The Official Winter Snow Thread 2014/2015
Discussion
A.J.M said:
Right, snow or no snow.
I'm getting close to buying new tyres for the D3. The current ones are decent AT tyres with snow capability designed in as standard, ( Thank's Goodyear ) but thinking is it better to change now or in spring.
Seems like Grabber AT or Goodyear DuraTrac - what else is there?I'm getting close to buying new tyres for the D3. The current ones are decent AT tyres with snow capability designed in as standard, ( Thank's Goodyear ) but thinking is it better to change now or in spring.
Heard a report today that the met office are predicting that this winter will be mostly wet and windy with most of the weather coming off the Atlantic. Well, you don't really need to be an expert to know that the majority of our weather is fed from the Atlantic. Doh.
Anyway, for the next few days in the Islands it's going to be, ermmmmmm, wet and windy.
Anyway, for the next few days in the Islands it's going to be, ermmmmmm, wet and windy.
mcelliott said:
Heard a report today that the met office are predicting that this winter will be mostly wet and windy with most of the weather coming off the Atlantic. Well, you don't really need to be an expert to know that the majority of our weather is fed from the Atlantic. Doh.
Anyway, for the next few days in the Islands it's going to be, ermmmmmm, wet and windy.
Certainly the near future will be Atlantic dominated. The stars are still aligning nicely for some doses of proper winter, but as well all know anything could happen. Anyway, for the next few days in the Islands it's going to be, ermmmmmm, wet and windy.
Arguably there is already more settled snow in the northern hemisphere than in the build up to 2010/2011 which is always a favourable sign.
Puggit said:
The stars are still aligning nicely for some doses of proper winter
Interesting - what sort of timescale are we talking about? I'm assuming maybe early part of January onwards? Down here the only time we get an appreciable amount of snow, is a direct blast from the East coming off a cold continent - would that be where this weather would come from or a more Northerly direction?mcelliott said:
Interesting - what sort of timescale are we talking about? I'm assuming maybe early part of January onwards? Down here the only time we get an appreciable amount of snow, is a direct blast from the East coming off a cold continent - would that be where this weather would come from or a more Northerly direction?
Almost always it has to be an Easterly to make long lasting cold and a higher chance of snow - anything coming from the North has crossed the open Atlantic, which warms it up.First long range charts for Xmas are out... and it's good news! Obviously this is NOT an accurate chart for Xmas Day, but it's a long range trend. Blues = cold...
Chart Explanation: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-11/25/how...
Chart Explanation: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-11/25/how...
NormalWisdom said:
Accuweather now offer minutecast, which is realtime weather and minute by minute foercast for your Street - great stuff. Go to their site pop in your postcode and select, then on the header above the days forecast select minutecast. I know this is a bit anal and I should get out more, but I love this type of thing.Borghetto said:
NormalWisdom said:
Accuweather now offer minutecast, which is realtime weather and minute by minute foercast for your Street - great stuff. Go to their site pop in your postcode and select, then on the header above the days forecast select minutecast. I know this is a bit anal and I should get out more, but I love this type of thing.
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