The Weather Where You Live?

[imalko]

Raining since yesterday. Not very cold though.

 

[pbfoot]

Coldest winter in the UK for 30 years they say.....global warming? My *rse! Just talked to my mum and dad, -25c for the moment, where they live and with temps down to -30 and -40 around their area. Brrrr!

If global warming is taking place the UK will become much colder as the melting Arctic ice will force the gulfstream which moderates the climate of the UK to the south

 

[Gnomey]

Around -2C and snowing. Apparently there is 17" expected overnight (on top of the foot we have)...

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

-9 C right now and snowing. Really picked up the last hour or so. They are calling for 20 cm tonight to add to the 15 cm that we already have. Supposed to pick up and continue until at least Monday.

 

[Airframes]

Got a foot (30cm) of snow at the moment, more on the way. It's -9, and roads blocked with abandoned cars, although main roads are just passable. Bl**dy council forgot it was winter, so no clearing or gritting!!

 

[wheelsup_cavu]

61F/16C and clear skies.


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[Wayne Little]

35C today...quite warm! not having any trouble with that cold stuff down here...hope you Guys are doing ok up there!

 

[Airframes]

More snow, temperature forecast to drop to around -18 or -20 tonight. That's rather cool for England! Pity I've been a bit crook, otherwise I could have made a fortune recovering cars stuck at the junction outside my house ! Bl**dy idiots trying to get up a 40 degree, ice covered hill, on a bend! Can't help now, my Jeep is blocked in by stuck cars!

 

[Wurger]

But some milk and bread do you have?

Here almost the same.Snowing all day long . The weather forecast people say there will be more. Cold , about -7 at the moment.But it is going to go up according to the same people.

 

[pbfoot]

More snow, temperature forecast to drop to around -18 or -20 tonight. That's rather cool for England! Pity I've been a bit crook, otherwise I could have made a fortune recovering cars stuck at the junction outside my house ! Bl**dy idiots trying to get up a 40 degree, ice covered hill, on a bend! Can't help now, my Jeep is blocked in by stuck cars!

watching guys in the UK and France during snowy weather is a hoot , sorry to say but most of them are clueless in snow ,

 

[Maximowitz]

Same as Terry here, bloody cold and abandoned cars everywhere. Everything frozen over, it's like a f*cking skating rink out there.

 

[Airframes]

Most of the 'clueless' drivers in the UK, Neil, are from generations who haven't seen more than half an inch of snow, so have had no experience of driving in it! I've watched at least 20 drivers trying to turn a narrow, 90 degree right hand bend,outside my house, to climb a narrow, very steep hill, which they should have had more sense to avoid. When stuck, they try revving the b*ll*cks off their vehicles, in first gear! Bear in mind also, studded tyres are ilegal here, and even chains are not quite 'officially approved'!!
I agree though, there are many who don't have a clue, who are of an age, and/or driving experience, who should have a clue. However, the general penny-pinching within local governments precludes the provison or use of the correct equipment and materials to allow preventative and recovery actions to be put in place. Also, in the UK, when it snows and freezes, it tends to be very, very damp air, unlike the dry cold of some regions. This makes a heck of a difference on the broken surface of a road which has slippery, uneven cobbles beneath it!

 

[pbfoot]

Most of the 'clueless' drivers in the UK, Neil, are from generations who haven't seen more than half an inch of snow, so have had no experience of driving in it! I've watched at least 20 drivers trying to turn a narrow, 90 degree right hand bend,outside my house, to climb a narrow, very steep hill, which they should have had more sense to avoid. When stuck, they try revving the b*ll*cks off their vehicles, in first gear! Bear in mind also, studded tyres are ilegal here, and even chains are not quite 'officially approved'!!
I agree though, there are many who don't have a clue, who are of an age, and/or driving experience, who should have a clue. However, the general penny-pinching within local governments precludes the provison or use of the correct equipment and materials to allow preventative and recovery actions to be put in place. Also, in the UK, when it snows and freezes, it tends to be very, very damp air, unlike the dry cold of some regions. This makes a heck of a difference on the broken surface of a road which has slippery, uneven cobbles beneath it!

We aren't allowed studs or chains not that you need them . My dad when he taught me how to drive took me to a large parking lot and taught me how to steer and stop and generally how to get out of trouble , I just use all weather tires and I'm sure they aren't up to snuff on the tread depth on the 94 Escort.

 

[Heinz]

34C with 20km/h breezes. Sunny.

 

[Airframes]

Neil, you and I are probably of an age when we learned to drive properly. I've been legally driving for forty years, and was lucky enough to have great tuition, from my Dad, and then in the Army, and have driven in virtually all conditions, in many parts of the world, in a wide variety of vehicle types, including Rallying and Off Road competition. Therefore, snow doesn't bother me at all. However, any driver in the UK who has been driving 20 years or less, will, at best, have spent a total of around three or four hours, in that time, when he or she has encountered snow - and then mainly thin stuff!
Although I don't disagree that there are a fare amount of idiots around, the 'novelty' of these conditions, allied to the dampness, and, for the UK, the sudden and excessively low temperatures, makes one heck of a difference for the average UK driver, compared to his Canadian (or other snowy region) counterpart. This is particularly true of the small, semi-rural market town where I live, where the streets are narrow, cambered, hilly, and lined with parked vehicles each side, and a traffic flow which, for some strange reason, far outweighs the town's relatively small population. A reasonable comparison of the average UK driver faced with the current extreme conditions, would be to put the average city driver, from (almost) any country, in a sand sea in the Sahara desert, and expect them not only to know how to cope, but to succeed!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

You guys up North are having a real coooooool time, must be a bit like the winter of 76 when we had -26F at Northampton. On the other hand, poor Wayne a long way south may have melted today in 41C, it would have been a good day for molding canopies. I got driven out of the shed when spraying today, it was so hot.

 

[Loiner]

We've had two days without snow now, so despite typically -5C overnight temperatures, the roads are now mostly clear and free moving now.

For those down under, I can't even conceive 41C, what does that feel like? The hottest I've experienced is around 35C and I could hardly do anything but sit down and relax.

 

[A4K]

Snow, Freezing cold, sleet, acid rain, ice rain, more snow...need I say more?

Loiner, to experience what it's like in Aussie temps, go and work in a kitchen with the ventilater greased up...

 

[RabidAlien]

Yesterday's high was 56F. We hit that at midnight. Topped out during the afternoon at 28F. Today, so far, we've managed to climb to 22F, they're calling for a high again of 28F. There was a brief rainshower that blew through at midnight yesterday, before it hit freezing, and some areas got a little bit of sleet after the temps dropped, so yesterday EVERYONE was freaking out about ice and schools/cities were announcing they were closing for the day. I drove to work around 7:20, and a typical 15 minute drive took me all of 20 minutes, mostly because everyone in front of me was doing 40mph on the highway. Lots of ice in the ditches and on the shoulders, but nothing on the roads. Bridges were dry, even! I swear, Texans (I refuse to admin I was born here) don't know how to drive in rain or cold.

 

[Heinz]

We've had two days without snow now, so despite typically -5C overnight temperatures, the roads are now mostly clear and free moving now.

For those down under, I can't even conceive 41C, what does that feel like? The hottest I've experienced is around 35C and I could hardly do anything but sit down and relax.

Its either baking heat which ain't so bad or a blast furnace. Worst heat thats hit my way was 48Celcius.