Psyxologos Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Can't wait, love snow! Regards, Gixer +1. I LOVE the white stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holliday Posted September 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 (edited) if the weather forecasters are predicting an early cold spell then best see if you can get hold of a cheap Barbie as it will turn out to be "unseasonably hot" love this bit from them "and said that Scotland and the North should prepare for the worst of it" some budding sherlocks at work there eh! bunch of best guesser's and pessimists, not known to get it wrong are they? KW http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2010/mar/22/sizzling-summer-uk-weather-forecast That's interesting KW. When I read Positive Weather Solutions response on their website to the papers saying that they (PWS) had predicted a BBQ summer, they totally rebuked it. The head guy was adamant that there was nothing in their forecast to suggest anything of the sort. They had predicted that June & July would be a mixed bag of weather all round with August POSSIBLY offering the best of the summer weather. Nothing mentioned about a washout or a heatwave. Having said that, their forecast for October only suggests some night frosts with the temperature getting down to about -2. Edited September 21, 2011 by Doc Holliday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Chamber Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Obviously a lot of posters on here were not born before 1962-3 - now we were talking bad winters and I can just remember 1947 - so bring it on I am prepared - Got full set of steel wheels with new snow tyres on. Dave Snap! On both occasions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Sleet in Stirling TODAY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR1960 Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 I think it was someone on the Professional pilots network a few years ago worked out that a year after the launch of the met office's new £33m super computer they were 1% more likely to forecast the next days weather than if you simply looked out of the window and assumed it would be the same the next day and 1% LESS likely than some old girl who lived in southend and had a bit of seaweed or something. And as for long range forecasts you'd have a similar result if you stood outside with your finger in the air and your eyes shut and had a guess. Nothing against the met office, its just virtually impossible because of the amount of variables, its doubtful if we'll ever have the technology to do it reliably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretagentmole Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Am I glad we bought the Vitara! 4x4 low ratio and a working blast furnace of a heater, we are set! Got the lamb and pork in the freezer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 It can **** off till I have the roof on my extension done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Oh yes few snow days off work !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr W Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Time to get some winter wheels and tyres ready for the P38 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniel Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 I was thinking about having a weeks holiday up scotland in feb, but now do i book or do i wait to see what the conditions are......I do have a foldable shovel in the car just in case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo1 Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 here`s a link to a weather site i look in on from time to time...(not metcheck ) look at the sticky thread called prospects for winter 2011/12. My link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocker3 Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 yeeeeesssss love the white stuff time to start finding sprout fields just in case .funny that cant get to work in the snow but can always get out shooting :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper3 Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 got a fishing comp in the lake district at the end of october :blink: :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dibs Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Best get down the DIY store and get a snow shovel. I was looking at it as a present for the wife for Xmas but she will just have to have it early. :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason kaye Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 They can't tell what the weather was doing yesterdaylet alone what it will be doing in a month :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willy1 Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Obviously a lot of posters on here were not born before 1962-3 - now we were talking bad winters and I can just remember 1947 - so bring it on I am prepared - Got full set of steel wheels with new snow tyres on. Dave I can just remember 1947,my dad took me on his shoulders round to the local sports ground, and the snow was about 6ft deep in places. In 1962/3 I was working at Morphy-Richards in St Marys Cray,and rode my motorcycle to work every day (18miles each way) I was frozen by the time I got there,but,the girls used to help me out of my motorcycle gear, quite often not stopping at that :o, happy days Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiG_Al Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 D'OH! still not got any winter tyres for my car ....being a rear wheeled 3.0l auto estate its a touch of a handfull in the snow. Also living at the bottom of an estate on a hill once it snows the car stays on the up hill drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Eye Dunc Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Is this a good time to point out that I'm selling a nice Ford Ranger with snow tyres? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 A few heavy showers in Huntly the day with some hail and it was bitter cold at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highseas Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Obviously a lot of posters on here were not born before 1962-3 - now we were talking bad winters and I can just remember 1947 - so bring it on I am prepared - Got full set of steel wheels with new snow tyres on. Dave when i were a lad!!! if its like last year god help me :o :o haveing to feed pheasants in the snow and dragging 5 hinds half a mile in waist deep snow because the stalker "is getting on a bit and cant manage it" why shoot the ******* things then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark g Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 why shoot the ******* things then its easier to make the cull numbers up when they are hungry and if you have a young slave to drag them off the hill for you why not, the stalker has learned a thing or two in his time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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