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Cold Snap for the UK
To all URGlers,
Just a reminder to let you know that we are expecting a change to MUCH colder weather across the UK from this coming weekend with overnight frosts and perhaps sleet or wet snow across some areas in the Northeast a distinct possibility. For more information or a forecast for your location you may like to visit http://www.metcheck.com as we will be issuing regular updates on the site regarding the cold snap. HTH Andrew |
Cold Snap for the UK
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 10:55:43 +0000 (UTC), "Andrew Bond"
wrote: To all URGlers, Just a reminder to let you know that we are expecting a change to MUCH colder weather across the UK from this coming weekend with overnight frosts and perhaps sleet or wet snow across some areas in the Northeast a distinct possibility. For more information or a forecast for your location you may like to visit http://www.metcheck.com as we will be issuing regular updates on the site regarding the cold snap. What about putting wind speeds in beaufort too? -- Martin |
Cold Snap for the UK
"Andrew Bond" wrote in message ... To all URGlers, Just a reminder to let you know that we are expecting a change to MUCH colder weather across the UK from this coming weekend with overnight frosts and perhaps sleet or wet snow across some areas in the Northeast a distinct possibility. For more information or a forecast for your location you may like to visit http://www.metcheck.com as we will be issuing regular updates on the site regarding the cold snap. Some rain for the first time in about 6 months would be welcome! Watering the grass in October is a bit unusual. -- Regards Bob Use a useful Screen Saver... http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ and find intelligent life amongst the stars, there's bugger all down here. |
Cold Snap for the UK
On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 23:36:43 +0100, Bob Hobden wrote:
Some rain for the first time in about 6 months would be welcome! Watering the grass in October is a bit unusual. What address should I send some of our rain to? After a long droughty summer and fall, much drier than usual, it's pouring down outside like there's no tomorrow. Regrettably, a lot of it's just running off instead of soaking in. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada change "invalid" to "net" to respond |
Cold Snap for the UK
"Rodger wrote in message Some rain for the first time in about 6 months would be welcome! Watering the grass in October is a bit unusual. What address should I send some of our rain to? After a long droughty summer and fall, much drier than usual, it's pouring down outside like there's no tomorrow. Regrettably, a lot of it's just running off instead of soaking in. That's what is going to happen here when it does start, it will pour down continuously but will run straight off into the river (Thames mainly) because the ground is so dry and I bet we get flooding again this year in the Staines/Chertsey area. Still, what a spring/summer/autumn we have had. Won't know until next spring how many plants/trees have died through lack of water. -- Regards Bob Use a useful Screen Saver... http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ and find intelligent life amongst the stars, there's bugger all down here. |
Cold Snap for the UK
Bob Hobden wrote:
"Rodger wrote in message Some rain for the first time in about 6 months would be welcome! Watering the grass in October is a bit unusual. What address should I send some of our rain to? After a long droughty summer and fall, much drier than usual, it's pouring down outside like there's no tomorrow. Regrettably, a lot of it's just running off instead of soaking in. That's what is going to happen here when it does start, it will pour down continuously but will run straight off into the river (Thames mainly) because the ground is so dry and I bet we get flooding again this year in the Staines/Chertsey area. Yep you can *almost* guarantee a *monsoon* season as in previous years.. I for one will be trying to capture some of the water and reduce runoff with miniswales, and cover crops to prevent soil loss. Esp on our hilly allotment. So much land drainage and loss of soil stored water and trees combined with changes in weather patterns and we are now seeing the longer term results // Jim Still, what a spring/summer/autumn we have had. Won't know until next spring how many plants/trees have died through lack of water. |
Cold Snap for the UK
Subject: Cold Snap for the UK
From: (Jim W) Date: 18/10/2003 18:44 GMT Daylight Time Message-id: 1g2zwk4.f8a1buljokrkN%00senetnospamtodayta@macunl imited.net So much land drainage and loss of soil stored water and trees combined with changes in weather patterns and we are now seeing the longer term results I am not a scientist, but hasn't the climate been changing for centuries anyway? I'm sure that northern africa used to be hugely fertile swamp and jungle didn't it? Hasn't desertification been going on in the Sahara region for the last few thousand years, and didn't europe have a mini ace sometime around medeavil times? -- Rhiannon http://www.livejournal.com/users/rhiannon_s/ Q: how many witches does it take to change a lightbulb? A: depends on what you want it changed into! |
Cold Snap for the UK
