Omega Owners Forum

Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Nickbat on 06 March 2011, 10:53:58

Title: Return of winter?
Post by: Nickbat on 06 March 2011, 10:53:58
Heads up! This coming week may well bring a return of cold weather leading up to a potentially snowy weekend.

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?MENU=Week-ahead

 :o ;)
Title: Re: Return of winter?
Post by: Plomien on 06 March 2011, 11:00:19
http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/14days.asp?zipcode=SA6
showing the same elsewhere too :o
Title: Re: Return of winter?
Post by: Lazydocker on 06 March 2011, 11:32:13
Yep, we're forecast some around the 14th... Best put the snow chains and shovel back in the boot ::) ::)
Title: Re: Return of winter?
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 06 March 2011, 11:34:01
Good job I'll be putting in 5L longlife antifreeze in, when I do this cambelt, then!
Title: Re: Return of winter?
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 06 March 2011, 11:36:47
No surprise surely! ::) ::) ::)

Our winters can linger right into April, with Easter being 'white' on many occasions! ;) ;)
Title: Re: Return of winter?
Post by: albitz on 06 March 2011, 11:46:44
global warming. :y :D ;D.........Im in Norn Irn at the moment and its surprisingly dry and mild over here - for a change. :)
Title: Re: Return of winter?
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 06 March 2011, 11:48:41
Quote
global warming. :y :D ;D.........Im in Norn Irn at the moment and its surprisingly dry and mild over here - for a change. :)


Oh no!!  Do not do that to me Albs! :o :o :o :o

Mention GW, when I have promised not to comment ever again on one of those threads!! ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
Title: Re: Return of winter?
Post by: Banjax on 06 March 2011, 20:56:22
Quote
Quote
global warming. :y :D ;D.........Im in Norn Irn at the moment and its surprisingly dry and mild over here - for a change. :)


Oh no!!  Do not do that to me Albs! :o :o :o :o

Mention GW, when I have promised not to comment ever again on one of those threads!! ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)


local weather

global warming


does no one read my memos???  :o :o :o ;)
Title: Re: Return of winter?
Post by: bigegg on 07 March 2011, 00:57:34
"climate is what we expect.
weather is what we get"

this "climate change" thing is all bowlarks anyway.
the small changes to the climate we are supposedly experiencing are much less than the long term variations due the earth's orbit. [1]

I can't believe that *anything* we can do to the environment (which is a closed system), can destroy it.
we can burn as much fossil fuel as we like, we are only releasing stuff which is already in the system.
co2 causes a "greenhouse effect" - greenhouses are good for growing plants.
and the more plants that grow, the more animals there will be to eat them.
if particular species are displaced, or even made extinct (and I include humans in this) then it isn't the first time, or the last time, it will happen

now if we were bringing in a 2 trillion tonne asteroid of solid co2...

[1] the earth orbits the sun in an eclipse. the seasons are determined by axial wobble of the earth's axis.
if winter corrresponds with the perihelion of the earths orbit, we will experience a colder winter than if it occurs at the aphelion.
Add to this that it appears that the crust of the earth moves in relation to the underlying planet every 20,000 years or so.
it *appears* that the north pole was somewhere near hudson bay 12000 years ago, and siberia was temperate.
under this theory, we're still having an "ice age", it's just centred at the north pole, and antartica.
the pole moved very suddenly - hence the thousands of perfectly preserved, quick frozen mammoths under the polar ice in siberia (some still with unchewed food in their mouths).
Title: Re: Return of winter?
Post by: feeutfo on 07 March 2011, 07:44:48
Quote
Heads up! This coming week may well bring a return of cold weather leading up to a potentially snowy weekend.

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?MENU=Week-ahead

 :o ;)
Well that's it then, beginning of the end!  :'(
Title: Re: Return of winter?
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 07 March 2011, 08:44:11
Quote
Quote
Heads up! This coming week may well bring a return of cold weather leading up to a potentially snowy weekend.

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?MENU=Week-ahead

 :o ;)
Well that's it then, beginning of the end!  :'(


 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :y

Reading this thread you would think so! Let's all be negative! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
Title: Re: Return of winter?
Post by: Nickbat on 08 March 2011, 13:33:38
Update:

Current thinking is that the low will be further North than previously modelled, meaning that Scotland will get the cold, while England gets quite mild. :y
Title: Re: Return of winter?
Post by: Banjax on 08 March 2011, 13:48:16
Quote
Update:

Current thinking is that the low will be further North than previously modelled, meaning that Scotland will get the cold, while England gets quite mild. :y

it's so cold here today I've changed the readout in the car to Fahrenheit just to feel warmer  :y
Title: Re: Return of winter?
Post by: aaronjb on 08 March 2011, 13:52:37
It's a beautiful sunny day here - clear blue sky with barely a cloud in sight, probably around 10C outside but feels much warmer in the sun with an ever so slight breeze.

Gorgeous weather.. hopefully it won't rain as much as forecast on Saturday so I don't get soaked through working outside.
Title: Re: Return of winter?
Post by: albitz on 08 March 2011, 13:59:23
Quote
Update:

Current thinking is that the low will be further North than previously modelled, meaning that Scotland will get the cold, while England gets quite mild. :y

Just as it should be. :y ;D............quite a frost here last night, but a nice bright, mild day. :)
Title: Re: Return of winter?
Post by: Psychoca on 08 March 2011, 14:50:19
hmmm   I think I'll be ordering the Sun Cream...  No Snow for me...  ;D

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/7days.asp
Title: Re: Return of winter?
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 08 March 2011, 15:58:58
today.. and this weather will continue for 3 days according to our met..
(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x80/mecdv6/kar1-2.jpg)
(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x80/mecdv6/kar2.jpg)
Title: Re: Return of winter?
Post by: Nickbat on 10 March 2011, 11:42:29
Quote
Update:

Current thinking is that the low will be further North than previously modelled, meaning that Scotland will get the cold, while England gets quite mild. :y

Yep, looks like Scotland and North East England (and possibly N. Ireland) will see the white stuff. Warnings are out!

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/uk_forecast_warnings.html