Heads Up - Weather 3rd - 13th Jan [merged discussion on snow and disruption]
Jan 2, 2010, 4:18 pm
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Heads Up - Weather 3rd - 13th Jan [merged discussion on snow and disruption]
Just a heads up at this stage.
The met office are warning of snow showers tomorrow, HOWEVER the interweb weather forums who are looking at the GFS, METO and ECM charts are besides themselves with the amount of snow for the SE Tues - Thurs.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/..._warnings.html
The met office are warning of snow showers tomorrow, HOWEVER the interweb weather forums who are looking at the GFS, METO and ECM charts are besides themselves with the amount of snow for the SE Tues - Thurs.
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/..._warnings.html
Jan 2, 2010, 4:35 pm
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We'd a foot of snow on Boxing Day, and lots more since. You wouldn't know, because huge amounts of snow in Scotland aren't considered newsworthy 
Jan 2, 2010, 4:40 pm
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Pesky Snow it's driving me mad, when is it going to warm up?????
Cheers Larry (From the Highlands.)
Jan 2, 2010, 4:51 pm
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The past week has been a interesting learning curve for me - I have now mastered the skill of parallel parking on ice - alternate between second and reverse, careful clutch control and the vehicle shimmies right in there, baby 
Jan 2, 2010, 5:39 pm
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I learned how to break my car out of a foot high, frozen snow hole it had made for itself.
Lots of power, lots of muscle, and using the car's sideways slide to break down the barrier all helped!
Lots of power, lots of muscle, and using the car's sideways slide to break down the barrier all helped!
Jan 3, 2010, 1:28 am
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No doubt if the snow does come again the London airports will grind to a hault again and we can read in all the papers how Canada, Sweden etc can cope with it. If we had more predictable weather like those countries and it happened so often then it would be worth having fleets of snow equipment sitting around.
Jan 3, 2010, 2:27 am
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.........No doubt if the snow does come again the London airports will grind to a hault again and we can read in all the papers how Canada, Sweden etc can cope with it. If we had more predictable weather like those countries and it happened so often then it would be worth having fleets of snow equipment sitting around.
By the way, the snowplows (including the trucks and graders with blades) have to be "plugged in" to the power grid so the engine oil stays warm enough to start the vehicles. The diesels need extra precautions (like electric blankets to cover the head and manifold system).
Jet engines need something like a Herman Nelson heater to get them going. Then short stops/shutdowns are no big deal. The jet lub system is already "winterised" because of the low temps at cruising altitude.
Jan 3, 2010, 4:58 am
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"I don't want you to worry yet but this could happen"
Thats the quote from the weather presenter...
Thats the quote from the weather presenter...
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Jan 3, 2010, 5:11 am
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I have three flights involving the UK on these dates, and also on 11th.
I REALLY don't want to get stuck at LHR for 12 hours like I did in Feb last year, followed by a delayed bag
I REALLY don't want to get stuck at LHR for 12 hours like I did in Feb last year, followed by a delayed bag
Jan 3, 2010, 5:17 am
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I have several European flights tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and on the 7th and am worried too, all the more so that much of continental Europe is promised some snow too which might result in cumulated delays...
Jan 3, 2010, 5:22 am
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To be fair, thats for this Friday, they were unable to predict the snow here in Kent today until this morning.
In terms of weather, Thursday - Friday is years away at this stage.
In terms of weather, Thursday - Friday is years away at this stage.