[John Mason]

More front-page fun & games from that parallel universe that is Express-land:

BRITAIN will be blasted by another bout of Arctic weather over the next few days – with temperatures plunging to their lowest since Christmas.

Better dig out the shorts then

Cheers - John

[John Mason]

Didn't have to - it was staring at me from the rack when I went in the Spar this morning!

Cheers - John

[Chris Alder]

It's shocking reporting I cant believe the express actually makes any money! Even more shocking is the editor of the express who keeps putting epic fail after epic fail stories on the front page written by Nathan Rao!!!!!

[Andy Mayhew]

http://www.express.c...ld-blast-on-way

OMG! Every sentence in that article is contradicted by another one!

You couldn't make it up - although, quite obviously, someone did .......

[Dave W]

To be fair it IS looking pretty awful. for once im almost in agreement!

[Singo]

"Mid-air tornados" though - that's a good one. Sounds a bit more exciting than a plain old funnel cloud.

[Dave W]

Yes trust the Express to rename funnel clouds! LOl

[P.K.]

I hesitate to ask as this is the Express but has anyone seen anything else on this apparent FC over Norwich on Thursday?

Edit - Found it in a METAR.

[Nigel Bolton]

Looks like a typical April mix to me, a bit of everything, and then a little bit more.

One needs to check out the Spring and early Summer of 1975, plus the Spring of 1986(?) for some rather more extreme cold snaps. Sub 510Dm air just off East Anglia on 9th April 1975, and snow across much of the UK on 2nd of June that same year.

1986 saw some heavy snow showers in May, and some sleet reported from near Birminghan early in June.

N.

[Lightning Hunter]

Andy Mayhew, on 14 April 2012 - 09:37, said:

http://www.express.c...ld-blast-on-way

OMG! Every sentence in that article is contradicted by another one!

You couldn't make it up - although, quite obviously, someone did .......

April the 1st every day at the Express is it? Got to be a joke surely?

Example I noticed:

" temperatures feel even colder, hitting -5C (23F) in the North."

"Even in the South, night-time temperatures could hit -5C."

[Ed.]

Ah well..headlines, big or small or so it seems always sell - whether its politics, sport, weather or pure ole gossip? supply and demand and all that eh.

It shall long continue in whichever guise, in many ways and means and (in some cases..) there shall be those who succumb to it..human nature prevails, no one size shall ever fit all

This post has been edited by Ed Shrops: 14 April 2012 - 20:07

[Howard Kirby]

Latest hype: http://www.express.c...nter-roars-back

[John Mason]

Ah - I had heard that Piers was trumpeting a very cold May....

Cheers - John

[Dave K]

John Mason, on 19 April 2012 - 09:27, said:

Ah - I had heard that Piers was trumpeting a very cold May....

Cheers - John

Not that I want to give any hint of credibility to the "forecast" (which is for Eastern Britain only ) but for info the coldest May in the last 100 years in the CET was 1996 at 9.15 °C which was in the bottom 10 for warmth.

[Andy Mayhew]

Interesting - first public prediction by Piers since his (still missing) super storms in January ....

[Dave K]

Andy Mayhew, on 19 April 2012 - 11:15, said:

Interesting - first public prediction by Piers since his (still missing) super storms in January ....

And before that the bitterly cold November/December, which like, you know, wasn't because the sun burped unexpectedly. So the odds are improving that he'll get one right

[Andy Mayhew]

Incidently, where do the Express get the idea the temp dropped to -7c in Ednburgh last week? That's twice they've said it now. And the only place that has struggled to get above freezing the past week has been the summit of Cairngorm, which is hardly representative of the UK, even by modern journalistic standards! Temps have been around average or slightly below for the most part.

[Andy Mayhew]

http://www.weatherac...e.asp?a=450&c=5

http://climaterealis...dex.php?id=9461

[John Robert Mellor]

Andy Mayhew, on 19 April 2012 - 11:15, said:

Interesting - first public prediction by Piers since his (still missing) super storms in January ....

Think the Express were 'ignoring' him, or he for once wasn't talking up his usual nonsense so no scaremongering comments for the front page from him....but there were from Mr Powell and Mr Madden so used their rubbish instead.

OT but I've just been asked by my local rag as to why we are still under a hosepipe ban even though we have had 'all' this rain the last few days ......I've recorded approx 10mm last couple of days!! I have tried to educate him as to what the word drought means and that a couple of consecutive days rain ISN'T going to replenish the rain shortfall from the previous year!!