Freak weather in october

[angelstar904]

has anyone esle heard about the freak weather were suppose to be having in october until jan?

Some people at work have said were going to go down to temps of -20 and have snow and ice maybe up until jan?

Has anyone else heard about this?

Or is it just gossip around the office?

Whatever it is im stocking up..last year was bad enough!!

[andyofborg]

The met office outlook for the period 6-20 October

 

Temperatures are expected to be around normal for the time of year across much of the UK by day, dropping below normal at night, especially across the Midlands and southeast, leading to an increased incidence of overnight frosts. The cooler conditions at night will be mitigated by day in some parts by sunnier than normal weather, with both the far south and far north of the country favoured to see above normal amounts of sunshine, with nearer normal sunshine hours elsewhere. Rainfall amounts are correspondingly likely to be a little below average in most areas, especially in the west.

 

Hardly freak weather..

[angelstar904]

if you read my post...i asked if anyone else had heard, and that it was gossip in the office.i never actually stated it was true.

[Karis]

They can't get the weather right two days before, so what possible chances have they of predicting this?

 

It must be a slow news week if this is the best they can come up with?

 

I've heard this every year, and it rarely materialises. Same old news.

[angelstar904]

yes thats what i thought.....how would they know if they dont know whats happening in the next week or so?

[ampersand]

For some reason the Daily Express seems obsessed with predicting extreme weather conditions - either heatwaves or ice ages

 

It's like those who see a weather forecast which forecasts snow in the Highlands of Scotland and start going on about snow being forecast - technically it's true, just not where we live

[frank ryan]

NNNNOOOOOO! hate cold weather, last year was crap, I crashed my car and also fell down on my ass and hurt my leg and spent a billion pounds on gas and was bloody miserable for 3 months - bring on global warming I say.

[Joe9T]

The Met Office said the beginning of October would see colder-than-average nights bringing the chance of overnight frosts. The Midlands and the South-east would bear the brunt of the cold snap.

 

Although it is still too early to *predict, there are hints that a chilly autumn could be a prelude to another big freeze similar to that of last year.

[Joe9T]

The US firm that predicted last year’s Arctic snap as well as the previous big freeze of 2009-2010 also warned that we might be in for another cold spell.

 

Weather Services International said October, November and December would see temperatures around two degrees lower than average.

 

Spokesman Dan Leonard said: “[it will be] 0-1 degrees below average in the UK for October and November. Cooling to 1-2 degrees below average in December.

 

“We haven’t released a winter forecast yet but the upper-level pattern we expect to develop in December suggests at least a cool, stormy start to the winter over the UK and much of northern mainland Europe.”

 

WSI’s chief meteorologist, Dr Todd Crawford, added: “We *currently expect the coldest temperatures to be confined to western Europe.”

 

Jonathan Powell, senior forecaster for Positive Weather Solutions, said the UK was set for an “exceptionally dry” two months which, if coupled with high pressure, could compound a cold spell. The warnings come just a week after the tail-end of Hurricane Katia *battered Britain with winds reaching 82mph.

[Joe9T]

:hihi:I LUUUUUUUUUUUURVE snow... let it snow let it snow let it snow BLIZZARD stylee