Weather- January 2010

[Ragged Robin]

Today was awful, - a wet horrible thaw and then late afternoon the clouds came in low along the mountain frost line and salt lorries were out on the roads (no gritters here, just salt) lucky we all have winter snow tyres 

[Armin]

I concur you Robin, awful rain, rain, rain

A good link to see europeanwide temperature distribution...

http://www.wetter.de/europa

[David Nicholson]

More of my louvre panes fell out last night. How are they kept in place?

Are you sure you haven't fitted the frame upside down? You seem to be the only one with the problem. It's worth having a look at another greenhouse near to your home.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Full sun for most of the day and temp. rising to +8°C here !
Quite a nice day !! 

[Armin]

Luc,
very doom here. A day to forget.
Just now melting snow avalanches running noisy down my house roof.
 

[David Shaw]

Now, David, that is a good suggestion, one that I had not thought about - just too obvious!. Easily done, Mark.

[mark smyth]

Quite warm in Russia and Ukraine!

My louvres could be upsidedown but from memory the lower end just tapers in slightly. I'll go out for a look

[cohan]

Maybe this will cheer you up:
http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/tenday/RSXX0063?from=_topnav_business
and
http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/tenday/UPXX0016?from=today_topnav_BusinessTravel

wow! that's crazy! we've been above normal all month, but not that far above! and certainly still below freezing nights.. we have some days coming up around or just below normal (daytime normal for now is -6)but its still nothing, january here could easily see daytimes of -20(common enough) to -40 (rare days), so this is still super mild for us...

[Hristo]

Interetsing to here about conditions world-wide. Here the warm break has gone, the snow has returned, with our blessings, as temperatures are set to drop to below -10 over the next week. We were hearing -17 earlier this week and all this without snow on the ground, you gotta have your white thermal blanket eh?
Good luck to us all with January / February 2010!

[Anthony Darby]

More of my louvre panes fell out last night. How are they kept in place?

Are you sure you haven't fitted the frame upside down? You seem to be the only one with the problem. It's worth having a look at another greenhouse near to your home.

They are supposed to open in-the-way, aren't they?

[Sinchets]

It has been snowing now for 38hours nonstop. Hopefully we'll be able to get out tomorrow to take some snow pics 

[David Shaw]

Louvres
Mine hinge along the central axis. The bottom edge opens outwards an the top edge inwards so that rain falling on them runs off to the outside.

[Ragged Robin]

It has been snowing now for 38hours nonstop. Hopefully we'll be able to get out tomorrow to take some snow pics 

Looking forward to that Simon, very cold here but at midday almost Springlike in the sunshine - buds opening on the pussy willow 

[Sinchets]

Still snowing here- 44hours nonstop- and this is real snow. 
Forecast highs of minus 8C for tomorrow. Strange to think that this time last week we were out taking pics of wild Crocus!

[cohan]

Still snowing here- 44hours nonstop- and this is real snow. 
Forecast highs of minus 8C for tomorrow. Strange to think that this time last week we were out taking pics of wild Crocus!

wow--i was starting to think you werent going to have winter at all!
we have -2 to -9 daytimes for the next week (-10 to -15nights) so all the snow that got soft while it was above 0 has now solidified into sheets of ice, and most of our shoveled paths seem to be ready for luge or bobsleigh (without the slope, thank goodness...)