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Post by cn on Jan 30, 2009 8:44:13 GMT
I'm thinking about you all!
It bloody rained today......but now we are back up to a steamy 28 oC......nice.
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Post by anoninaus on Jan 30, 2009 10:56:12 GMT
This week in Adelaide Saturday : 40°C Sunday : 40°C Monday : 39°C Tuesday : 38°C Wednesday : 38°C Thursday : 37°C Friday : 35°C  |
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Post by cn on Jan 30, 2009 11:22:02 GMT
Yes mate but its a penal colony.
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Post by sweet soul on Jan 30, 2009 11:27:26 GMT
Snow forecast as Britain faces another cold snap
Snow will hit the UK next week during the coldest winter for 13 years, forecasters are predicting.
Last Updated: 10:06AM GMT 30 Jan 2009
Snow storms could hit parts of England on Monday and Tuesday as bitter winds and freezing air arrive from Russia Photo: GETTY
Freezing temperatures are set to take hold on Sunday, bringing heavy snow and bitterly cold winds from Russia early next week.
People will need to wrap up warm and expect disruption on the roads as the cold snap moves in from the east.
Forecaster Rachel Vince said: "It's looking like temperatures will fall away during Sunday night and Monday, and next week is looking distinctly colder than this week.
"On Sunday we are looking at showers coming from the east and turning increasingly wintry as the day progresses."
The areas at greatest risk of snow showers are eastern parts of England and Scotland, although it might stretch as far as eastern Wales.
She added: "Monday night is looking like having some more persistent snow.
"The areas at greatest risk are from Lincolnshire northwards although it cannot be ruled out anywhere in Britain.
"We are expecting enough snow to cause disruption in places.
"The snow will settle where it falls."
Sunday will see maximum temperatures of between 36F (2C) and 41F (5C) although temperatures will fall during the course of the day, Miss Vince said.
Temperatures during the night will be 30F (minus 1C) to 27F (minus 3C) although forecasters predict the mercury could plunge to minus 21F (minus 6C) in some locations.
On Monday temperatures will struggle to get above zero (32F).
With overall temperatures in December and January between 34F (1C) and 35F (1.5C) below average and a freezing start to February looking likely meteorologists said the last time the winter months were as cold was in 1995-1996.
Earlier this month, temperatures plunged to lows of 8.6F (minus 13C) during a three-week freeze.
Conditions finally improved and became milder from mid-January.
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Post by flatandy on Jan 30, 2009 11:44:16 GMT
Yes mate but its a penal colony. Aren't you in some god-forsaken war zone? I've never heard anyone say a nice thing about Nigeria. |
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Post by avieder on Jan 30, 2009 11:46:48 GMT
Yes mate but its a penal colony. This has been the warmest and driest winter, until January, recorded in Israel. The Kinneret is about 6 meters below the optimal hight. This is the fifth consecutive "dry" winter. Jordan has also requested to increase its water quota from the river Jordan. So, P L E A S E sent us some of your spare winter.... |
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Post by flatandy on Jan 30, 2009 11:52:19 GMT
The weird thing, Avi, is that cold winters mean dry winters here. When we have a lot of Atlantic air, it rains lots and is basically temperate. When the air comes from Russia, it's cold but it's also not picked up half an ocean on the way over.
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Post by cn on Jan 30, 2009 11:57:17 GMT
Yes mate but its a penal colony. Aren't you in some god-forsaken war zone? I've never heard anyone say a nice thing about Nigeria. Yes I am. The only nice thing I can say about being here is ......Kerching! I was just fed up of gloating fcuking antipodean sheep shaggers. |
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Post by flatandy on Jan 30, 2009 11:59:25 GMT
Fair enough, CN. I hope you're in some nice secure compound and not out and about in the streets.
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Post by cn on Jan 30, 2009 12:07:15 GMT
Fair enough, CN. I hope you're in some nice secure compound and not out and about in the streets. I travel around Lagos without any hassle, might have something to do with the 6 armed police trhat follow me about. Moving around the Niger Delta is another story. I have to leave my cosy Lagos office on Monday morning to go down to Bayelsa for 10 days. Top tip for you lovers of food. If you ever visit here, don't touch the seafood. Lagos has 17 million people.....and not one sewage treatment plant. |
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Post by flatandy on Jan 30, 2009 12:12:42 GMT
Yeah, when my girlfriend ends up in Lagos she eats nothing but imported snack bars because the two times she ate local food she ended up spectacularly ill.
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Post by avieder on Jan 30, 2009 12:21:55 GMT
The weird thing, Avi, is that cold winters mean dry winters here. When we have a lot of Atlantic air, it rains lots and is basically temperate. When the air comes from Russia, it's cold but it's also not picked up half an ocean on the way over. So, Andy, if you can spare some ofthat cold air, it could be beneficial too, as it will condensate the humidity that i high in winter (low pressure on the Mediternean...counter clockwise winds...or something like that...) |
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Post by Beachcomber on Jan 30, 2009 12:36:22 GMT
Noooo Avi !
The Eastern Med is supposed to be hot and dry - It's where we spend our holidays !
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Post by avieder on Jan 30, 2009 12:54:40 GMT
Noooo Avi ! The Eastern Med is supposed to be hot and dry - It's where we spend our holidays ! You are welcome to Eilat. BeachComber. Even in the coldest winters Eilat and The Dead sea are relatively warm. You can swim in the Red (Reed, actually) sea on February As my wife and I are planning to do. The parts that yearn for rain are north of Be'er She'va. Usually we have snow on Mount Hermon on winter, so far no snow yet. Thus in a normal year you can snow-skate in the north, swim or scuba dive in the south, enjoy the secular clubs in Tel-Aviv and pray in Jerusalem.... Well, that was my contribution to the Tourist industry. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2009 13:02:23 GMT
I am dreading the weekend, gonna stock up and hibernate.
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Post by omnipleasant on Jan 30, 2009 13:13:42 GMT
I love the cold, as long as it's not raining. Wrap up and go for a walk in the countryside.
Then at night there's nowt better than a walk in the freezing cold for a long session in your cosy, welcoming local.
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Post by Beachcomber on Jan 30, 2009 13:20:10 GMT
I'm quite happy with cold, crisp, winters days with or without snow. I love long hot summer days with endless blue skies. I hate the cold, grey, drab, miserable days inbetween. The sky is grey, the landscape is grey - even the people look grey.  |
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Post by omnipleasant on Jan 30, 2009 13:24:52 GMT
Whereabouts in Cumbria are you, Beachcomber?
I was up the Old Man of Coniston not so long ago. Spectacular.
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Post by Beachcomber on Jan 30, 2009 13:28:34 GMT
I'm on the South West coast Omni. I do quite a bit of work around Coniston and Windermere. Although it's been a few years since I've climbed up to the fell tops.
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Post by omnipleasant on Jan 30, 2009 13:30:22 GMT
Beautiful part of the country, you lucky sod (although the south-west coast is the worst bit)
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