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According to many THERE IS NO GLOBAL WEATHER CHANGE...Uh Yeah
Britain facing one of the coldest winters in 100 years, experts predict
Britain is bracing itself for one of the coldest winters for a century with temperatures hitting minus 16 degrees Celsius, forecasters have warned.
Nick Britten
Published: 8:00AM GMT 02 Jan 2010
(http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01552/snow_1552127c.jpg)
Parts of Scotland have had snowcover for nearly three weeks
They predicted no let up in the freezing snap until at least mid-January, with snow, ice and severe frosts dominating.
And the likelihood is that the second half of the month will be even colder.
Weather patterns were more like those in the late 1970s, experts said, while Met Office figures released on Monday are expected to show that the country is experiencing the coldest winter for up to 25 years.
On New Year's Day 10 extreme weather warnings were in place, with heavy snow expected in northern England and Scotland.
Despite New Year celebrations passing off mostly unaffected by the weather, drivers in parts of the country, particularly areas of Northumberland, Cumbria and the Scottish Highlands, were warned not to travel unless absolutely necessary.
The continued freezing temperatures did not signal bad news for everyone however. CairnGorm Mountain said it has had its best Christmas holiday season in 14 years.
With heavy snow in the area, the resort said that over a four-day period following Christmas Day it has had more than 8,000 skiers and snowboarders using its runs - including 800 on New Year's Eve.
Over 15,000 skiers have used the resort since the start of December, compared to 2,000 last year.
A spokesman for the Met Office said: “It is certainly a while since we had cold weather like this and there isn’t any sign of any milder weather on the way.”
Considerable amounts of “showery snow” is expected over Scotland and eastern England over the coming days, he said, whilst the rest of the United Kingdom would remains dry but very cold.
He added that temperatures in the Scottish highlands could dip to minus 16 degrees while even southern areas of England could see lows of minus 7.
The cold weather comes despite the Met Office’s long range forecast, published, in October, of a mild winter. That followed it’s earlier inaccurate prediction of a “barbecue summer”, which then saw heavy rainfall and the wettest July for almost 100 years.
Paul Michaelwaite, forecaster for NetWeather.tv, said: “It is looking like this winter could be in the top 20 cold winters in the last 100 years.
“It’s going to be very cold the for the next 10 days and although there could be a milder spell at some stage the indications are that the second half of the month will be even colder.”
Revellers braved temperatures of minus 6 degrees to see in the New Year, with only the celebrations in Inverness being cancelled because of the cold.
Matt Dobson, forecaster for MeteoGroup, the Press Association's weather division, said last month had been the coldest December for 13 years. "It has been the coldest December on average since 1996," he said. "The second half of the month was very cold indeed but the first half was relatively mild. If it had been colder in the first few weeks we would have seen more records broken."
Police divers searching a lake for two duck hunters who had been missing over Christmas have found a second body.
The hunt for Paul Lichfield had been called off over Christmas because sub-zero temperatures made searching the ice covered lake too perilous.
However, as the weather conditions improved police frogmen resumed their search for the 30-year-old at Brightwell Lake at Ringstead, Northants. Police found the body of his friend, Philip Surridge, before Christmas after the pair fell in on December 22 whilst trying to rescue their dog.
Meanwhile, a fleet of gritters in Perth, central Scotland, was grounded this week because it was so cold, leaving roads untreated in temperatures of minus 10 degrees.
Perth and Kinross Council said the gritters were unable to leave the depot after the extreme weather led to difficulties in refuelling.
Perth resident Ian Thomson said: “I’ve heard of the rail companies blaming the wrong kind of snow and leaves on the line for disruption but for the council to say it was too cold to get the gritters out is just ridiculous.”
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According to many THERE IS NO GLOBAL WEATHER CHANGE...Uh Yeah
Britain facing one of the coldest winters in 100 years, experts predict
Britain is bracing itself for one of the coldest winters for a century with temperatures hitting minus 16 degrees Celsius, forecasters have warned.
Nick Britten
Published: 8:00AM GMT 02 Jan 2010
What a bunch of sissies! We've warmed up the past few days to minus 16 degrees celcius. It's a darn bit warmer than the minus 35 degrees we hit just before New Years.
