My wife said she had six inches last night but she's in Tennerife!

















That was a joke!

You hope  21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

Met Office have issued a yellow alert for snow tonight. Showing quite heavy at times for the Midlands and other areas LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
LOT (Lord of Time) - University of Gallifrey

We've got the same alert here possibly going to amber. Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

Snowing now but only light. Heavy stuff due later... LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
LOT (Lord of Time) - University of Gallifrey

Some people just shouldn't have been born or at a minimum drive


 Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Pretty hectic on the roads this morning, pushed a few people up hills on way to work, pulled a few more out of trouble. My commute takes me from Nottingham -> Wilmslow via A515/Buxton/Cat and Fiddle so get to see the worst of it.

Back roads from Cromford -> A515

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5" up in Buxton now and still snowing lightly.

Just fitting my 'slight sleet' tyres now... ...

Be true to yourself. That way happiness lies...

just had that fine snow that just doesn't do anything, it been like it all day, the 2" hasn't gone, but seems to be getting wetter and wetter as the day goes on

it will just end up freezing tomorrow and the news headline will be all about traffic chaos and Leeds Bradford airport been closed again  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Snow what's that ?

Yesterday evening Midlands news and weather were throwing up warnings etc and saying at least 2cm of snow with 6cm likely - opened the curtains this morning - not a thing just drizzle!!! If it wasn't raining I would have probably cut the grass

Bit of a letdown I must say. Still some snow lying here but not much to write home about. My money is still safe as we head towards the last month of winter.

On another note, last winter was so mild because (in part at least) we were at the solar maximum and are only coming off the maximum this winter. There is correlation between mild winters and high solar activity. The cold winters of 09/10 and 10/11 occurred around the solar minimum of the last cycle.

However, the solar maximum just gone was a much lower maximum than many years previous and some scientists have suggested that the next minimum in 2019 could be as low as that of the Dalton or Maunder minimums. The latter occurred in the 17th century and saw bitter winters for many years which led to the so called little ice age. The Thames froze and frost fairs were held on it!

You never know!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunder_Minimum#Little_Ice_Age LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
LOT (Lord of Time) - University of Gallifrey

Hmm, not sure about the reasoning for our previous mild winter, the US had one of their coldest remember. The effect of that was to strengthen the Jetstream, causing it to flatten out and fire mild westerly's at us.

I did see that pattern match with the 17th century and we could be approaching the same phase, however the planets a bit hotter than it was back then though..... 
Hung like Einstein, smart as a horse.