In message ,
Howard Neil writes
Will Hand wrote:
Well I haven't the foggiest of what a "normal winter" is like up here
on Haytor
as I have only experienced 3.
Impressions so far are of several 1-4cm snowfalls which usually melt
by midday.
Lots of days with snow falling but not settling. Lots of days with
rain and fog.
Frost less common than in the southeast, but more days of below freezing wind
chill and gales. A bit of sunshine and a good chance of snow on Christmas Day
but not a lot before then. If we are to have a "below normal" winter
then all I
have to say is ooo-er, I'm glad I have good supply of logs :-)
So yes, normal can mean different things to different people.

I thought a normal winter started off in Autumn with someone telling
the press that the following winter was to be severe.

This is then followed by ever increasing hype by the press and suitable
discussion about the reports in usw.

During the actual winter months there are many posts in usw bemoaning
the lack of snow (what happened to the forecasts?). When a snow flake
lands, usw becomes swamped with weather reports.

Then there is spring, when someone tells the press that the following
summer will be the hottest since record began.

One of the most logical interpretations I have heard for a long time -
same old forecasts. Same old mild winter.
Cheers
Paul
--
'Wisest are they that know they do not know.' Socrates.
Paul Bartlett FRMetS
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