

Alex.



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Alex Stephens Jr
Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
(20 miles ESE of Glasgow)
55°47'14" -3°55'15" 115m/358ftamsl
http://www.alex114.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
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On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 16:14:22 GMT, Dave. C wrote:

Alex, I'm afraid you're probably suffering the attitude that it's
not happening in the South so it doesn't count!

Thats what I think as well. The Western Isles look to get a bashing
and storm force winds are not that unusual in that part of the world.
Where as two flakes of snow closes schools and motorways down south...
B-)

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Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
ll.com...
On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 16:14:22 GMT, Dave. C wrote:

Alex, I'm afraid you're probably suffering the attitude that it's
not happening in the South so it doesn't count!

Thats what I think as well. The Western Isles look to get a bashing
and storm force winds are not that unusual in that part of the world.
Where as two flakes of snow closes schools and motorways down
.......
Come on! I am suggesting a southern bias in the media but we get our fair
share of "soft southerners " stuff on here. We did get 5 inches of snow in
these parts last year not one or two flakes!
Dave

Alex Stephens Jnr wrote:
With probably the most severe weather of the winter forecast for the
northern half of the country tomorrow evening/night, I'm almost shocked at
how benign the newsgroup has been in the run up to this event.

I was waiting for someone else to mention it I thought I must have
imagined or misinterpreted the Met Office severe weather warning!

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Steve Loft, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire. 1417ft ASL
http://www.wanlockhead.org.uk/weather/
Free software for Oregon Scientific weather stations:
http://www.nybbles.co.uk/cumulus/

"Steve Loft" wrote in message
...
Alex Stephens Jnr wrote:
With probably the most severe weather of the winter forecast for the
northern half of the country tomorrow evening/night, I'm almost shocked
at
how benign the newsgroup has been in the run up to this event.

I was waiting for someone else to mention it I thought I must have
imagined or misinterpreted the Met Office severe weather warning!

--

Same here, thought I must have misread the charts. Cancelled my travel plans
for tomorrow anyway just to be on the safe side......just have to wait and
see...does look like the northern/western Isles will get a pretty severe
blast even by their standards.
JP

Nr. Aviemore.

Only thing I can think is, I guess no one has any faith in the
forecasts\charts, plus will be such a short lived event as to be worth it...
melting, slushy snow... yukk ;(
And surely, this is nothing compared to what Scotland should be getting?
Sign of the times I guess. I cannot believe the lack of snow in Scotland in
recent years... worrying to say the least.

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"Alex Stephens Jnr" wrote in
message ...
With probably the most severe weather of the winter forecast for the
northern half of the country tomorrow evening/night, I'm almost shocked at
how benign the newsgroup has been in the run up to this event.
Have we become snow weary? Or do most believe it will pass without the
severity that is forecast?
The deepest snowfall of the winter here has only been 2cm, I'm hoping
tomorrow will re-dress the balance. With a WNW flow it's a bit of a hit or
miss affair for the Central lowlands. I recall a similar event back on
28th
December 2001 - which turned out to be a miss here. This system looks less
promising - but nature has thrown a few extremes at us recently.

What's the wind-chill with an air temp of -2°C and a 40KT mean wind?
Rather
cold I imagine :-!

Alex.



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Alex Stephens Jr
Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
(20 miles ESE of Glasgow)
55°47'14" -3°55'15" 115m/358ftamsl
http://www.alex114.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
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