What is it with tabloids and doom laden weather forecasts?
The actual met office long range forecast is rather less apocalyptic
Monday 15 Nov - Wednesday 24 Nov
Remaining changeable and autumnal particularly to the north through the start of this period as low-pressure systems dominate, sometimes accompanied by rain and strong winds. Elsewhere while rain is possible at times, drier and brighter conditions are more likely in the south and southeast regions, although some rain will likely reach even here at times. Morning fog patches are also possible in these regions during this period. A rather cold start to the period will likely be followed by a brief recovery in temperatures, before possible trend down later on in the month. This would bring an increasing chance of some wintry conditions, mainly over the higher ground in the north, but with a slight risk to lower levels.
I think it is just click bait. I must have looked at something on FB, I now get a weekly prediction from the Mail or somewhere of epic snowmaggedon coming soon - we can tell you the exact dates!!
Never confirmed by the weather forecast or weather.
I find the whole tabloid thing quite amusing and I'm pretty sure you can time you calendar with it - Ooh look, its the first week of November - time for "PLUNGING TEMPRATURES INCOMING!!!!!! OMG!!!" headline. It's the start of winter - of course it's cooling down ffs.
Oh look, it's mid November, MWIS / Met office is forecasting chance of wintery conditions on munro tops so it's a "BRITAIN BRACES FOR SNOWMAGEDON OMG!!!!!" headline.
Who in the name of baby James Brown believes any of that claptrap?
UK weather nonsense forecast:
Up to 10 column inches of tabloid weather NONSENSE set to hit much of Britain next week. Worst forecasting standards for SIXTY YEARS. UK set to endure ONE HUNDRED DAY of utter drivel about SNOW!!!. POLAR VORTEX of utter horse manure about the cold set to continue as ICY BLAST from the EAST!. CLICK HERE for EXACT DATE.
It no doubt serves a narrative. You just need to look at all the "So much for Global Warming" comments below these nonsense forecasts
Shame on you Matt for posting that tabloid mince.
You should now be forced to walk around your office car park in your underpants,every lunchtime,for the whole of December. 😉 🤣
A bit more coverage than we've had recently, and feeling cold enough that it won't instantly disappear.
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I was forced to stop splitting wood yesterday by a small flurry of snow. Nay! A light dusting. Ok, about a cm.
The weather in the City is sunny and warm-ish, so my commute was actually pleasant, but I am not super-looking forward to the cycle home,
You should now be forced to walk around your office car park in your underpants,every lunchtime,for the whole of December.
If you have seen one of the runners from the office across the way, he's not far off that already...
Ground was frozen up on Trossachs hills yesterday - it does feel like the freezing level has finally dropped below summits.
Looking out the window at work just now at the wet snow falling, Craigellachie, Speyside
Splitboard action soon hopefully 🤞😊
Thinking I'll have to dust off the touring skis for a service. Not sure we'll get as much in the Pentlands as last year though!
Looking out the window at work just now at the wet snow falling, Craigellachie, Speyside
As you might imagine, it's a similar picture here in Aviemore this morning. I'm hoping to take the Fatbike out later if this keeps up.
The wind that's forecast later is tempering my desire to get the fatbike out.
It's only really wet soggy stuff down here but on my usual haunts around the Convals will be lovely and white I reckon.
Loch Morlich webcam is worth a watch...
https://www.lochmorlich.com/webcam
A mate of mine is doing a job in Banchory today.
Last I heard it was blizzard conditions there.
Just looked at the Morlich webcam, looks serious!
wwaswas thanks for that link. I was near Glenshee on holiday a few weeks back so interesting (sad) to look at the cameras, road just shut going south out of Braemar. Bit surprising as not much snow, what do they do when there is proper snow and people want to go ski!
what do they do when there is proper snow and people want to go ski!
they wait for it to stop snowing, plough and grit the road, and then open it again!Trying to keep it open and safe while snow is still falling is an almost hopeless task. You would not be skiing in those conditions either, that's for sure
Yer makes sense. I can imagine coming down either side from the Ski centre would be carnage on fresh snow, bad enough in the rain/fog. Just confusing atm as there were a couple of cars waiting at the gates to get into Braemar but they can't get in for a while. Anyway, back to work (lol). Hoping to get ~4 flakes in Northumberland
Feel sorry for any oil and gas workers out in the North Sea with the forecast 100 mph+ winds
Anyone Aberdeenshire, Angus and Fife coast needs to batten down tonight.
