The official winter 2013/2014 snow thread

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kapiteinlangzaam said:

Looking at that map, the London airports are going to be messed up on Monday - oh joy!

Heathrow gets messed up when someone in ATC farts, you know that

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Met Office have stated a red warning is likely for the South Coast

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Petrol Only said:

Glad I'm booked for the tunnel then on Monday !

Better hope the overhead power cables don't come down

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K77 CTR said:

kapiteinlangzaam said:

If the winds are anything over about 50mph in the SE, nothing will be taking off or landing all day.

I'm preparing myself for a long delay at Gatwick Monday morning

I wouldn't bother turning up

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Alucidnation said:

Mr Fish has just been on saying it's not going to be as powerful as the storm of '87.

He was wrong then so.....

Hurricane force winds do not make a hurricane...

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funkyrobot said:

I'm just inside the second strongest damaging gusts section. Nice!

Only had my house a month and a half. Don't want to have to get the roof mended.

Amateur - hello from inside the hell zone

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wiliferus said:

Same here I'm hoping the death storm picks me up and spits me out in the Maldives

Mrs Puggit cooked a Maldivian curry tonight - I'm half way there! (Recipe scans available on request)

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funkyrobot said:

Puggit said:

wiliferus said:

Same here I'm hoping the death storm picks me up and spits me out in the Maldives

Mrs Puggit cooked a Maldivian curry tonight - I'm half way there! (Recipe scans available on request)

You make her cook for you when she is ill?

I had to take the kids to their weekly swimming lesson and then do the shopping (not panic buying) in Sainsburys - so she slept on the sofa and then rustled up a quick cuzza

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Wills2 said:

Has the storm formed then? From I got from last nights weather it hadn't and was still in the minds of the super computers.

Just wondering if it has started its track across the atlantic.

Christian has formed and Lorenzo is heading for their intimate liaison - all is on track as predicted by the computers

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funkyrobot said:

Cuzza recipe please.

I'll scan and post them in the food section tomorrow

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Latest from Met-Monkey:

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Fox- said:

Every source has a completely different map, exactly who are we supposed to trust?

Still, this one shows Cornwall and half of Devon escaping, so that'll do nicely.

It's all down to fine tuning now - this latest met monkey map is their area of greatest concern - so it's still really anyone south of Plymouth-Wash who is in the line of fire and coastal areas to bear the brunt.

The storm has only recently formed, somewhere off the coast of Canada - it's pretty amazing how well this has been predicted by the computers.

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wiliferus said:

Mondays death storm aside, there's some pretty intense rain falling in West Berks at the moment with some brisk wind. Nice little practice run for the main event

The dog just refused to go out for his night time wee - he has no idea

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wiliferus said:

He'll have the last laugh when he has a piss in the kitchen at 3am.

He's in the playroom tonight

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OzzyR1 said:

Is this massive storm actually going to happen or is it the usual load of bks from the media when there is a chance it might be a bit windy. Because its Autumn.

Puggit, you seem to be knowledgeable about this weather stuff, you think it'll really be as bad as the 87 storm?

The storm only came in to life yesterday, off the coast of Canada, so it's all been down to computers so far. That said, there is now a small climb down from the MetOffice:

"@fergieweather: W COUNTRY #ukstorm UPDATE 0730GMT: Increased hope of a less developed system tomorrow AM; uncertainty; but full update around 10-11am today."

"@fergieweather: W COUNTRY #ukstorm The current @metoffice assessment suggests 60-70% chance of a developed storm; 30-40% chance one much less so. More later"

This will be because there is now a visible storm that can be anticipated by experienced humans instead of programmed computers. No one has said it will be as bad as '87 (120mph winds) - the maximum forecast for this one has been 90mph winds. I think it's important to understand this will not be your average autumnal storm for the south, so precautions like tidying up your garden are a good idea.

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Met-Monkey said:

Storm Update: The Evening model forecasts are beginning to slow down the intensification of The Monday storm, and as a result the tracking is further South. This would mean a few things; Less intense and damaging winds, the strongest winds would be confined to the South Coast and perhaps for inland Southern England, and the risk of seriously damaging winds would be reduced considerably. This is the latest trend, however we're not going to get complacent, this is a complex evolution and we urge you to not take this latest information as gospel. In light of the latest model complications and the possible downgrade in storm tracking and intensity, analysis of 06Z and 12Z data across all models is crucial. Be prepared for the worst, and be safe is the best advice.

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schmalex said:

We just got back from Newark to LHR in 5h 20mins - there's quite a breeze blowing across the Atlantic currently

I've done Boston to Heathrow in 4hr45min - take off, serve drinks then dinner, lights out for an hour before breakfast wake up

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funkyrobot said:

I'm calling it 'Puggit's post curry slightly windy bottom event 2013'.

The press are trying to call it St Jude's day storm, but it's the bd love child of storms called Christian and Lorenzo.

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Rain will arrive overnight - seems that Wales is likely to get the worst of this, then the strongest winds will be from morning rush hour to lunch time in the South.

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funkyrobot said:

Cuzza recipe please.

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