Long range weather forecast! WINTER WILL BE EARLY THIS YEAR

[Dave3066]

I was over in Jedburgh yesterday afternoon, according to the dashboard it was 81 degrees outside the car

I bet it's substantially colder in Jedburgh this week

Today had been a lovely day in the east of Scotland but it rained for the 3 days previous to this and I'm sure it'll be raining again tomorrow.

Have people in some parts of the UK had a Summer this year

No Summer for us this year. Been wet and cold since May. It's getting dark by 7pm here now too.

I heard that scientist boffin types guage the sort of Winter we're going to have by the drop in temperature in the Arctic region. That temperature is around -10 degrees C which is colder than usual for this time of year.......

Dave

[JPB]

Dave, have you always been this cheerful?

There appear to have been fewer berries during this past summer - on the various plants that carry them - than there were last year. Once upon a time, this was said to be an indicator of a milder winter to come as nature had decided that wild animals wouldn't need so much fast food in warmer weather.
I want to believe that this is true but won't require any reminders of my having posted the above if we're sat here in December with temperatures in deep freeze and garden roughly equal. Again.

[Dave3066]

Dave, have you always been this cheerful?

No I have to work hard to be that cheery

Dave

[Mitsuru]

Okay Boys and girls A little dicky bird has passed me this

I have gone on stand by for gritting in south yorks....
so any time now salt will be going out on the roads...
some mild snow on its way to apparently.....

wash them beasts off n get the wax oil out....
its going to be a long winter....