Snow causing travel problems across Hampshire (From Daily Echo)
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Snow causing travel problems across Hampshire
8:08am Monday 11th March 2013 in News
Snow in the New Forest this morning.
ARCTIC conditions are causing travel chaos in Hampshire this morning with some flights Southampton airport cancelled and trains disrupted.
Snow has caused flights to Jersey and Guernsey to be cancelled as winter conditions wreak havoc in the Channel Islands.
Airport bosses at Southampton airport has advised passengers to check with their airline to see if the weather will affect their flight.
“We have got a snow warning of one to two centimetres. That should be OK and at the moment we're not anticipating that things will get worse. We're just monitoring the situation,” said airport duty manager Jim Edmonds.
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First Great Western has reported that trains between Southampton Central and Portsmouth Harbour are facing disruption due to poor rail conditions at Havant.
Some services between Portsmouth Harbour and Portsmouth and Southsea are cancelled while others may be delayed by up to 30 minutes.
There is no current estimate for when a normal service will resume.
Weather experts warn that temperatures are set to plummet below freezing today as sleet, snow and bitterly cold winds return to Hampshire.
And some parts of the county could be hit by up to 5cm of snow this week with severe weather warnings in place across the south, as Arctic winds leave temperatures feeling as bitter at -10C.
The chilly conditions come just weeks after bone-chilling blizzards wreaked havoc across Hampshire, with roads closed, public transport services cancelled and schools shut up and down the county.
Comments(18)
chrisja
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8:15am Mon 11 Mar 13
chrisja
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8:17am Mon 11 Mar 13
Ozmosis
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8:21am Mon 11 Mar 13
Cerdicjute
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8:31am Mon 11 Mar 13
And Arctic?? I shall be very carefult this morning as I trek to work across the thick sea ice hopefully avoiding being mauled by a peckish polar bear or speared accidentally by a snow-blinded Inuit.
sotonwinch09
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9:10am Mon 11 Mar 13
Ozmosis
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9:54am Mon 11 Mar 13
Probably the best comment I've read on here! Sheer genius
Young Greybeard
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10:06am Mon 11 Mar 13
Copied from Arctic weather forecasts site just now. Wind gusting at 25 mph and -25c temp, whatever is the wind-chill on top. Now that is cold, thats ARCTIC CONDITIONS!
""Weather report as of 59 minutes ago (09:00 UTC):
The wind was blowing at a speed of 9.3 meters per second (20.7 miles per hour), with gusts to 11.8 meters per second (26.5 miles per hour), from East/Northeast in Cambridge Bay, Canada. The temperature was -25 degrees Celsius (-13 degrees Fahrenheit). Air pressure was 1,008 hPa (29.77 inHg). Relative humidity was 62.8%. There were a few clouds at a height of 122 meters (400 feet) and overcast at a height of 1067 meters (3500 feet). The visibility was 2.4 kilometers (1.5 miles). Current weather is Light Snow Moderate Blowing Snow ""
Young Greybeard
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10:21am Mon 11 Mar 13
My outdoor thermometer is currently reading -1c, which according to the Accuweather site currently 'feels like' -9
with a 18 mph wind
andyfidler1966
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11:00am Mon 11 Mar 13
bigfella
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12:06pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Georgem
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12:54pm Mon 11 Mar 13
bigfella wrote:Lots of people get in their car and drive just for the fun of it, though. Or to make a journey that isn't "absolutely necessary". I drove to the cinema once. Wasn't "absolutely necessary" but I did it anyway. Weird, eh.
Im waiting for the "only travel if absolutely necessary" line. Im glad Im told that, always getting in my car for joyrides me.
Subject48
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2:31pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Subject48
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2:42pm Mon 11 Mar 13
hah haha hahaaa ha...no wait hahaha... ha... hahahaaaa. haaa... i mean - no not done yet - hahahaaaa....
ok what i wanted to sa- haha haha haha - d4mn - hahaaa - was that - hahahaaa - the reporter should be sent to siberia to write a "comparetive" report and - haha ha ahaaa - see how it compares to siberia - ahhaahaaa... Think im do- hahaaha - ne now...
Subject48
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2:43pm Mon 11 Mar 13
bigfella
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2:50pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Georgem wrote:If you're not part of the solution....
bigfella wrote: Im waiting for the "only travel if absolutely necessary" line. Im glad Im told that, always getting in my car for joyrides me.Lots of people get in their car and drive just for the fun of it, though. Or to make a journey that isn't "absolutely necessary". I drove to the cinema once. Wasn't "absolutely necessary" but I did it anyway. Weird, eh.
Gainer T Gopher
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5:50pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Subject48 wrote:He doesn't need to go to Siberia... just send him out here to Saskatchewan.... last week we were hitting the -40's C with even more snow on top of the 5' of snow we already have....
"Arctic condition"
hah haha hahaaa ha...no wait hahaha... ha... hahahaaaa. haaa... i mean - no not done yet - hahahaaaa....
ok what i wanted to sa- haha haha haha - d4mn - hahaaa - was that - hahahaaa - the reporter should be sent to siberia to write a "comparetive" report and - haha ha ahaaa - see how it compares to siberia - ahhaahaaa... Think im do- hahaaha - ne now...
Georgem
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6:19pm Mon 11 Mar 13
bigfella wrote:Solution to what? You'll have to do better than spitting out half a trite irrelevance, I'm afraid.
Georgem wrote:If you're not part of the solution....
bigfella wrote: Im waiting for the "only travel if absolutely necessary" line. Im glad Im told that, always getting in my car for joyrides me.Lots of people get in their car and drive just for the fun of it, though. Or to make a journey that isn't "absolutely necessary". I drove to the cinema once. Wasn't "absolutely necessary" but I did it anyway. Weird, eh.
chrisja says...
8:14am Mon 11 Mar 13
Will someone please sack the reporter of tihs 'story'?