Heavy snow, apparently !

Richard

Richard Dixon wrote:
Heavy snow, apparently !

Richard

From the Beeb: Sunderland's Premiership match against Fulham was
abandoned after 21 minutes because of bad weather conditions at the
Stadium of Plight.
==
Living about 10 miles north of there I can confirm the heavy snow. At
one point it was really chucking it down.


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Les Crossan,
Wallsend, Tyne & Wear
54.95N 1.5W
Home of the Wallsend StormCam and the Backup USW FAQ -
www.uksevereweather.org.uk

Unlurking, briefly.

We were just west of Newcastle this pm, at Belsay, a stately home up a long
and little used road, and I was briefly worried that we might have a
slippery drive back. Snowed for about an hour, 14:30 to 15:30 BST.

The fields were white with very wet snow. The car thermometer (which seems
to roughly agree with forecast temps through the year) read +2

Driving back down the A1 the higher parts of the Tyneside connurbation had
plainly had more snow than we had at Belsay.

Andrew, Trimdon, Co Durham.

In message , Les
Crossan writes
Richard Dixon wrote:
Heavy snow, apparently !
Richard

From the Beeb: Sunderland's Premiership match against Fulham was
abandoned after 21 minutes because of bad weather conditions at the
Stadium of Plight.
==
Living about 10 miles north of there I can confirm the heavy snow. At
one point it was really chucking it down.
Pity it didn't chuck it down in Lincoln, 1-1 at home to Mansfield.
No play - offs this season
Cheers
Paul
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'Wisest are they that know they do not know.' Socrates.
Paul Bartlett FRMetS
www.rutnet.co.uk Go to local weather.
400FT AMSL 25Miles southwest of the Wash

On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 16:49:31 GMT, Les Crossan wrote:

Living about 10 miles north of there I can confirm the heavy snow. At
one point it was really chucking it down.

"I was there" working I hasten to add, so home two hours early. B-)

There had been a heavy shower sometime between about 1300 and 1330. Just
after 1400 it started again with heavy hail, that cleared into rain and
by 1445 it was raining quite hard. Come kick off at 1500 the rain had
turned to wet snow and then about 1510 it was really snowing hard and
starting to settle. They played just over 20mins and the ref stopped the
match, partly due to the weather but another major component to the
decision was the condition of the pitch. It was a wash and doesn't drain
well, players where sliding for many yards. Early on a two Sunderland
players had a clash of heads (one having to go off later with a broken
nose if I heard talk back correctly) simply because they couldn't stop.

There was quite a bit of standing water and a layer of slush/snow so the
moment the ball touched down it would stop very quickly. Fulham seemed to
cotten onto this fact and stopped playing the modern long passing open
game and switched to close ball control and short passes. IMHO this is
why they scored, they took advantage of the conditions and Sunderland
failing to switch method of play quickly enough. Later on both teams
where playing the same tight, ball control, short pass game and there was
some pretty impressive stuff happening.

Couple of pics at the top of:

http://www.howhill.com/weather/images/winter/index.html

In the first one note the transition from the shelter of the stand roof
on the left to the open to the sky area on the right. On the second you
can see it starting to settle down the center of the pitch (it got a lot
whiter than that) and the reflection of the lights in the standing water
along the nearside touchline.

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Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

One of today's papers claims that this is the first Premiership game to be
abandoned by the weather!
But we know better than that, don't we?
Nottingham Forest v ??? Feb 96 I think, live on Sky and an awesome
snowstorm. I'm sure someome can confirm.

--
David Mitchell, 70m amsl, Langtoft, East Riding of Yorkshire.

David Mitchell wrote:
One of today's papers claims that this is the first Premiership game to be
abandoned by the weather!
But we know better than that, don't we?
Nottingham Forest v ??? Feb 96 I think, live on Sky and an awesome
snowstorm. I'm sure someome can confirm.

--
David Mitchell, 70m amsl, Langtoft, East Riding of Yorkshire.

Hi, David,

I think that was a cup match and so not premier league. Forest v Spurs
Feb 1996 abandoned after 18minutes - heavy snow.

Unfortunately for us NE folk who try to argue that we have good
weather, the Sunderland v Fulham game abandonment yesterday follows the
Newcastle v Charlton fiasco on 28th December when the game was called
off because of snow on the roads with the ground virtually full and a
playable pitch.

Thanks to Dave Licquorice, btw, for the excellent account from the
ground - you appear to have a job I would dream of!

More snow showers today, veg patch still on hold!

Best wishes,

Ken
Copley 253metres asl, nr Barnard Castle, County Durham
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/copley

On 9 Apr 2006 05:30:18 -0700, Ken Cook wrote:

Unfortunately for us NE folk who try to argue that we have good
weather, the Sunderland v Fulham game abandonment yesterday follows the
Newcastle v Charlton fiasco on 28th December when the game was called
off because of snow on the roads with the ground virtually full and a
playable pitch.

Thanks to Dave Licquorice, btw, for the excellent account from the
ground - you appear to have a job I would dream of!

The good part of football is that it is a short day, with at least 90
mins of very little to do. On site at 0930 off it about 1800 for a 1500
KO. A "normal" day is more like 0730 1930 on the go nearly all the time
with a strict hour for lunch.

More snow showers today, veg patch still on hold!

Lots of heavy snow pellet showers coming through again today, nothing
hanging around for very long though.

Ken, what are they doing to the A66 between Barnard Castle and Scotch
Corner? All the trees and hedges are being felled are they starting work
on making it dual carriageway? That'll be fun, I might have to revise my
route to Leeds while they do that.

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Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

Dave Liquorice wrote:
On 9 Apr 2006 05:30:18 -0700, Ken Cook wrote:
Ken, what are they doing to the A66 between Barnard Castle and Scotch
Corner? All the trees and hedges are being felled are they starting work
on making it dual carriageway? That'll be fun, I might have to revise my
route to Leeds while they do that.

--
Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

Hi, Dave,

No idea on that one, but I'll find out this week and let you know. My
best bet is No.1 son who works in the area and gets all the gossip,
worst bet is Parish Council who never seem to be told anything!

Dual carriaging sounds a good bet and an even better idea!

Best wishes,

Ken
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/copley

Ken Cook wrote:
Dave Liquorice wrote:
On 9 Apr 2006 05:30:18 -0700, Ken Cook wrote:
Ken, what are they doing to the A66 between Barnard Castle and Scotch
Corner? All the trees and hedges are being felled are they starting work
on making it dual carriageway? That'll be fun, I might have to revise my
route to Leeds while they do that.

--
Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

Hi, Dave,

No idea on that one, but I'll find out this week and let you know. My
best bet is No.1 son who works in the area and gets all the gossip,
worst bet is Parish Council who never seem to be told anything!

Dual carriaging sounds a good bet and an even better idea!

Best wishes,

Ken
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/copley

We were in Team Valley Retail Park when it started to snow. On the
drive north, you could see the showers sweeping in, with extensive
virga. The precipitation was rain though until around kick off time
like you say. Snowflakes were as big as 2p pieces at times, very wet
and clingy.

I remember the Forest/Spurs game quite well, it was a complete
whiteout. The conditions were much worse than at Sunderland, with a
complete covering of snow being the main problem. Officials couldn't
see lines/each other and it was totally pointless carrying on.

Dave
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