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  1. Gonna link some pics from another thread I'm following. Most of these seem to be user contributed. Therefore I can't independently verify these. Oriental, NC. Aurora, NC. Here's a compare and contrast 2 hours apart from Manteo, NC: 3:45PM EDT: 5:45PM EDT: 6:25PM EDT: And where they are awaiting it, Nantucket, MA: More as I find them. Credit for these photos goes to the users of the Something Awful forums.
  2. Link of the local TV network in Norfolk, VA if anyone's interested. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wvec-13-news-live Live reports from reporters getting wet and blown around too.
  3. I know exactly where I was this time last year - East Atlantic Beach, NY. I'm talking this very date last year. It's one of the barrier islands off of the South Shore of Long Island, and Irene is gonna pass that way. The people I stayed with live in a basement apartment about 100 yards from the coast (they practically live on the beach). It's gonna be hell for them and I hope they get through it OK. I also have a friend (from back here in Bournemouth) who is currently working in Martha's Vineyard, MA. Might be interesting, that. Amazing, almost a week to the year that Earl was tearing up the Outer Banks of NC and the same stuff happens again. And here is a burning question on the lips of many on the Eastern Seaboard: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/C5c.html
  4. Erm, what are these clouds of which you speak? I don't recall seeing a single one today...
  5. You forgot to add on Tuesday: drive 300 miles further south. 33 degrees would be exceptional for your part of the world, it's not often achieved here!
  6. I'm gonna honestly say that I have truly had my fill of snow after December. I'm pretty sick of feeling cold (am enjoying feeling warmth in my body) and am also glad that I can drive around the place in my car to visit people and socialise. So bring on warmth and mildness! Sunshine would be nice, but just so long as the daytime temp is above 6, right now I'm happy. And this is from the man who wants to move to Montreal or Quebec City one day, though I and they would be ready for the snow there!
  7. Mission Beach is looking a little ragged: http://www.yfrog.com...=CastawayResort
  8. It was about this time in January last year (and has subsequently happened again) when I've noticed the days get long enough to keep me happy and the sun being a bit higher and a bit stronger. It's not quite at the feeling of waking up after that long sleep that happens at the start of March, but I tell you, it feels so good right now!
  9. Permission to give thanks to Verglas myself? This is a topic I've long thought about myself and, well, you can see the discussion I hopefully have added to all this. Naturally, people may think I've spouted much rubbish, but it interests me! THANK YOU Verglas! (Freezing rain in French if I remember.)
  10. Yeah, there is no right or wrong answer, I'm just trying to find analogues. Also Europe's a funny shape and the east coast of the US, well, isn't. Who knows if the hypothetical current would reach the Med? As for Biscay, I think I'm with you there, some serious cold core lows could form (hello nor'westers). Wouldn't want to live in Brittany by that point...
  11. Oh no, not again AJ! Did I ever tell you I don't like Theakston's Old Peculier either? It's a similar story (though not by much) south of Cape Hatteras: http://en.wikipedia....arolina#Climate - cf http://en.wikipedia....i/Cadiz#Climate (Cadiz manages to be warmer, even though it's 2 degrees futher north). Jan mean temp in Cadiz: 10.7; Jan mean temp in Wilmington NC: 7.8 Jul mean temp in Cadiz: 25.5; Jul mean temp in Wilmington NC: 27.3 So I guess you could argue swings and roundabouts, but there is still 2 degrees of lattitude difference. And I can't find data for Tangier. And who's to say that there wouldn't be a cold current running down the coast of Portugal?
