It gets cold in winter

Remember 1982 when snow and freezing fog went on for days & Shropshire had the coldest temperature in Britain - until this was taken back by Scotland soon afterwards.

Remember 1963 when the snow came on Boxing Day and continued until March, if you are too young do google Big Freeze of 1963 edited by Karl King

Then there was 1947 when the big freeze started on 21st January - another week to go - There were restricted coal supplies, at a time when that was virtually the only fuel, and electricity cuts because of restricted coal supplies for the power stations which led to closing of power stations and shutting down of industry.

It was pretty cold in 2010 and 2011 too!                    I experienced them all.

ALWAYS REMEMBER - it is normal to have snow, frost and rain in the winter so
 BE PREPARED!

The latest information indicates outbreaks of light snow will begin to affect parts of Shropshire and Staffordshire by late afternoon today. Snow will become more widespread across the West Midlands region during the course of the evening and continue into the night before clearing away to the east by around 0300 in the early hours of Monday morning. There’s scope for a covering of snow in many parts of the West Midlands region with between 2 and 5 cm possible, perhaps more on the Staffordshire Moorlands. Hence it’s likely to be a slow start during theMonday morning commute with some difficult conditions for a time. However, any disruption is expected to be short lived with an area of rain (and rising temperatures) expected to move across the West Midlands region during Monday morning (between around 0900 and 1200) bringing a quick thaw of lying snow in most places. The Yellow warning (low likelihood of medium impacts) on the Met Office website will be updated to reflect the latest information.

Temperatures will again fall during Monday evening with ice likely to be a problem where road surfaces remain damp from earlier rain.

The forecast for the remainder of next week indicates cold but mainly dry conditions are in store although there may be occasions when a few snow showers drift in from the east. Daytime temperatures are not expected to rise much above freezing with sharp overnight frosts.

Kind regards,

Aggie 

Cllr. Mrs Aggie Caesar-Homden 

Ruyton XI Towns and Baschurch Division

Mobile: 07792982648 

Office: 01939 261924

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ALWAYS REMEMBER - it is normal to have snow, frost and rain in the winter so
 BE PREPARED!

--   Yoland Brown  Brownhill House B&B, Ruyton XI Towns, nr. Shrewsbury SY4 1LR  ShACC - Shropshire Alternative Car Club  www.eleventowns.co.uk  www.eleventowns.com  www.ShACC-uk.org  Tel:  01939 261 121       Fax:  01939 260626