Weather winter 2010/2011

[ranunculus]

And, Cliff, before you ask: that little glint in its eye is absolutely genuine, well, absolutely genuine after I added it in Photoshop. A bird just has to have a spot of light in its eye.
Paddy

I would never have mentioned a thing, Paddy ... I always like a bird with a glint in her eye!   

[Paddy Tobin]

And that's why I added it.
Paddy

[Peter Maguire]

I work with weather and climate, so it interests me (BUT I'M NOT A METEOROLOGIST so don't started blaming me  Wink

The thought never crossed my mind 

[Rob Potterton]

Yes the Robin is beautifull ...... but this is even better. After a 4 mile walk to the Co-op we have fresh supplies of milk, chocolate and STELLA. 

[ranunculus]

I can see the glint in YOUR eye, Rob!!!   

[Rob Potterton]

Excellent Cliff 

[WimB]

Yes the Robin is beautifull ...... but this is even better. After a 4 mile walk to the Co-op we have fresh supplies of milk, chocolate and STELLA. 

  Belgian beer is the BEST As is our chocolate.... (sorry, a bit of chauvinism...it's over now)

[mark smyth]

mmmmm Guylian chocolate

[Paul T]

What exactly is causing the cold snap in Europe?
johnw

A very cold and persistent airflow from Russia driven, apparently by a large, stalled low-pressure system in France. The extremely cold air is picking up moisture as it passes over the North Sea and then dumping it as deep snow over the UK and parts of Germany, Poland etc.
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Martin,

I'm not sure it is terribly PC to be blaming the french for everything, even if traditionally that happened a lot.   (apologies to any french readers who see this.... I'm not serious!    I mean, how can you resist poking fun at someone who is on a gardening group and has a SNAIL at an avatar!  )

 

Paddy,

Thank you so much.  If you are trying to send larger pics you can always send them to my email.  That is just such a cracker of a picture.  I wonder if the Robin knows it was so perfectly matching the stem colours.  

[cohan]

nice shots, paddy--love the colours in the robin pic!

johnw-i saw on tv last night the environment canada forecast for the next 3 months, which calls for colder than average for all of canada except the easternmost part of the country-the maritime provinces and eastern arctic....

then i was amused to hear this morning of a UN report which mentioned that canada will have had the warmest year on record..you'd be hard pressed to find anyone in my region who can believe that--unless, unknown to us, alberta is no longer part of canada??? just like all summer when we heard endlessly on the news about the heat wave 'across north america' so we aren't part of north america either?? there was barely any warmth here this summer, let alone a heat wave! we have had some weeks or months (not during the summer) that were a little above average, but just as many below, so if the overall average came up to 'normal' it would be surprising, record warm seems impossible for 2010 here...

[Paul T]

Thank you Paddy.  The pic arrived safely in my email.  Brilliant!!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Yes the Robin is beautifull ...... but this is even better. After a 4 mile walk to the Co-op we have fresh supplies of milk, chocolate and STELLA. 

OK Rob, thanks for letting me know, we can now send our air force (2 planes !) on other humanitarian missions again !   

Santé !

[Roma]

My neighbours' Kilmarnock willow is falling over under the weight of snow.  No great loss in my opinion. 
They are due home today from a holiday in the Carribean.  It will be a bit of a shock for them.  The weather I mean, not the tree.

[Rob Potterton]

Slight thaw here and no snow for last 12 hours, managed to gain access to the road after 4 hours of digging and also started to clear piles of snow from between tunnels. Might make talk at Wirral AGS next Friday afterall. Thank you for all positive comments and support during last few difficult days.

[TheOnionMan]

just like all summer when we heard endlessly on the news about the heat wave 'across north america' so we aren't part of north america either?? there was barely any warmth here this summer, let alone a heat wave! we have had some weeks or months (not during the summer) that were a little above average, but just as many below, so if the overall average came up to 'normal' it would be surprising, record warm seems impossible for 2010 here...

Cohan, I would have gladly shared some of our endless heat in the 90s F (35 C) this summer, in return for a few degrees of cooler temperatures.