The_Rev Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Snowing heavily in Brum now Its picked up the pace here near Leamington too Add Nuneaton to that list. Mind you, I am off on the train to Birmingham to then take a train to Leamington in about ten minutes so I can compare notes. Assuming my train makes it of course. I'd stay indoors if I could, but contractual obligations and everything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 14, 2013 Moderator Share Posted January 14, 2013 Hopefully it's on it's way here now. Currently glorious but cold sunshine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Stepped up another gear here now... might HAVE to work from home tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted January 14, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted January 14, 2013 (edited) 6:30 and 45 Fahrenheit. Positively tropical. Edited January 14, 2013 by leviramsey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 It's times like this that I miss living in the UK. Snow days are mega. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 6:30 and 45 Fahrenheit. Positively tropical. While the UK has hardly embraced the metric system any more than the US, distances are measured in miles and yards, beer and milk are sold in pints, clothes are sized in inches, I will say that Fahrenheit is a **** daft way to measure temperature. Zero degrees should be where it freezes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 6:30 and 45 Fahrenheit. Positively tropical. While the UK has hardly embraced the metric system any more than the US, distances are measured in miles and yards, beer and milk are sold in pints, clothes are sized in inches, I will say that Fahrenheit is a **** daft way to measure temperature. Zero degrees should be where it freezes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 14, 2013 Moderator Share Posted January 14, 2013 45 is positively balmy. Just remember 10c is 50f and every 10 is 18. (0=32, 10=50, 20=68, 30=86 etc). Saves on the mental arithmetic of getting 5/9ths of something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Snow now melting in Brum albeit I believe more is forecast later today / tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 14, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted January 14, 2013 While the UK has hardly embraced the metric system any more than the US, distances are measured in miles and yards, beer and milk are sold in pints, clothes are sized in inches, I will say that Fahrenheit is a **** daft way to measure temperature. Zero degrees should be where it freezes! Well, yeah, but.... "Hot" should be up in the 90s, approaching 100. 30-40 doesn't sound hot. Can't we re-calibrate it so that 0 is freezing and 100 is scorchio? Centiheit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted January 14, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted January 14, 2013 Au contraire! Celsius for weather is insane. Is the freezing point of water that relevant to surface temperatures? Considering that snow/sleet/etc. is much more affected by the temperature at altitude than ground temperature and that it's not like you suddenly get black ice at the freezing point? Consider, for a moment, a weather map built around Fahrenheit: There are two things that jump out. Even approaching normally the coldest period of the year ("when the days begin to lengthen, the cold begins to strengthen"), no negative temperatures are to be seen. If we were to look at the map for, say, Bastille Day, six months from now, there would be about the same number of triple digit temperatures. Further I can say from personal experience that the degree of discomfort from being in subzero Fahrenheit is comparable to triple digits, and further that 70 is likewise roughly comparable to the mid 30s or so (my ideal temperature is about 60; my thermostat is typically set to not turn on the heat above 58-59 and I begin to moan about the heat at around 75 or so; 30-ish is about when I'm sure to wear heavier clothes and/or long sleeves). <10: avoid going outside 10-20: inconveniently cold 20-30: cold 30-40: chilly 40-50: comfortable chill 50-60: mild 60-70: comfortably warm 70-80: warm 80-90: hot 90-100: inconveniently hot >100: avoid going outside If anything, I would scale it so water freezes at 25 and keep 100 the same (so that there's 1.1 degrees Ramsey per degree Fahrenheit), but that's a minor quibble compared to the complaint about atrocious scaling and granularity in Celsius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted January 14, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted January 14, 2013 Plus I think Carter bungled the metric conversion by making temperature one of the first measures to switch over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Snow has stopped and it is sunny. Snow is not melting much, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 14, 2013 Moderator Share Posted January 14, 2013 I think Levi is right. Broadly speaking, in terms of human comfort, the fahrenheit 0-100 is a more useful gauge than the celsius 0-100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Celsius for cold Fahrenheit for warm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted January 16, 2013 Author VT Supporter Share Posted January 16, 2013 Be afraid: Snowmageddon is on the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Can't wait. Bring it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted January 16, 2013 Author VT Supporter Share Posted January 16, 2013 Met Office are now predicting 10-15cm widely (~4 to 6 inches) with 25cm or more over higher ground (10 inches!) during the course of Friday. I've got to drive from London to Portsmouth on Friday afternoon too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 (edited) I was in a meeting in Rochester today, the forecast was fine or foggy. Around lunchtime the shout went up that it was 'getting cloudy' and it was like someone fired a starting pistol. Mid meeting and still talking people started packing their stuff away and announced they had to go. How the **** we got through day one of the blitz is an absolute mystery to me. Edited January 16, 2013 by chrisp65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 My car will not be moving off that driveway Friday Executive decision Made already, snow or no snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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