Risk of significant snow this weekend, says forecaster (From Bucks Free Press)
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Risk of significant snow this weekend, says forecaster
4:47pm Wednesday 1st February 2012 in Wycombe district By Rebecca Cain
Risk of significant snow this weekend, says forecaster
THERE is a risk of significant snow this weekend, according to a Hazlemere weatherman.
Jim Dale, of British Weather Services, said there will be a real possibility of snow during Saturday, particularly in the evening.
He said: "It looks like on Saturday we have a major frontal system doing battle with the cold air. Cold air is over ourselves and the rest of the UK. It will be a UK wide event."
He said in the West the snow is likely to turn to rain but he thinks it may stay as snow here.
The Hazlemere-based independent forecaster said: "It really is all eyes down for this one and be prepared. I don't want to cry wolf but I don't want to say it is not going to happen."
He said the snow could be significant.
Mr Dale said temperatures will be as low as -5 and -6 degrees Celsius tonight, tomorrow morning and Friday morning. But he said it will not be as cold on Sunday morning.
Comments(27)
Mindcrusher
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4:58pm Wed 1 Feb 12
The MET usually leave it to the last possible minute to make such predictions, and chances are they will want another 24hrs before making it public, although if they believe there is a significant risk, then the people who need to know will have been informed.
erm
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5:24pm Wed 1 Feb 12
bobby698
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5:29pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Trust me
geoffW
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6:31pm Wed 1 Feb 12
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Every time the Met Office predicts snow we have an article about Jim Dale's opinion and a mention of his company.
gotanybiscuits?
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9:34pm Wed 1 Feb 12
He's lucky to have a second career.
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Ivor likes the Carry-On films.
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hmmmmm
gpn01
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10:07pm Wed 1 Feb 12
bobby698 wrote:Gets colder and windier in the Arctic Circle, Canada and Siberia. Manages to snow there!
Nah. no snow - too windy and too cold
Trust me
Slacker
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10:23pm Wed 1 Feb 12
bobby698 wrote:It doesn't get cold enough in the UK to be too cold for snow.
Nah. no snow - too windy and too cold
Trust me
I saw a documentary which explained it and generally if it is too cold for snow temperatures are usually -40 degrees or less.
ImpeturbableLawrence
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12:32am Thu 2 Feb 12
gotanybiscuits? wrote:Say no more!
Jim Dale was in the Carry-On films.
He's lucky to have a second career.
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Ivor likes the Carry-On films.
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hmmmmm
chris toff
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12:35am Thu 2 Feb 12
bluebanana
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7:31am Thu 2 Feb 12
So basically, you dont know! Where's the story?
Any 'proper' forecaster would give a % probability of the event occuring, even if it is still too early to be able to make a really accurate forecast.
The Boss Man
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8:24am Thu 2 Feb 12
Hymnself
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9:23am Thu 2 Feb 12
geoffW wrote:Not a very good advert, he's generally wrong.
I presume that Jim Dale is related to someone at the BFP. It is blatant advertising for his company.
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Every time the Met Office predicts snow we have an article about Jim Dale's opinion and a mention of his company.
Mutley
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9:55am Thu 2 Feb 12
piran
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10:50am Thu 2 Feb 12
Hymnself
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11:00am Thu 2 Feb 12
piran wrote:Or get a proper job.
Perhaps Jim Dale needs to exchange his seaweed for some new seaweed that is more accurate!
miccles
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12:04pm Thu 2 Feb 12
bobby698
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5:10pm Thu 2 Feb 12
Warm air. Result?
Warmer temperatures. Result?
Build up of air pressure at sea level. Result?
Raising of high-level pressure. Result?
Cloud. Result?
Snow or Rain, depending on ambient static temperature.
Add wind. Result?
Rain.
Not rocket science, is it?
chris740
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6:06pm Thu 2 Feb 12
chris toff
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6:45pm Thu 2 Feb 12
Marmite XO
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7:53pm Thu 2 Feb 12
gotanybiscuits?
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8:22pm Thu 2 Feb 12
Marmite XO wrote:Wow.
I've just asked my mystic pet dog Quigley what the weather will be like. He said it's definitely not going to snow.
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You've got a TALKING mystic dog!
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BFP consistently miss the real stories, don't they.
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What do we get?
"have you read Igors blog today?"
etc.
erm
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12:15pm Fri 3 Feb 12
gpn01
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2:09pm Fri 3 Feb 12
bobby698 wrote:No actually, for many reasons:
When hot air hits cold air, result?? Warm air. Result? Warmer temperatures. Result? Build up of air pressure at sea level. Result? Raising of high-level pressure. Result? Cloud. Result? Snow or Rain, depending on ambient static temperature. Add wind. Result? Rain. Not rocket science, is it?
In Europe, at this time of year, you couldn't by any stretch of the imagination describe the air as "hot".
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Secondly when two air masses connect(such as when a cold and warm front meet up) there isn't necessarily that much mixing of the air, so you can't say that hot + cold = warm. All you can say is that a cold front catching up with a warm front remay result in an occluded front.
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The raising of air pressure doesn't lead to cloud (that's as a result of the air mass's dew point and ambient temperature and the air's relative humity reaching saturation point). If high air pressure were to mean cloud then most days in the Summer in UK (when a high pressure system is dominant) would be overcast.
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Ambient "static" temperature? What's that? Air doesn't have a "static" temperature!
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Meteorology isn't rocket science. It's not the work of fiction you've suggested either :-)
VoiceOfSeason
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5:38pm Fri 3 Feb 12
bobby698
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7:24pm Fri 3 Feb 12
VoiceOfSeason wrote:Got you all going though, didn't I?
Ha ha, Bobby 698! I believed you for a moment but I think gpn01 has put you back in your box :-)
I know as much about the weather as next doors dog. Hold on, he's just plugged in his electric blanket. gonna be cold, people!!
wayneo
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6:32am Sat 4 Feb 12
erm wrote:Must be cold, just seen a brass monkey crying its eyes out.. Come to think of it, it might have been Ivor.
I asked my dog how he feels, he said "ruff"
mo-at-hw says...
4:54pm Wed 1 Feb 12
Too late mate, you have got my hopes up. Deep down I know its NOT going to snow heavily. Met office certainly doesn't mention it...