The North Wind Will Blow And We Shall Have Snow...

[sandyRoe]

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/uk-weather-britain-facing-coldest-winter-for-50-years/ar-AAefpB0?li=AA9SkIr

Anyone remember that winter in the 60s when deep snow drifts lay for weeks?

[RATTER15]

I think they say something similar every year, I don't take any notice anymore. I remember a lot of snow late 70's where we had a lot nothing to speak of since though.

[Hopkirk]

Here is the prediction for last winter.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/528643/Winter-2014-weather-warning-snow-arctic-freezing-temperatures-forecast

I don't remember it getting that bad, do you?

[Svejk]

Really? R4 just had some warmist on, she said it was the hottest year ever, as they had predicted.
You can't see the temperature actually rising, she explained, but it's in the underlying trends, bleh, bleh, bleh. ;-)

[sandyRoe]

This must be the time for the bitter winter coming stories to get an airing. Last year didn't seem memorably bad.

[Togo]

1963 sandy I remember digging ourselves out when the snow was up to waist height. The ground was frozen from November through to March.

[Canary42]

Yes, I remember it well - the only time I saw cars driving on the Norfok Broads
- 1962/3 it was.

[vulcan42]

I wish these experts would get together occasionally.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34226178

[Zacs-Master]

Everybody round here says it's rubbish.



But then I am in Corfu.

[Vicasso]

I remember the winter of 1963. We could not play football at school for months because the pitches were like uneven rutted concrete. I also remember the stench of the grass when the thaw finally set in. On the plus side, the normal cross country run course was unusable so we had to stick to the flat roads around the school.

[Togo]

We took the tyres off our bikes and had speedway races on the canal and Westport Lake in Stoke.

[Retrochic]

How come Britain is never ever ready for the weather it gets year on year? Drought and they run out of water, rain and flood defenses fail, one inch of snow and "sub zero" temperatures and the country grinds to a halt? I remember watching World News on TV an few years ago at the terrible weather they were having in the UK -LOL! minus 12C and from what looked like the photos around 3 inches of snow. Why is Britain never prepared?

[sandyRoe]

I guess because seriously bad weather is so rare that councils and the like aren't prepared to spend the money.

[vulcan42]

I particularly remember the winter of 1963 having just returned from six months in the middle of the Pacific. Because of the cold war, no pun intended, we had to try and keep the runways open. Various measures were tried and then somebody suggested we attach a jet engine,mounted vertically, to a cradle and towing it behind a tractor. It worked very well, the snow quickly melted but the only problem being it also quickly refroze again. We ended up with the longest skating rink in the country. Happy day's.

[Canary42]

Britain's monopoly of unpreparedness is a myth - most, if not all, countries suffer problems when unusually severe weather encountered. The ones who deal with heavy snowfalls for example are ones where it occurs for months on end and therefore the investment in curative resources is cost-effective. In England it would cost more than the cost of just putting up with it for a short while.

[Retrochic]

sandy -2 inches of snow is hardly 'serious weather'.

[razza]

I remember the worst winter ever in 1947

[jno]

the winters are always 5 degrees colder in the Daily Express.

But the Met Office is predicting two BBQ years coming up

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34226178

[jno]

oops, sorry, Vulcan has posted that link already.

[Zacs-Master]

The Met office can't even get the weather right 48 hours in advance. Or if they do it's usually luck. I don't know why they bother, as an Island at the mercy of the Gulf Stream, and with a variety of topographical features creating micro climates, forecasting is damn near impossible.

[vulcan42]

According to the experts, again, 1947 & 1963 were the two worst winters since 1740, with 63 just taking top spot. 47 had more snow but wasn't as cold as 63 which had less snow but the coldest since the infamous 1740. Interesting article here.
http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=famous-winters;sess=