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[ianu]

I know there are many around the country suffering horrendous weather conditions at the moment and for us southern softies it's come as a bit of a shock I'm sure.
I'm not just talking about the snow - but the unprecedented sub zero temperatures.
I - probably like most sit in the comfort of our lounge in the evening and look in amazement  at the temperatures on the weather map after the news and get excited if the guage in the car reads lower than minus 4 the next morning. I remember the eureka moment taking the kids to school last year when the guage dropped to minus 6 and shrieking to the kids to look at the guage.

Never in a million years did I think for one moment today when I left Bicester to travel to Wakefield...... the temperature in Bicester at 6:15am minus 7......as I got to the M1 at Northampton ...minus 8.......as I headed north approaching Leicester.......minus 9 ( I was now willing for another degree to take it into double figures ) ..come on you can do it..... yes  - Nottingham minus 10 (minus 10 for goodness sake) yes  ........hang on ......past Nottingham minus 11.....minus 12.....

Ok Ok - time to stop at the next services as screen wash was now obviously one large ice cube behind the front bumper and I needed to see where I was going.  So - Trowley Services I think it was ... into the car park...minus 12.5. No real snow anywhere - but the remains of some packed ice in the parking areas. As I pulled to a stop the guage which I'd normally expect to warm up a bit with heat from the engine wafting around ... but no it finally stopped on this 



As I said - never in a million years in this country in the north Midlands - bright sunshine - not a lot of snow around did I expect to be drinking a coffee in my car looking at this.
I'm sure those in the not so far reaches of the North can do better than this - but I'm flabbergasted 

Wakefield by the way was a pussy minus 3 - Hull however I believe was also competing for minus 14.

Return journey - traffic reports all over the place of major accidents on many motorways - take real good care out there folks - you might be able to stop - but you need to be thinking FOR those around you too especially the trucks  .

Cheers
Ian.

[Mysteryman]

I know there are many around the country suffering horrendous weather conditions at the moment and for us southern softies it's come as a bit of a shock I'm sure.
I'm not just talking about the snow - but the unprecedented sub zero temperatures.
I - probably like most sit in the comfort of our lounge in the evening and look in amazement  at the temperatures on the weather map after the news and get excited if the guage in the car reads lower than minus 4 the next morning. I remember the eureka moment taking the kids to school last year when the guage dropped to minus 6 and shrieking to the kids to look at the guage.

Never in a million years did I think for one moment today when I left Bicester to travel to Wakefield...... the temperature in Bicester at 6:15am minus 7......as I got to the M1 at Northampton ...minus 8.......as I headed north approaching Leicester.......minus 9 ( I was now willing for another degree to take it into double figures ) ..come on you can do it..... yes  - Nottingham minus 10 (minus 10 for goodness sake) yes  ........hang on ......past Nottingham minus 11.....minus 12.....

Ok Ok - time to stop at the next services as screen wash was now obviously one large ice cube behind the front bumper and I needed to see where I was going.  So - Trowley Services I think it was ... into the car park...minus 12.5. No real snow anywhere - but the remains of some packed ice in the parking areas. As I pulled to a stop the guage which I'd normally expect to warm up a bit with heat from the engine wafting around ... but no it finally stopped on this 



As I said - never in a million years in this country in the north Midlands - bright sunshine - not a lot of snow around did I expect to be drinking a coffee in my car looking at this.
I'm sure those in the not so far reaches of the North can do better than this - but I'm flabbergasted 

Wakefield by the way was a pussy minus 3 - Hull however I believe was also competing for minus 14.

Return journey - traffic reports all over the place of major accidents on many motorways - take real good care out there folks - you might be able to stop - but you need to be thinking FOR those around you too especially the trucks  .

Cheers
Ian.

-10 at 6:30 this morning, but that was positively tropical compared to the -13 we had last week.

[waspy]

-16 in Chesterfield yesterday morning.

It's been -12 & -13 a few times on my back garden over this cold snap

[Richie London]

we are so lucky here to have escaped it so far. just hope it stays like it

[2woody]

just been up the Co-op minus 16.7 here now.

but last week one day it was minus 20.

more that a smattering of snow is unusual, but now we've had three feet twice this year ( January and December )

groovy

[Vamps]

swmbo used My Mig last friday and said that it recorded -19.5......

[bluey]

-13 in Shifnal this morning.  The coldest I have recorded in a car was -17 on the A38 just South of Lichfield back in 2002.  I remember it because of the shock it gave me when I looked at the gauge and watched the engine temperature start to go down towards cold just as wheels started to spin at about 60 - well the road looked clear at the time.  One of those feet off everything and wait moments, thankfully nothing bad happened apart from new underwear required.

[Banjax]

-15 at about 11am this morning here 

[Kevin Wood]

Had -9.5 a couple of nights ago and within 2 hours it was up to +2.4. Thought my outside temperature sensor has bust but it was perfectly accurate.

Kevin

[jerry]

doesnt drop anywhere like that where I am. However, can seriously confirm that the -5% we had the other night with no wind chill factor (I live on the coast) was positively mild compared to the 0% we had earlier with wind chill factor!!

[hoofing it]

This was in falkirk this morning

[Omega_Dan]

lowest i have had is -15.5c in Leek (staffordshire morelands) Brrrrrrrrrrrrr!

[cem_devecioglu]

I know there are many around the country suffering horrendous weather conditions at the moment and for us southern softies it's come as a bit of a shock I'm sure.
I'm not just talking about the snow - but the unprecedented sub zero temperatures.
I - probably like most sit in the comfort of our lounge in the evening and look in amazement  at the temperatures on the weather map after the news and get excited if the guage in the car reads lower than minus 4 the next morning. I remember the eureka moment taking the kids to school last year when the guage dropped to minus 6 and shrieking to the kids to look at the guage.

Never in a million years did I think for one moment today when I left Bicester to travel to Wakefield...... the temperature in Bicester at 6:15am minus 7......as I got to the M1 at Northampton ...minus 8.......as I headed north approaching Leicester.......minus 9 ( I was now willing for another degree to take it into double figures ) ..come on you can do it..... yes  - Nottingham minus 10 (minus 10 for goodness sake) yes  ........hang on ......past Nottingham minus 11.....minus 12.....

Ok Ok - time to stop at the next services as screen wash was now obviously one large ice cube behind the front bumper and I needed to see where I was going.  So - Trowley Services I think it was ... into the car park...minus 12.5. No real snow anywhere - but the remains of some packed ice in the parking areas. As I pulled to a stop the guage which I'd normally expect to warm up a bit with heat from the engine wafting around ... but no it finally stopped on this 



As I said - never in a million years in this country in the north Midlands - bright sunshine - not a lot of snow around did I expect to be drinking a coffee in my car looking at this.
I'm sure those in the not so far reaches of the North can do better than this - but I'm flabbergasted 

Wakefield by the way was a pussy minus 3 - Hull however I believe was also competing for minus 14.

Return journey - traffic reports all over the place of major accidents on many motorways - take real good care out there folks - you might be able to stop - but you need to be thinking FOR those around you too especially the trucks  .

Cheers
Ian.

-10 at 6:30 this morning, but that was positively tropical compared to the -13 we had last week.

 

  tropical word gain a whole new meaning with you STMO

[cem_devecioglu]

+5 celcius , in the morning , damn cold !!

[Andy B]

+5 celcius , in the morning , damn cold !!