Prolonged Cold Snap (UK)

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It began before xmas and still has a grip on us and is believed by some to be set to last all of January.

I'm just happy we finally got some decent snow, we got six inches today and it is snowing again now, thing is it causes so many problems and people get hurt.

What are your experiences of the weather like, what problems have you had and do you know of anyone who could use some positive or healing thoughts at the moment because of it.

We live in a valley that is protected on all sides by mountains, so we do not get as cold as other areas. We occasionally (actually, rarely) get down into the low teens, but most of the time in the 20's. Most years we will get just a little bit of snow - maybe an inch or two on the valley floor. But, the surrounding mountains get a lot of it.

Grrrr ! Sunday morning and stuck. No salting been done on the hill leading to my place. Really fancied a run up the Dales today.

1antique wrote:We live in a valley that is protected on all sides by mountains, so we do not get as cold as other areas. We occasionally (actually, rarely) get down into the low teens, but most of the time in the 20's. Most years we will get just a little bit of snow - maybe an inch or two on the valley floor. But, the surrounding mountains get a lot of it.

It sounds gorgeoous, are there any empty sheds there I can move into ?

norseman wrote:Grrrr ! Sunday morning and stuck. No salting been done on the hill leading to my place. Really fancied a run up the Dales today.

Are you still stuck Norseman, they are useless with that gritting the council bosses must see the weather reports same as everyone else, mind you it doesn't help when farmers are stealing salt from salt bins put out in certain areas for public use It sounds nice where you are too

Managed to wrestle the beemer down the hill. Too late to go up dale so went to beach instead

It looks cold but really pretty there, thanks for the pic did you get back up the hill afterwards ok ? we had a very fine dusting of snow and ice this morning.

it's snowing

It's below freezing today, and really icy outside only a bit of snow stuck,yesterday it was around 7 or 8 degrees C at this time, uk weather, don't you just love it

More snow forecast for today

Hi Norseman, yeah we got some, did you get any more?

We surely did ! At the moment a sea fog has rolled in also.

Still T-shirt weather here. We are normally wearing long-johns right now. This summer is going to be a real bear for us, I'm afraid.

We have fog too Norseman, last night's snow is gone and it's warmed up again, it's crazy weather.

Allen I may be asking to borrow your long johns if this keeps up it must be great to be warm without jumpers and thick socks

More snow on the way, next week according to the weather reports, not much detail yet though.

Saw a very brief snow shower today, and it hasn't half gone cold.

Note the date !

It looks like the middle of winter there, you wouldn't think spring was just around the corner, it was minus 4 here this morning, very cold.

A nice pic though

Hi Violet
We have fog too Norseman, last night's snow is gone and it's warmed up again, it's crazy weather.

The weather is not crazy as such-just no longer warmed up by the "GULF STREAM" sometimes called the North Atlantic Drift.
Look at an Atlas and follow round to East and West--Russia. Siberia. Canada. Check out their winters --ours are going to very similar from now on.
I once had a Russian from Moscow in my boarding house and asked him to describe the winters there--Have never forgotten his reply--
"It starts snowing sometime in early December with sub zero temperatures, it carries on snowing until March when spring comes."
Lovers of snow (Violet?) be happy.
Peter

Hi Peter, i'd heard something about that, I do love snow but I hope the novelty doesn't wear off if we get more.

same day as snowfield phto and taken about 2 miles away.


Lots of spring flowers in the dales, its just the high moors that are still covered in snow.

That is beautiful but i can't explain why. Well, in my mind the most plain and ordinary things are the most beautiful. I really like that Norseman. Both of your pictures are very beautiful. I hope people start treating the earth the right way. It would be a shame to make all the beauty on this plannet go to waste.

I agree Cassie

It's really cold again tonight, it feels like its never going to warm up

SPRING IS IN THE AIR
March brings the better weather--ask a 'Moscovite' or a 'Canadian' or a 'Siberian'
The Spring cometh--but be prepared for next winter--In December the snows will come again and the sub-zero temps.
Peter

I think it's a different kind of cold when there is snow on the ground especially dry snow (or it may just be me) but when its dark and damp (I like dark damp weather too) it somehow feels colder than it actually is, whether that is the damp air or not I don't know

If we're going to have more snow next winter that would be great as I love it.

Violet wrote:It looks like the middle of winter there, you wouldn't think spring was just around the corner, it was minus 4 here this morning, very cold.

I posted this about 2 weeks ago, now it is 10C outside, in the early hours our weather is daft