But i remember the 2 day N'ly spell at the end of last Jan when I had 6
inches of level snow and 6 ft drifts - snow was still on the ground (albeit
patchy) 2 weeks after the first falls....and that's at sea level in SE
Lincolnshire...

Paul
"danny" wrote in message
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I have to agree. In modern times Arctic\Northerlies have much promise but
never deliver... it just never gets cold enough.
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"max" wrote in message
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Okay, so this has come up before within other threads, but I really
cannot see WHY people are getting so excited about this potential
'cold' weather and snow.

As far as I can see we're just going to be in a chilly northerly,
nothing special about that.

Now IF we were going to have a real nice Scandinavian High with a long
easterly draw from a far below sub zero continent THEN I might be
interested, but as it is and after looking at the *speculative* charts
and warnings here, I simply don't see anything to jump up and down
about.

Or is all this mostly driven by met office over-reaction (as usual!)
and media induced hype?

Or maybe it's equally because of the fact that this country so rarely
gets any snow these days that even an inch or two is a main event?

I'm more than welcome to be convinced otherwise, as I too love a good
blizzard. I'll happily eat my words if I'm wrong.