Weather winter 2010/2011

[Maggi Young]

Stephen

at least we donŽt have polar night.

and on Sunday, IŽll hopefully be at Tenerife

 Happy holidays, Panu!

[mark smyth]

I just checked the depth of snow. It's 8 inches 20cm. This is very deep for my area considering when it does snow it is gone in no time

[cohan]

thank goodness we don't have polar night either! though it can seem like it to those who work in sunless buildings from 8-4 or 9-5 or something--thank goodness i never have!
there is a time in mid-winter, though, where it never seems like the sun is really fully up, and if days are a bit cloudy or hazy the southern sky looks a bit like sunset/sunrise all day...
its been snowing all day here, but although it looks like something is coming down, its actually so light that there is no more than a cm at most on the ground..

[Paul T]

(is there an English word for the period of the year with no sun?)

Summer?  

Cliff,

My immediate thought was actually "Night", but I prefer your response. 

[mark smyth]

and you can guarantee the warm days will come when school reopens in September

[Panu]

Or should it be polar twilight... We have had temps below zero for month and a half, with the minimum of -23 °C. It doesnŽt sound that bad, but the NAO seems to be constant...  killer winter?

And thank you Maggi

[Stephenb]

Or should it be polar twilight... We have had temps below zero for month and a half, with the minimum of -23 °C. It doesnŽt sound that bad, but the NAO seems to be constant...  killer winter?

And thank you Maggi

Thank you, Panu - polar twilight!! Same here except one day above zero and minimum of about -20C; It's now forecast to drop to below -20C for Xmas and we are all relieved to here that the long term forecast is for warmer weather in the New Year (Summer?)...

[Hoy]

You don't believe the weather forecast do you Stephen? I am not sure the summer gets warmer either.

[art600]

For all those Forumists snowed in lik me      something to tax the little grey cells.

Can you see what these words have in common.
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>  2 Dresser
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>  3 Grammar
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>  4 Potato
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>  5 Revive
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>  6 Uneven
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>  7 Assess

[Stephenb]

Yes

[Stephenb]

You don't believe the weather forecast do you Stephen? I am not sure the summer gets warmer either.

Probably more than a 50% chance of getting this one right! Let's hope the Gulf Stream isn't  slowing...

[Hoy]

For all those Forumists snowed in lik me      something to tax the little grey cells.

Can you see what these words have in common.
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> 1 Banana
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>  2 Dresser
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>  3 Grammar
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>  4 Potato
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>  5 Revive
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>  6 Uneven
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>  7 Assess

Yes, me to 2 x 2.

[Paddy Tobin]

For all those Forumists snowed in lik me      something to tax the little grey cells.

Can you see what these words have in common.
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> 1 Banana
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>  2 Dresser
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>  3 Grammar
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>  4 Potato
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>  5 Revive
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>  6 Uneven
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>  7 Assess

Art, If the first letter is placed at the end, the word can be read right to left, a palindrome of sorts. Paddy

[ranunculus]

They were all underlined on my school report aged 13!!!  ... And no, I don't want anybody to attempt the appropriate sentence!   

[Stephenb]

Brilliant  (I had it wrong then!)