Very overcast, slight breeze occasional gust, forecast says heavy snow
today. Trying to snow/rain at 0830. Had to clear thick ice off bird baths

Not had any significant snow at all SE Isle of Wight.

What have you got and where are you?

Mike

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Today, is the tomorrow, you were worrying about, yesterday.
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On Nov 30, 8:34*am, "'Mike'" wrote:
Very overcast, slight breeze occasional gust, forecast says heavy snow
today. Trying to snow/rain at 0830. Had to clear thick ice off bird baths

Not had any significant snow at all SE Isle of Wight.

What have you got and where are you?

Mike

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Today, is the tomorrow, you were worrying about, yesterday.
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Here in the Swansea area of South Wales the temp went down to 28f
overnight.
Yesterday it was bright and sunny and got up to 38f, leting me lift
some of the tree dahlias, but there are still around 50 left in the
ground, and the frost is getting further into the ground, I don't know
how many I will be able to save.
David Hill

'Mike' wrote:
What have you got and where are you?

Finally got some snow in West Essex.
Not a massive amount, but it was very pretty at 6.30am, with half covered
fox tracks heading down the road. Apparently the boys were very happy to
see it when they woke up.

"'Mike'" wrote in
:

Very overcast, slight breeze occasional gust, forecast says heavy snow
today. Trying to snow/rain at 0830. Had to clear thick ice off bird baths

Not had any significant snow at all SE Isle of Wight.

What have you got and where are you?

Mike


Snow and more snow for us in North Lincs and it's snowing now.

When I went out to feed the chickens the snow went up to the midle of my
wellies ie. 7 inches or thereabout.
I can't remember the last time it snowed in November, and I do remember in
2001 that I was mowing the lawn to pass the time for my sons wedding.

We arent even in winter yet are we? winter starts 21 December.

Sir Patrick Moore predicted we would have a few years of quite harsh
winters due to spots in or on the sun which I beleive causes as little as 1
or 2% of light to be denied to us and that small percentage is significant
to our planet. I read somewhere that 5% is ice age.
I could not find one url to give as it can be confusing so below is a start
for anybody interested.

http://www.sirpatrickmoore.com/begin...next_steps.php

Baz

Here in the Swansea area of South Wales the temp went down to 28f
overnight.
Yesterday it was bright and sunny and got up to 38f, leting me lift
some of the tree dahlias, but there are still around 50 left in the
ground, and the frost is getting further into the ground, I don't know
how many I will be able to save.

How do you cope with the TV weather forecasts that give temperatures in Celsius?
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Celcius?
What ever happened to centigrade?

Martin wrote in
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On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 02:04:11 -0800 (PST), Dave Hill
wrote:

On Nov 30, 8:34*am, "'Mike'" wrote:
Very overcast, slight breeze occasional gust, forecast says heavy
snow today. Trying to snow/rain at 0830. Had to clear thick ice off
bird baths

Not had any significant snow at all SE Isle of Wight.

What have you got and where are you?

Mike

--

...................................
Today, is the tomorrow, you were worrying about, yesterday.
...................................

Here in the Swansea area of South Wales the temp went down to 28f
overnight.
Yesterday it was bright and sunny and got up to 38f, leting me lift
some of the tree dahlias, but there are still around 50 left in the
ground, and the frost is getting further into the ground, I don't know
how many I will be able to save.

How do you cope with the TV weather forecasts that give temperatures
in Celsius?

As a rule of thumb.
Double it and add 27.
ie: 18 degrees c doubled is 36, add 27 =63degrees f
or
http://www.wbuf.noaa.gov/tempfc.htm

I hope this helps you as it did me some 30 years ago.

Baz

Dave Hill wrote in
:

Here in the Swansea area of South Wales the temp went down to 28f
overnight.
Yesterday it was bright and sunny and got up to 38f, leting me lift
some of the tree dahlias, but there are still around 50 left in the
ground, and the frost is getting further into the ground, I don't
know how many I will be able to save.

How do you cope with the TV weather forecasts that give temperatures
in Celsius? --

Martin- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Celcius?
What ever happened to centigrade?

The difference between degrees Celsius and degrees centigrade is that one
is the name of the person who invented the scale (in which water freezes at
0° and boils at 100°), and the other describes the scale ("centigrade"
means "100 divisions").
The other difference is that "Celsius" is considered correct. "Centigrade"
was an older, and I think almost exclusively American, way of referring to
the scale. Because we call the Fahrenheit scale after its inventor, to be
consistent we should refer to the Celsius scale after its inventor.

I copied this from a book so dont blame me with its lengthy text.

