Fairly confident now that the predicted March cold spell will begin on
Monday with rain gradually turning to snow as the week progresses. I was
wrong about it coming from the east it now looks like it will come from very
cold air from Greenland getting embroiled into an Atlantic low with the
upper trough then sitting over UK. This has happened before this winter and
the ensuing cold spell was not brief. The false Spring is coming to an end
and for some it will be a welcome relief no doubt from greyness.

Ciao, :-)

Will
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On 24 Feb, 18:11, "Will Hand" wrote:
Fairly confident now that the predicted March cold spell will begin on
Monday with rain gradually turning to snow as the week progresses. I was
wrong about it coming from the east it now looks like it will come from very
cold air from Greenland getting embroiled into an Atlantic low with the
upper trough then sitting over UK. This has happened before this winter and
the ensuing cold spell was not brief. The false Spring is coming to an end
and for some it will be a welcome relief no doubt from greyness.

Ciao, :-)

Will
--

Will, this has made my day... the "false spring" has been nothing like
spring in my part of the South East. The grey has been almost
unrelenting and the lack of sun has made it feel cold. At least with a
mobile south-westerly we would have seen glimpses of the sun - which
is badly needed to dry out the sodden ground here - and bring on the
struggling bulbs and other plants. Good riddance, I say

Fairly confident now that the predicted March cold spell will begin on
Monday with rain gradually turning to snow as the week progresses. I was
wrong about it coming from the east it now looks like it will come from very
cold air from Greenland getting embroiled into an Atlantic low with the
upper trough then sitting over UK. This has happened before this winter and
the ensuing cold spell was not brief. The false Spring is coming to an end
and for some it will be a welcome relief no doubt from greyness.

Best news I've heard Will and I would have said that whatever the change
as long as it's a change from this muck!

Anything is better than this continuing gloom and mist with temps never
getting much above 8c, it's dire!!

Graham

"Will Hand" wrote in message
...
Fairly confident now that the predicted March cold spell will begin on
Monday with rain gradually turning to snow as the week progresses. I was
wrong about it coming from the east it now looks like it will come from
very cold air from Greenland getting embroiled into an Atlantic low with
the upper trough then sitting over UK. This has happened before this
winter and the ensuing cold spell was not brief. The false Spring is
coming to an end and for some it will be a welcome relief no doubt from
greyness.

Ciao, :-)

Will
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" I was wrong about it coming from the East" - good for you Will, wish more
could accept that happens and not try and claim success because it is say,
generally cold a couple of weeks either side of what they said and by a
completely different mechanism!
As Scott says, it's not been pleasant here.
Cheers,
Dave
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On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:33:37 -0800, s_a_whitehead wrote:

Will, this has made my day... the "false spring" has been nothing like
spring in my part of the South East. The grey has been almost
unrelenting and the lack of sun has made it feel cold. At least with a
mobile south-westerly we would have seen glimpses of the sun - which is
badly needed to dry out the sodden ground here - and bring on the
struggling bulbs and other plants. Good riddance, I say

Absolutely seconded; it's been dreary to say the least - and the
temperatures have been uninteresting too, except in so far as their
uninterestingness is interesting! Over the last week, every single day
maximum has been between 10.1°C and 12.5°C, while with one single
exception[1] every single night minimum has been between 5.3°C and 7.8°C.

[1] Last Thursday night: min -0.3°C. What a night that was!

--
Bewdley, Worcs. ~90m asl.

wrote in message
...

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Will, this has made my day... the "false spring" has been nothing like
spring in my part of the South East. The grey has been almost
unrelenting and the lack of sun has made it feel cold. At least with a
mobile south-westerly we would have seen glimpses of the sun - which
is badly needed to dry out the sodden ground here - and bring on the
struggling bulbs and other plants. Good riddance, I say

I have found the last several days most pleasant. It's not windy and not
cold, the nights have been notably mild and the gas consumption has
reduced markedly. The daffodils are standing up again and the scent of
the daphne spills around the garden. The roads are nor covered in
sticky black car-rot, the sun shines every other day and everyone seems
cheerier.

Assuredly it will change but hopefully not back to the dreadful weather
of a few weeks back when we had well over an inch of snow down here in
the Deep South. If the weather is boring then it's in the same way that
the pavement is boring - time to look elsewhere for exitement, perhaps
time to re-catalogue the matchbox collection.

Tom

On 25 Feb, 10:44, "Tom Allen" wrote:

I have found the last several days most pleasant. It's not windy and not
cold, the nights have been notably mild and the gas consumption has
reduced markedly. The daffodils are standing up again and the scent of
the daphne spills around the garden. *The roads are nor covered in
sticky black car-rot, the sun shines every other day and everyone seems
cheerier.

On the other hand - on the day it snowed heavily in Blackheath, I
don't think I've seen such a cheery population!

Admittedly the slushy mucky end to a cold spell is a bit deflating !

Richard

- time to look elsewhere for exitement, perhaps
time to re-catalogue the matchbox collection.

Tom
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Out of interest - are they worth anything? I inherited a load from my Nan!
Dave

"Will Hand" wrote in message
...
Fairly confident now that the predicted March cold spell will begin on
Monday with rain gradually turning to snow as the week progresses. I was
wrong about it coming from the east it now looks like it will come from
very cold air from Greenland getting embroiled into an Atlantic low with
the upper trough then sitting over UK. This has happened before this
winter and the ensuing cold spell was not brief. The false Spring is
coming to an end and for some it will be a welcome relief no doubt from
greyness.


Really? Brilliant - hoping for an end to the grey as I'd love to take a peek
at Comet Lulin, but all I've had is cloud cover for days

Dave Cornwell wrote:
- time to look elsewhere for exitement, perhaps
time to re-catalogue the matchbox collection.

Tom
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Out of interest - are they worth anything? I inherited a load from my Nan!
Dave




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