Red "take action" warning issued by Met Office :
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/p...nt/weathermap/

On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 03:18:39 -0800 (PST), mattmaz wrote:

Red "take action" warning issued by Met Office :
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/p...nt/weathermap/

It's not just Greater London but some of the surrounding couties including
Hertfordshire. Moderate snow here ta the moment but radar suggests
intensity will increase.


Alan Gardiner
Chiswell Green, St Albans
101m ASL
18/12/2010 11:46:43
https://sites.google.com/site/alangardinersinfo/

On Dec 18, 11:48*am, Alan Gardiner wrote:
On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 03:18:39 -0800 (PST), mattmaz wrote:
Red "take action" warning issued by Met Office :
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/p...nt/weathermap/

It's not just Greater London but some of the surrounding couties including
Hertfordshire. Moderate snow here ta the moment but radar suggests
intensity will increase.

Alan Gardiner
Chiswell Green, St Albans
101m ASL
18/12/2010 11:46:43https://sites.google.com/site/alangardinersinfo/

Very heavy in the City of London at 12.00. Most unusual sight.

On Dec 18, 11:59*am, David G wrote:
On Dec 18, 11:48*am, Alan Gardiner wrote:

On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 03:18:39 -0800 (PST), mattmaz wrote:
Red "take action" warning issued by Met Office :
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/p...nt/weathermap/

It's not just Greater London but some of the surrounding couties including
Hertfordshire. Moderate snow here ta the moment but radar suggests
intensity will increase.

Alan Gardiner
Chiswell Green, St Albans
101m ASL
18/12/2010 11:46:43https://sites.google.com/site/alangardinersinfo/

Very heavy in the City of London at 12.00. Most unusual sight.

I've just moved from my temporary place in Docklands back to
Blackheath and got back just in time before it starting rodding it
down (or snow equivalent). My guess is that there's been about 1-2
inches on not much time. Light for a short while just now but hold on,
it's caking it down again.

After a sluggish morning, snow doesn't half lift the mood. Although
getting to my Hampstead/Camden pub crawl this afternoon will be - well
- a challenge...

Richard

So England and Northern Ireland get red warnings but nowwhere in
Scotland has ever got above orange -despite the weather having been
worse and the transport minister being forced to resign.

I suspect they must be waiting for a 200 metre tsunami to hit Scotland
before the Met Office even considers going red.

On 18/12/2010 11:18, mattmaz wrote:
Red "take action" warning issued by Met Office :
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/p...ent/weathermap

On 18 Dec, 12:10, Alan Greig wrote:
So England and Northern Ireland get red warnings but nowwhere in
Scotland has ever got above orange -despite the weather having been
worse and the transport minister being forced to resign.

I suspect they must be waiting for a 200 metre tsunami to hit Scotland
before the Met Office even considers going red.

On 18/12/2010 11:18, mattmaz wrote:

Red "take action" warning issued by Met Office :
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/p...ent/weathermap

LOL but that is because you are all Eskimos up there anyway :-) And
all 5 residents of Scotland are on this newsgroup anyway! (Before
getting shot down in flames - I am only JOKING!)
Seriously though - I wondered the same. The only thing I can remotely
think of is the extent of people potentially effected due to the over
population in the southeast ? It might get worse up north in terms of
snowfall depths, but snow is snow. We had 11 inches a couple of weeks
back, which was enough to snow my parents in for 4 days near
Canterbury. (Usual story - let's send a plough down the road to
compact the snow on the hills even more....). As for the trains -
well, it's all live rail down here - bit of ice & snow on the live
rail and you can forget it!

Presently 0.1 deg C here, with heavy snow. I must admit I've not seen
it as heavy as this here for a good few years.

Matt, Ashford, Kent

On 2010-12-18, Alan Greig wrote:
So England and Northern Ireland get red warnings but nowwhere in
Scotland has ever got above orange -despite the weather having been
worse and the transport minister being forced to resign.

