Ice... Again

[Duke Malcolm]

This time not about the inforgiveable ice in my Cognac, but about the first ice of the winter!
It is about naught degrees Centigrade, and there ice on the pavements! It won't be long before it snows! Not that I'll get off school... The Director of Education bases days off for snow on whether or not the buses are running in the City Centre...

Soon I'll have to make the arduous trek 200 yards along the road to the grit box and get a jugful of grit for the driveway...

[Geoffrey S]

It's getting colder here. I'm not looking forward to cycling to school for an hour (and back!) once the temperature drops even more.

[BDC]

Everything had already frozen when I was staggering home at midnight last night. Dangerous times for drunks.

[InsaneApache]

Everything had already frozen when I was staggering home at midnight last night. Dangerous times for drunks.

Wise words.

[Beirut]

Light snow falling here. Off to work in a half. Usually we never work weekends but we've lost a lot of days recently with the weather. Several inches of snow one day, next day it's 15 celsius and raining, next day it's -5 and a world of ice. Just ridiculous.

I'll put Quebec up against anywhere on Earth for whacked out weather. Temperature swings of 20+ degrees celsius are common. I went to bed one night and it was raining, it was about +6. It was -32 when I woke up. That cost me $600 because I didn't turn on the basement heater before bed and the pressure tank froze, burst, and the submersible pump burned itself out from running dry. That was the fastest drop I've seen.

[Dutch_guy]

It's getting colder here. I'm not looking forward to cycling to school for an hour (and back!) once the temperature drops even more.

I know what you mean... well actually I knew what you mean -I don;t have to cycle all the way to Hilversum, Ill just use my scooter,

STill, I'd try and take the bus if I were you.

[Mikeus Caesar]

This winter is definately going to be the coldest for a while here in Britain. We've had 3 succesive days here in Yorkshire where it has frosted up overnight and the frost has stayed all day. Usually the frost is gone by midday. And yesterday was incredibly cold. I think it stayed at 0C or below nearly all day.

[Strike For The South]

14 degrees celsius here quite cold (for me)

[Mikeus Caesar]

14 degrees celsius here quite cold (for me)

That would be the equivalent of a slightly above average summers day here in Northern England.

[Dutch_guy]

Well here in Holland we're having the hottest period - for this time of the year - in over 100 years...

So judging by what we've had so far, I don't think the winter here will be so bad , as in cold and Icy.

[Geoffrey S]

I know what you mean... well actually I knew what you mean -I don;t have to cycle all the way to Hilversum, Ill just use my scooter,

STill, I'd try and take the bus if I were you.

Only when the weather is extraordinarily bad; budgets and all, y'know.

[Dutch_guy]

yeah, bus tickets are ridiculously overpriced, especially when you run out fast , due to the travel distance

[miho]

It still hasn't snowed here but it could in a while. Yesterday in the morning it was about -3 degrees Celsius and when I was going back from school (2 pm) it was 15 degrees. An 18 degrees raise in 7 hours.

[King Henry V]

It's cold here, about 4 degrees celsius, the North Wind is blowing hard and the central heating is going to be turned off for three whole days next week.

[master of the puppets]

frost this morning but 50 degrees farenheit now(noon), i'm to lazy to try and check celcius.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

frost this morning but 50 degrees farenheit now(noon), i'm to lazy to try and check celcius.

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Supposed to get snow by thangsgiving here in Worcester.

[Viking]

+2,3 C and snow outside. An unusual mild autumn this year and awful amounts of rain. Can only hope the winter gets better.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

Light snow falling here. Off to work in a half. Usually we never work weekends but we've lost a lot of days recently with the weather. Several inches of snow one day, next day it's 15 celsius and raining, next day it's -5 and a world of ice. Just ridiculous.

I'll put Quebec up against anywhere on Earth for whacked out weather. Temperature swings of 20+ degrees celsius are common. I went to bed one night and it was raining, it was about +6. It was -32 when I woke up. That cost me $600 because I didn't turn on the basement heater before bed and the pressure tank froze, burst, and the submersible pump burned itself out from running dry. That was the fastest drop I've seen.

New England can get pretty close to that, though Quebec sounds a bit worse. We've had it go from 72-30 degrees F many days. Not much ice or anything here yet, but that's just because it has been very dry.

[GoreBag]

This winter is projected to be one of the warmest in a long time, which is supposed to mean more snow...but that hasn't been the case so far.

[Mikeus Caesar]

This winter is projected to be one of the warmest in a long time, which is supposed to mean more snow...but that hasn't been the case so far.

Why would it being warm mean more snow? It has to be 0C or below for snow. And what country are you in for it to be projected as a warm winter?

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Why would it being warm mean more snow? It has to be 0C or below for snow. And what country are you in for it to be projected as a warm winter?

You don't get as much snow when it's really cold...I can't remember why, something about needing warm updrafts to push water vapor up into the really cold part of the upper atmosphere.

[Templar Knight]

some info on snow if anyone needs it

Is it ever too cold to snow?

No, it can snow even at incredibly cold temperatures as long as there is some source of moisture and some way to lift or cool the air. It is true, however, that most heavy snowfalls occur with relatively warm air temperatures near the ground - typically 15°F or warmer since air can hold more water vapor at warmer temperatures.

When is it too warm to snow?

How does snow form if the ground temperature is above freezing? Snow forms when the atmospheric temperature is at or below freezing (0 Celsius or 32 Fahrenheit) and there is a minimum amount of moisture in the air. If the ground temperature is at or below freezing, of course the snow will reach the ground.

However, the snow can still reach the ground when the ground temperature is above freezing if the conditions are just right. In this case, snowflakes will begin to melt as they reach this warmer temperature layer; the melting creates evaporative cooling which cools the air immediately around the snow flake.This cooling retards melting. As a general rule, though, snow will not form if the groud temperature is 5 degrees Celsius (41 deg Fahrenheit).

[GoreBag]

Why would it being warm mean more snow? It has to be 0C or below for snow. And what country are you in for it to be projected as a warm winter?

Canada, mang. If it's too cold, the air tends to dry out and just be...really cold. Snow is less common when it's cold and dry, after all.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

Canada, mang. If it's too cold, the air tends to dry out and just be...really cold. Snow is less common when it's cold and dry, after all.

Very true, by the time it gets that cold we usually have a foot or so of snow already anyway though so the only advantage is the roads don't need to get plowed, just salted/sanded.

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Wendsday we had it at 78 farenheit, thurs 38. Freezing cold out.

[Oaty]

It's getting really horrible where I'm at, we just got our first frost 2 days ago.


One of the advantages of living in a coastal area, the ground is usually too warm for the snow to set. But only about 30 miles inland its common for them to get at least 1 one to 3 feet snowfall every year.

[King Henry V]

Damn the bloody régie, they've turned of the cental heating and hot water in the block! My fingers are dropping off!
And yes, off course November is naturally the best time to do maintenance on the heating system.

[Skomatth]

It's downright snowing here in Cleveland. I'm a little worried because I have to first fly to Detroit in order to get back to Memphis for Thanksgiving. But the locals tell me that the amount of snow we're getting shouldn't stop anything.

[Strike For The South]

17 degrees Celsius here I think I will leave the house in shorts

[Uesugi Kenshin]

WOO! It's snowing! It's been freezing rain up until now, but it finally switched to snow, it won't stick though, the ground is soaked...