  12. See, I disagree - I think the Med is warmed in part by the North Atlantic current as it is, any reversal (warm waters from the Azores to the Canadian Maritimes) would cut off this feed of warmer water. I'd compare the climate of Barcelona with that of Providence, Rhode Island as two arbitrary places to see this. Av temp for the year in Barcelona (41.23N) is 15.6C, which is the same as the average high for the year in Providence (41.49N). Average high temp in Barcelona is 20.0, a big step up from Providence. Providence is coastal, though unlike Barcelona, is not warmed by the warm waters of the Med or the North Atlantic current. Thus January's average low is -6.5 in Providence, yet the lowest temperature ever recorded in Barcelona is -6.7. Yet it's Providence that is exposed to hurricanes (although very very rarely), and I don't think one has ever hit Lisbon. Which goes back to me saying that I don't believe Spain will get hit all too often (Morocco and Western Sahara, the Southern parts of the Iberian Peninsula, the Canaries, Azores and Madeira will though, ironically the Cape Verde islands would too), and Britain would get the cast offs a la St John's. Like I say, even Nova Scotia (at about 45N) has only really been hit once, so it's doubtful that Britain at 50N (well, here is 50N) would be hit more than they are at present. I guess what I'm trying to say is just because the Med is warm now doesn't mean it will stay that way if the Earth spun the other way - you may find that the Med temps drop, and would thus be unable to support tropical systems (which require temps hotter than the Med at present). And I realise Providence is on the Atlantic coast and Barcelona isn't, but I expect it's similar in A Coruna, or comparing Lisbon with Washington. Going back to specifically Britain in our hypothetical situation, looking at the climates of St John's and Sakhalin, they are both extremely foggy and cold. I would imagine that the climate in Britain would be economically disastrous, given the agriculture (which would have a much shorter growing season than at present) and shipping in the English Channel (the importance of the Channel as a shipping lane would diminish significantly if it iced over). Is it any wonder that the biggest settlement in Labrador is less than 8,000 in population (half that of Verwood) and St. John's NF is only as big as Bournemouth population wise? And again, not overly sold on tornadoes for here - would need to be much further south. I'd say the Balkans if they weren't so mountainous... (Edited because of my poor Portuguese geography.)
  13. Hmmm, not entirely convinced about a change in tornadoes or hurricanes, we'd still be getting extratropical remnants much like Newfoundland does, it's Nova Scotia further south in the Maritimes that has had a direct hit by a storm with tropical characteristics (Hurricane Juan). And Hurricane Faith hit the Faeroe Islands as a hurricane (with tropical characteristics) if I remember correctly. I don't think the Med would be any warmer than it is currently to be fair.
  14. The contenders: http://en.wikipedia....akhalin#Climate A bit further south than our lattitude http://en.wikipedia....Sapporo#Climate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John's,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador#Climate - contains phrase: "Of major Canadian cities, St. John's is the foggiest (124 days), snowiest (359 cm (141 in)), wettest (1,514 mm (59.6 in)), windiest (24.3 km/h (15.1 mph) average speed), and cloudiest (1,497 hours of sunshine)." http://en.wikipedia....r_Brook#Climate Possibly a bit too far inland: http://en.wikipedia....ose_Bay#Climate Sakhalin looks most likely to me, truth be told. But the snow lovers on here would love the Earth to spin the other way if these would be the climate analogues! Also, imagine "nor'westers". A low pressure system that slides up Spain and France, dragging cold air in off its eastern flank and huge precipitation.
  15. That should read "je ne comprends pas". Assuming you're trying to speak French. On topic though - would our climate be more like Newfoundland or Hokkaido? My tutor at uni did his post doc in St Johns NF, and said the climate was horrific - that most days were foggy or cloudy and that you got about 14 sunny days a year. Probably an exaggeration, but he was unimpressed (he is Bulgarian). Whereas Hokkaido...well, the Sapporo snow festival should tell you everything you need to know about that locality...
  16. Tell me about it! I'm counting down the days until the first day it's warm enough to kick back on the beach (probably March sometime). The end of last January, seeing a stronger sun poke through was like an awakening. Late February feels like waking up after a very long sleep in my mind, just the longer days! Same problem on my Facebook, though that could be due to the fact a lot of my friends are still at uni and have exams now or essays due. Welp.
