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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #270 on: February 03, 2009, 12:29:28 PM »
I feel cheated - we had a half inch of snow lying for two hours and then it melted !  The temperature today is 5c, with a few patches of blue sky as I write this.
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #271 on: February 03, 2009, 01:00:41 PM »
Thin snow flurries on and off all morning here with sunny intervals inbetween. Doesn't feel particularly cold outdoors.
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #272 on: February 03, 2009, 01:06:40 PM »
I was one of very few people who made it to the surgery this morning.  Fortunately for me the phlebotomist also made it and I had an early appointment.  Hope the courier who collects blood samples makes it or they will want more!  :)

We had 7 inches of snow and with the low temperatures the local roads are really treacherous.

Fingers crossed conditions will improve as I am supposed to be viewing Snowdrops on Saturday & Sunday
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #273 on: February 03, 2009, 01:29:36 PM »
Though only 2C and no sun this morning, when I came out I could smell that the weather is changing. :D
Will have to wait after Sunday however (Full Moon)!  :-\
Forecast fot coming night still -4C, but tomorrow sunny weather and 3 to 4c.
Still a layer of ice in the channels (since a week).
« Last Edit: February 03, 2009, 06:42:33 PM by Lvandelft »
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #274 on: February 03, 2009, 02:50:30 PM »
Some images from East Lancashire (Northern England) this morning ... from the garden and from Healey Dell nature reserve which is but a few hundred yards from our house.


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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #275 on: February 03, 2009, 06:37:41 PM »
Luit
I am interested in your comment about full moon on Sunday.
My moon calendar gives full moon as being Monday afternoon. I guess that we are one hour appart in time zones - does this make so much difference to the time of the full moon?
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #276 on: February 03, 2009, 07:05:22 PM »
David, I thought I wrote after Sunday, which declares what I meant.
Since the end of December when a sort of real winter started it was, when I
remember right, just New Moon.
Since then we had intervals of a fortnight with changing weather. Frost started around
New Moon and a bit higher temps 2 weeks later, then after a fortnight it started
about freezing more, again with New Moon. But never a really severe winter.
Therefore I meant, that we have to wait till Full Moon for real changing weather.
But it is of course possible that we get another fortnight's interval before it really
changes.
Normally real winter weather disappears (here) after several days with stormy
weather, which until now never happened since mid December.
Let's wait and see  ;)
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #277 on: February 03, 2009, 08:27:54 PM »
Here's may larger tree fern (Dicksonia antarctica) and a small kermes oak (Quercus coccifera) in this morning's snow.
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #278 on: February 03, 2009, 08:43:35 PM »
Some of our neighbours' children decided to 'execute' Lucy's snowman. How nice of them. >:(
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #279 on: February 04, 2009, 10:53:53 AM »
Quote from: Anthony Darby on February 03, 2009, 08:27:54 PM
Here's may larger tree fern (Dicksonia antarctica) and a small kermes oak (Quercus coccifera) in this morning's snow.

Here's what a larger tree fern looks like in Winter in Southern Scotland.
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #280 on: February 04, 2009, 11:06:29 AM »
Two men died in a fall on Snowdon in  North Wales in bad weather the other day. As I said last year, it's not much of a mountain by international standards but deceptively dangerous, especially in bad winter weather. Trouble is, it's such a popular tourist attraction that it's viewed as an easy stroll for anyone in a pair of trainers and a shower-proof jacket. These two were on the very easiest and mosy popular track by the railway, as wide as a motorway, yet they still managed to fall.  :(
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #281 on: February 04, 2009, 11:57:06 AM »
Hi Cliff, great pictures of the stucture and shapes, not a buttercup in sight, cheers Ian the Christie kind
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #282 on: February 04, 2009, 12:56:39 PM »
http://www.mwis.org.uk/synoptic.php
The Cairngorm Mountain web site has just posted some links to various mountain weather services. Included is this link to synoptic weather charts for the area from the Mediterranean across the north Atlantic to the east coast of America. I cannot read these charts but I know that some forumists find them interesting.
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #283 on: February 04, 2009, 01:04:34 PM »
Snow and snowing in Aberdeen today. Radio said this morning that our city centre was snarled up at rush-hour because of the snow.... and there was I thinking that the city always got snarled up at rush -hour..... except in the School Holidays, when so many fewer 4x4 vehicles are absent!  :P
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Re: Weather early 2009
« Reply #284 on: February 04, 2009, 01:12:32 PM »
We are stuck inside as heavy snow again, I have filled the bird feeders twice this week already. A picture of some visitors just great to watch them with Siskins, Blue tits amongs athers, cheers Ian the Christie kind
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