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What a bunch of sissies! We've warmed up the past few days to minus 16 degrees celcius. It's a darn bit warmer than the minus 35 degrees we hit just before New Years.
Make sure you have on your electric thermals before going out Jag..
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Make sure you have on your electric thermals before going out Jag..
I gave in and whipped out the electric blanket. I'm so scared I might pee the bed and end up electrocuting myself in my sleep.
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some scientists claims that the warm gulf stream that basically keeps England and Scandinavia inhabitable, will decrease in strength if the global average temperature rises.
The difference in the cold water coming down wouldn't be enough. And the gulf stream could be weakened in a few years.
and permafrost would occur.
I am certain it isn't happen right now. But my point is that extreme weather is one thing that scientists are associating with global warming.
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I gave in and whipped out the electric blanket. I'm so scared I might pee the bed and end up electrocuting myself in my sleep.
Don't worry about being electrocuted. I have had an electric blanket for years and I have turned over glasses of juice, water, soup etc on the blanket while I was under it and never even got a spark. I have washed it and even though not fully dried have turned it on without incident. All of the wires are insulated...it is not like a toaster where the bare wires are visible and unsheathed. So snuggle up and turn it up and don't worry if you have one of those dreams of being in a warm ocean and wake up to find yo have created your own warm ocean in the bed...lol
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According to many THERE IS NO GLOBAL WEATHER CHANGE...Uh Yeah
Britain facing one of the coldest winters in 100 years, experts predict
Britain is bracing itself for one of the coldest winters for a century with temperatures hitting minus 16 degrees Celsius, forecasters have warned.
Nick Britten
Published: 8:00AM GMT 02 Jan 2010
(http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01552/snow_1552127c.jpg)
Parts of Scotland have had snowcover for nearly three weeks
They predicted no let up in the freezing snap until at least mid-January, with snow, ice and severe frosts dominating.
And the likelihood is that the second half of the month will be even colder.
Weather patterns were more like those in the late 1970s, experts said, while Met Office figures released on Monday are expected to show that the country is experiencing the coldest winter for up to 25 years.
On New Year's Day 10 extreme weather warnings were in place, with heavy snow expected in northern England and Scotland.
Despite New Year celebrations passing off mostly unaffected by the weather, drivers in parts of the country, particularly areas of Northumberland, Cumbria and the Scottish Highlands, were warned not to travel unless absolutely necessary.
The continued freezing temperatures did not signal bad news for everyone however. CairnGorm Mountain said it has had its best Christmas holiday season in 14 years.
With heavy snow in the area, the resort said that over a four-day period following Christmas Day it has had more than 8,000 skiers and snowboarders using its runs - including 800 on New Year's Eve.
Over 15,000 skiers have used the resort since the start of December, compared to 2,000 last year.
A spokesman for the Met Office said: “It is certainly a while since we had cold weather like this and there isn’t any sign of any milder weather on the way.”
Considerable amounts of “showery snow” is expected over Scotland and eastern England over the coming days, he said, whilst the rest of the United Kingdom would remains dry but very cold.
He added that temperatures in the Scottish highlands could dip to minus 16 degrees while even southern areas of England could see lows of minus 7.
The cold weather comes despite the Met Office’s long range forecast, published, in October, of a mild winter. That followed it’s earlier inaccurate prediction of a “barbecue summer”, which then saw heavy rainfall and the wettest July for almost 100 years.
Paul Michaelwaite, forecaster for NetWeather.tv, said: “It is looking like this winter could be in the top 20 cold winters in the last 100 years.
“It’s going to be very cold the for the next 10 days and although there could be a milder spell at some stage the indications are that the second half of the month will be even colder.”
Revellers braved temperatures of minus 6 degrees to see in the New Year, with only the celebrations in Inverness being cancelled because of the cold.
Matt Dobson, forecaster for MeteoGroup, the Press Association's weather division, said last month had been the coldest December for 13 years. "It has been the coldest December on average since 1996," he said. "The second half of the month was very cold indeed but the first half was relatively mild. If it had been colder in the first few weeks we would have seen more records broken."
