Frosty mornings no more

magick

anyone ever notice we dont get mega frost anymore?
u know the type that kills ur car and it takes ages to get the frost/ice off the wind screen of the car.

I remember in early november the ground was thick with ice and a lil snow now all we get is wet weather well at least where i am ("sunny" south east)

Dave!

yeah true, I haven't seen frost on the cars for a long time.

KTRIC

Ah the joys of global warming

The bikers best friend

Bluetonic

There was heavy frost in north county Dublin in mid December 2006.

mikedragon32

Bluetonic wrote:

There was heavy frost in north county Dublin in mid December 2006.

And in North Wicklow/South Dublin.

I certainly had to de-ice the windscreen a couple of times and had to train on a rock-hard pitch too. :-(

connundrum

I kinda liked the aul frosty mornings.. certainly made for interesting driving!

I'd take a frosty (dry) morning over a wet, windy morning any day! Feckin rain and wind :mad:

Winter is for cold and summer is for hot - get it right God! Right!

Mossy Monk

rubbish

frosty mornings were only a few weeks ago

JungleBunny

I had to spend 20 minutes scraping the ice off my car not long ago.
Boy that was fun

JohnCleary

I love frosty mornings - Wakes ya up

Oh, and watching grannies fall on their arses*

*May not be true

gucci

true we seem to be going through a mild spell at the moment but if memry serves me correctly most the frost iv ever had to scrape off my car was in the months of febuary and march......so lots of fun to look forward too!!

mukki

Mossy Monk wrote:

rubbish



frosty mornings were only a few weeks ago

i think op is comparing last few years to about 2 decades ago

i remember as a kid there used to be 2-4inchs of ice on the lake every year, you could easily jump about on it

FlutterinBantam

Lake Manitoba you are referring to I surmise;)

kevmy

Global warming dryer hotter summers and milder wetter winters. It all adds up to no frost south of Glasgow in about 15 yrs time.

I'll miss the frosty-dry-see-your-breath-type weather I always loved it.

Still though look on the bright side dryer hotter summers.:)

Kaylee

kevmy wrote:

Still though look on the bright side dryer hotter summers.:)

Wetter hotter summers, methinks.

The_B_Man

OP, I'd say ur car jsut comes with better anti-frost components, or some such!

kevmy

Kaylee wrote:

Wetter hotter summers, methinks.

Not true in Ireland at least. I recently attended a talk by Irelands foremost expert in climate change and from his studies it looks like it will get considerably dryer during the summer. This could lead to water shortages at certain times of the year in the midlands and east in ~50 yrs time. Also bad news for us in the West more rain during the winter.

miamee

gucci wrote:

true we seem to be going through a mild spell at the moment but if memry serves me correctly most the frost iv ever had to scrape off my car was in the months of febuary and march......so lots of fun to look forward too!!

True the colder months are usually Jan-March...so its more like no frosty mornings yet
I've had a couple of mornings I've had to de-frost the car before heading to work

zuutroy

Just wait until the North Atlantic drift packs up....you'll have all the frost you want then!

Mossy Monk

is it due to pack up?

/me has limited knowledge on such things

zuutroy

Mossy Monk wrote:

is it due to pack up?

/me has limited knowledge on such things

As with many of the effects of global warming, no one knows for sure....but its widely expected.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutdown_of_thermohaline_circulation

free2fly

Here in Boston we've had the warmest December ever recorded. We only got four tenths of an inch of snow. And today and tomorrow it's suppose to be 17 degrees C! Nearly unheard of in January in New England. I'm not complaining though.