I’ve woken up to quite a bit of snow here in Sheffield - perhaps 6-7cm 🙂
I looks pretty slushy though. Will venture out for a snowball fight with my 6 year old shortly 😀
Quite a decent covering in East Lancs on the tops. Good 15 TO 20cm plus some drifting.
Snowing over the Malverns this morning.
Oven gloves at the ready!
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This thread brings a smile to my face.
This thread brings a smile to my face.
It's prob my favourite thread too! I love the photos, keep them coming 😀
We sacked of today's bike ride and did a circular from Castleton to Hope on the ridge line and back via Cavedale.
Set off at 10 this morning and just got back to the camper. Snow on the top made walking tricky in places and the wind was relentless. Coming down Cavedale was an experience.
Not many out walking and never saw a rider
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Cannock Chase today, snowed heavily early Saturday morning and snowing again now.
Trying hard here. It can **** right off I’ve had enough of bad weather now.
A light dusting yesterday here around Derby soon melted, though there were a lot of frozen puddles on the tracks and trails this morning.
Now had an inch or so come down in the last hour and a half. The CX at Markeaton Park looks "challenging".....
Finally stopped here in Rossendale, been snowing hard since 10am on top of what we had on Friday night. About 7 inches deep, it's not unusual for us to get a light dusting in late November but not this much, and it's forecast to get down to minus four tonight.
The biking on our birthday weekend in the Peak never materialised.
Overnight freezing temperatures and snow all today made the decision not to ride an easy one so we set off out for a third day of walking. The wind had dropped only to be replaced by snow.
Had a great time out up on the ridges
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Looks ace Tracey
A few rogue flakes falling here in Milton Keynes, but I have some flu so I'm not even contemplating going out
Just posted this on the exercise thread but ah well... Slightly snowy Pentlands.
Quite heavy in a lot of the Peak District. Last night's snow had frozen into a lovely crispy crunchy surface. Around 11am it started snowing again and the roads became pretty treacherous very quickly. Lots of people caught out, trying to drive out of the village to get home, wheelspinning up the hill.
Wonder how many are still stuck.
What the hell just seen some actual flakes here in that there London. Snoooowwwwwww daaayyyyyyyyy
I definitely picked the wrong week to paint and build a new shed
Reporting from Hampshire: there's a dusting down here too. That wasn't forecast.
We've not had anymore snow tonight but one of the local weather stations is recording a chilly -9C.
And so it begins. The first person to ignore this at the top of our road:
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Has ended up, somewhat predictably, like this at the bottom:
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Every. Single. Time.
I'm sure they bounced off the walls a good few times before ending up there.
And its always someone in a similar car, usually a BMW, who thinks because its a bit higher than a Fiesta, it actually has some magical Land Rover-esque off-road capability
Road now closed as they obviously can't get a recovery vehicle up to shift it. The house at the bottom gave up rebuilding their wall years ago
I'm always intrigued to know how it effects your insurance if you've obviously ignored the really visible signage and driven over something used to block the road. Further back from the first photo theres also another sign erected in the road to say the road is closed.
Absolute muppets!
I’m always intrigued to know how it effects your insurance if you’ve obviously ignored the really visible signage and driven over something used to block the road
I was under the belief, but have no evidence, that there is a difference between a car being flooded in usual parking place Vs driving into a deeply flood on purpose. One insurance covers, one they cover third party only.
We've woken to the merest dusting of snow on our road - but nowhere else in Dunblane 🤷♀️
half an inch of wet but lying stuff here in East Kilbride
I had to clear the van to drive up the A9 and conduct a site survey in a blizzard* in Helmsdale. Fortunately the gritters had done a couple laps so the road over the hill was fine. Reports that somebody has skited off the road between Munlochy and Avoch...
There are a fair few close cut blown over tree trunks just a bit too close to the edge the road between the bridge and Alness!
*well wind driven snow anyways.
Outside the house at Dunblane = 5+ cm at the moment and coming down heavily.
Outside the office at Stirling Uni = green grass and rain.
About 70m of elevation difference.
