stephenprudence wrote:Not sure what that says about us then Otorongo, gardening at a ridiculously silly latitude

Another grey cool day, never ending day after day of cloud here in the West Midlands, lucky those who have seen that big bright fireball recently.

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Blairs wrote:

bordersboy wrote:Tomorrows Dail Star "newspaper" headline 180 mph storm is a comin folks ............

You read the Daily Star?

Oh dear!

After this brief cold snap, it's looking exceptionally mild for the time of the year

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Top of my list for 2014 is a shefflera tawaniana, if only Crug did not charge a arm and leg for them. H Duchy of Cornwall Nursery sells them for £15 each. They also often have money off coupons - % off or amounts off a certain spend, so put your email on their list and wait for an offer. Cheers for...

Top of my list for 2014 is a shefflera tawaniana, if only Crug did not charge a arm and leg for them.

H

With the GFS eventually moving to the ECM and UKMO outlook, Pretty much nailed on for 3-4 day cold blast at the start of the weekend.
Stephen with those potential -10 uppers over most of the country what sort ground temps are we possibly looking at?

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ECM still suggesting a 3 day bitterly cold spell especially in the north next weekend, which I suppose is not to bad as long as everyone is prepared.

H

I would wait for the ECM before assuming the northerly is not going to happen and besides it's too far away yet, so was probably never going to happen

All 3 big models in agreement that a significant cold spell on the way but no agreement if it's just a 2-3 day spell or longer.

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Cold and grey most of the day only getting up to 6C. But temps seem to be on the rise, all good for a couple of days till the weekend at least.

Fell to -1 this morning and and still -0.2 at 9.15am.

H

Come on you two you both have a wealth of knowledge in terms of weather patterns and you have your differing views, no need for either of you not to post your views on what you see ahead.

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Can't believe I have not had a below zero yet, lowest so far has been 0.2C, I'm sure I won't have long to wait. H It's all about timing..... If you had clear skies after dark, it got cold, but if it clouded over before it got dark you escaped the worst of it. Or in my case probably time to get a de...

Can't believe I have not had a below zero yet, lowest so far has been 0.2C, I'm sure I won't have long to wait.

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