I think Alex Deakin is getting a bit ahead of himself. "Well there's
no doubt about it, Winter is definitely back..." he just said. Then...
"and another cold day tomorrow." OK, thinks I, I'd better check the
thermometer... I must have missed something. Hmmm... 8.5 deg C. Now
what was it at lunchtime, 11 or 12 if I remember rightly. Winter's
back? Really???

Oh, perhaps he means there's a severe wind chill... they do tend to
rattle on about that. So I'll go outside in bare feet and
shirtsleeves, that'll teach me, won't it? Well I did, I spent 5
minutes or so pottering about in the garden and patio dressed as for
summer. Quite a pleasant day really, bit breezy but nothing much and
lovely and bright, too. Ideal for a bit or gardening really. I was
tempted to do my first grass cut of the year!

Well here I am again, back inside. No, not due to frostbitten bare
feet or to grab my gloves and coat - but because I was bored and want
to watch the footy results. What a lovely day it's been... quite
Springlike really... and, Mr Deakin, M I L D !!!

--
Dave
Fareham Hants.

Dave Ludlow wrote:

I think Alex Deakin is getting a bit ahead of himself. "Well there's
no doubt about it, Winter is definitely back..." he just said. Then...
"and another cold day tomorrow." OK, thinks I, I'd better check the
thermometer... I must have missed something. Hmmm... 8.5 deg C. Now
what was it at lunchtime, 11 or 12 if I remember rightly. Winter's
back? Really???

Made me chuckle. Maximum temperature of just shy of 14°C here - more
appropriate in April or May - a good 6 or 7degC above what you'd expect
I guess. Looking at
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/.../uk/guide.html indicates that
that would've been "exceptionally mild". "Cold" would mean something
around 2 or 3°C.

--
Jonathan Stott
Canterbury Weather: http://www.canterburyweather.co.uk/

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 17:15:28 +0000, Dave Ludlow
wrote:

What a lovely day it's been... quite
Springlike really...

....meanwhile, three hundred and seventy eight miles to the north...

--
Alan White
Twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, overlooking Loch Goil and Loch Long in Argyll, Scotland.
Web cam, http://www.ufcnet.net/~alanlesley1/kabcam.htm
Web site, http://www.alan.lesley.ukgateway.net

"Dave Ludlow" wrote in message
...
I think Alex Deakin is getting a bit ahead of himself. "Well there's
no doubt about it, Winter is definitely back..." he just said. Then...
"and another cold day tomorrow." OK, thinks I, I'd better check the
thermometer... I must have missed something. Hmmm... 8.5 deg C. Now
what was it at lunchtime, 11 or 12 if I remember rightly. Winter's
back? Really???

Oh, perhaps he means there's a severe wind chill... they do tend to
rattle on about that. So I'll go outside in bare feet and
shirtsleeves, that'll teach me, won't it? Well I did, I spent 5
minutes or so pottering about in the garden and patio dressed as for
summer. Quite a pleasant day really, bit breezy but nothing much and
lovely and bright, too. Ideal for a bit or gardening really. I was
tempted to do my first grass cut of the year!

Well here I am again, back inside. No, not due to frostbitten bare
feet or to grab my gloves and coat - but because I was bored and want
to watch the footy results. What a lovely day it's been... quite
Springlike really... and, Mr Deakin, M I L D !!!

--
Dave
Fareham Hants.

Should have got Angus Deakin to do the forecast.

"Have I got blues for you"

"Alan White" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 17:15:28 +0000, Dave Ludlow
wrote:

What a lovely day it's been... quite
Springlike really...

...meanwhile, three hundred and seventy eight miles to the north...

Not even that far north.
Here it has been a most unpleasant day. Frequent showers blown
in on a strong NW wind. Very little sunshine. Showers clearing by
late afternoon but still windy.

Col
--
Bolton, Lancashire.
160m asl.
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co.uk
http://www.reddwarfer.btinternet.co....rPictures.html

In article ,
Jonathan Stott writes:
Dave Ludlow wrote:

I think Alex Deakin is getting a bit ahead of himself. "Well there's
no doubt about it, Winter is definitely back..." he just said. Then...
"and another cold day tomorrow." OK, thinks I, I'd better check the
thermometer... I must have missed something. Hmmm... 8.5 deg C. Now
what was it at lunchtime, 11 or 12 if I remember rightly. Winter's
back? Really???

Made me chuckle. Maximum temperature of just shy of 14°C here - more
appropriate in April or May - a good 6 or 7degC above what you'd expect
I guess. Looking at http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/europe/uk/guide
.html indicates that that would've been "exceptionally mild". "Cold"
would mean something around 2 or 3°C.


I was absolutely astonished by the broadcast. How can we believe what he
says about tomorrow if he can't even get the weather of the last few
hours right? Cold wind indeed! Perhaps it was in the north of the
country, but certainly not in the south.
--
John Hall
"Honest criticism is hard to take,
particularly from a relative, a friend,
an acquaintance, or a stranger." Franklin P Jones

"Dave Ludlow" wrote in message
...
I think Alex Deakin is getting a bit ahead of himself. "Well there's
no doubt about it, Winter is definitely back..." he just said. Then...
"and another cold day tomorrow." OK, thinks I, I'd better check the
thermometer... I must have missed something. Hmmm... 8.5 deg C. Now
what was it at lunchtime, 11 or 12 if I remember rightly. Winter's
back? Really???

Oh, perhaps he means there's a severe wind chill... they do tend to
rattle on about that. So I'll go outside in bare feet and
shirtsleeves, that'll teach me, won't it? Well I did, I spent 5
minutes or so pottering about in the garden and patio dressed as for
summer. Quite a pleasant day really, bit breezy but nothing much and
lovely and bright, too. Ideal for a bit or gardening really. I was
tempted to do my first grass cut of the year!

Well here I am again, back inside. No, not due to frostbitten bare
feet or to grab my gloves and coat - but because I was bored and want
to watch the footy results. What a lovely day it's been... quite
Springlike really... and, Mr Deakin, M I L D !!!

--
Dave
Fareham Hants.


Well, I know nothing about weather and how to do the magical things you
guys do here. I just lurk in the vain hope I'll pick something up.
One of my neighbours has just cut his lawn for the first time this year. The
reason I'm posting it is that he wins the best kept garden award with
monotonous regularity, so he knows his stuff. This is in Dunfermline, Fife.
Must be mild in my opinion.

"Dave Ludlow" wrote in message
...
I think Alex Deakin is getting a bit ahead of himself. "Well there's
no doubt about it, Winter is definitely back..." he just said. Then...
"and another cold day tomorrow." OK, thinks I, I'd better check the
thermometer... I must have missed something. Hmmm... 8.5 deg C. Now
what was it at lunchtime, 11 or 12 if I remember rightly. Winter's
back? Really???

Oh, perhaps he means there's a severe wind chill... they do tend to
rattle on about that. So I'll go outside in bare feet and
shirtsleeves, that'll teach me, won't it? Well I did, I spent 5
minutes or so pottering about in the garden and patio dressed as for
summer. Quite a pleasant day really, bit breezy but nothing much and
lovely and bright, too. Ideal for a bit or gardening really. I was
tempted to do my first grass cut of the year!

Well here I am again, back inside. No, not due to frostbitten bare
feet or to grab my gloves and coat - but because I was bored and want
to watch the footy results. What a lovely day it's been... quite
Springlike really... and, Mr Deakin, M I L D !!!


It's quite pathetic isn't it ?

I went out for a walk this afternoon to the top of Hay Tor and round just to
experience the wind. Storm force 10 almost on the summit and great trouble
standing up and walking. Temperature when I left home was 6.8 deg C (circa 1615)
so on the summit probably around 5.5 deg C. Was I cold - no - weatherbeaten and
hardly able to stand - yes, but cold - no way.

Will.
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On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 17:53:56 -0000, "Col"
wrote:


"Alan White" wrote in message
.. .
On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 17:15:28 +0000, Dave Ludlow
wrote:

What a lovely day it's been... quite
Springlike really...

...meanwhile, three hundred and seventy eight miles to the north...

Not even that far north.
Here it has been a most unpleasant day. Frequent showers blown
in on a strong NW wind. Very little sunshine. Showers clearing by
late afternoon but still windy.

If he'd said "cold in the North", "windy everywhere and cold in the
North" or "colder weather spreading Southwards to reach the South
Coast this evening" all would have been well. But he didn't qualify
his statements in any way... and it's that sort of sweeping
generalisation that gets 'em a bad name, often unecessarily.

Now, at 1 am, it's down to 5.5 deg C and does at last feel a bit nippy
outside but even this isn't "cold"; it's pretty average night-time
weather for February. Grrr!!!

--
Dave
Fareham

Some people get carried away

Ok fine, some people are getting wintry showers today

I'm only seeing rain showers, and i live in the Uk as well
This has been a totally snow-less winter for some of us

Look, we've got ONE day of average temperatures

The weather chart i saw last night had +7C across the south today

It's a 48 hour cold snap for the north

24 hours for the south

The majority of the time, we are experiencing above average
temperatures.

The stats at the end of this season will speak for themselves

Yes, there is a strong wind blowing outside, i'm sure that adds to the
wind-chill. It will feel colder than it really is

But temps of +6, +7 - no-one can hardly call this a severe wintry spell
of weather

Lower levels may see a few lucky flakes in the wind, but it ain't going
to stick, except for over the hills

So i hope to enjoy ONE day of average temperatures, so it may at last
feel like February for a change