Weather winter 2010/2011

[mark smyth]

I was at the lough shore today to feed the ducks grain. They practically mugged me.

Around the shores of Lough Neagh is still frozen

[Paul T]

Mark,

Not good that the birds are trying to roll you for food now.    You know things are bad at that stage, or you've stumbled into a VERY bad neighbourhood.   They've been showing the lines for water in Northern Ireland on our news too.  Not good in our supposedly "superior" current age. 

Here, the first proper heat for the season has hit.  Forecasting 37'C here on New Years Day, after 35'C tomorrow.  Has been so cool and moist for so long this spring that nothing is used to it.  The poor plants are struggling as there hasn't been a gradual increase, just BAM!  Spare a thought for Pat (Arillady) in Adelaide, where apparently they're forecasting 43'C for New Years Day.    Yikes!

[Hoy]

Although I would like warmer summers than we usually have here (last summer the max was 25C here) I think 43C is a bit too much! I once experienced 42C in Nicosia, Cyprus, and coped with it but I prefere 25-30C! The all time high in Norway is 35.6C (and the all time low is -51.4C).
The forecast here says 2-4C and that is normal temp here at this time of the year.

[Paul T]

Trond,

The thought of -51'C is almost unbelievable to me.    Here, it's darn cold if it gets to -8'C.  At your temps your frostbite would have frostbite!! 

[Hoy]

Trond,

The thought of -51'C is almost unbelievable to me.    Here, it's darn cold if it gets to -8'C.  At your temps your frostbite would have frostbite!! 

Paul, I haven't experienced that cold myself, the coldest I have been through is -38C. That is cold enough for me! However, the weather was calm and it feels much colder here with -10C, humid air and strong wind!
Today we have +3C and the roads get extremely slippery till all the ice thaws.
Here's a view from my garden today:

[Tony Willis]

What a day-no British Gas engineer-no telephone call -just silence. Yes I have asked where he might be but the  call centre dealing with the public cannot get through to the call centre dealing with the engineers so they have no idea. They said they would call me back in thirty minutes an hour ago.

Still cold but at least my plants have thawed and look okay.

[cohan]

Trond,

The thought of -51'C is almost unbelievable to me.    Here, it's darn cold if it gets to -8'C.  At your temps your frostbite would have frostbite!! 

Paul, I haven't experienced that cold myself, the coldest I have been through is -38C. That is cold enough for me! However, the weather was calm and it feels much colder here with -10C, humid air and strong wind!
Today we have +3C and the roads get extremely slippery till all the ice thaws.
Here's a view from my garden today:

i have experienced at least -40C, maybe -42 or 3, plus windchill..its ok if you dress well and don't have to be out long! it kind of feels like you are on the moon--so heavily dressed its like a spacesuit, and the snow makes a very loud crunching under boots and car tires--very odd! (i know the moon is silent, its just an 'unearthly' experience  i have also experienced +35C at least, with 'humidex' into the mid 40's (in toronto)--also ok if you don't have to  be out too long  i used to like to run on those days when it was above 30C and humid! only bad thing was that that weather often brought  air pollution from the u.s.!

tony, hope they get you fixed up soon!

[Arykana]

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[mark smyth]

I just heard in the news that Adelaide has just had its hottest day in 100 years, elsewhere there are floods, we had the coldest December since records began .....

[Stephenb]

For the first time since October it's raining here having snowed off and on for two days, but still only +1C, and a big storm is brewing off the coast due to hit at New Year.

The main article in the newspaper this morning was a report about the latest research on the abnormally cold weather  (coldest November since records began here in the 1700s followed by the coldest December for 95 years). The blame is put on global warming and the abnormal warmth in the Arctic. Also, Greenland has experienced temperatures 20 (twenty) degrees above normal in parts of December. The researchers think that we will experience even colder winters over the next 10-20 years..... Sorry to be the bringer of bad New Year tidings (for some of you)....  Why not join your local cross-country skiing club - they're springing up all over the place in the UK - for example, http://www.ydccsc.org.uk/index.html

[mark smyth]

The researchers think that we will experience even colder winters over the next 10-20 years[/url]

Lets hope they are wrong

[cohan]

For the first time since October it's raining here having snowed off and on for two days, but still only +1C, and a big storm is brewing off the coast due to hit at New Year.

The main article in the newspaper this morning was a report about the latest research on the abnormally cold weather  (coldest November since records began here in the 1700s followed by the coldest December for 95 years). The blame is put on global warming and the abnormal warmth in the Arctic. Also, Greenland has experienced temperatures 20 (twenty) degrees above normal in parts of December. The researchers think that we will experience even colder winters over the next 10-20 years..... Sorry to be the bringer of bad New Year tidings (for some of you)....  Why not join your local cross-country skiing club - they're springing up all over the place in the UK - for example, http://www.ydccsc.org.uk/index.html

the good news is there may soon be thousands of gardeners across europe and britain testing species that could be hardy enough for me! maybe now when they say 'hardy' in britain it will mean something

[Panu]

Well put, Cohan

[Hoy]

Stephen's forecasted storm is approaching +5C and rain, strong wind from NW. My daughters are out and I don't expect them home for some hours! Roads are ice-covered and wet at the same time. No weather for driving.

[Hoy]

Here's the summary of winter weather:
http://www.yr.no/nyheter/1.7438384
http://ut.no/artikkel/1.7432911