Cold weather alert from met office

alainax said:
A week of dry weather and hovering around freezing forecasted here, sounds perfect!
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Yeah, same here - that is music to my ears. Rather have cold and dry than warmer and wet. So far this winter we have had a lot of occasions of snow turning to ice which has been pretty hard to deal with. Looking forward to cold and dry
 
stencilface said:
I'm really looking forward to it! Dry, cold, fantastic!

Might head out onto the field on Saturday with some planks on my feet to smash the ruts out before it goes rock hard.
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Are they really deep ruts, that you think you need to level them?

I find that it's easier to walk on a rutted mud surface that has frozen, rather than a smooth surface that has frozen. The peaks fit between heal and sole of my boot, and I don't slip.
 
Keith_Beef said:
Are they really deep ruts, that you think you need to level them?

I find that it's easier to walk on a rutted mud surface that has frozen, rather than a smooth surface that has frozen. The peaks fit between heal and sole of my boot, and I don't slip.
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More for the horses than me, and I understand what you're saying but I might attempt to drive the crummy arena 4x4 on it once it's solid. I'm also hoping they'll tread it down if i keep putting the hay out on the same area.
 
ester said:
you would think, at the moment we have enough actual stuff to worry about :p
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Yeah but we're British and therefore are genetically programmed to distract ourselves with mithering about the weather when the world is going to s-poo
 
Unfortunately I'm a weather nerd,
This is causing much excitement with some comparing to 1881, but most comparing to 2010.

This is due from Monday onwards (first week on march) the weekend will feel like summer if this hits how the models are showing

Others are not too fussed, hey its winter, but I'd rather know than not,

Keep an eye on vulnerable neighbours

Met office have upgraded the cold weather alert to an amber level 3 (of 4) warning
 
Zero00000 said:
And PS, yes I'm a southern softy, I don't own a big coat haha
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I thought you southerners all had big coats and wore them from September through to May.

When I was a student in Newcastle upon Tyne, we could spot the Spanish students because they'd be out doon the toon wearing big down jackets while we'd be walking from pub to pub, on our way to the Big Market in T shirts.

Weather forecast for here is for sub-zero at night, around -6°C, but daytime temperatures of around 3°C, so not really anything to worry about.
 
We've got yellow warnings for snow but then if you look on the weather breakdown, it doesn't look like we'll get much, if any. Either way, I've got plenty of hay and the ponies are much happier in cold weather than wet weather, so I'm not too worried.
 
Zero00000 said:
And PS, yes I'm a southern softy, I don't own a big coat haha
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It's a Peter Kaye quote, something along the lines of "Snow is forecast, commuters in the South be prepared for disruption, stay inside except for essential journeys. Northerners - wear your big coat!"

I really don't understand what the media is making all the fuss about, I have just heard on the BBC that next week will be coldest February week *in 5 years*, not in living memory! It is February, we can expect winter weather.

I would rather have the snow and cold now than in April, as we did a few years ago (2013?), when we had a 5ft mound of snow in our yard, couldn't get the stable doors, or the gates, right open and had to keep the horses in for a week, the farrier came on foot to check an elderly mare who was lame, the local roads weren't cleared for several days and we couldn't get the cars out. It took 3 weeks to get rid of the snow mountain, even though the weather warmed up considerably after the first week.
Fortunately it doesn't sound as if we are expecting anything like that, this time. But, just in case, I have had my big coat cleaned! :D
 
True Brit all the way!

Must say, some forecasts say only a dusting, Met office says pretty continuous snow in freezing temps. The roads will be grim if that happens, am trialling home made snow chains - short lengths of chain held on with heavy cable ties looped through the spokes. The chain just clears the brakes, if it works it will be BRILLIANT. And far easier than real chains, unless you go for the super expensive ones they area total pain to put on.
 
I am a weather nerd too-its not that I don't expect bad weather in winter, just that this is a specific set of events that doesn't happen all that often and its kinda cool. we always expect a spell of bad weather late feb/march-its why the local farmers who lamb outside don't start until late march/early april but this has the potential to much longer. And yes, 2013 was a long, cold spring (and folioed by the best summer we'd seen in Scotland for years) which was also caused by easterly winds and cold air from the Arctic.

personally, anything that helps my ponies waistlines is fine by me :D and we have very little wind, which is a novelty in itself-and little ice because its so dry-going to be a fab weekend.
 
Have been watching to see if this SSW would bring anything significant for weeks,
We don't normally have events to get overly excited about, certainly not on this level,
48hrs out, so anything can happen still,
But certainly a very interesting time to be watching the models.
 
Keith_Beef said:
I thought you southerners all had big coats and wore them from September through to May.

When I was a student in Newcastle upon Tyne, we could spot the Spanish students because they'd be out doon the toon wearing big down jackets while we'd be walking from pub to pub, on our way to the Big Market in T shirts.

Weather forecast for here is for sub-zero at night, around -6°C, but daytime temperatures of around 3°C, so not really anything to worry about.
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You a fellow Geordie, Keith?

I’ve been been down south for so long I’ve gone soft! People at the yard were horrified at my bright red fingers and otherwise purple hands last night. I admit, it looks mental. Must find my gloves for this afternoon! The yard is at the top of a hill, so considerably colder than elsewhere.
 
cinnamontoast said:
You a fellow Geordie, Keith?

I’ve been been down south for so long I’ve gone soft! People at the yard were horrified at my bright red fingers and otherwise purple hands last night. I admit, it looks mental. Must find my gloves for this afternoon! The yard is at the top of a hill, so considerably colder than elsewhere.
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No, I'm originally from Sheffield, but I by a quirk of geography some parts of the city used to get TTTV better than YTV, so I grew up with Byker Grove, knew a few Geordies in my late teens and early twenties, and then went up there for my degree.

For the first year, it was still Newcastle Polytechnic, and the rumour is that it was almost renamed City University of Newcastle... but ended up as University of Northumbria.
 
Well it is delightful here in Worcestershire this morning - the gentlest of frosts this morning that quickly disappeared in the sun.

The ground is dry, the sun is in the sky... Just lovely. It's the best weather we've had around here all winter :)
 
My built in cold repellent would not allow me to move there, it's quite possible I would die haha
I'm so done with this cold weather, hibernation is on the cards.
 
I have made various preparations for the oncoming weather, we often get worst snow from easterlies (I live in the Rotherham/Doncaster area).
Part of me is hoping for a bit of reverse psychology, the fact that I have stuck a shovel in the car means I won't need to use it ;)

The weather will do as it wants as always.
 
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