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These words were used earlier on Radio 4 and BBC 1 breakfast TV forecasts
to describe today's expected temperatures of 4-5C and associated winds in Southern England. I wonder what words would be used to describe conditions many of us can recall from past winter easterlies. Complete tripe. God knows what they would say if we had the 80s style freeze ups again "Max temps of -6 and gale force easterly winds" Now that was "bitterly cold" Anyone remember which year and no it wasn't 87!!!!!!!! |
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![]() "Max temps of -6 and gale force easterly winds" Now that was "bitterly cold" Anyone remember which year and no it wasn't 87!!!!!!!! 1991 had max temps of about that, i remember it being -5 all day where i was in kent... |
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![]() I have a mobile phone I rarely use, but since the advent of pod-casting the iPod has taken on a valuable new use, where I can listen to lectures etc downloaded from the 'net. My musical tastes reflect my head-banging years, and to have your entire record collection in your pocket is a revelation - I would thoroughly recommend it. As for big Brother - SWMBO has it on all the time and I find the people in it this year repulsive (except Rula Lenska - crumpet for the man in late middle-age), so I sulk off the PC for solace. Martin A man after my own heart - and age ;-) Dave |
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Mike Tullett wrote:
These words were used earlier on Radio 4 and BBC 1 breakfast TV forecasts to describe today's expected temperatures of 4-5C and associated winds in Southern England. I wonder what words would be used to describe conditions many of us can recall from past winter easterlies. Spoken by people who spend 99.9% percent of their lives indoors; beit house, office or car. I cycled over to the gym and back at lunchtime (round trip of 12miles) and I was sweating buckets - especially when it came to riding against that wind. A bracing day - and a great one to be outdoors. -- Chris http://www.ivy-house.net Swaffham, Norfolk |
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In message , Jill
writes jochta wrote: Keith (Southend)G wrote: Mmm, just come in from outside, it's 'bitterly cold' out there grin Keith (Southend) http://www.southendweather.net And my bones are thoroughly chilled. Brrrrr. Its glorious !!! Its dry :~) That's not necessarily good news. My local rivers are looking rather low and the reservoirs are down too. -- Tim http://www.stopharlownorth.com/ |
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In message , Mike Tullett
writes These words were used earlier on Radio 4 and BBC 1 breakfast TV forecasts to describe today's expected temperatures of 4-5C and associated winds in Southern England. I wonder what words would be used to describe conditions many of us can recall from past winter easterlies. Pathetic isn't it Mike. Soft southerners. If we ever did get a truly winter blast from the east I hate to think what would happen down there. Another day to enjoy today, as Will would say. -- steve Weather at Scotton, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire http://www.knaresboroughweather.co.uk |
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"Rupert" wrote in message
... God knows what they would say if we had the 80s style freeze ups again "Max temps of -6 and gale force easterly winds" Now that was "bitterly cold" Anyone remember which year and no it wasn't 87!!!!!!!! 1982; January 8th stands out for me. A white knuckle ride from near Reading, Berkshire to Ryde, Isle of Wight that afternoon and evening was unforgettable, especially the latter part. In falling and drifting snow, the M3 was negotiable by some careful driving where dozens of vehicles had already spun off the motorway. Having been dropped off at the ferry terminal in Southampton at about 6PM, I soon discovered that the car ferries were not running due to ice sheets floating in the north end of Southampton Water. At the terminal I learned that the passenger ferries were still operating out of Portsmouth so after a 20 minute blast in the blowing snow, carrying luggage, I took the train (a slow shuttle service maybe, but it reached Portsmouth Harbour around 9:30PM). A ferry was in and ready to depart (timetable up the spout), but one of the crew informed me that it might not sail because of high winds and an ice covered gangplank that bobbed about at an incline of around 30 degrees to the horizontal. After an announcement was broadcast that the ferry would attempt to make the crossing, I was told to lob my bags onto the deck and then slide up the foot-wide walkway, using both handrails to haul myself up (at night, in poor artificial light and strong gusts... what Health and Safety?!). Needless to say, there were no children, pets, elderly or infirm people onboard this vessel! Only the fit (as I must then have been). A screaming force 9 easterly in the Solent ensured that the entertainment carried on all the way to the exposed and very slippery Ryde Pier Head where several attempts at docking the ferry were made. The shuffle down the half mile long pier from 11 to 11:30PM was particularly interesting. Once home, I measured a mean wind of 35kt, gusts 48kt (a mile inland) and the dry bulb was -3C. Perhaps someone would care to work out the wind chill factor. 'Level' snow depth in the garden was very roughly 13cm (average of 10% bare patches of grass to 30cm of snow thanks to heavy blowing of the stuff) while drifts heaped to 150cm. Nigel (hardy Southener) |
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