Baz

On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 02:04:11 -0800 (PST), Dave Hill
wrote:


Here in the Swansea area of South Wales the temp went down to 28f
overnight.
Yesterday it was bright and sunny and got up to 38f, leting me lift
some of the tree dahlias, but there are still around 50 left in the
ground, and the frost is getting further into the ground, I don't know
how many I will be able to save.
David Hill


I'm east of David (a bit inland from Porthcawl). Made -3.7C here
(about 25F) last night and currently (2pm) hovering around 1.5C
(34.7F).

I was silly yesterday - turned one of the outside taps back on to draw
some water for the bird bath and,afterwards, turned the stopcock back
off inside but forgot to then open and drain the tap outside. The top
of the tap sheared off this morning despite the fact that I did
remember to put the jacket back on it.

Jake

Baz wrote:
I can't remember the last time it snowed in November, and I do remember in
2001 that I was mowing the lawn to pass the time for my sons wedding.

It snowed on Nov 20th 1973, and up until the mid-90s it seemed to snow about
one in 3 Nov 20ths, although that may have been limited to where I was at
the time. The last time I remember it snowing on Nov 20th was at a party in
the mid-90s in Coventry, where I happened to be.

On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:02:17 GMT, Baz wrote:

Dave Hill wrote in
:

How do you cope with the TV weather forecasts that give temperatures
in Celsius? --

Martin- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Celcius?
What ever happened to centigrade?

The difference between degrees Celsius and degrees centigrade is that one
is the name of the person who invented the scale (in which water freezes at
0° and boils at 100°), and the other describes the scale ("centigrade"
means "100 divisions").

The fact is that Farenheit is also centigrade, well it would have been if
Farenheit had got the upper limit correct. It was intended to have 100
degrees between salt and ice and body temperature.
--
Phil Cook http://www.therewaslight.co.uk

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Baz wrote:
I can't remember the last time it snowed in November, and I do
remember in 2001 that I was mowing the lawn to pass the time for my
sons wedding.

It snowed on Nov 20th 1973, and up until the mid-90s it seemed to snow
about one in 3 Nov 20ths, although that may have been limited to where
I was at the time. The last time I remember it snowing on Nov 20th
was at a party in the mid-90s in Coventry, where I happened to be.


Funny how we all remember different times isnt it?
My aunt has reminded me how on her birthday Nov 28 1991 we had to put salt
on her driveway so her car could be driven.

As for 1973 this is documented here in my town, sort of a 2 year diary. In
1974 there was the biggest peacetime explosion here, and everybody
remembers where they were and who they were talking to, what they were
wearing and why.
It was the local anual 'Family Day' this day June 1st. Scorching hot day
for early June.
I was at the top of the high street with some school friends.
I remember looking at the town clock and seeing clouds sort of rushing and
then seeing a giant mushroom emerging behind it, then all the shops glass
fronts bursting outwards, cutting and maiming passers by. We were all
shocked momenterily but soon started to hear the emergency services sirens,
we all thought it was a local gas explosion or something.
It turned out to be a local nylon factory Nypro which had blown up, and as
luck would have it most of the emplyees of Nypro had the day off for the
yearly occasion of 'Family Day', though all of the skeleton crew perished.
It is known as the "Flixborough Disaster" these days.

But anyway yes I can remember at least one November snow and if i read my
dads diaries maybe some more to jolt my memory.

Baz

"Baz" wrote in message
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But anyway yes I can remember at least one November snow and if i read my
dads diaries maybe some more to jolt my memory.


I can remember many snow on the ground November the Fifths from my youth
period.

Pete

"Pete" wrote in message
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"Baz" wrote in message
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But anyway yes I can remember at least one November snow and if i read my
dads diaries maybe some more to jolt my memory.


I can remember many snow on the ground November the Fifths from my youth
period.

Pete

But not now due to ""Global warming"" ??? ;-))

Sorry ""Climate change"" :-(((

MP's........ Estate Agents ........... Farmers ................. Accountants
................................. Bankers

Who do YOU believe?


Mike


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Today, is the tomorrow, you were worrying about, yesterday.
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"'Mike'" wrote in
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"Pete" wrote in message
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"Baz" wrote in message
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But anyway yes I can remember at least one November snow and if i
read my dads diaries maybe some more to jolt my memory.


I can remember many snow on the ground November the Fifths from my
youth period.

Pete

But not now due to ""Global warming"" ??? ;-))

Sorry ""Climate change"" :-(((

MP's........ Estate Agents ........... Farmers .................
Accountants ................................ Bankers

Who do YOU believe?


Mike



Uh?

Baz(confused)

'Mike' wrote:
Very overcast, slight breeze occasional gust, forecast says heavy snow
today. Trying to snow/rain at 0830. Had to clear thick ice off bird baths

Not had any significant snow at all SE Isle of Wight.

What have you got and where are you?

Still not a snowflake in sight