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« Reply #15 on: October 12, 2011, 19:23:41 » |
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pftt after last year im not trusting the met office !
Weather has never been the same since the Met Office moved from Bracknell to Exeter....
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« Reply #16 on: October 12, 2011, 19:40:38 » |
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my thoughts exactly.... haha
must be something in the water down here
i blame devon for my rapid deterioration in linguistic skills since moving here
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JayMac
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« Reply #17 on: October 12, 2011, 19:43:14 » |
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From The Book of Heroic Failures. Stephen Pile ISBN 0-7088-1908-7. After very heavy rain in Jeddah in January 1979, the Arab News gave the following report:
We are afraid that we are unable to give you a weather report. We usually get information about the weather from the airport, but the airport is closed today because of the weather. Whether we are able to give you the weather tomorrow depends on the weather.
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation." "Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot." "Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity."
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bobm
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« Reply #18 on: October 12, 2011, 19:55:29 » |
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I remember reading once about the highest windspeed recorded in the UK▸ . It ended with a footnote saying "it might have been higher but the wind gauge blew away". Can't find a reference to it at the moment though.
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« Reply #19 on: October 12, 2011, 22:02:15 » |
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pftt after last year im not trusting the met office !
Sure thing the met office get it wrong. My main reason for posting a link to their recent blog was trying to bring some reason to some of the silly winter weather related stories that have been doing the rounds lately. Gosh who would have thought snow on the hills of Scotland and night time frosts with the temperature 'plummeting down' to -1 in October? It's called Autumn! PS For what it's worth, I do think we will see some snow in the South again this winter, when? I have no idea. Somewhere between December and March. How's that for a winter forecast? Not much more accurate than some of the domesday weather articles that have been appearing in some newspapers of late.
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JayMac
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« Reply #20 on: October 12, 2011, 22:32:45 » |
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Can I just say that the thermometer I saw on the side of Roys of Wroxham on Sat 01/10/2011 was registering 29.8^C. Scorchio!
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« Reply #21 on: October 13, 2011, 16:10:58 » |
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i can put out me own forecast but word it slightly differently, it will snow somewhere in the uk this winter, it will be cold somewhere in the uk this winter, at least one gritter will be depleted of its stock probably due to cut backs
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« Reply #22 on: December 05, 2011, 20:44:02 » |
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Well I witnessed my first grit of the season at AML tonight - saw man in orange suit spreading white salty grit on the platforms/overbridge as I came in from Paddington.
Perhaps a little over cautious? we're only set to dip to around 4C tonight but with clear skies according to Met Office - no snow or icy patches have been witnessed thus far here in London this season, though it might be a tad frosty in the morning.
I don't know who sent him out to grit, but IMO▸ it seemed a little wasteful.
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« Reply #23 on: December 05, 2011, 20:53:44 » |
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Better safe than sorry!
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #24 on: December 05, 2011, 20:57:20 » |
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Indeed - essential safety preparation for the winter: make sure the salt bin opens; make sure the shovel works ...
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #25 on: December 05, 2011, 23:02:53 » |
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Returning home tonight I was greeted by an iced up windscreen and not just a little frost thick ice and doors were iced shut... I say again... Good old met office!
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JayMac
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« Reply #26 on: December 05, 2011, 23:05:29 » |
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« Reply #28 on: December 06, 2011, 10:21:12 » |
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Should we forewarn the AA or RAC?
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