Have the met office lost the plot?

[Yale]

Really.....

Climate change: Snowy UK winters could become thing of the past

By the 2040s most of southern England may no longer get sub-zero days, new Met Office data suggests.

www.bbc.co.uk

I just can’t see it happening,in fact if anything if the cold fresh water from the pole sinks southward through the Gulf Stream disrupting it then we could end up being cooler.

 

[Gong Farmer]

Look what happened to Al Gore when he said similar. Ridiculed by many for a long time after.

Even NASA admit we're heading for a grand solar minimum until at least 2050

 

[maen]

Just watched the Met Office report. The thought of living in the balmy South during the winter looks attractive. Costas climate come to the South West.

 

[teslacoils]

Just jumping on the "sensational story to get more funding" bandwagon. I'm pinning my hopes on north Lincolnshire being as hot as present day Barcelona by 2050.

 

[Suffolk Serf]

Cue a hard snowy time this winter.

 

[Swarfmonkey]

Any BBC article that uses the words “could” or “may” as much as that one does isn’t worth a damn.

They’re just guessing.

 

[uztrac]

Any BBC article that uses the words “could” or “may” as much as that one does isn’t worth a damn.

They’re just guessing.

All the bbc is capable of reporting are the following in various order/s Climate,Covid,& Brexit.

 

[teslacoils]

All the bbc is capable of reporting are the following in various order/s Climate,Covid,& Brexit.

Also lbqt etc issues, vegan recipes, and minority-worship.

 

[Farma Parma]

Bring it on its deffo no the Canaries temps n dry weather for us atm anyways, wettest spell since thurs for nearly 6wks
only 23mm thru whole of Nov & weve had 50+mm since thurs & its cert not warm
biggest load of tosh ever. Its wet n cold & most winters we get snow year in year out.
Its longer hot summer weather what we dont get as much anymore

 

[DeeGee]

Just the usual hogwash; they haven’t got a clue what it’s going to do next month never mind next decades.

 

[slackjawedyokel]

Excellent- Barbecue Winter!

 

[Tarw Coch]

I’ve long been of the option that the weather man is a liar.

 

[7610 super q]

Just the usual hogwash; they haven’t got a clue what it’s going to do next day never mind next decades.

Fixed that for you. Caught one of the weather presenters using the phrase " Climate emergency " a while back. If it hadn't been for lockdown, I'd have jumped in the car, travelled across country and given him a foot up the arse.

 

[Macsky]

What is strange tho, is how little we have heard about how much the reduction in air travel has reduced pollution. Probably a good time to load up on airliner shares, they’ll have it back as soon as possible

 

[Lincsman]

I remember a few years ago some newspaper saying the south of England would never see snow again, within 3 weeks the M25 was blocked.

 

[Tubbylew]

Famous last words imo, there'll be 6-8ft drifts all over the shop now, have they never heard of michael fish.

 

[Breakthru]

Lower sun activity from end of 80's till 2035 then subsequent lag time.
This is the first year since the 1830's that there have been no sunspots.
Sun activity 16% less this year apparently.
In the 80's and 90's weather forecasts were accurate for 5/6 days.
They then got a new super computer for 30 mill however they programmed it to allow for global warming rather than cooling so what you have is slow idiots sitting in front of a fast idiot.

 

[Bald Rick]

In 2007, we were told that Snowdon wouldn’t have snow on it again by 2020.

Snowdon will be snow-free in 13 years, scientists warn - Climate Change, Environment - The Independent

Those who originally named the peak spoke as they probably found it, calling it

web.archive.org

Took this pic this morning....

 

[redsloe]

Even NASA admit we're heading for a grand solar minimum until at least 2050

Whatever that is when it's at home!

 

[robs1]

Last time they were forecasting the north Atlantic conveyor would stop very soon giving us winters like Canada and Russia, they couldnt tell the day of the week