O/T – The Beast from The East

[dam617]

Latest forecasts say The Beast From The East looks to be continuing West. For a few days I've been keeping a close eye on the Cheltenham weather (for the racing rather than the football), and the racecourse are expecting 4 to 6 inches of snow in the next couple of days. With the temperature forecast not to rise above 2 degrees C, could our game be in doubt?

I've just slithered in from work and every road had snow on top of ice - it's been -6 all night and my front spoiler has actually been planing snow.
No sign of gritters.
Tory Cuts.

[i961pie]

I've just slithered in from work and every road had snow on top of ice - it's been -6 all night and my front spoiler has actually been planing snow.
No sign of gritters.
Tory Cuts.

Might be poor council organisation.

[snipe_pie]

I could be wrong and it does sound daft but can it actually be too cold to grit ?

[navypie]

Took the dog out at 5 and even he slipped over , hilarious !

[sidders]

This is winter. In winter it snows and is significantly colder. Recently, largely down to climate change, winters have been mild and changed our expectations. Not even a land like Sweden can hope to exist with the same easy lifestyle in winter as it does in summer.
I like how the Look North weatherman has dispensed with 'Beast from the East' and replaced it with 'the hysteria from Siberia'.#
Am I alone in actually quite liking this weather so long as:
1. The boiler holds
2. No long car journeys are imminent
Snow brings out my inner child where it seems to release the curmudgeon in most grumpy old men.

[Elite_Pie]

Worse still EP could the festival be in doubt?

No, the forecast is for milder air to move in after the weekend with temperatures sneaking into double figures for Festival week.

[adlestropred]

Another indication of forthcoming climate change . It is 20 degrees warmer at the North Poles than usual which has forced Article air through Siberia down to us. It will get much worse when Storm Emma hits The Beast from the East & creates The Perfect Storm.

[Bohinen]

This is winter.

No it isn't.

In most Northern Hemisphere temperate locations, spring months are March, April and May, although differences exist from country to country.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_(season)

[MAD_MAGPIE]

We must be one of the few countries in the Northern Hemisphere where the media hype about snow in (shock horror) winter so much and where our infrastructure crumbles, and nobody goes to school or college when it snows.

What we get from a snow point of view for a few days a year is nothing compared to what many European Countries, Russia, Canada get during winter.

When did we as a nation get so poor at keeping calm and carrying on when it comes to winter weather?

[LaxtonLad]

I've just come back from a holiday in Austria where there was deep snow everywhere except on the roads. The Austrians know the snow will come and for a lengthy period, a much longer period than we get so they have rather a lot of snow-clearing vehicles at the ready, knowing for a certainty they will be needed. We, on the other hand, are never too sure to the nearest week whether or not we'll get snow or how much or where, so for us to buy and maintain such vehicles and keep trained operators on stand-by is a prohibitive expense, what do we do with them for the rest of the year? Last year, for instance, I can remember only one day when the snow didn't disappear after a day or two.

The public outcry over such a waste, when in the public's eye the money could be better spent elsewhere (in their opinion), is something your local councillors would wish to avoid.