Cold Spell Discussion

[frozencamel]

Posted this elsewhere, it may be deemed off topic on this thread but i thought it was worth sharing...

Great sight!

What a great picture

[Osbourne One-Nil]

Yep - whoever the lady doing the forecast on Radio 4 this evening is, said this cold weather could last at least another 10 - 12 days.

By the way...-12.6º here.

[The PIT]

Yep - whoever the lady doing the forecast on Radio 4 this evening is, said this cold weather could last at least another 10 - 12 days.

By the way...-12.6º here.

Out of interest without hunting on your web site whats your record low????

[Jezzer]

What a great picture

They've just used that on the BBC 6 o'clock news

[kent]

Yep - whoever the lady doing the forecast on Radio 4 this evening is, said this cold weather could last at least another 10 - 12 days.

By the way...-12.6º here.

That ties in with what Francis Wilson said on Sky news weather. Quote. The cold weather will end on either the 19th or 20th of this month.

[Osbourne One-Nil]

Almost - she said 'at least' another ten days which is less certain than Mr Wilson is stating.

Out of interest without hunting on your web site whats your record low????

This morning; -13.5º!

[andymusic]

He won't because that won't happen.

BFTP

BBC n24 just showed all white and mega snowfall for sunday for the midlands and south of the country

Edited January 7, 2010 by andymusic

[Osbourne One-Nil]

Now it's -13º

[dogs32]

well there you have it..Angwin going for NO sign of any warmth coming at present..

Infact he said could get worse..

sorry mods..wrong thread..plz move

cheers MODS

Edited January 7, 2010 by dogs32

[weather eater]

-7 here at the moment, more snow expected tonight according to the BBC.

[kent]

Now it's -13º

A very humid -3 here in Bournemouth. Nothing like what you are experiencing but what the hell its still bloody freezing lol.

[Terminal Moraine]

Some quite amazing differences in the weather over a relatively short distance. Just south of Buxton at about the same altitude as me but in a shallow valley the temp is -8.8c with virutally no wind; here the temp' is -2.8c with a NW wind averaging 17 mph.

[weather eater]

Some quite amazing differences in the weather over a relatively short distance. Just south of Buxton at about the same altitude as me but in a shallow valley the temp is -8.8c with virutally no wind; here the temp' is -2.8c with a NW wind averaging 17 mph.

Very little wind here TM we hit -12 last night.

[Richard Lake]

Most Misleading Quote this Winter: 'The UK has been only 2 deg warmer than the south pole!' as used repeatedly on tonight's BBC News at 6 o'clock and reiterated in the local forecasts.

Okay if your a layman and know FA about geography, your reaction would be: "Woahhh!!!'.

If your reasonably well-educated you will release that the South Pole is in the Southern Hemisphere and as such its the height of summer over there! Therefore your reaction would be: 'Oh cmon you b*****ds your not fooling me! Talk about stretching the truth '.

Edited January 7, 2010 by rikki

[Terminal Moraine]

Very little wind here TM we hit -12 last night.

Nothing lower than -5.7c here but we did have a 20 mph N/NE wind to go with it. If I ever record -12c be sure that the next ice age is imminent.

Now it's -13º

You could be heading for a -18c by morning 00N, provided no filthy breezes develop to mix things up.

[Nath]

We are the "world weather hotspot" for severe weather.

http://www.accuweather.com/world-news-weather-why.asp?partner=forecastfox&traveler=0#hotspot

Yeah!!!

[Richard Lake]

When's a HotSpot not a HotSpot?

Edited January 7, 2010 by rikki

[Nick L]

OON is now equalling his record low at -13.5c, and it's not even 8pm!

[The PIT]

Well Oon can come here for a warm up -2.7C here.

[cuckoo]

this regards to the cold spell. why is it leeds never ever ever gets temperatures like -15? manchester got down to that and what makes leeds for example diffeent. its every cold spell an dit never fails to surprise me. i don't think it ever hardly drops below -5 in spells like this. why does it never get minus double digits. here we are predicted -10 tonght, my guess leeds will be -6 or something. bloody annoying.

As a bit of a posting newbie here i'll take a stab at this. Could get it totally wrong however:-

Many cold spells are associated with winds containing an easterly component. For the really cold minima, snow cover with clear skies and a very gentle east wind (if any at all) help to persuade more of the super cooled air on the pennines to sink down the western slopes and into the Lancashire / Greater Manchester area. I am guessing that those cold temps in Manchester / Stockport et al are a result of the air sinking down from Kinder Scout, Buxton et al.

You could always cross the Pennines and move to Lancashire

[Osbourne One-Nil]

You could be heading for a -18c by morning 00N, provided no filthy breezes develop to mix things up.

OON is now equalling his record low at -13.5c, and it's not even 8pm!

Beaten it...it got to -13.6º a few minutes ago...and its still not even 8pm.

[johnholmes]

wrap up warm young man the forum would hate to lose you to the cold-throw another woman on the fire!

[Nick L]

Beaten it...it got to -13.6º a few minutes ago...and its still not even 8pm.

I think you are now entering the category of dangerously and damagingly cold. Making my -7c here look mild!

[snowingtequila]

my car had problems this morning when the water pump froze solid, this is serious cold! I am reqady for the fuel to freeze tonight

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A balmy -3.6C here

wrap up warm young man the forum would hate to lose you to the cold-throw another woman on the fire!

Edited January 7, 2010 by RAIN RAIN RAIN