"Rodger Whitlock" wrote in message ... On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 23:36:43 +0100, Bob Hobden wrote: Some rain for the first time in about 6 months would be welcome! Watering the grass in October is a bit unusual. What address should I send some of our rain to? After a long droughty summer and fall, much drier than usual, it's pouring down outside like there's no tomorrow. Regrettably, a lot of it's just running off instead of soaking in. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada change "invalid" to "net" to respond Send it to Redditch - we haven't had any since June, possibly longer (apart from about three very light showers for about five minutes!!). I keep hoping...... -- ************************************************ Chrissie http://www.thegardener.btinternet.co.uk ************************************************ |
Cold Snap for the UK
Rhiannon S wrote:
Subject: Cold Snap for the UK From: (Jim W) Date: 18/10/2003 18:44 GMT Daylight Time Message-id: 1g2zwk4.f8a1buljokrkN%00senetnospamtodayta@macunl imited.net So much land drainage and loss of soil stored water and trees combined with changes in weather patterns and we are now seeing the longer term results I am not a scientist, but hasn't the climate been changing for centuries anyway? I'm sure that northern africa used to be hugely fertile swamp and jungle didn't it? Hasn't desertification been going on in the Sahara region for the last few thousand years, and didn't europe have a mini ace sometime around medeavil times? Dunno I wasn't there, never been to the Sahara nor Europe in the medeavil times;-Pp Yes the climate has been changing but the immense tree clearance and land drainage took place mainly during the last couple of hundred years (ish) to my knowledge. // Jim |
Cold Snap for the UK
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 17:10:00 +0100,
(Jim W) wrote: Rhiannon S wrote: Subject: Cold Snap for the UK From: (Jim W) Date: 18/10/2003 18:44 GMT Daylight Time Message-id: 1g2zwk4.f8a1buljokrkN%00senetnospamtodayta@macunl imited.net So much land drainage and loss of soil stored water and trees combined with changes in weather patterns and we are now seeing the longer term results I am not a scientist, but hasn't the climate been changing for centuries anyway? I'm sure that northern africa used to be hugely fertile swamp and jungle didn't it? Hasn't desertification been going on in the Sahara region for the last few thousand years, and didn't europe have a mini ace sometime around medeavil times? Dunno I wasn't there, never been to the Sahara nor Europe in the medeavil times;-Pp Yes the climate has been changing but the immense tree clearance and land drainage took place mainly during the last couple of hundred years (ish) to my knowledge. The downs and the northern moors were not cleared of trees in modern times. The moors were cleared during prehistoric times, the downs in the middle ages -- Martin |
Cold Snap for the UK
The message
from "Bob Hobden" contains these words: "Rodger wrote in message Some rain for the first time in about 6 months would be welcome! Watering the grass in October is a bit unusual. That's what is going to happen here when it does start, it will pour down continuously but will run straight off into the river (Thames mainly) because the ground is so dry and I bet we get flooding again this year in the Staines/Chertsey area. Still, what a spring/summer/autumn we have had. Won't know until next spring how many plants/trees have died through lack of water. I have been wondering about the effects on next season of this year's drought. In your comment about trees dying, do you mean that even if they look healthy now, they may be at risk, or do you mean that if they look sick now they might or might not recover? Janet G |
Cold Snap for the UK
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martin wrote: Yes the climate has been changing but the immense tree clearance and land drainage took place mainly during the last couple of hundred years (ish) to my knowledge. The downs and the northern moors were not cleared of trees in modern times. The moors were cleared during prehistoric times, the downs in the middle ages No, they were cleared much earlier than that. It was the change from arable to pastoral use that happened in the middle ages. The only recent large-scale clearing (other than to build cities) that I know of was in the Highlands, and that was mostly a few hundred years back. Perhaps Ireland at the same time, too. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
Cold Snap for the UK
martin wrote:
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 17:10:00 +0100, (Jim W) wrote: Rhiannon S wrote: Subject: Cold Snap for the UK From: (Jim W) Date: 18/10/2003 18:44 GMT Daylight Time Message-id: 1g2zwk4.f8a1buljokrkN%00senetnospamtodayta@macunl imited.net So much land drainage and loss of soil stored water and trees combined with changes in weather patterns and we are now seeing the longer term results I am not a scientist, but hasn't the climate been changing for centuries anyway? I'm sure that northern africa used to be hugely fertile swamp and jungle didn't it? Hasn't desertification been going on in the Sahara region for the last few thousand years, and didn't europe have a mini ace sometime around medeavil times? Dunno I wasn't there, never been to the Sahara nor Europe in the medeavil times;-Pp Yes the climate has been changing but the immense tree clearance and land drainage took place mainly during the last couple of hundred years (ish) to my knowledge. The downs and the northern moors were not cleared of trees in modern times. The moors were cleared during prehistoric times, the downs in the middle ages So bar the moors relatively recently in overall terms // Jim |
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