Blizzards

[pmorley]

Did anyone else see on the weather yesterday that we are in for two months of the worth blizzards in history after December, I'm sure I didn't imagine it but can't find a weather site to check.

[Surreygirl30]

We have had a tornado in North London.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6217 514.stm

[jake-the-peg]

This story seems to be doing the rounds - unfortunately nobody seems to have told the met office

they say:

UK winter forecast
The latest forecast for this winter continues to favour near average or warmer-than-average temperatures, but still with potential for lower temperatures later in the period.

Average or above-average rainfall continues to be the more likely outcome for the UK this winter.

Updated: 1000 on Tue 5 Dec 2006


Sounds like an average British winter to me - warm, wet and windy with the odd few days of cold weather thrown in just in case you've got any sensitive plants you've left out