Yup ,funny old cold spell this , my max in sunny Woodford Green ,suburban
Essex reached a tolerable 6.3c today ,and after a little rain this evening
temps are climbing again from 4.2 at 6pm to 5.2 c now ,and still rising .
Are we to look to only high ground above 200 meters and generally north of
Staffordshire ?,yes I know it snowed in parts of Essex this afternoon,but
that hardly justifies the dire warnings being bandied about at the
moment,mind Piers has decamped to the Caingorms I hear.....

RonB

"ron button" wrote:
Yup ,funny old cold spell this , my max in sunny Woodford Green ,suburban
Essex reached a tolerable 6.3c today ,and after a little rain this evening
temps are climbing again from 4.2 at 6pm to 5.2 c now ,and still rising .
Are we to look to only high ground above 200 meters and generally north of
Staffordshire ?,yes I know it snowed in parts of Essex this afternoon,but
that hardly justifies the dire warnings being bandied about at the
moment,mind Piers has decamped to the Caingorms I hear.....

RonB

Yes and I notice Torshavn had a predicted max of 8 tomorrow.

On Tuesday, 5 February 2013 20:44:20 UTC, ron button wrote:
Yup ,funny old cold spell this , my max in sunny Woodford Green ,suburban

Essex reached a tolerable 6.3c today ,and after a little rain this evening

temps are climbing again from 4.2 at 6pm to 5.2 c now ,and still rising .

Are we to look to only high ground above 200 meters and generally north of

Staffordshire ?,yes I know it snowed in parts of Essex this afternoon,but

that hardly justifies the dire warnings being bandied about at the

moment,mind Piers has decamped to the Caingorms I hear.....



RonB

Well Ron you know my take on the excessive use of stupid warnings by UKMO

Yup ,funny old cold spell this , my max in sunny Woodford Green ,suburban
Essex reached a tolerable 6.3c today ,and after a little rain this evening
temps are climbing again from 4.2 at 6pm to 5.2 c now ,and still rising .
Are we to look to only high ground above 200 meters and generally north of
Staffordshire ?,yes I know it snowed in parts of Essex this afternoon,but
that hardly justifies the dire warnings being bandied about at the
moment,mind Piers has decamped to the Caingorms I hear.....

I couldn't agree more Ron, today we had a sunny morning then a few heavy
snow showers this afternoon quickly followed by heavy rain soon washing away
any snow. Does a day like this really need a dire weather warning, it's
becoming silly!
Days like today are normal weather for the middle of Winter!!!!

Temperature still continues to rise up to 4.1c now


Graham (North Staffs)

On 05/02/13 21:43, Graham wrote:




Yup ,funny old cold spell this , my max in sunny Woodford Green
,suburban Essex reached a tolerable 6.3c today ,and after a little
rain this evening temps are climbing again from 4.2 at 6pm to 5.2 c
now ,and still rising . Are we to look to only high ground above 200
meters and generally north of Staffordshire ?,yes I know it snowed in
parts of Essex this afternoon,but that hardly justifies the dire
warnings being bandied about at the moment,mind Piers has decamped to
the Caingorms I hear.....

I couldn't agree more Ron, today we had a sunny morning then a few heavy
snow showers this afternoon quickly followed by heavy rain soon washing
away any snow. Does a day like this really need a dire weather warning,
it's becoming silly!
Days like today are normal weather for the middle of Winter!!!!

Temperature still continues to rise up to 4.1c now


Graham (North Staffs)



Is there a dire weather warning at the moment? I can only see yellow
warnings on the Met Office site.

Those warnings are for 65 mph wind gusts, 1-2 inches of snow and icy
roads. That isn't that unreasonable is it?

....... that hardly justifies the dire warnings being bandied about at the
moment,mind Piers has decamped to the Caingorms I hear.....

RonB
--------------------------------------------
It's not actually the Met Office that's been banding about dire warnings
though is it Ron. They seem to be getting it right regionally and have
only said rain, sleet and wet snow for most except in parts of the North
where the snow has been..
Still I got enough flakes earlier this evening for it to be a "snow
falling day" :-)
Dvae

On Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:55:10 +0000
Dave Cornwell wrote:

...... that hardly justifies the dire warnings being bandied about
at the
moment,mind Piers has decamped to the Caingorms I hear.....

RonB
--------------------------------------------
It's not actually the Met Office that's been banding about dire
warnings though is it Ron. They seem to be getting it right
regionally and have only said rain, sleet and wet snow for most
except in parts of the North where the snow has been..
Still I got enough flakes earlier this evening for it to be a "snow
falling day" :-)
Dvae

The warnings aren't the problem; yet again it's the presenters going
overboard about it being "bitterly cold." Yes, it's windy but combining
that with temperatures barely below average doesn't warrant the use of
such extreme terminology.

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks.
Feeling stressed and frustrated? Try a short session of contemplative
meditation. Or kick a ballboy. (https://twitter.com/GreySkyThinking)

"Adam Lea" wrote in message
...

Is there a dire weather warning at the moment? I can only see yellow
warnings on the Met Office site.

Those warnings are for 65 mph wind gusts, 1-2 inches of snow and icy
roads. That isn't that unreasonable is it?

That doesn't seem unreasonable for a yellow warning at least.
Here yesterday at work at 85m there was some pretty heavy snow
which arrived quickly, granted the roads had been gritted and it
was rather wet so the snow was struggling to settle on them, however
I know from experience that even at 160m where I live conditions
can be quite different from Bolton town centre Higher still and
they were probably pretty bad.
--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl

On 06/02/13 06:37, Col wrote:
"Adam wrote in message
...

Is there a dire weather warning at the moment? I can only see yellow
warnings on the Met Office site.

Those warnings are for 65 mph wind gusts, 1-2 inches of snow and icy
roads. That isn't that unreasonable is it?

That doesn't seem unreasonable for a yellow warning at least.
Here yesterday at work at 85m there was some pretty heavy snow
which arrived quickly, granted the roads had been gritted and it
was rather wet so the snow was struggling to settle on them, however
I know from experience that even at 160m where I live conditions
can be quite different from Bolton town centre Higher still and
they were probably pretty bad.

Out of interest, how much snow did you get during that rather dramatic
end to the recent cold spell where there were reports of a foot of snow
falling in a couple of hours trapping drivers on the M6?

On 06/02/13 06:29, Graham P Davis wrote:
On Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:55:10 +0000
Dave wrote:

...... that hardly justifies the dire warnings being bandied about
at the
moment,mind Piers has decamped to the Caingorms I hear.....

RonB
--------------------------------------------
It's not actually the Met Office that's been banding about dire
warnings though is it Ron. They seem to be getting it right
regionally and have only said rain, sleet and wet snow for most
except in parts of the North where the snow has been..
Still I got enough flakes earlier this evening for it to be a "snow
falling day" :-)
Dvae

The warnings aren't the problem; yet again it's the presenters going
overboard about it being "bitterly cold." Yes, it's windy but combining
that with temperatures barely below average doesn't warrant the use of
such extreme terminology.


Ah yes I see what you mean there, they were talking about that yesterday
evening on the TV forecast when the forecast maxes were in the 4-6C
range. Below-average, but not bitterly cold. Those temperatures do seem
quite mild considering it is supposed to be a screaming northerly.