100 DAYS OF HEAVY SNOW: Britain now facing worst winter in SIXTY YEARS(Since 1947!) warn forecasters

LONG-RANGE weather forecasters warned tonight that Britain should prepare for heavy and persistent snow for up to THREE MONTHS with winter 2013 set to be the worst in more than 60 years.



The latest detailed forecasts for winter 2013 ALL point to months of relentless extreme cold with heavy snow likely across the country.

Arctic air will roar in from the North Pole later this week, triggering the start of the worst winter in many people's lifetimes.

Experts in long-range weather forecasting said the WHOLE of Britain should be prepared for this winter to be the most severe since 1947, which saw the UK hit by relentless snow and some of the lowest temperatures on record.



February 1947 was the coldest in history with heavy snow the following month leading to seven-metre high drifts.
Flooding was also a problem as rain ran off frozen ground in torrents leading to widespread chaos on the roads.



As the Daily Express reported at the time, roads and railways across Britain were blocked by huge Arctic blizzards.

Coal supplies - already low in the wake of WWII - struggled to get reach power stations and many were forced to shut down, causing widespread blackouts.
The lack of power supplies became so critical that at one point radio and TV broadcasts were suspended, magazines were ordered to stop being published and many newspapers were forced to cut their size.
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Source: Express

 

Thanks for this, I shall prepare :fool:

 

It beginning to look a lot like Christmas, toys in every storeeeee.

 

Alot more than that mate. Buy as much Gas and Electric as you can. If this happens, the British Economy is at a Stand Still...

 

I live in Liverpool its freezing already here!!!

 

I'm In Manchester and its Freezing too lol. Lows of -2 on Tuesday coming up!

 

Oh god I am not ready for this

 

pffft it will prob end up with a little abit of sleet like it always does :LOL: bring it on nature

 

Sorry its updated Lows of -4 and Highs of 3... Lol

 

:LOL:

 

Here's hoping we won't get that Kind of weather, not a big fan of the snow.

 

They say same thing every year lol

 

i got my snowboard an sledge ready

 

I wanna go to Britian

 

I love the snow

Yeah true except 2010 nothing was said that caused disruption everywhere I liked that snow lots of it in 2010

 

Haha nice man

Lol you dont man on average 33Days of snow. Go NY. Lots of snow their

 

Seems quite appropriate , but that's quite sick, 3 months of snow, time to go snow boarding brah