coldest january in 1000 years... what do ye think

NIALL D

they had this on the paper....... 1 month of arctic blizzards :eek: very low temps etc.......

how can they say this if even the models are pretty unsure wats goin to happen in a weeks time? i know it looks like it is going to get a bit colder over the next few days..

so what do ye think ?, a month of blizzards eh, the whole country would be in total shutdown...

200motels

Wouldn't believe a word of it.

Cool!

Sponge Bob

No

kindredspirit

Did you see that in a Red Top?

Nuff said.

peasant

NIALL D wrote: »

1 month of artic blizzards

Jeeez ..as if the rigid blizzard wasn't bad enough




it's arctic

Doom

Its feeling a bit colder this evening, hope not- we were out of water for 9 days already.

Sonovagun

I wouldn't believe it, it's like the snow storm that was forecasted before Christmas, and it never came.

NIALL D

peasant wrote: »

Jeeez ..as if the rigid blizzard wasn't bad enough




it's arctic

sorry , yes arctic;)
cool pic lol....

NIALL D

Sonovagun wrote: »

I wouldn't believe it, it's like the snow storm that was forecasted before Christmas, and it never came.

yep , well true in one way , but many places got a foot and alot more snow , in ireland that really is the next best thing to a snowstorm for us..
a foot of snow is far from the norm for us...

NIALL D

Sitec wrote: »

Thats not an arctic or an artic.

dont get yourself worked up about it :rolleyes:

dirtyghettokid

media like to blow things out of proportion. it was probably "possibility of a few snow flakes to fall in a few days january" turn into snowmageddon mk2

aboyro

utter crap to be honest. there was supposed to be loads of snow for the ten days up to christmas and there was'nt a flake!!!!:(

irishdub14

NIALL D wrote: »

they had this on the paper....... 1 month of arctic blizzards :eek: very low temps etc.......

how can they say this if even the models are pretty unsure wats goin to happen in a weeks time? i know it looks like it is going to get a bit colder over the next few days..

so what do ye think ?, a month of blizzards eh, the whole country would be in total shutdown...

Do you have the link?

Brenireland

The Mouse,The Mouse In the House...does not like the sounds of this cold weather returning.

Caitriona

Is there any actually data backing this up at all?

(Please say no, I'm as fond of snow as the next person but enough is enough for one year)

downwiththatsor

Caitriona wrote: »

Is there any actually data backing this up at all?

(Please say no, I'm as fond of snow as the next person but enough is enough for one year)

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/view/169577/Winter-may-be-coldest-in-1000-years/

roryc1

downwiththatsor wrote: »

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/view/169577/Winter-may-be-coldest-in-1000-years/

Look's legit to me :rolleyes:

thetonynator

Star scaremongering. Apart from everything else wrong with this story, we don't have data from ireland from the little ice age and maunder minimum so it could never be proven even if the temp doesn't rise above 0 for the whole month.

M.T. Cranium

Doubt that it will be "worst in a thousand years" as that would require mean temperatures in Ireland and U.K. of about -5 C, in other words, four degrees colder than the month just ending (which may have been among the coldest half dozen Decembers in a thousand years).

I do think that it may be another cold month and possibly cold enough to extend the string of below-zero mean temperatures although more likely around 1 to 2 C (the normal values are between 4 and 5).

With that, there would likely be at least one and perhaps two periods with snow. The first of these seems possible by about the 5th. So this rather sensational forecast is going to seem more right than wrong to some people and the part of the media that gave it a look, but it would still appear to be an overstatement.

Brenireland

time to stock up

Brenireland

Brenireland wrote: »

time to stock up

indeed

thetonynator

Brenireland wrote: »

indeed

Quoting yourself to agree with yourself? Interesting . .

whatever you're into . .:P

Sonovagun

Brenireland wrote: »

time to stock up

Nah, I stocked up for the snow storm that never arrived. Still bags of grit and coal I'll never use.

Brenireland

thetonynator wrote: »

Quoting yourself to agree with yourself? Interesting . .

whatever you're into . .:P

its the truth

Obliq

Sonovagun wrote: »

Nah, I stocked up for the snow storm that never arrived. Still bags of grit and coal I'll never use.

Send em on to me buddy, I'll always use them!;)

steveLFC24

I can see it being cold but not as cold as this over-exaggerated article suggests. Hope I'm not eating my own words in a months time

heres another link just to throw in the mix. Global cooling.:D;):p from a guy called Piers Corbyn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwyjsJJrr2I&feature=player_embedded#!

Brenireland

steveLFC24 wrote: »

I can see it being cold but not as cold as this over-exaggerated article suggests. Hope I'm not eating my own words in a months time

ah im sure you wont have to eat your words their,if the articles correct you could just edit your post or delete it!

thetonynator

Brenireland wrote: »

ah im sure you wont have to eat your words their,if the articles correct you could just edit your post or delete it!

Cant edit or delete 48hrs after you make a post . .:P

Brenireland

thetonynator wrote: »

Cant edit or delete 48hrs after you make a post . .:P

haha may eat them so!:D

patwicklow

well its very true we aint seen nothing yet of whats about to come in 2 weeks time!

Brenireland

patwicklow wrote: »

well its very true we aint seen nothing yet of whats about to come in 2 weeks time!

Really,it will be interesting to see now.

Pangea

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/8230318/Britain-could-be-heading-for-coldest-winter-in-300-years.html

If you read in there you can see where they got the 1000 years thing from.

Birdnuts

So it will be worse than a 1684 or 1740!! - I doubt it:rolleyes:

weatherfish

typical rubbish from newspapers in silly season

4Sheets

Brenireland wrote: »

indeed

I agree

4Sheets

4Sheets wrote: »

I agree

Yeah so do I the daily mirror aint know for talking crap or quoting themselves

Pangea

Birdnuts wrote: »

So it will be worse than a 1684 or 1740!! - I doubt it:rolleyes:

What do you expect from newspapers lol
Overdramatic headlines is what they thrive on, I never read newspapers because its all BS.

John.Icy

Your original post is misleading, it doesn't say 1 month of Artic Blizzards anywhere? Don't try to make it even more bizzare than it already is.

You got my hopes up.;)

Redsunset

What i find bizarre is that i think your all misreading it,it's a perfectly good article.

NIALL D

true

most people jus say bull**** straight away.......................

M.T. Cranium

Let's put it this way, the month will have to go some just to be the coldest January in one year, let alone a thousand. (last Jan, mean temps between 1 and 2 C in most parts of Ireland and the U.K.).

nacho libre

just imagine the come down when we eventually go back to normal winters. i'll have to buy a snowmachine at that point.

thetonynator

nacho libre wrote: »

just imagine the come down when we eventually go back to normal winters. i'll have to buy a snowmachine at that point.

A walk in freezer so i can get my annual does of -16 . . :cool:

steveLFC24

Brenireland wrote: »

haha may eat them so!:D

So far so good Bren :D