Police divers searching a lake for two duck hunters who had been missing over Christmas have found a second body.
The hunt for Paul Lichfield had been called off over Christmas because sub-zero temperatures made searching the ice covered lake too perilous.
However, as the weather conditions improved police frogmen resumed their search for the 30-year-old at Brightwell Lake at Ringstead, Northants. Police found the body of his friend, Philip Surridge, before Christmas after the pair fell in on December 22 whilst trying to rescue their dog.
Meanwhile, a fleet of gritters in Perth, central Scotland, was grounded this week because it was so cold, leaving roads untreated in temperatures of minus 10 degrees.
Perth and Kinross Council said the gritters were unable to leave the depot after the extreme weather led to difficulties in refuelling.
Perth resident Ian Thomson said: “I’ve heard of the rail companies blaming the wrong kind of snow and leaves on the line for disruption but for the council to say it was too cold to get the gritters out is just ridiculous.”
The Earth is Millions of years old, and only 100 years ago Britain saw similar weather?
Wow, gigantic change this is!!!! :o
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The Earth is Millions of years old, and only 100 years ago Britain saw similar weather?
Wow, gigantic change this is!!!! :o
One hundred years ago neither Britain, America, Europe, China etc were as populated as they are and neither were they so dependent on the technology that they are to heat their homes, drive their cars and to get food/groceries. With these extreme cold spells people are dying and having trouble as they have never had. If you were transported back one hundred years with the mindset you have today do you think you could survive?...To answer your question NO. The behaviors and mindsets of that time were different than today. People operated in a survival mode then and knew everything from farming to drilling the ground for water, milking cows, slaughtering animals for food etc. Today a simple short term blackout in any city anywhere in the world produces CHAOS, because people are no longer educated in how to survive. We see cases of people freezing to death in their homes even though the home has a fireplace that works. It never dawns on them to go out get wood and burn it in the fire place, because they are accustomed to furnaces or electric heat. People rarely in america grow food on the land they own even if they have many acres..WHY? For one they are lazy and don't want to go through the trouble, two, they have no idea of what to do, and most importantly three, they are used to going to the grocery store. Now you see especially in america these large lawns in front of and behind the house (looking like large green carpeting) instead of a stands of corn, or beans, onions, melons, squash, lettuce etc. Convenience and comfort has ruined people.
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Just learned that even China and Korea are getting RECORD SNOW FALLS and cold
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Record-snowfall-blankets-Seoul-South-Korea/ss/events/wl/010410seoulsnow#photoViewer=/100104/ids_photos_wl/r2013758471.jpg
We are all heading for a second ICE AGE... Quick... buy up all the electric blankets you can ;D ;D ;D
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One hundred years ago neither Britain, America, Europe, China etc were as populated as they are and neither were they so dependent on the technology that they are to heat their homes, drive their cars and to get food/groceries. With these extreme cold spells people are dying and having trouble as they have never had. If you were transported back one hundred years with the mindset you have today do you think you could survive?...To answer your question NO. The behaviors and mindsets of that time were different than today. People operated in a survival mode then and knew everything from farming to drilling the ground for water, milking cows, slaughtering animals for food etc. Today a simple short term blackout in any city anywhere in the world produces CHAOS, because people are no longer educated in how to survive. We see cases of people freezing to death in their homes even though the home has a fireplace that works. It never dawns on them to go out get wood and burn it in the fire place, because they are accustomed to furnaces or electric heat. People rarely in america grow food on the land they own even if they have many acres..WHY? For one they are lazy and don't want to go through the trouble, two, they have no idea of what to do, and most importantly three, they are used to going to the grocery store. Now you see especially in america these large lawns in front of and behind the house (looking like large green carpeting) instead of a stands of corn, or beans, onions, melons, squash, lettuce etc. Convenience and comfort has ruined people.
Good post. Spot on.
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Yeah, seems colder nearly everywhere this year. Freezing in Cleveland this week.
There has been a documented cooling trend the last 10-15yrs (which didn't fit into the theory of global warming).