OV9

Beany wrote: Sun Jan 05, 2025 9:34 pm Still several inches here, all getting slushed up. Hopefully it'll be gone in the morning, cos it's fucking tedious.

It is still not gone, and I'm getting bored of corner shop food.

They’d only been predicting it coming for about a week beforehand

Yeah, but I couldn't be arsed stocking up, so it's all everyone else's fault

The floods and snow had pretty much all gone at home this morning. However, en route to a meeting in Stoke on Trent I encountered a blizzard on the M6. Quite brief, but glad I had my boots with me for the site visit because the snow settled.

Loads more snow here overnight and the promised warmer weather and sun seems to keep moving out by 24 hours each day.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr53n054jl6o

how dare people enjoy the snow!!

^

Full moon (the Wolf Moon) https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/cdxnl5lrje1o
Hecking cloudy
I still haven't checked the alignment mentioned above
A 1-in-160,000 year chance, that we probably won't get here; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvge4e7dzxyo

It went from -12 to +12 within about 24 hours up here. Still some snow up high but it's not going to last. Some of the local roads have taken a lot of damage with the amount of water on them and the temperature fluctuations though.

Most of the snow has gone from around here, so I think I should be able to move the car properly for the first time since last Sunday, today.

(Being between two sideroads, they were cleared and the snow piled up ahead and behind my car and there was nowhere else to put it - I work from home so I let it slide as I can realistically order stuff in etc and don't need to leave the house)

Beany wrote: Tue Jan 14, 2025 12:02 pm let it slide

Isn't that what you were trying to avoid?

Did some experiments on Sunday. The difference in grip between the Zoe on all-season tyres compared to the Galaxy on winters is significant.

Drove both cars the same route, and where the Galaxy just gripped, the ABS in the Zoe kicked in/wheels were spinning (depending on what I was doing).

I'd expected a difference, but not that big. The Zoe's tyres are at 4mm, the Galaxy closer to 6, but then the tyres are 4-5 years older.

It was 5c on my way home last night, but there’s so mush damp slimey grit and salt on the roads that traction from a standing start seemed almost non existent! I was a bit too keen exiting a roundabout and the car just ploughed straight on

Needs a good downpour to wash the crap away now the temperature has gone up a bit, my rear numberplate was unreadable after a single commute.

Hope everyone is good and safe in this latest craziness.

We’re only in an amber warning area, but power went out at 6 this morning and isn’t forecast to be back on until 10pm. And of course we’ve not yet got round to buying an ups and some decent power banks etc. In-laws have power if we need it, but I guess I need to do a wee bit more planning for the next time this happens.

Tis a tad gusty in leeds. Like, up to 60mph gusty. Colleague in NI is expecting three figure gusts...

Three figure gusts? Wow. Most of the central belt seems to have been shut down going by messages from friends.

Just popped to the village for a coffee. Bracing is how I’d describe the wind.

Sea looks stunning though.

Had to drive round one fallen tree on the way to work but it was only blocking one side of the road. I think these winds are a natural cull of trampolines.

My folks place is right out on the far South West coast in Co Kerry - 170kph max wind speed last night in the nearest weather station ...

Looks like a big one, stay safe up there.

It’s pretty quiet at the moment in Glasgow, but it was nuts around 06:00 and is due to get bad again around 14:00.