This thought crossed my mind too. We're under around 8" of snow now, but
only got an orange warning. However, orange seems appropriate. What
action are they asking Londoners to take? To me, "Take action" would
have to mean something like "Move to higher ground", or maybe "Make sure
everything is tied down well", not "Stay indoors and wrap up warm".

Adrian (12 miles ESE Aberystwyth, 260m asl)
http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais/weather/

On Sat, 18 Dec 2010, Richard Dixon wrote
On Dec 18, 11:59*am, David G wrote:
On Dec 18, 11:48*am, Alan Gardiner wrote:

On Sat, 18 Dec 2010 03:18:39 -0800 (PST), mattmaz wrote:
Red "take action" warning issued by Met Office :
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/p...nt/weathermap/

It's not just Greater London but some of the surrounding couties including
Hertfordshire. Moderate snow here ta the moment but radar suggests
intensity will increase.

Alan Gardiner
Chiswell Green, St Albans
101m ASL
18/12/2010 11:46:43https://sites.google.com/site/alangardinersinfo/

Very heavy in the City of London at 12.00. Most unusual sight.

I've just moved from my temporary place in Docklands back to
Blackheath and got back just in time before it starting rodding it
down (or snow equivalent). My guess is that there's been about 1-2
inches on not much time. Light for a short while just now but hold on,
it's caking it down again.

After a sluggish morning, snow doesn't half lift the mood. Although
getting to my Hampstead/Camden pub crawl this afternoon will be - well
- a challenge...


Did you get there, Richard? Hope you got back safely!

We were out in the heavy fall around noon - it was fine when we left the
house and by the time it was my turn at the butcher's in Greenwich the
snow was coming down like a burst pillow. About fifteen minutes later,
if that, Lewisham Hill was impassable - buses and lorries and taxis and
cars sliding all over the place. We abandoned the car at the side of
the road, hoping no bus would slide into it. Now there's quite a
serious thaw going on and the main roads are clear enough to get
traction on, so we've rescued the car and brought it back up the hill.
It's not going nowhere else for a bit, I can tell you. The temperature
is dropping, it's just above freezing in the garden, and the roads are
going to be icy very soon.


--
Kate B

PS 'elvira' is spamtrapped - please reply to 'elviraspam' at cockaigne dot org dot uk if you
want to reply personally

On Dec 18, 12:55*pm, Adrian wrote:
On 2010-12-18, Alan Greig wrote:

So England and Northern Ireland get red warnings but nowwhere in
Scotland has ever got above orange -despite the weather having been
worse and the transport minister being forced to resign.

This thought crossed my mind too. We're under around 8" of snow now, but
only got an orange warning. However, orange seems appropriate. What
action are they asking Londoners to take? To me, "Take action" would
have to mean something like "Move to higher ground", or maybe "Make sure
everything is tied down well", not "Stay indoors and wrap up warm".

Adrian (12 miles ESE Aberystwyth, 260m asl)http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais/weather/

The red warning is *still* in place, even though it stopped snowing
hours ago in some areas to the south of London. What's going on?

On 18/12/10 16:28, Dawlish wrote:
On Dec 18, 12:55 pm, wrote:
On 2010-12-18, Alan wrote:

So England and Northern Ireland get red warnings but nowwhere in
Scotland has ever got above orange -despite the weather having been
worse and the transport minister being forced to resign.

This thought crossed my mind too. We're under around 8" of snow now, but
only got an orange warning. However, orange seems appropriate. What
action are they asking Londoners to take? To me, "Take action" would
have to mean something like "Move to higher ground", or maybe "Make sure
everything is tied down well", not "Stay indoors and wrap up warm".

Adrian (12 miles ESE Aberystwyth, 260m asl)http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais/weather/

The red warning is *still* in place, even though it stopped snowing
hours ago in some areas to the south of London. What's going on?

They seem to update it at certain times of the day, it is not completely
real time.