We have had a very severe frost and deep snow this month. My
thermometer was one day fourteen degrees and a half below the
freezing point, within doors. The tender evergreens were injured
pretty much. It was very providential that the air was still, and the
ground well covered with snow, else vegetation in general must
have suffered prodigiously. There is reason to believe that some
days were more severe than any since the year 1739-40.
Gilbert White
The winter of 1739 sounds even tougher - It was called The Great Frost :
http://www.londononline.co.uk/history/thames/5/
We have more snow and frost predicted for the end of the week...
"Nature is so full and varied that if you want to find the place with the most variety, it is the place you most study. Just take in a small piece of land and examine it hard enough." Gilbert White... Long Road, a few miles from Selborne where the pioneering 18th century naturalist lived and documented the flora and fauna of his area. Long Road is our patch, the place to watch the time and seasons come and go, to listen, think and learn
Sunday 12 December 2010
Tuesday 7 December 2010
Is it or isn't it?
Further cold weather this winter is possible if the current Atlantic high pressure system that is trapping sub-tropical air and preventing it from reaching Europe stays put or goes away and returns. While the severity could be exacerbated if current arctic sea ice levels continue to remain low, according to one climate scientist.
Britain's Meteorological Office forecasts that the cold snap affecting northern Europe will continue for the next week or so, according to a Met Office spokesman. "Much of December looks like being on the cold side," commented Met Office chief forecaster Ewen McCallum
or
There is “no evidence” that the Gulf Stream is slowing down at the moment, according to Vicky Pope, Head of Climate Change for Government at the UK Meteorological Office. A report by the Met Office released at the Cancun climate change conference stated that improved observations cast doubt on previously reported evidence of a recent slow down in the Gulf Stream which keeps northern Europe warmer than it would otherwise be.
Monday 6 December 2010
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