  17. How on Earth is this a depressing thread? If anything it's the complete opposite, with people declaring their aspirations (in a pretty positive fashion) for the spring and summer in a pretty positive manner. If you want depressing, you could have done no worse than have looked out of an East Dorset window today, dark as night and damp. Not everyone has to love Arctic air all year round like you do - take a step back and learn to respect other people's preferences please, like many on here do to yours. And before you suddenly declare me a mild ramper, I happen to like cold weather, but I also appreciate mild weather (though both are equally boring in large quantities).
  18. A long, hot summer please! A few rainy interludes to keep the cricket pitches watered I guess, preferably in April or May, and a bit to stave off drought, but I'd love it if everyday could at least hit my July average temp (which according to Wikipedia is about 22 degrees). I have absolutely no problems with excessive heat or humidity (in fact, the more humidity the better, love bowling in that), so bring it on! Please. Cricket fans want dry weather - please, for once after the last 3 washouts, can we have a dry summer? Yes, yes, a thousand times yes! Can't wait for the first day to hit Bournemouth beach this spring (might end up being in March). Had the last decent day down there in October which was great. A warm, dry summer would do wonders for the local economy in these parts.
  19. Well I'm guessing that this doesn't have to be UK based - before Dec 2nd, the weather I'd seen in the UK had been pretty unremarkable (before 2 separate storms in December dumped 4in [2nd Dec] and 5in [20th Dec] of snow on Dorset). But instead, the rather remarkable temperatures I saw in the North East of the US this summer (late August/early September). Boy, was it hot - Boston normally has 3 days in August above 90F, and it was above 90 both days I was there, had been for about 5 days prior (as I experienced in NYC and Albany) and was for a few days days afterwards! Was supposed to be 94 or 95 the second day in Boston, but I took this pic at 5pm or so on the day we got into Boston: Pretty remarkable for the last week of August in the North Eastern US. Even more, it stayed that high as we went upstate in NY, and into VT. After visiting the Ben and Jerry's factory in Vermont, we went into the biggest city in the state, Burlington and I saw a thermometer saying 94F. This was about 3-4 days after leaving Boston and we'd been in the US over a week with each day (except the day we landed) above 90, in NY, MA and VT. The heat did subside temporarily the day we went into Canada to Montréal QC as Earl slid up the East Coast, but the heat only came back again, and broke again in spectacular fashion the night before we flew back to Europe. An amazing thunderstorm that not only woke us up due to the noise, but one bolt struck so close to the house, the house shook. Pretty fantastic it was, I only wore jeans on one day of that whole trip.
  20. Not always, yesterday it was below 3 closed ones! I had to resuscitate it! Usual garb, snow still on ground, bear does its business in the woods and the Pope is indeed Catholic. Oh, and my temp is 30.0F (a toasty -1.1C), 87% humidity and 1007mb of pressure. Happy days.
  21. Well, unlike Dorsetbred, my temperature is lower than it has been all day, and has just hit freezing! Fantastic, especially as I need to drive tomorrow. T and E? Tired and emotional? Like the Private Eye euphemism for drunk?
  22. It would need to actually be snow first! With a temp of 0.8 here, I wouldn't be so sure. And to be the biggest snow event of the last 200 hours it would have to dump more than 5 inches...you're gonna have to give this some billing, Snow Dog!
  23. And you missed my point. He was comparing Katoomba specifically, which in June (their winter) has a mean high of 19 and a mean low of 10. Exactly the same, as it happens, as Bournemouth in June. Mountain tops, yes, but nowhere under 1000m. Let's at least be consistent. To be fair, it is rare, but more common than one might imagine. More common than snow in June in Buxton, I would imagine. http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-12-australia-swaps-summer-christmas.html And here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/8213932/Wintry-weather-brings-snow-to-Australia-in-midsummer.html
  24. That wasn't the point - it's that their December at that altitude is equivalent to our June in the lowland South of England, where April is the latest you could possibly get snow here. June is simply unheard of.
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