Snow

[staffsblue]

We were always told spring began on 21 March, which was also a relations birthday. Not disputing what you say, more just agreeing with AHT so it's come from somewhere lol

21st March is the Vernal Equinox (equal length of day and night).

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Metrological spring (the dates they use for rainfall data etc) is 1st March.

Yeah, have heard this, but surely that depends on where you live. Northern Scotland will probably be a bit later than that. QI suggests 8 weeks.

 

[KS55]

Yeah, have heard this, but surely that depends on where you live. Northern Scotland will probably be a bit later than that. QI suggests 8 weeks.

Real spring is a different notion. Glasgow’s winter has lasted 40 years so far.

 

[KS55]

We were always told spring began on 21 March, which was also a relations birthday. Not disputing what you say, more just agreeing with AHT so it's come from somewhere lol

21st March was the old Lady day, one of the quarter days which were part of the legal calendar.
Typical lawyers made their own nonsensical seasons.

 

[blueish swede]

There's actually two possible dates that mark the start of spring....

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41062022.html

I'd personally go with the latter (march 1st). February seems too early in the year to be called spring. Anyway, the car park at work this morning.....

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Wow! Is that Captain Oates over by the tree?

Spring in Sweden is when the average daily temperature is above 0C for seven days in a row. Not long now.

 

[mackenzie]

It's bloody cold here in Oldham :-( Had some flurries of snow but it hasn't stuck yet (at least not in the town centre). Bet it has higher up though.

 

[urban genie]

pissing down in town till about an hr ago

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

It's bloody cold here in Oldham :-( Had some flurries of snow but it hasn't stuck yet (at least not in the town centre). Bet it has higher up though.

It’s clear in High Crompton, but Grains Bar and eastwards are getting progressively more and more settling.

 

[Barcon]

March 20th is the first day of spring over here.
The east coast got hit with up to 150cm of snow the other day.
Nothing here in Toronto.

 

[yerwot?]

It's bloody cold here in Oldham :-( Had some flurries of snow but it hasn't stuck yet (at least not in the town centre). Bet it has higher up though.

coldest ground in the country, or it felt like it. And i lived in Buxton for a while when it was totally isolated by ten foot drifts....

 

[mackenzie]

coldest ground in the country, or it felt like it. And i lived in Buxton for a while when it was totally isolated by ten foot drifts....

It's the wind chill, it's bitter :-(
A former poster on here lived/lives in Buxton. He used to tell us how bad it could get.

 

[idahoblues]

It's the wind chill, it's bitter :-(
A former poster on here lived/lives in Buxton. He used to tell us how bad it could get.

Bah

 

[mackenzie]

Bah

Lol!!!

 

[idahoblues]

Lol!!!

:)

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Bah

Snow over here is like a bit of dandruff falling unlike the proper stuff you get in idah, mate. No doubt an inch or two will be all over the news because people cant cope. Fannies.

 

[Marklr]

The kids nick all the snow around here.

 

[Lavinda Past]

Snow over here is like a bit of dandruff falling unlike the proper stuff you get in idah, mate. No doubt an inch or two will be all over the news because people cant cope. Fannies.

We were 'supposed' to get between 8cm to 12cm of snow in North Powys this morning. Schools were closed as buses etc were cancelled, and Arsebook etc was full of impending doom.

It didn't snow at all. Just a drizzly day... what I usually refer to as a normal Manchester morning. Exactly what I expected.

The Met Office isn't fit for purpose imo and the UK media serves no purpose other than to spread panic amongst the permanently hysterical, gullible 90% of our population.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

We were 'supposed' to get between 8cm to 12cm of snow in North Powys this morning. Schools were closed as buses etc were cancelled, and Arsebook etc was full of impending doom.

It didn't snow at all. Just a drizzly day... what I usually refer to as a normal Manchester morning. Exactly what I expected.

The Met Office isn't fit for purpose imo and the UK media serves no purpose other than to spread panic amongst the permanently hysterical, gullible 90% of our population.

I hope it snows that much there because it'll mean the poor sheep will get a bit of rest from being bummed by certain Welsh men.

 

[City Hobgoblin]

We were 'supposed' to get between 8cm to 12cm of snow in North Powys this morning. Schools were closed as buses etc were cancelled, and Arsebook etc was full of impending doom.

It didn't snow at all. Just a drizzly day... what I usually refer to as a normal Manchester morning. Exactly what I expected.

The Met Office isn't fit for purpose imo and the UK media serves no purpose other than to spread panic amongst the permanently hysterical, gullible 90% of our population.

I suspect Met Office et al give a worst case scenario forecast to cover potential legal action if they underestimate snow, wind, rain intensity etc.

 

[mexico1970]

We were 'supposed' to get between 8cm to 12cm of snow in North Powys this morning. Schools were closed as buses etc were cancelled, and Arsebook etc was full of impending doom.

It didn't snow at all. Just a drizzly day... what I usually refer to as a normal Manchester morning. Exactly what I expected.

The Met Office isn't fit for purpose imo and the UK media serves no purpose other than to spread panic amongst the permanently hysterical, gullible 90% of our population.

They miss gendered the weather AGAIN!!!