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Britain facing one of the coldest winters in 100 years, experts predict
Britain is bracing itself for one of the coldest winters for a century with temperatures hitting minus 16 degrees Celsius, forecasters have warned.
In case you are wondering, that’s about 3 degrees Fahrenheit. In other words….THAT’S BLOODY COLD!
They predicted no let up in the freezing snap until at least mid-January, with snow, ice and severe frosts dominating.
And the likelihood is that the second half of the month will be even colder.
Weather patterns were more like those in the late 1970s, experts said, while Met Office figures released on Monday are expected to show that the country is experiencing the coldest winter for up to 25 years.
Has The Boracle been spending time in Britain recently? Seems he’s got a knack for freezing the cajones off a variety of citizenry with his presence.
Now, granted, we don’t live in Great Britain. As a matter of fact, we’re not even close (about 4300 miles). Tennessee is on this side of the planet, don’cha know, but if you take a gander at this little screen shot I grabbed this evening from Weather Underground, you’ll see that our neck of the woods is a mite nippy as well.
If you will notice, the NORMAL low is 29. That would be at the coldest part of the night. Ok, yesterday’s low was 22. Nothing all that unusual when the temp gets a little below the norms. What is really starting to annoy the bejabbers outta me is the predicted lows for Monday, when we get home: 10! If I wanted to live where the lows were 10 degrees all the time, I would have stayed in Wisconsin fer the love of pete! Or was that the highs? Hmmm…. And snow???? They are predicting SNOW??? I’m gonna die! sigh….
The weather is hateful here in Boston – FREEZING. And so far, there’s about 13 inches of global warming on the ground, with more on the way tomorrow.
It was -22 where my parents live up here on Da Frozen Tundra.
Somebody better put The Boracle outside. He’s already got a stick up his a$$! Large human popsicle!
Happy New Year, Kate. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… again!
We here in Southern California have enjoyed temps in the low 30′s, but just as quickly, it was back to the mid 70′s for our family hike yesterday.
Now I understand 30′s are not a big deal to most in the country, but in SoCal, we don’t usually buy parkas and snow boots! I’ll tell you 34° in shorts, Hawaiian shirt and flip flops is a bit uncomfortable!
On a side note, I’m lookin’ for work, and am not opposed to relocation. I’ve been nosing around in the Tennessee area, so if you hear of anything, I’d appreciate a heads up.
Once again, Happy New Year!
Back atcha Gary!
I wonder if anyone realizes that low 30s is just not normal over in your neck of the woods. Heh.
If I’m not mistaken, they are opening a VW plant somewhere around Chattanooga. Not gonna swear to it, but I’ll see what I can find out, K?
Yeah youd love it here in IA. Its been below zero for I dont know how long.
at times I wish there WAS such a thing as global warming.
We left Vicksburg, MS this morning and it was flippin’ snowing! Snowing!!! Give me that ‘global warming’ NOW!