Will it ever get cold?

[Stratos Ferric]

Right SF,

This Irishman will put his "money" where my mouth is.

Heres my bet. Great idea.

140107 - Glasgow - 5

260107 - Carlisle - 3

251206 - Inverness - 3

040207 - Ayr - 3

180207 - Aberdeen - 6

John,

You've NOT read the rules. Go back and try again please, and you can still be the first person, officially, to enter.

Minimum of one day from each month. How are you going to win the league without a goalie or a centre-forward? Oh - you've got a goalie...no no.9 though (March).

oiiieeeee! stop it you might jinx us living in the Abingdon triangle for another year...

....

040207 - Dundee - 2

....

Steeton is a good price. Dundee, unlike Aberdeen, apparently often gets rain not snow.

You may well have the right tactics overall though.

[Mondy]

Its finally feeling cold here - 5.8c outside and falling.

Yer just said it was 6.9 on t'other thread :lol:

[Stratos Ferric]

Stratos, You should have put Southend on that list also, the most un-snowiest place on the east coast of England !!

Will put predictions in soon, is there a closing date ??

Paul S

I don't think so, though to meet the "one per month" end of December, or else a reduction in budget equal to the most expensive day in December.

Talk about making up the rules as you go along!

Its finally feeling cold here - 5.8c outside and falling.

Conor. WHAT has that got to do with the price of Aberdeen in December?

Tut.

I didn't put Telford or Stoke in the list, or Buxton; well, there might be a few "pre-season" transfers into the league.

[Osbourne One-Nil]

We shyould call it Osborne's fantasy (league)

Why? Is this a thread about dressing up in a 12th century Monk costume while teaching Felicity Kendal about serpants?

Its finally feeling cold here - 5.8c outside and falling.

What?!!! Conor...step away from your keyboard.

[John Cox]

John,

You've NOT read the rules. Go back and try again please, and you can still be the first person, officially, to enter.

I have asked Paul to delete my Dublin score and this should make it 20 points and the I should be ok?

[Evo]

With barely more than zero attention to the rules and definitely no thought to strategy, here are "Wally's Woolly Wanter Wantings".

181206 - Newcastle - 2

251206 - Inverness - 3

140107 - Glasgow - 5

260107 - Scarborough - 4

260107 - Plymouth - 1

070207 - Aberystwyth - 2

160207 - Newquay - 1

100307 - Londonderry - 2

[The Enforcer]

Hunt down the ABINGDON poster...he's not happy with the snowless years

BFTP

Hello.

I've just realised Abingdon is on SF's list - must be a snowier place than Buckingham BFTP!

It's not. A colleague used to live there and reported (albeit limited) coverings in the winters of 2003/2004 and 2004/2005. Buckingham is both further north and east and therefore does that little bit better in NE-E driven situations.

Buckingham is near Abingdon. It did occur to me to offer both for 0 snow points as a sort of "loss leader", but in essence it would be trading nothing for, in all probability, nothing. Now watch the winter to end all winters descend on the north Chilterns!

Careless of me. Well, nobody in their right mind will buy Abingdon anyway.

Vale of the White Horse, actually. Yes anyone buying Abingdon for the purposes of this exercise needs their head examining.

Edited October 25, 2006 by The Enforcer

[Arrows]

Ipswich doesnt do too bad for snow, not the snowiest place, I think N Norfolk, Kent, and Lincolnshire get the best snowfall in E England

[SMU]

Mods, you may or may not want to move this.

