There has been so much hype about the weather lately and of course that
word 'SNOW' and we did have a good few inches here ...just wondered though
with reading snippets through the group, what March arrives with a
vengeance ... really means ..do l need to get the sledge out and do lots of
food shopping...or are we expecting a few sleet showers??? ... thanks to all
of you for your excellent forecasts and humour ....

Dee wrote:
There has been so much hype about the weather lately and of course that
word 'SNOW' and we did have a good few inches here ...just wondered
though with reading snippets through the group, what March arrives with a
vengeance ... really means ..do l need to get
the sledge out and do lots of food shopping...or are we expecting a
few sleet showers??? ... thanks to all of you for your excellent
forecasts and humour ....

If you live in a hilly area or in the north then you will see snow next
week. The forecast is for a dramatic change starting on Monday to a spell of
very windy and wet weather, with rain and showers turning increasingly to
snow as the week progresses. In other words - a good old fashioned March;
nothing unusual, extreme, exceptional, or whatever the media may wish to
portray it as.

Will
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In article ,
Dee writes:
There has been so much hype about the weather lately and of course that
word 'SNOW' and we did have a good few inches here ...just wondered though
with reading snippets through the group, what March arrives with a
vengeance ... really means ..do l need to get the sledge out and do lots of
food shopping...or are we expecting a few sleet showers??? ... thanks to all
of you for your excellent forecasts and humour ....


First you'll need to say where you live. If it's Aviemore, say, then the
outlook will be rather different than if you lived in the Scilly Isles!
--
John Hall
"It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless
information."
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

If you live in a hilly area or in the north then you will see snow next
week. The forecast is for a dramatic change starting on Monday to a spell
of very windy and wet weather, with rain and showers turning increasingly
to snow as the week progresses. In other words - a good old fashioned
March; nothing unusual, extreme, exceptional, or whatever the media may
wish to portray it as.

Will

Do you think the old adage for March of 'In like a lion, out like a lamb' is
going to apply this year......

After what has been one of the most benign winters I have experienced, i.e.,
stormless, it looks like next week could see the windiest weather of the
autumn/winter/spring period.

Last year, after a calm, sunny and warm February there was a storm on the
10th of March which gave the windiest weather of the whole year. I recorded
gusts up to 60 mph on that day, which for this moderately sheltered,
low-lying Devon location, that was windy!
________________
Nick.
Otter Valley, Devon
83 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

sorry my apologies...I live in Banbury Oxfordshire...



"John Hall" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Dee writes:
There has been so much hype about the weather lately and of course that
word 'SNOW' and we did have a good few inches here ...just wondered
though
with reading snippets through the group, what March arrives with a
vengeance ... really means ..do l need to get the sledge out and do lots
of
food shopping...or are we expecting a few sleet showers??? ... thanks to
all
of you for your excellent forecasts and humour ....


First you'll need to say where you live. If it's Aviemore, say, then the
outlook will be rather different than if you lived in the Scilly Isles!
--
John Hall
"It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless
information."
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

Nick Gardner wrote:
If you live in a hilly area or in the north then you will see snow
next week. The forecast is for a dramatic change starting on Monday
to a spell of very windy and wet weather, with rain and showers
turning increasingly to snow as the week progresses. In other words
- a good old fashioned March; nothing unusual, extreme, exceptional,
or whatever the media may wish to portray it as.

Will

Do you think the old adage for March of 'In like a lion, out like a
lamb' is going to apply this year......


Could do Nick!
I hope so. I'll be ready for Spring come April.
But who knows, I don't :-)

Will
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"Nick Gardner" wrote in message
...
After what has been one of the most benign winters I have experienced,
i.e., stormless, it looks like next week could see the windiest weather of
the autumn/winter/spring period.


For me, the most significant feature of this Winter has been the lack of
wind. Over recent winters there has been significant delays at Heathrow due
to wind. This has been fairly rare this time - although the odd delay to
snow which is a change!

Phil

"Phil Layton" wrote in message
...


For me, the most significant feature of this Winter has been the lack of
wind. Over recent winters there has been significant delays at Heathrow
due to wind. This has been fairly rare this time - although the odd delay
to snow which is a change!

Phil

I've been the thinking the same, Phil. I would hazard a guess that this
autumn/winter has had the
lowest number of gale warnings, let alone severe gales, for Heathrow for
many years.

Jon.