Snowing steadily here in Aberlour, hopefully I'll get some splitboarding in soon 😀
Wet snow in Paisley, slush on the ground. Apparently still sunny at home in Ayrshire.
It’s stopped now. We’re supposed to be going away, but not sure what our plans are now.
Might swap the bikes & kites packed in the van for snowboard & skis.
Snowing steadily here in Aberlour, hopefully I’ll get some splitboarding in soon 😀
We were supposed to be heading to Nairn, you’re not far from there are you?
A bit further south east, and more inland. I don't know if I'd fancy the A9 today. Good luck if you do go for it, the powder should be epic tomorrow if it stays like this...
Aye, looks like our heaviest dump of the season here in Aviemore.
I take this sort of snow as a personal attack. Maybe 2 inches this morning, then it all melted, now it's snowing again but get your shit together snow, a little bit of organisation and there'd be a good thick layer now.
Aye, looks like our heaviest dump of the season here in Aviemore.
Tandoor last night was it?
I take this sort of snow as a personal attack. Maybe 2 inches this morning, then it all melted, now it’s snowing again but get your shit together snow, a little bit of organisation and there’d be a good thick layer now.
its exactly the same here in north glasgow. promise of blustery snow early this morning, turned to a snowmans fart, then nothing.
I'm really quite disappointed. I was at least hoping for something more...even though I know it'll rain off over the weekend. then more snow later next week. :-/
Roads blocked in Aberdeenshire, A90, A96. Jacknifed lorries, accidents. Still snowing.
Nice dump in Fife. Pitmedden forest just now
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A bit further south east, and more inland. I don’t know if I’d fancy the A9 today.
We went and got nearly to Perth before the A9 shut. We came off and stayed in Auchterarder for the night. Found a nice gin bar, took the dog for a walk and played in the snow. Next day went for a walk up a hill to a wind farm then headed for Comrie Croft - no snow there at all.
Had a decent couple of days away, not what we’d planned and came home early as we started driving in to more or less blizzard conditions Sunday night.
We went and got nearly to Perth before the A9 shut. We came off and stayed in Auchterarder for the night. Found a nice gin bar, took the dog for a walk and played in the snow. Next day went for a walk up a hill to a wind farm then headed for Comrie Croft – no snow there at all
A good attempt though and it sounds like a more than fitting alternative 😀
The centres should be good this weekend. We made it to the Lecht on Sunday, not nearly as windy as forecast and had a great afternoons sliding.
Pretty heavy snow today in Sheffield city centre. Alternating with blazing sunshine.
I've spent the last 4 hours in a room with no windows. No idea what conditions I'll be walking home in.
Been heavy showers here but not really lying well, pretty wet. Ideal weather for a bit of DIY, tracksawing shelf boards in the snaw. Bloody cold though, hands have stopped working.
It's been snowing on and off all night and all day and is due to carry on well into this evening too. It's not very cold though so it's pretty soft at street level. I suspect it'll be drifting a bit on the hills and mountains too.
I have a bivvy planned for tomorrow night but might have to give some extra special consideration as to location given the amount of snow cover.
Lambing snow!
A couple of cm down to street level overnight.
It was even trying here in Dunblane over breakfast.
Snowing in Whickham this morning when I was on the school run.
Was just up Allermuir and its a bit white but blinking cold up there. I rode up there in shorts and short sleeves on Monday !
Snowing quite steadily here in North Sheffield. Could be early Jan, but the end of March. Might get a fire going...
Whereas in sunny Chesterfield 15-20 miles down the road, no snow 🤷
Dusting in Cambridge this morning.
A fairy dusting in Warwick.
Well it appears some snow was deposited overnight as we now have a light dusting in Chesterfield.
2-3 inches in North Leeds this morning
Heavy snow for exactly the walk to school with the kids here in Milton Keynes, sunny now
I rode to work in a ****ing blizzard. It was utterly horrible. It's sunny now, naturally. Sheffield. Not much has settled.
A dusting of snow on the Welsh boarders.
Of course in years gone by it would not be unusual at all to have lots of snow at this time of year
Had a couple of inches in Harrogate (certainly higher up at the top of the hill where we live).
I passed a few patches yesterday crossing the Minigaig. This was at around 700-750m
