It's Snowing!

Alexia · Mon 28 Dec, 2009 16.46

Five days of constant snow / sleet expected in Newport.

Goody.

Chie · Wed 30 Dec, 2009 07.42

The BBC seems to think it can snow when the temperature is above freezing. They forecast heavy snow with a big white blob covering my area last night, but there was also a weather symbol that said 2°c. Of course snowfall isn't possible at that temperature so it didn't come. It rained instead.

Andrew Wood · Wed 30 Dec, 2009 08.08

Chie wrote:A load of rubbish

http://nsidc.org/snow/faq.html

Nick Harvey · Wed 30 Dec, 2009 10.20

Andrew Wood wrote:
Chie wrote:A load of rubbish
http://nsidc.org/snow/faq.html

Thank you for saving me a longer rant, Andrew.

As I read Chie's post, I was thinking "what an anagram of carp pours from the lips of idiots".

Sput · Wed 30 Dec, 2009 10.42

TSK. I've been gazumped to a science smackdown!

Chie · Wed 30 Dec, 2009 13.17

Well ok, but it did rain and it's still raining now, so the BBC Weather was wrong.

Nick Harvey · Wed 30 Dec, 2009 13.26

I think we can forgive them a minor error in prediction.

But don't let let that sidetrack you from trying to use it to gloss over your major mis-statement of fact in the original.

Oh no, sorry, but that's what you always do, isn't it?

Are you sure you're not an (unemployed) journalist? You know, never let the truth get in the way of a good story!

Gavin Scott · Wed 30 Dec, 2009 13.38

If I'd had a QI type klaxon to show "commonly misunderstood 'facts' by those too lazy to check" then I would have, erm, klaxoned it.

Lorns · Wed 30 Dec, 2009 13.43

I feel cheated. The snow the SE had before christmas didn't really amount to much in Dover and Folkestone. I took the day off as the traffic was gridlocked into Dover thanks to Eurostar, the docks and a bus driving into the back of a lorry, not to mention a 4 hr powercut to add to the traffic misery. I would have thouroughly enjoyed the day off but there wasn't enough snow to play.
Looks like we're not going to get snow over the new year either. It's so unfair. I might buy a holiday home in Scotland for the winter.

Nick Harvey · Wed 30 Dec, 2009 14.17

Gavin Scott wrote:If I'd had a QI type klaxon to show "commonly misunderstood 'facts' by those too lazy to check" then I would have, erm, klaxoned it.

Hey, that post's a hoot!

(Sorry, I'm in one of those moods!)

Andrew Wood · Wed 30 Dec, 2009 15.33

QI Klaxon