Your choices are (date - location - cost)

061206 - Manchester - 1

101206 - Aberdeen - 3

111206 - Brighton - 1

181206 - Newcastle - 2

231206 - Belfast - 2

241206 - Caerdydd - 1

251206 - Birmingham - 1

251206 - Steeton - 2

251206 - Inverness - 3

311206 - London - 1

050107 - Sheffield - 3

080107 - King's Lynn - 2

100107 - Peterborough - 2

140107 - Glasgow - 5

140107 - Leeds - 4

140107 - Southampton - 2

200107 - Abingdon - 1

210107 - Heswall - 2

230107 - Edinburgh - 4

240107 - Wolverhampton - 3

260107 - Scarborough - 4

260107 - Plymouth - 1

260107 - Carlisle - 3

300107 - Norwich - 3

040207 - Ayr - 3

040207 - Dundee - 2

040207 - Durham - 5

060207 - Dover - 2

070207 - Aberystwyth - 2

080207 - Dublin - 2

100207 - Doncaster - 4

110207 - Kirkwall - 6

110207 - Perth - 5

110207 - Portsmouth - 2

140207 - Liverpool - 3

160207 - Newquay - 1

180207 - Nottingham - 3

180207 - Reading - 2

180207 - Aberdeen - 6

180207 - Lincoln - 4

200207 - Jersey - 1

240207 - Blackpool - 2

260207 - Middlesborough - 3

010307 - Derby - 2

030307 - Blackburn - 3

040307 - Ipswich - 2

080307 - Newquay - 1

100307 - Londonderry - 2

110307 - Fort William - 3

Wanter points are WON as follows.

If it snows at the location on the day - 10

If there is an air frost on the preceding night - 2

If it is a freezing day - 5 (this includes the 2 pts for the air frost on the night before)

If there is lying snow at the location (irrespective of, and in addition to, whether or not it snows on the day) - 4

Every one of the dates is well over the FI horizon: so come on, turn the prospects for wonter into a real wanter full of winter.

My fantasy guesses-

181206 - Newcastle - 2

251206 - Inverness - 3

241206 - Caerdydd - 1

311206 - London - 1 For sentiments

100107 - Peterborough - 2

260107 - Plymouth - 1

060207 - Dover - 2

070207 - Aberystwyth - 2

200207 - Jersey - 1

040307 - Ipswich - 2

110307 - Fort William - 3

Regards

Steve

[Just Before Dawn]

OK I'll bite. When it comes to snow, look east my son.

251206 - Inverness - 3

080107 - King's Lynn - 2

260107 - Scarborough - 4

040207 - Dundee - 2

180207 - Nottingham - 3

180207 - Lincoln - 4

040307 - Ipswich - 2

So that's me scuffed if the Easterly stutters and croaks over Denmark then.

[Osbourne One-Nil]

I'm going for dull, safe bets (because I am dull) with the obvious exception of Abingdon.

101206 - Aberdeen (3)

080107 - King's Lynn (2)

260107 - Scarborough (4)

180207 - Aberdeen (6)

260207 - Middlesbrough (3)

040307- Ipswich (2)

[BLAST FROM THE PAST]

Here goes, Dec you need to be north north north. Jan is east, and Feb south/SW.

25/12/06-Inverness - 3

14/01/07- Leeds - 4

20/01/07 - Abingdon - 1 [yeah I know a silly call :blink:

26/01/07 - Plymouth - 2

06/02/07 - Dover - 2

08/02/07 - Dublin - 2

11/02/07 - Pompey - 2

20/02/07 - Jersey - 1

01/03/07 - Derby - 2

BFTP

Edited October 25, 2006 by BLAST FROM THE PAST

[ukmoose]

Ok here goes:

10/12/06 Aberdeen 3

14/01/07 Glasgow 5

23/01/07 Edinburgh 4

26/01/07 Carlisle 3

30/01/07 Norwich 3

04/02/07 Dundee 2

That's my lot.

:blink: Moose

[The Enforcer]

101206 - Aberdeen - 3

140107 - Glasgow - 5

110207 - Kirkwall - 6

030307 - Blackburn - 3

110307 - Fort William - 3

[The Enforcer]

Are you not confident of snow in the South this winter Enforcer ?

We could be talking about 'the great Easterly of 2007' in years to come.

Confident, moi?

Just take a look at the metoffice snowcover charts.

