If only the temperatures were just a couple of degrees lower. It's snowed
now for over an hour and a half yet still it's melting rate is slightly
lower than it's settling rate.
Almost a white out for a ten minute period. Radar looks good with some heavy
downpours almost traveling west up the thames estuary just like the
luftwaffe did during the battle of britain.. Let's hope theres no spitfires
to shoot them down..

lawrence Jenkins wrote:
If only the temperatures were just a couple of degrees lower. It's
snowed now for over an hour and a half yet still it's melting rate is
slightly lower than it's settling rate.
Almost a white out for a ten minute period. Radar looks good with
some heavy downpours almost traveling west up the thames estuary just
like the luftwaffe did during the battle of britain.. Let's hope
theres no spitfires to shoot them down..

I assume you mean "slightly higher". The problem is that global warming has
increased the temperature of the North Sea, so the easterlies are being
warmed up sufficiently that the temperature is hovering just above zero,
rather than dropping below zero as it used to. Hence whatever snow falls (at
sea level) quickly melts away.

I can remember when these conditions would have resulted in two feet of
snow. Sadly it's all melted away in the Manchester area as well.

Our children may well ask us "daddy, what does snow look like?".

Brian

lawrence Jenkins wrote:
If only the temperatures were just a couple of degrees lower. It's
snowed now for over an hour and a half yet still it's melting rate is
slightly lower than it's settling rate.
Almost a white out for a ten minute period. Radar looks good with
some heavy downpours almost traveling west up the thames estuary just
like the luftwaffe did during the battle of britain.. Let's hope
theres no spitfires to shoot them down..

I assume you mean "slightly higher". The problem is that global warming has
increased the temperature of the North Sea, so the easterlies are being
warmed up sufficiently that the temperature is hovering just above zero,
rather than dropping below zero as it used to. Hence whatever snow falls (at
sea level) quickly melts away.

I can remember when these conditions would have resulted in two feet of
snow. Sadly it's all melted away in the Manchester area as well.

Our children may well ask us "daddy, what does snow look like?".

Brian

lawrence Jenkins wrote:
If only the temperatures were just a couple of degrees lower. It's
snowed now for over an hour and a half yet still it's melting rate is
slightly lower than it's settling rate.
Almost a white out for a ten minute period. Radar looks good with
some heavy downpours almost traveling west up the thames estuary just
like the luftwaffe did during the battle of britain.. Let's hope
theres no spitfires to shoot them down..

I assume you mean "slightly higher". The problem is that global warming has
increased the temperature of the North Sea, so the easterlies are being
warmed up sufficiently that the temperature is hovering just above zero,
rather than dropping below zero as it used to. Hence whatever snow falls (at
sea level) quickly melts away.

I can remember when these conditions would have resulted in two feet of
snow. Sadly it's all melted away in the Manchester area as well.

Our children may well ask us "daddy, what does snow look like?".

Brian

lawrence Jenkins wrote:
If only the temperatures were just a couple of degrees lower. It's
snowed now for over an hour and a half yet still it's melting rate is
slightly lower than it's settling rate.
Almost a white out for a ten minute period. Radar looks good with
some heavy downpours almost traveling west up the thames estuary just
like the luftwaffe did during the battle of britain.. Let's hope
theres no spitfires to shoot them down..

I assume you mean "slightly higher". The problem is that global warming has
increased the temperature of the North Sea, so the easterlies are being
warmed up sufficiently that the temperature is hovering just above zero,
rather than dropping below zero as it used to. Hence whatever snow falls (at
sea level) quickly melts away.

I can remember when these conditions would have resulted in two feet of
snow. Sadly it's all melted away in the Manchester area as well.

Our children may well ask us "daddy, what does snow look like?".

Brian

Our children may well ask us "daddy, what does snow look like?".

Brian



Reminds me of the song "Seasons End" by Marillion

Getting close to seasons end
I heard somebody say
That it might never snow again
In England
Snow flakes in a new-born fist
Sledging on a hill
Are these things we'll never see
In England

We'll tell our children's children why
We grew so tall and reached so high
We left our footprints in the earth
And punched a hole right through the sky

We'll tell them how we changed the world
And how we tamed the sea
And seasons they will never know
In England

So watch the old world melt away
A loss regrets could never mend
You never miss it till it's gone
So say goodbye, say goodbye

We'll tell our children's children why
We grew so tall and reached so high
You never miss it till it's gone
So say goodbye, say goodbye
To seasons end

Our children may well ask us "daddy, what does snow look like?".

Brian



Reminds me of the song "Seasons End" by Marillion

Getting close to seasons end
I heard somebody say
That it might never snow again
In England
Snow flakes in a new-born fist
Sledging on a hill
Are these things we'll never see
In England

We'll tell our children's children why
We grew so tall and reached so high
We left our footprints in the earth
And punched a hole right through the sky

We'll tell them how we changed the world
And how we tamed the sea
And seasons they will never know
In England

So watch the old world melt away
A loss regrets could never mend
You never miss it till it's gone
So say goodbye, say goodbye

We'll tell our children's children why
We grew so tall and reached so high
You never miss it till it's gone
So say goodbye, say goodbye
To seasons end

Our children may well ask us "daddy, what does snow look like?".

Brian



Reminds me of the song "Seasons End" by Marillion

Getting close to seasons end
I heard somebody say
That it might never snow again
In England
Snow flakes in a new-born fist
Sledging on a hill
Are these things we'll never see
In England

We'll tell our children's children why
We grew so tall and reached so high
We left our footprints in the earth
And punched a hole right through the sky

We'll tell them how we changed the world
And how we tamed the sea
And seasons they will never know
In England

So watch the old world melt away
A loss regrets could never mend
You never miss it till it's gone
So say goodbye, say goodbye

We'll tell our children's children why
We grew so tall and reached so high
You never miss it till it's gone
So say goodbye, say goodbye
To seasons end

Our children may well ask us "daddy, what does snow look like?".

Brian



Reminds me of the song "Seasons End" by Marillion

Getting close to seasons end
I heard somebody say
That it might never snow again
In England
Snow flakes in a new-born fist
Sledging on a hill
Are these things we'll never see
In England

We'll tell our children's children why
We grew so tall and reached so high
We left our footprints in the earth
And punched a hole right through the sky

We'll tell them how we changed the world
And how we tamed the sea
And seasons they will never know
In England

So watch the old world melt away
A loss regrets could never mend
You never miss it till it's gone
So say goodbye, say goodbye

We'll tell our children's children why
We grew so tall and reached so high
You never miss it till it's gone
So say goodbye, say goodbye
To seasons end

BrianW wrote...
I can remember when these conditions would have resulted in two feet of
snow. Sadly it's all melted away in the Manchester area as well.

In Manchester, maybe, but still lying several inches deep in Mossley.
--
Martin Clark
Mossley, Greater Manchester