Drago's now traditional Winter 2024-25 murder deathkill slaughter annihilation apocalypse chaos mayhem insanity nastiness weather thread

[gbb]

Just wet and chilly in Peterborough.
I put bath towels out to dry on Friday, could have been Saturday... they're still wetter than when I put them out

 

[Asa Post]

3 inches of snow on the ground this morning. 172 metres AMSL.

 

[Drago]

We're 105M ASL and had 2 or 3 inches by 9am, but it's largely melted away already.

 

[classic33]

745 feet above sea level, with three inches of snow this morning. Melting fast.

 

[matticus]

Never mind the snow* - current forecast for us this weekend is 40mm of rain!!! :O

*I did ride in through a fair bit of the stuff - just in my eyes though, not settling .

 

[Time Waster]

Well here in south Cumbria / North Lancashire area we had no snow, not even rain. So obviously all the roads will be closed so we don't miss out on the winter "we will all die in a blizzard" daily express weather forecast. Keep safe in the blue skies and nice, thin, high altitude, white clouds we have here. I am not sure I believe in this snow. I think it is not from England or photoshopped or something.

I love the tv shows asking for wintry photographs and Londoners are trying to get in on it trying to make out a little bit of frost is snow. Awww, bless! So cute of those londoners. It must be hard to understand what snow is down there. The Scottish highlands get so much they probably have 21 words for snow but London must need apple iOS translate to explain it to them!!

 

[Alex321]

Raining most of the day here in South Wales. Turned to sleet for an hour or so this morning.

 

[Drago]

Well here in south Cumbria / North Lancashire area we had no snow, not even rain. So obviously all the roads will be closed so we don't miss out on the winter "we will all die in a blizzard" daily express weather forecast. Keep safe in the blue skies and nice, thin, high altitude, white clouds we have here. I am not sure I believe in this snow. I think it is not from England or photoshopped or something.

I love the tv shows asking for wintry photographs and Londoners are trying to get in on it trying to make out a little bit of frost is snow. Awww, bless! So cute of those londoners. It must be hard to understand what snow is down there. The Scottish highlands get so much they probably have 21 words for snow but London must need apple iOS translate to explain it to them!!

Londoners probably feel the same when your brethren complain things are getting a bit hot and steamy at 22°C.

 

[Time Waster]

Londoners probably feel the same when your brethren complain things are getting a bit hot and steamy at 22°C.

22C?? I think I vaguely remember a hot summer that made that. IIRC the hot summer of '76 when it made the blistering 23C!! It was hot enough to nearly soften tarmac!! The local reservoir nearly dropped down to slightly less than overflowing it was so dry that summer. I think we went two days without rain. What a summer that was. I actually went white I got so sunburnt!! Imagine that I got so tanned I actually became off white almost pink when I got sunburnt!

 

[sheddy]

1976
Max recorded temp 35.9C

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_British_Isles_heatwave

Sitting A Levels, south facing classrooms

It was a struggle not only to think clearly, but also to stop the sweat from soaking ones exam paper

 

[Time Waster]

Woosh! My joke was so wide of the mark you missed it. I must admit I do have an acquired humour. No idea where I acquired it but I wish I had got a better one when I picked it up.

I hope you picked up on my modification of the Scottish suntan joke at least. The one where they got to go through white first to get to salmon pink sunburn.

 

[Jody]

Approx 6" here over night at 200m ASL

 

[Drago]

Going to be a cold one tonight.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Quite a nice early start to the winter here in Salop:

Some from Shrewsbury yesterday.....

.....and from Lyth Hill this morning.

 

[Drago]

Blummen cold in that North wind walking Mini D home from school.