[Coopsy]

061206 - Manchester - 1

181206 - Newcastle - 2

251206 - Birmingham - 1

200107 - Abingdon - 1

210107 - Heswall - 2

230107 - Edinburgh - 4

040207 - Dundee - 2

060207 - Dover - 2

260207 - Middlesborough - 3

040307 - Ipswich - 2

[BLAST FROM THE PAST]

My fantasy guesses-

181206 - Newcastle - 2

251206 - Inverness - 3

241206 - Caerdydd - 1

311206 - London - 1 For sentiments

100107 - Peterborough - 2

260107 - Plymouth - 1

060207 - Dover - 2

070207 - Aberystwyth - 2

200207 - Jersey - 1

040307 - Ipswich - 2

110307 - Fort William - 3

Regards

Steve

Steve

that tells me a story :blink:

BFTP

[Wynn D Woo]

Hers my punt, purely random of course since we all know that South Wales will develop its own cold pool and be the most snowiest place in the UK this winter :blink:

241206 - Caerdydd - 1

080107 - King's Lynn - 2

140107 - Glasgow - 5

100207 - Doncaster - 4

260207 - Middlesborough - 3

110307 - Fort William - 3

040307 - Ipswich - 2

[Sawel]

Steeton is a good price. Dundee, unlike Aberdeen, apparently often gets rain not snow.

You may well have the right tactics overall though.

That's not true.

Aberdeen is 60 miles further up the NE coast of Scotland and is in a much more exposed location to a Northerly wind than Dundee, so in winter when there's a Northerly wind, Aberdeen gets snow while Dundee gets nothing.

However, when there is an Easterly component, whether the wind comes from a NNE, NE, E or SE direction in winter, Dundee can get a LOT of snow.

Dundee normally fares much better than Aberdeen when it comes to the classic "breakdown" snowfalls where temperatures can be marginal Not to forget- the highest point in Dundee City is 175 ASL.

Being right on the coast doesn't always benefit Aberdeen when it comes to snowfall, but from a Northerly it certainly puts them in the firing line.

Great idea this "Fantasy Snow League" Stratos. Should be good fun.

I'll put my locations in later. This is my first post since April.

Edited October 25, 2006 by Sawel

[AtlanticFlamethrower]

181206 - Newcastle - 2

251206 - Steeton - 2

100107 - Peterborough - 2

050107 - Sheffield - 3

300107 - Norwich - 3

080207 - Dublin - 2

040207 - Dundee - 2

180207 - Reading - 2

040307 - Ipswich - 2

[Norrance]

Can I ask where within each location the points are gained? Is it from an official site or from members own posts. In Dundee as elsewhere the location can make a huge difference. Where I lived in the North West of the City often has snow when the City Centre and South East by the river has none. This happened on several occasions last Winter / Spring. I am also in a frost hollow. Official reports from Dundee come from the Airport [i think] which lies by the river and is relatively snowless.

The previous post about Dundee's weather is also correct as in a Northerly Dundee suffers from dryness, not a lack of cold.

[Mr Plow]

Why not.....

10-12-2006 Aberdeen 3

25-12-2006 Birmingham 1

31-12-2006 London 1

14-01-2007 Leeds 4

30-01-2007 Norwich 3

04-02-2007 Ayr 3

18-02-2007 Nottingham 3

14-03-2007 Ipswich 2

.....and Ipswich Town for promotion at 0 points paid for 100 wanter points?

[Osbourne One-Nil]

ANOTHER member from Ipswich (if you'll pardon the phrase). What is it about the place (other than Fortress Portman Road)?

[Stratos Ferric]

I hope you all realise that by taking this much more seriously than I had expected I am now going to be boged down keeping track of all this.

On the upside, rather than fantasising about far distant blue colours on GFS, at least there will be alternative things to get slightly excited about.

I hadn't given a moment's consideration to validating events; I am open to suggestions, but if all else fails I will apply a subjective judgement to each site on each day based on the nearest available RELIABLE data I can find.

[Osbourne One-Nil]

Just do what I do for the photo competition and pull some random names out of a hat, discarding any people you don't like.