[Lesley Silvester]

My car gave me an ice alert this morning at 10.30.  Don't know how far temps dropped last night but it must have been low.

[bangbang]

According to Country File weather forcast....I'm going to be snowed in on Friday!
 

[deepinthewoods]

an arctic plunger according to the news. great.
i KNOW i dont get it as cold as you guys up in the north but cold is cold and its good to be ready for it, and this year i am, got 250kg of coal coming teusday, got my woodshed as full as its ever been, got a stash of big lumps of oak and ash stashed in the woods. and a spare gas bottle for emergencies. bring it on. this will be my third winter in this house with no central heating. im already planning next years improvemnts.

[Victorian Farmer]

UP DATE 22/10  The weather during the coming week will be notable for its contrasts. During the first half of the week temperatures will be well above the seasonal average in southern regions, possibly pushing up to about 20C (68F, but this isn't set to last. Things will begin to change during the middle of the week, as pressure rises over Greenland, blocking the flow of weather system from the Atlantic. This in turn will allow very cold air to begin pushing south from the artic towards Britain, and it looks as though by next weekend it will have made it all the way to southern counties. This will bring an increasing risk of widespread overnight frosts, and there could even be some snow in places. The snow risk will be much higher in the north and particularly over high ground. However, the cold plunge looks set to be quite notable for the time of year, and it's not possible at this stage to rule out the possibility of snow falling further south for a time.                                           

[Lesley Silvester]

Thanks, VF.  Couldn't you find one that predicts a heat wave?      I know we'd be disappointed when it didn't happen but at least we'd have something to look forward to for a bit.  After the 'summer' we've had, don't we deserve a good winter?   

[jaykay]

Oh €#%$¥{ -5C forecast and it'll be colder up here.
Not sure I can afford a coal delivery on top of everything else right now 

[colliewoman]

an arctic plunger according to the news. great.
i KNOW i dont get it as cold as you guys up in the north but cold is cold and its good to be ready for it, and this year i am, got 250kg of coal coming teusday,

Oi, get yer bum up here I got 3 sacks of coal I can't burn on me new gas bottle burner, no sense them sitting here

[Drummournie]

UP DATE 22/10  The weather during the coming week will be notable for its contrasts. During the first half of the week temperatures will be well above the seasonal average in southern regions, possibly pushing up to about 20C (68F, but this isn't set to last. Things will begin to change during the middle of the week, as pressure rises over Greenland, blocking the flow of weather system from the Atlantic. This in turn will allow very cold air to begin pushing south from the artic towards Britain, and it looks as though by next weekend it will have made it all the way to southern counties. This will bring an increasing risk of widespread overnight frosts, and there could even be some snow in places. The snow risk will be much higher in the north and particularly over high ground. However, the cold plunge looks set to be quite notable for the time of year, and it's not possible at this stage to rule out the possibility of snow falling further south for a time.                                           

VF - what height are you in your place? we are only at 600ft on our hill above Cawdor, when I go to work I drop 550 feet to the airport!!!!

[Victorian Farmer]

we are 1200 ft and 4  miles from caingorm ski area  lowest temp minus 24  2010 .we have weeks when we Carnot use van tractor or car and can be 6 weeks from salivation .

[Mel Rice]

The last day of german summer time and we've got almost a foot of snow
Its now monday and although the depth of the snow has dropped so too has the temp ! Minus 3 this morning and obviously a lot colder last night. the small animal waters froze and the large buckets got ice on the surface....and thats in my hot horses stable.
I wasn't ready for winter just yet. Its wierd seeing sun flowers and sweet peas covered in snow.

[Victorian Farmer]

We have 2 weeks till UK moves into proper winter .I'm saying that in 2 weeks we will be in a very cold situation December will be the coldist month of winter and January miield with wind and rain