Weather winter 2010/2011

[mark smyth]

I didnt hear about the eclipse until the news tonight

[Maren]

I watched it on BBC1.

[Bev Olson]

John they are saying on the news programmes that money could be spent on airports and roads but we dont normally get weather like this. Our average December temperature is 7C.

N Ireland right now is colder than easter Europe. Over here we usually say it's Baltic outside even for a slight freeze. It's colder than the Baltic countries also

The forecast is for -27 in parts of N Ireland tonight

There might be something in the climate change stuff. I have never known -27
Ireland when we were there was just like here mild and wet.

[johnw]

Mark - On the news tonight they said Pearson International in Toronto can clear all of its runways in 1 hour and 15 minutes and a main runway in less than 15 minutes , annual budget is $15,000,000. Of course that does not include the original outlay for the equipment.  Frankfurt had the runways cleared today  in 90 minutes after a blizzard.  Even Gatwick did better than Heathrow though the report said runways were being cleared by 150 men which had us all envisioning an army of shovellers!  Heathrow had better get out its fat wallet.  Here we have no winter choices other than Heathrow and Reykjavik direct. 

Hope your night is not as cold as predicted, sounds horrendous especially when I think of all the wonderful tender plants we saw over there.

johnw

[cohan]

John they are saying on the news programmes that money could be spent on airports and roads but we dont normally get weather like this. Our average December temperature is 7C.

N Ireland right now is colder than easter Europe. Over here we usually say it's Baltic outside even for a slight freeze. It's colder than the Baltic countries also

The forecast is for -27 in parts of N Ireland tonight

i'd say they may well need to broaden their idea of what weather they 'normally' get....

our 'normals' for this time are high of -6C low of -18-but today's high was more like -16 and tonight's low is forecast to be -26..however, it isn't really cold enough to be much of a topic for conversation here, beyond usual winter grumbling...supposed to be +1/-6 saturday though..we'll see...

a couple not very good shots of the moon last night...didn't get it more advanced, i was too lazy to go out in the cold...lol

[chasw]

Well we are having our first major fall of snow this year,it started about an hour ago

[Stephenb]

No fog here, but snow sparkling in the moonlight.  At about 7:45 this morning the moon was already a striking red even though the eclipse was not yet total.  Unfortunately it sank behind a bank of cloud on the NW horizon so the spectacle was cut short.

The same thing happened here - the moon sank into the sea smoke over the fjord as it approach the full eclipse...

[David Nicholson]

Well we are having our first major fall of snow this year,it started about an hour ago

Welcome to the club

[Anthony Darby]

No fog here, but snow sparkling in the moonlight.  At about 7:45 this morning the moon was already a striking red even though the eclipse was not yet total.  Unfortunately it sank behind a bank of cloud on the NW horizon so the spectacle was cut short.

The same thing happened here - the moon sank into the sea smoke over the fjord as it approach the full eclipse...

I had a perfect view from my living room window.

[mark smyth]

My brother who lives 5 miles away had -15c last night

[mark smyth]

just heard on the news N Ireland had the coldest day in 200 years yesterday

[mark smyth]

At 3pm today the lowest temperature was -11 in County Down

[mark smyth]

A sad photo of a cygnet that died stuck in ice
http://www.birdguides.com/iris/pictures.asp?rty=0&r=1&off=281192&loff=281202&v=0

[Hoy]

I have just crossed S. Norway and the mountains from west to east, 400km - 7 hours to drive. Some snow but less than usually at this time. Lowest temp -19C. The worst problem was the darkness coming before I arrived Oslo!

[Graham Catlow]

Just a reminder that the sun is heading north again and our days are lengthening by about 8 seconds a day.