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Title: cold weather!!!
Post by: plym ian on 20 December 2012, 07:27:18
where is it? I thought we were going to be in minus figures for at least a month according to reports last week. yesterday it was about 12c all day which is quite mild for this time of year.
Title: Re: cold weather!!!
Post by: Johnny English on 20 December 2012, 07:52:34
0oC on here and everybody praying for snow.
Title: Re: cold weather!!!
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 20 December 2012, 09:22:20
where is it? I thought we were going to be in minus figures for at least a month according to reports last week. yesterday it was about 12c all day which is quite mild for this time of year.

yep.. same here.. I have never seen above 10 celcius in december ???
Title: Re: cold weather!!!
Post by: Nickbat on 20 December 2012, 10:12:00
where is it? I thought we were going to be in minus figures for at least a month according to reports last week. yesterday it was about 12c all day which is quite mild for this time of year.

In the Ukraine.

KIEV, Dec 17, 2012 (AFP) - Severe winter weather has claimed 18 lives in Ukraine since the start of the month and three babies were born in traffic jams on snow- and ice-snarled roads, authorities said Monday. Twelve people have died since Friday as temperatures plunged to minus 15 degrees Celsius (five Fahrenheit) in some parts, the health ministry's press office said. Another 133 people sought medical treatment for hypothermia and frostbite, with 108 of them hospitalised.

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?ARCHIV=0&LANG=en&MENU=207&FILE=b1.txt&DAY=20121218 (http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?ARCHIV=0&LANG=en&MENU=207&FILE=b1.txt&DAY=20121218)
Title: Re: cold weather!!!
Post by: Rods2 on 20 December 2012, 18:43:05
where is it? I thought we were going to be in minus figures for at least a month according to reports last week. yesterday it was about 12c all day which is quite mild for this time of year.

In the Ukraine.

KIEV, Dec 17, 2012 (AFP) - Severe winter weather has claimed 18 lives in Ukraine since the start of the month and three babies were born in traffic jams on snow- and ice-snarled roads, authorities said Monday. Twelve people have died since Friday as temperatures plunged to minus 15 degrees Celsius (five Fahrenheit) in some parts, the health ministry's press office said. Another 133 people sought medical treatment for hypothermia and frostbite, with 108 of them hospitalised.

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?ARCHIV=0&LANG=en&MENU=207&FILE=b1.txt&DAY=20121218 (http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?ARCHIV=0&LANG=en&MENU=207&FILE=b1.txt&DAY=20121218)

It has been down to -20, it was a warm -10 today with a biting cold wind. Unusual for them to get weather this bad before January / February. They are normally pretty well organised for clearing snow, but they had so much, about 1m, so quickly, they have struggled to cope. Many people have been without electricity for about a week now.

Not a good start to winter. Apart from the cold weather deaths due to accidents and freezing to death, there is also a real peak, where many older people die where very cold weather take its toll of weak infirm bodies, along with increased heart attacks from cold blood being thicker and respiratory diseases. Last year when it was one in 100 years cold of -36, there were over 20,000 more deaths than the seasonal average.  :( :(
Title: Re: cold weather!!!
Post by: OOMV6 on 20 December 2012, 19:00:02
It is unusual this year. We normally have minus temp most of December. We only had 4/5 days of -10 at night and -5 in the day. It has been remarkably warm for December with 4 deg most mornings.

January will probably bring the -15 in the mornings though as it normally does. Doesn't take that much getting used to really as long as there is no chilly wind.

That said, there has been a notably change over the years. Winter used to be anywhere between -20 and -5 and summer 25 - 35 deg. Last few years it has been between -10 and 0 and 20 to 30 respectively.
Not sure what that means really ::)
Title: Re: cold weather!!!
Post by: Vamps on 20 December 2012, 22:25:12
And I bought wellies, gloves and a woolly hat ready for the onslaught.... ::) ::)

Time I sold the Jeep and got another Mig, then the snow will fall........ :D :D :D
Title: Re: cold weather!!!
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 20 December 2012, 22:49:43
And I bought wellies, gloves and a woolly hat ready for the onslaught.... ::) ::)

Time I sold the Jeep and got another Mig, then the snow will fall........ :D :D :D

if there were no winter tyres for it, not a big loss.. 4 tyres skating instead of 2 ;D
Title: Re: cold weather!!!
Post by: Vamps on 21 December 2012, 00:09:45
And I bought wellies, gloves and a woolly hat ready for the onslaught.... ::) ::)

Time I sold the Jeep and got another Mig, then the snow will fall........ :D :D :D

if there were no winter tyres for it, not a big loss.. 4 tyres skating instead of 2 ;D

We have water Cem not ice, chunky tyres are good, and they work fine in the snow too, any tyre will skate, 4x4 or not, on our roads, all the way to the nearest pot hole...... ::) ::) ::) :-X
Title: Re: cold weather!!!
Post by: bored bigyin54 on 21 December 2012, 01:42:45
And I bought wellies, gloves and a woolly hat ready for the onslaught.... ::) ::)

Time I sold the Jeep and got another Mig, then the snow will fall........ :D :D :D

if there were no winter tyres for it, not a big loss.. 4 tyres skating instead of 2 ;D

We have water Cem not ice, chunky tyres are good, and they work fine in the snow too, any tyre will skate, 4x4 or not, on our roads, all the way to the nearest pot hole...... ::) ::) ::) :-X
never put winter tyres on mine ,and never get stuck :y :y
Title: Re: cold weather!!!
Post by: omega3000 on 21 December 2012, 15:51:04
And I bought wellies, gloves and a woolly hat ready for the onslaught.... ::) ::)

Time I sold the Jeep and got another Mig, then the snow will fall........ :D :D :D

Keep the jeep , i think we are in for heaps of snow  :-X
Title: Re: cold weather!!!
Post by: bored bigyin54 on 21 December 2012, 23:12:54
And I bought wellies, gloves and a woolly hat ready for the onslaught.... ::) ::)

Time I sold the Jeep and got another Mig, then the snow will fall........ :D :D :D

Keep the jeep , i think we are in for heaps of snow  :-X
not , just rain
 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: cold weather!!!
Post by: omega3000 on 22 December 2012, 09:57:06
Rather have snow any day than this miserable rain  ;D
Title: Re: cold weather!!!
Post by: bored bigyin54 on 22 December 2012, 12:36:08
Rather have snow any day than this miserable rain  ;D
you can still move in rain ;D ;D
Title: Re: cold weather!!!
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 22 December 2012, 12:37:57
Rather have snow any day than this miserable rain  ;D
you can still move in rain ;D ;D

You just need a boat! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
Title: Re: cold weather!!!
Post by: omega3000 on 22 December 2012, 13:33:38
Rather have snow any day than this miserable rain  ;D
you can still move in rain ;D ;D

I cant , im always at snail pace  :'( With snow i could fit ski's and be a lot faster  ;D
Title: Re: cold weather!!!
Post by: bored bigyin54 on 22 December 2012, 14:45:23
Rather have snow any day than this miserable rain  ;D
you can still move in rain ;D ;D

I cant , im always at snail pace  :'( With snow i could fit ski's and be a lot faster  ;D
i forgot you got an open top now ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: cold weather!!!
Post by: Varche on 22 December 2012, 15:15:56
22 deg C here today, might be eating our Xmas lunch(turkey of course) outside at this rate.

24 deg C yesterday near the coast.

I feel sorry for anyone in Cornwall with all the rain they have been having.