ITS warmer in Greenland than Glasgow today
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ITS warmer in Greenland than Glasgow today
Bloody hell police advise absolutely no unecessary journeys due to lying snow ( well you cant trust a single word snow says ) and subzero temperatures.
Hell its been absolutely baltic here the highest temp where I stay was -8 for an hour or two then it dropped to -10 tpnight while driving home the temp dipped to -14 never been so low .
When i walked the dog tonight it was -11 / -12 degrees.
Couple that to snow everywhere and even for me its too cold to do anything on the car outside except change a tyre
So anyone looking for spares today - I never got out to check and that includes the spare nosecone which is under inches of snow.
Hell its been absolutely baltic here the highest temp where I stay was -8 for an hour or two then it dropped to -10 tpnight while driving home the temp dipped to -14 never been so low .
When i walked the dog tonight it was -11 / -12 degrees.
Couple that to snow everywhere and even for me its too cold to do anything on the car outside except change a tyre
So anyone looking for spares today - I never got out to check and that includes the spare nosecone which is under inches of snow.
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Re: ITS warmer in Greenland than Glasgow today
Lowest its been here is -8, buts that’s enough for me. We only had a dusting of snow which froze, then the temperature got to 9◦C and it rained heavily which, then that night the temperature dropped to -7 so we had our selves our own personal ice rink. I’m glad I have a FWD car
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Re: ITS warmer in Greenland than Glasgow today
well its -15 dropping to -16 just now in north glasgow 9.30 am
it is cold
it is cold
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Re: ITS warmer in Greenland than Glasgow today
I sure as hell dont envy you up there...... was snowy enough here, but the temp prob didnt go below -7 ish
I did silently smirk to myself this morning watching a big new BMW struggle to get into the car parking spot at the station, whilst a Saab 93 just pulled up beside him, straight into a similarly icy spot, got out and walked off, all while the beemer driver was still trying to get traction!
I did silently smirk to myself this morning watching a big new BMW struggle to get into the car parking spot at the station, whilst a Saab 93 just pulled up beside him, straight into a similarly icy spot, got out and walked off, all while the beemer driver was still trying to get traction!
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Re: ITS warmer in Greenland than Glasgow today
Enjoy it while it lasts We've had quite reasonable -2 to -5 degrees C here in Finland for some time now (last winter the record was a -41C in the north). About 40-50cm of snow which is a bit more than usual this time of year. Get your skis out!
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Re: ITS warmer in Greenland than Glasgow today
In Poland we have about +2*C Celsius. Last week dropped a lot of snow, but now this white s*hit melts. It's worse than a -15*, because everything flows
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Re: ITS warmer in Greenland than Glasgow today
In Rome today there are +17°, but yesterday in Sicily there were +27° and some people were on the beach!
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Re: ITS warmer in Greenland than Glasgow today
Surprise went out to work expecting to be hit by a wall of cold and it was warm only -5 and rising to -3 degrees . So will be able to work outside on the cars for a few hours at a time isnt it a wonderful world.
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Re: ITS warmer in Greenland than Glasgow today
I went to Milan a few months ago working where it was +35 and 75% humidity, it took me 2 days to acclimatise and be able to think properly
Everyone thinks that kind of heat is fantastic, well if you are on holiday can spend all the time on the beach, it might be, however its not good when you go there to work.
Everyone thinks that kind of heat is fantastic, well if you are on holiday can spend all the time on the beach, it might be, however its not good when you go there to work.
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Re: ITS warmer in Greenland than Glasgow today
I agree with you, but few months ago it was still summer!volvo-bigbrother wrote:I went to Milan a few months ago working where it was +35 and 75% humidity, it took me 2 days to acclimatise and be able to think properly
Everyone thinks that kind of heat is fantastic, well if you are on holiday can spend all the time on the beach, it might be, however its not good when you go there to work.
Milan is usually less hot the Rome 'cause it's in northern Italy and 35°there are only in this season.
However I think the climate can not be considered a "problem" in Italy compared to many other countries.
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Re: ITS warmer in Greenland than Glasgow today
the temperature rose to balmy +3 degrees so spent about 4 hours outside , changed the OS popup motor and refitted nose cone helped 3 cars to move in the melting snow including digging one out kind of .