Author Topic: It's snowing! (Read 639551 times)

TimO · « **Reply #3150 on:** 12 February, 2012, 05:21:16 pm »

The Dickens Ride was quite warm, although it started off a little brisk, and at one point Bill decided not to cycle as far along the south bank near Tower Bridge as he had intended, after a few feet of more or less completely ice covered footpath.

I wondered why everyone else was walking, and didn't realise how icy it was until I put my feet down on the ground and promptly fell over. Marathon Winters ftw!

It was very lightly snowing when I left Croydon, and it had been settling on the ground, but by the time I got a couple of miles closer into central London, even that went.

Adam · « **Reply #3151 on:** 12 February, 2012, 07:19:16 pm »

It was strange being in London today (shopping). No snow anywhere, yet on the train home, once you get past the suburbs, the fields are covered in thick snow and in the villages, there are mounds of snow heaped up on the verges. Seeing it all white seems normal now.

lou boutin · « **Reply #3152 on:** 19 February, 2012, 07:03:32 am »

Snow, snow, i said WE HAVE SNOW!

pixieannie · « **Reply #3153 on:** 19 February, 2012, 07:07:39 am »

Quote from: Lou Boutin on 19 February, 2012, 07:03:32 am

Snow, snow, i said WE HAVE SNOW!

Where are you?

lou boutin · « **Reply #3154 on:** 19 February, 2012, 07:14:06 am »

At the moment we're in Craven Arms in Shropshire but back to London for Mr LB and then onto Paris for me. Just hope there's not too much snow anywhere else en route.

pixieannie · « **Reply #3155 on:** 19 February, 2012, 07:15:26 am »

Quote from: Lou Boutin on 19 February, 2012, 07:14:06 am

At the moment we're in Craven arms in Shropshire but back to London for Mr LB and then onto Paris for me. Just hope there's not too much snow anywhere else en route.

Please to not be bringing the snow with you to the bottom half of the country.

I'm loving your profile pic

lou boutin · « **Reply #3156 on:** 19 February, 2012, 07:17:19 am »

Quote from: pixieannie on 19 February, 2012, 07:15:26 am

Quote from: Lou Boutin on 19 February, 2012, 07:14:06 am
At the moment we're in Craven arms in Shropshire but back to London for Mr LB and then onto Paris for me. Just hope there's not too much snow anywhere else en route.
Please to not be bringing the snow with you to the bottom half of the country.

I'm loving your profile pic

glad to hear it's not snowing down south.

Re profile pic, I'm never properly equipped without them.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #3157 on:** 19 February, 2012, 10:24:51 am »

Gah! We haz sno

Wowbagger · « **Reply #3158 on:** 19 February, 2012, 10:26:11 am »

We have a cold, bright, sunny day. It looks ideal for a short ride to see how well the congested nasal cavity copes.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #3159 on:** 23 February, 2012, 10:08:30 am »

The temperature's ratcheting up here at the moment. 14.8°C so far. Only 12 days ago it was -6.5°C. Must take the dog for a walk and then go cycling!

Wowbagger · « **Reply #3160 on:** 23 February, 2012, 03:33:22 pm »

Maximum today: 18.8°C. That must be some kind of February record. 25.3°C higher than it was 12 days ago.

Bledlow · « **Reply #3161 on:** 23 February, 2012, 07:11:34 pm »

Hot! We got 14.4C max. Reading uni recorded 16.2 dry bulb, 13.6 wet bulb, according to their website - http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/Data/fieldsite/cgi-bin/graph_page.cgi?RL=0&Dat=1

Wowbagger · « **Reply #3162 on:** 23 February, 2012, 07:21:23 pm »

Apparently the official maximum was in Warks somewhere.

Quote from: Met Office

Weather report — Highest temperatures today
It has been an exceptionally mild day across many parts of the United Kingdom. The warmest place was Coleshill (Warwickshire) with 18.7 ºC, closely followed by Market Bosworth (Leicestershire) with 18.3 ºC and Santon Downham (Suffolk) with 18.2 ºC. Issued at 1617 on Thu 23 Feb 2012.

From http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/beta/weather/observations/?tab=last24hours

Canardly · « **Reply #3163 on:** 23 February, 2012, 07:39:53 pm »

Unfortunately it is not forecast to last until the week end. Today was glorious cycling weather and trapped at work.

Quint · « **Reply #3164 on:** 23 February, 2012, 08:14:56 pm »

And so say all of us

Wowbagger · « **Reply #3165 on:** 23 February, 2012, 10:42:36 pm »

Sat and Sun look to be very good cycling days round here - 10°C, some sun and not much wind.

Simonb · « **Reply #3166 on:** 23 February, 2012, 10:50:05 pm »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 23 February, 2012, 10:42:36 pm

- 10°C

A tad on the cold side for me.

Jaded · « **Reply #3167 on:** 04 March, 2012, 11:05:41 am »

Sleeting here.

Carradice bag lady · « **Reply #3168 on:** 04 March, 2012, 11:50:15 am »

rain here AGAIN in lancashire never a day without !!!

AndyK · « **Reply #3169 on:** 04 March, 2012, 11:56:21 am »

According to Robert Llewellyn it's, "snow in the Cotswolds. Proper snow, settling."

mcshroom · « **Reply #3170 on:** 04 March, 2012, 12:10:07 pm »

Snow on the fells above about 300m round here. It all fell overnight though - now the sun's out

Bledlow · « **Reply #3171 on:** 04 March, 2012, 01:22:37 pm »

Snow is now falling in Reading.

Yesterday, Mrs B & I got a little pink in the sun down in Dorset, & ate our lunch sitting outside. We came back this morning through torrential rain, & now we're home, it's bloody cold & there's wet slushy white stuff falling from the sky.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #3172 on:** 04 March, 2012, 01:59:44 pm »

That's quite impressive: it's 9°C in Southend atm and only about 70 miles to Reading.

Bledlow · « **Reply #3173 on:** 04 March, 2012, 04:07:44 pm »

It's not settled. The ground was soaking wet & too warm.

The graph on the Reading University weather station site shows an impressive temperature drop this afternoon, from 7.5C to just above zero in two hours, before recovering to 3.5-4C.
http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/Data/fieldsite/cgi-bin/graph_page.cgi?RL=1&

Wowbagger · « **Reply #3174 on:** 04 March, 2012, 04:11:33 pm »

The temperature has dropped by 5°C in the past 2 hours.

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