Morning all,

According to that New York Times Sq. webcam the temp at 0430 local yesterday
was plus 12C ,this morning at the same time it's minus 7C !!.Now that's
what you call a polar outbreak.
I see our outburst of winter is now forecast to last about three days next
week, with a bone chilling maximum in the south down to 5C.Shouldn't the Met
Office be sending out early warnings for old age pensioners to keep off the
streets and apply immediately for cold weather relief handouts ?.
According to that mighty organ 'The Times ',the wettest place in the country
yesterday was High Wycombe with 80 mm.,you certainly kept that secret
Norman.....,before GW set in the rain was much better organised than
now,will those halcyon days ever return..?
Finally ,can I now use my hosepipe to pump the flood water from my garden
back into the drains ,or will that upset the aquifer level readings for
Thames Water ? .
..
RonB, in parched Essex