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supposed to be some heavy snow hitting the uk in the next 8-10 days... scotland and the north obviously hit worst, but its said to not miss out pretty much all over the uk ?
going to be some game disruption for sure...
anyone else hearing whats coming :sherlock:
Middle of next week apparently, the North and Scotland first followed by some snow in the South.
As a sceptic, I'll believe it when it happens, as we've had forecasts of heavy snow before that have never materialised.
The fact that we've had a dusting a couple of days ago does auger well for more snow the deeper into winter we go.
Auger WELL????? Snow is the last thing we want, horrible stuff!Quote:
Originally Posted by Moodybluebird
The uk media do love a snow scare, and to be honest the midlands upwards get a fair share every winter.
We won’t be affected (as in south wales), we never are and that beast from the east back in 2018 was a complete freak of nature.
I’d imagine it’ll affect a lot of games around the country but isn’t this the case every season this time of the year?
Which will come first - snow or a new signing 🤔Quote:
Originally Posted by bluemoon
Im on my way to stock up on milk and bread :wave: you know you all want to join me :wave: go on, admit it
A470 is closed, all the Taffies left work an hour and half ago.:getscoat:
Like Marmite I suppose, you either love it or hate it.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Just drove through. No snow but the police were cleaning up after an accident.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Quick before you can only buy 4 bog rolls and two packets of pasta :xmashehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by blue matt
Great for a day or two but then just annoying as unlike countries that are used to it, everything here just grinds to a holt when the roads cannot be cleared of itQuote:
Originally Posted by Moodybluebird
Would be great if it snowed on Christmas Eve, lovely and white on Christmas Day, all gone by Boxing Day morning for the football.:xmasthumbup:
The Beast from the East was hardly a freak of nature considering we had a foot of snow only 8 years earlier in December 2010 that lasted well beyond Christmas Day. It tends to be cyclical even allowing for Climate Change so it wouldn't be a complete surprise if we had a few bad winters now and again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monster munch
New York gets an average of 30 inches of snow a year. It hasn't snowed more than an inch here in over 700 days. The last significant snowfall I can remember was in February 2021.
Yep, seems like we haven’t had proper snow in about 2 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
Oh I’m not sure about that, the beast caused mayhem for about a week and to me was a complete freak. Yes I remember that one in 2010 but from memory that only caused minor disruption for a day or two but realistically when else have we (and I’m saying cardiffians) had significant chaos snowfall as the media portray in the last 30 odd years? It’s very few and far between.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moodybluebird
We just don’t get the snow anywhere near as bad as other parts of the uk.
My parents still go on about a huge dollop back in the early 80’s however (I was just a toddler so have no clue) but they say they were digging themselves out the house it was that bad.
I wonder how the modern day wallflowers would deal with that scenario, it would be like Armageddon!
Mate I’ve been lucky to live & travel globally and this is an exaggeration (urban myth). The biggest single difference is the use of winter tyres.Quote:
Originally Posted by goats
Snow is for kids it completely screws the country up and creates havoc for the emergency services , travel
Think it was 82/83, like a dream for a teenager…..beast from the east actually hit very beginning of March I think so was quite lateQuote:
Originally Posted by Monster munch
We don’t have snow ploughs here though…..:shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Des Parrot
It could be worse, we could be scheduled to play Derby!
Imagine the outcry from NorthCardiffBlue if the Senedd spent millions on snow ploughs that were used once every ten years. He’d go deeply drippy!Quote:
Originally Posted by goats
For snow lovers 1982 was up there with 1963 and for once South Wales (inc Cardiff) took the full brunt of it. It started snowing on Thursday evening and didn't stop till Saturday afternoon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Monster munch
On the Friday I managed to get to work in Cardiff and afterwards decided to visit my future missus, who was staying with her mum in Newport. A very bad decision as I was stuck there till Tuesday afternoon without a change of clothes before I finally managed to get a train back to Cardiff. The beast from the east was a pussy cat compared to that snowfall.
I suppose it's the same regarding the purchase of snow tyres. Most of us would change our cars before they would be required on our existing model.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
As any weather bod will admit the accuracy of a forecast drops off alot beyond 3-4 days so I'll wait for the weekend before I start panic buying.
It will be too late by then so no crying over spilt milk you don't have - you have been warned 😂😂Quote:
Originally Posted by sneggyblubird
I used to work closely with Royal Navy Meterologists (and had one of them as a lodger). Granted that it was back in the early 90s when the capture and processing of meteorological data was less sophisticated, he used to say that predictions beyond 5 days was a bit sketchy.Quote:
Originally Posted by sneggyblubird
Panic stations at ours, down to our last 250 toilet rolls!!
Met Office saying there's a good chance of snow somewhere in the UK sometime next week, but too early to say any more than that right now.
They are the modern equivalent of five loaves and two fishes.Quote:
Originally Posted by goats
Never realised they used loaves to wipe their ar*es in biblical times. They never mentioned that in the good Book.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
It was fecking cold in NYC early February last year. It shrank by bladder and I actually pissed myself travelling from Midtown to SoHo.Quote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
You must have missed it:Quote:
Originally Posted by Moodybluebird
The Gospel of St. John 3.4.2:
"We are thankful for the fishes, Oh lord - but as cleanliness is next to Godliness, how best should your flock keep our bodies clean after devouring such a repast"
Whereupon, the The Lord respondeth thus: "Use your loaf, my child".
I flew into Newark maybe 6 or 7 years ago and the flight follows the Hudson for the last hour or so. It was frozen over most of the way, big river to freeze.Quote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
I only got as far as Luke but thank you for enlightening me my son and God bless you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie