Winter forecasts from the Daily Express
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Nathan Rao is at it again today with his late January forecast in the Express, plus he says, "Artic misery until Spring". As someone here said, he's got to get it right sometime.....
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Getting my lawn mower out tomorrow and then doing some weeding.
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My snow blower and shovel have remained in my garage unused since I got here. I know I shouldn’t have listened to that salesman
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Years ago whilst doing some troubleshooting consulting for a car rental company database, I was given a 'snag list' of problems to look at with their programmers.
One of the problems was with booking of options, such as satnav, baby seats, snowchains, etc.
They had discovered that the 'snowchain', 'winter tyres', and 'ski rack' options didn't work for some places ..... such as Brisbane, Cairns, Miami, Cairo, Madras..............
One of the problems was with booking of options, such as satnav, baby seats, snowchains, etc.
They had discovered that the 'snowchain', 'winter tyres', and 'ski rack' options didn't work for some places ..... such as Brisbane, Cairns, Miami, Cairo, Madras..............
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Bitterly cold in N Spain and with a Tramontana blowing force 9. Days brilliantly sunny but chilly. Snow melting on local mountains. Back to theme. The Express seems to have two predictions posted at random. Either the Beast from the East is about to arrive, or it will be warmer than Greece. Have the Daily Express writers ever been to N Greece in winter I wonder...
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In all fairness, most Excess readers probably don't know where Greece is anyway, so any comparison would be futile. Far better to keep it as simplistic as possible therefore to ensure no confusion on the part of the readership.OFSO wrote: ↑Fri Jan 11, 2019 8:01 pmBitterly cold in N Spain and with a Tramontana blowing force 9. Days brilliantly sunny but chilly. Snow melting on local mountains. Back to theme. The Express seems to have two predictions posted at random. Either the Beast from the East is about to arrive, or it will be warmer than Greece. Have the Daily Express writers ever been to N Greece in winter I wonder...
"Arctic Hell to blast UK ! Millions of Brits could die ! "
"Saharan heatwave to hit UK ! Millions of Brits could die ! "
"Hurricane to batter UK !..Millions left without power or water ! "
All the above rotated between statins , the latest miracle cure, and, currently and for some time now, an obsession with a certain event in March covered elsewhere.
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At the risk of corrupting this fine aviation based thread with a video, KnC's post above reminded me of this classic old sketch about general Mediterranean weather forecasts.
Probably suits the places that the Ex-Ascots prefer.
Caco
Probably suits the places that the Ex-Ascots prefer.
Caco
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Aboyne is a long way from London, so this probably escaped the Excess weather predictions attention....
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... ter-so-far
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... ter-so-far
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Yep. another mention for Aboyne !....who knows, Excess weather predictors may even start trying to locate the place...
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... ing-issued
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... ing-issued
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I missed Nathan Rao's annual Daily Express doom and gloom winter forecast last month but the gist of it was:
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Here are some of his previous ridiculous articles. I suppose on the balance of probability one day he'll get one right!It could mean Britain is gearing up for one of the most savage winters on record rivalling the mega-chiller of 1963 – the coldest for 200 years.
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I'll tell 'e summat, lad. If this constantly wet and rain cycle does continue into winter, we are in for a lot of the white stuff.
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The wet just doesn't let up. Ex-A could do with some of what we've got. 150mm so far this month - the most in a month this year. My 1200 home weather station forecast for the next few days.....rain, rain and more rain...
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Buggah P N's lawn-mower - I'm getting my snow shovel waxed and polished!
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Q: Do you need to own your own plow truck?
If no, then you don't get much snow.
If no, then you don't get much snow.
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Haven't got a plow truck, just a pedestrian operated snowblower and a willing nephew to do it while I look after Dexter Dog!
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Even proper snow clearing equipment sometimes doesn't make it - not that much snow outside our house a few years ago......
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The only place for snow, is on Christmas Cards!
Cynicism improves with age
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- have you forgotten already how little snow it needs to bring the UK to a halt?Fox wrote:If no, then you don't get much snow.
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As you imply, the Express, and Nathan Rao in particular, is to the science of meteorology what homeopathy is to the science of medicine!CharlieOneSix wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 1:13 pmNathan Rao is at it again today with his late January forecast in the Express, plus he says, "Artic misery until Spring". As someone here said, he's got to get it right sometime.....
Unlike a stopped clock Mr Rao has never been right yet to my knowledge. He appears to be somewhat deluded as to the nature of his talents.
http://www.nathanrao.comI have also written a bit about the weather - actually I racked up around 200 front pages on the subject while at the Express.
I became passionate about storms and blizzards, Spanish plumes, low pressure, high pressure, isobars, weather bombs, Azores highs - everything and anything meteorological.
He is passionate about low pressure and high pressure...!
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No, and yes.- have you forgotten already how little snow it needs to bring the UK to a halt?
I do expect 2 inches of the white stuff to grind the UK to a halt. But normally I am not interested in a snowfall of less than about 18 inches here. 12 inches means 3-4 foot drifts, but 18 inches can give you 6-7 foot drifts, and that takes serious machinery to shift (or a very long time with my snowblower). The bigger problem is the wind, since blowing snow, whether falling or drifting, reduces the visibility here to 6/10 of 5/8 of f#ck-all, and with the snow drifts as well it becomes impossible to even see where the road might be. I suspect that's C16's problem also, which is why his plow truck is in the ditch.
Is your 'blower self-driving C16?