Heads Up: Cold Weather Alert

[Miquel In De Rain]

Dry?

No.

 

[defy-one]

Day off tommorow .... Perfectly acceptable riding weather in the South East. Now where is my buff and gloves .....

 

[Drago]

It may surprise some of the organisations that subscribe to these Met Office alerts that we may possibly experience hot weather in the summer, and a spot of rain in the transitional seasons of Spring and Autumn. Do you really need the Met Orifice to tell you that? Makes you wonder how we survived in the dark gloom of pre-history in the 1990's.

 

[al78]

It may surprise some of the organisations that subscribe to these Met Office alerts that we may possibly experience hot weather in the summer, and a spot of rain in the transitional seasons of Spring and Autumn. Do you really need the Met Orifice to tell you that? Makes you wonder how we survived in the dark gloom of pre-history in the 1990's.

Have you actually bothered to look at what the levels mean before coming out with the sarcasm?

 

[Maz]

You sound like a bunch of Daily Mail readers panicking ! Weather is just perfect just now! Cold and dry!

I can see the headline now..."Britain Braces Itself for Siberian Blast. Eastern European Migrants Deny Any Involvement"

 

[Col5632]

You sound like a bunch of Daily Mail readers panicking ! Weather is just perfect just now! Cold and dry!

Don't mind the cold, its avoiding the ice puddles thats the tuff part

 

[thefollen]

Cold weather is the perfect excuse to hit the pub for a few warming ales.

 

[Drago]

Have you actually bothered to look at what the levels mean before coming out with the sarcasm?

Duh, yeah (sone sarcasm just for you). We get them in my line of work too.

But you know what - it's never a surprise? Cold weather in the winter, a heat wave in the summer. I've yet to see one that actually gives us advance warning of something we couldn't have figured for ourselves.

It's like the recent flood alerts and warnings. From the number of drivers we'd already rescued, the incessant heavy rain and from the way the Westshire river was lapping at the edges of the banks had us kind of guessing bad times were on their way.

The day they tell us something that a well prepared organisation couldn't foresee for themselves, and with sufficient notice for them to be useful, then I might get excited.

 

[snorri]

Have you actually bothered to look at what the levels mean before coming out with the sarcasm?

Levels? Perhaps some sarcasm is justified, the local forecast for the next three days is fair, with no temperatures below zero and longer term forecasts are notoriously unreliable..

 

[BrumJim]

mmmm. Reckon i'm going to have to be very careful on 23mm slicks
We'll see how it goes as my commute is main roads most of the way.
Dry!! Whats that then?

You'll be fine on gritted roads. That's many years of experience talking.

 

[paulw1969]

You'll be fine on gritted roads. That's many years of experience talking.

its the non gritted parts that i am more concerned about

 

[BrumJim]

I remember leaving my house one morning thinking "Its frosty, I'll have to take extra care on the corners this morning."

By the time I had reached my first corner I had forgotten this already, and was taking it slightly faster than usual. I then remembered it again as I carefully picked myself and my bike off the floor.

D'oh!

(This was some time ago)

 

[Teuchter]

But you know what - it's never a surprise? Cold weather in the winter, a heat wave in the summer.

That would surprise me

 

[BrumJim]

That would surprise me

Erskine, Scotland? I'm not surprised that it would surprise you.

 

[wisdom]

For information.
For riders on the Fylde coast,I have just come back from Rugby training and the pitches are frosty,The gritters have done the main road from Ansdell to Blackpool.
Ride carefully everyone.