Warmest UK winter now guaranteed

[eltawater]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16005257

"Local authorities across the UK say they have stockpiled more road salt than was used throughout last winter."

[Shuvi Tupya]

I am sure they will find a buyer for it next July at a suitably low price.

[Jim the Sunderer]

Shuvi Tupya said:

I am sure they will find a buyer for it next July at a suitably low price.

They don't wanna lose their salt budget by using last year's stock.

[TheDoggingFather]

Shuvi Tupya said:

I am sure they will find a buyer for it next July at a suitably low price.

Just before the next ice age commences.

[Crafty_]

10+ degrees with bright sunshine today.. wondering if we will actually see a ground frost before christmas!

[Puggit]

Crafty_ said:

10+ degrees with bright sunshine today.. wondering if we will actually see a ground frost before christmas!

Some pattern forecasters (as opposed to short term weather forecasters) are forecasting a very cold snap around 16th Dec...

[Diderot]

Crafty_ said:

10+ degrees with bright sunshine today.. wondering if we will actually see a ground frost before christmas!

Heavy frost (as in scrape the car windows) here on the south coast yesterday.

[Oakey]

Crafty_ said:

10+ degrees with bright sunshine today.. wondering if we will actually see a ground frost before christmas!

We've had frost at least twice on the North West but for the most part it's just been really windy and wet.

[Puggit]

Diderot said:

Crafty_ said:

10+ degrees with bright sunshine today.. wondering if we will actually see a ground frost before christmas!

Heavy frost (as in scrape the car windows) here on the south coast yesterday.

Wasn't really frost, it was rain which then froze!

[Ozzie Osmond]

eltawater said:

"Local authorities across the UK say they have stockpiled more road salt than was used throughout last winter."

Yup, that definitely increases the odds dramatically. All we need now to make it a certainty is for BAA to buy a couple of snow-ploughs to keep the airports clear....

[Happy82]

Around Winchester I've seen temperatures ranging from -4 to 13 over the last two weeks, definitely saw ground frost when it was -4

[EDLT]

Puggit said:

Crafty_ said:

10+ degrees with bright sunshine today.. wondering if we will actually see a ground frost before christmas!

Some pattern forecasters (as opposed to short term weather forecasters) are forecasting a very cold snap around 16th Dec...

There were also forecasts for snow in October (and the collapse on the Euro in Autumn).

[Ozzie Osmond]

EDLT said:

There were also forecasts for snow in October (and the collapse on the Euro in Autumn).

Indeed. My preferred response is, "ask me in the Spring".

[Crafty_]

Yeah, its quite amusing that one of the "expert" long range forecasters that was quoted in the winter tyres thread stated we'd have below average temperatures from November to February with snow across the country from now onwards.. oops.

-4 in Winchester? you want to move to the bottom of the M3, none of that rubbish down here!

Yeah the cars had frozen dew/rain on a couple of times but thats about all. Low temps are slowly falling but not too bad : http://uk.weather.com/weather/10day-Winchester-UKX...

[Jasandjules]

Crafty_ said:

10+ degrees with bright sunshine today.. wondering if we will actually see a ground frost before christmas!

I've had ground frost a few times over the last couple of weeks.

[MonkeyHanger]

Well i made it into December without having to scrape the car / van windows in the morning.

Long may it continue

[Diderot]

Puggit said:

Diderot said:

Crafty_ said:

10+ degrees with bright sunshine today.. wondering if we will actually see a ground frost before christmas!

Heavy frost (as in scrape the car windows) here on the south coast yesterday.

Wasn't really frost, it was rain which then froze!

Ok, so it must have been below zero to freeze the *global warming CO2 tax evilness polar bear extinction event* that fell on the car during the night then.

[Diderot]

Diderot said:

Puggit said:

Diderot said:

Crafty_ said:

10+ degrees with bright sunshine today.. wondering if we will actually see a ground frost before christmas!

Heavy frost (as in scrape the car windows) here on the south coast yesterday.

Wasn't really frost, it was rain which then froze!

Ok, so it must have been below zero to freeze the *global warming CO2 tax evilness polar bear extinction event* that fell on the car during the night then.

Oh and it was worse than previously thought

[Mojooo]

MonkeyHanger said:

Well i made it into December without having to scrape the car / van windows in the morning.

Long may it continue

Yep, I have been expecting to do it for a couple of weeks now but so far it has been relativley warm.

[Diderot]

Diderot said:

Diderot said:

Puggit said:

Diderot said:

Crafty_ said:

10+ degrees with bright sunshine today.. wondering if we will actually see a ground frost before christmas!

Heavy frost (as in scrape the car windows) here on the south coast yesterday.

Wasn't really frost, it was rain which then froze!

Ok, so it must have been below zero to freeze the *global warming CO2 tax evilness polar bear extinction event* that fell on the car during the night then.

Oh and it was worse than previously thought

Oh and I nearly forgot, we only have 3 nanoseconds to reduce our wanton release of lemonade bubbles into the atmosphere before acid ozone holes fall from the sky as drought-rain and kill all the polar bears who would otherwise drown in the floods because all that ice in the sea that melts doesn't obey the laws of physics and fluid dynamics. But, panic not, if you eat tofu and lentils and buy Duchy Original Pasties, the rainforests will flourish and McDonalds will be frozen to death in a blazing fireball of ice which can't possibly exist because Phil Jones has a computer model which projects that the blazing fireball of ice might not happen for 90 years. Possibly.