General / Off-Topic UK embrace for the coldest winter in 30 years.

lysan

lysan
Britain could be in for a new beast from the east as experts predict this winter will be "the coldest weather in 30 years".

Temperatures could reach as low as -14C with “snow event after snow event” expected to hit parts of the UK from as early as later on this month.

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YOU'VE STOLEN MY DREAMS AND MY CHILDHOOD! WE MUST EAT OLD PEOPLE! .o_O....Oh wait, hang on, its really cold now... :unsure:
 
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jasonbarron

jasonbarron
lysan said:
Britain could be in for a new beast from the east as experts predict this winter will be "the coldest weather in 30 years".

Temperatures could reach as low as -14C with “snow event after snow event” expected to hit parts of the UK from as early as later on this month.

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YOU'VE STOLEN MY DREAMS AND MY CHILDHOOD! WE MUST EAT OLD PEOPLE! .o_O....Oh wait, hang on, its really cold now... :unsure:
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If it heats up: Global warming aaaaaarg!
If it cools down: Climate change aaaaaaarg!
If weather stays the same: aaaaaaaarg!
 

Patrick_68000

Patrick_68000
- 14° is quite normal in Europe although less frequent in recent years.

In 1945 in the Ardennes, the American troops fought with -17 ° during several weeks and without equipment for the winter.

I wonder how they did ?
 

Morbad

Morbad
Amazing how a little snow can shut down areas not used to it. Coming from upstate New York, even unusual levels of snowfall rarely caused major issues...they'd just plow more often and dump more salt on the roads. However, when I lived in Delaware or Arkansas, you'd think the world was ending if they had half an inch on the ground. Worse, everyone with a 4x4 thought they were somehow magically immune to ice, and the two days of actual snow I saw a year in AR probably resulted in more idiots in ditches than in a whole winter in more northerly locales.

lysan said:
Yes, that is true, however the golf stream has always fluctuate bringing cold winters to the island from time to time.
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I think his point was that the same broad warming trend will result in colder weather some places, during some parts of the year.

The thermohaline currents helping drive the gulf stream have significantly reduced in strength as the arctic has warmed (less sea ice, less salinity gradient) and this could have the effect of disrupting some of the warmer ocean currents responsible for moderating the climate of the British isles. The potential effects of this are still not well understood though.
 

Ashnak

Ashnak
Patrick_68000 said:
- 14° is quite normal in Europe although less frequent in recent years.

In 1945 in the Ardennes, the American troops fought with -17 ° during several weeks and without equipment for the winter.

I wonder how they did ?
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lokvette

lokvette
Last year it dipped to - 24c here but then I am half way up Swedens east coast. Its just started to be below frezzing at night and in the mornings now, and tops out at around 6c during the day.

I look forward to many a its cold posts from me chums in the Uk.
 
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