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« Reply #15 on: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 08:59:01 » |
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That's a lot. I think that you need to multiply the Rain figure by a factor of approx 10 to get an idea of how deep it would settle as snow. (Anyone able to confirm that?) You are correct. |
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herthab
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« Reply #16 on: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 09:12:02 » |
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Basically beyond "It's cold" they haven't got a fucking clue, have they?
I've always suspected this. I like the way forecasts on the telly spend 80% of the time they've got telling us what the weather has been, not what it's going to be. Most useful. |
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« Reply #17 on: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 09:14:39 » |
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To be fair, I think the quality of weather forecasting has improved a lot. Remember as a kid it was commonplace to hear comments along the lines of 'weatherman says it's raining tomorrow...time to get out the sunscreen' etc. These days, when they say it's going to rain/snow/thunder, it generally does.
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« Reply #18 on: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 09:16:38 » |
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they had the recent weather pretty much spot on
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herthab
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« Reply #19 on: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 09:17:50 » |
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To be fair, I think the quality of weather forecasting has improved a lot. Remember as a kid it was commonplace to hear comments along the lines of 'weatherman says it's raining tomorrow...time to get out the sunscreen' etc. These days, when they say it's going to rain/snow/thunder, it generally does.
Please stop posting factual comments in reply to half arsed rants. |
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« Reply #20 on: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 09:28:45 » |
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Apologies. Noted & understood.
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« Reply #21 on: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 11:18:57 » |
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Better not be cancelled, will be my first home game of the season!
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« Reply #22 on: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 13:08:28 » |
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Unless i'm reading that wrong, they've changed it so the snow comes on sunday. At the moment it reads 13.1mm rain - which should be about 65mm of snow though. Not quite the ten times factor thats been spouted about, don't know where that figures has come from...Even so it's not a whole heap of snow like the other week, but the forecast will probably change again tomorrow.
**EDIT: I figured ouy where that 10X value come from |
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« Reply #23 on: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 13:17:21 » |
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Looks like it's starting then
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« Reply #24 on: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 13:34:31 » |
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Unless i'm reading that wrong, they've changed it so the snow comes on sunday.
At the moment it reads 13.1mm rain - which should be about 65mm of snow though....Even so it's not a whole heap of snow like the other week
We only had 2-3cm of snow the other week. This would be double, bring it on. I'm not working next week. |
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« Reply #25 on: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 13:39:48 » |
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We only had 2-3cm of snow the other week. This would be double, bring it on. I'm not working next week.
Ah, fair enough. Didn't really get much where I live the other week - reading TEF made me think there was loaaads round Swindon! |
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« Reply #26 on: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 13:53:45 » |
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BBC radio just said 10-15 cm. 4 - 6 inches in language I can understand
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« Reply #27 on: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 14:01:32 » |
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BBC radio just said 10-15 cm. 4 - 6 inches in language I can understand
So about 10 x 13.1mm = 13.1cm (or 5 inches), then?  At the moment it reads 13.1mm rain - which should be about 65mm of snow though. Not quite the ten times factor thats been spouted about, don't know where that figures has come from...Even so it's not a whole heap of snow like the other week, but the forecast will probably change again tomorrow.
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« Reply #28 on: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 14:58:06 » |
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So about 10 x 13.1mm = 13.1cm (or 5 inches), then? About that yeah  They've gone for worst case scenario, I worked the best case scenario / the least amount of snow you can expect (if all 13.1mm of water equivelant of snow settles)...I'm not trying to cover my tracks, honest. |
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« Reply #29 on: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 15:17:03 » |
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About that yeah They've gone for worst case scenario, I worked the best case scenario / the least amount of snow you can expect (if all 13.1mm of water equivelant of snow settles)...I'm not trying to cover my tracks, honest. But if you were, would 13.1 cm of snow be enough to cover them?  |
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