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#257358 - Sat Feb 12 2005 01:12 AM Weather in South East Europe
picqero Multiloquent Registered: Tue Dec 28 2004 Posts: 2813 Loc: Hertfordshire<br>England UK	The river Danube blocked by thick ice near its exit into the Black Sea, snow and a temperature of minus 2 Centigrade in Istanbul, minus 35 Centigrade (that's 67 below in Fahrenheit) in Serbia. All this and more at the same latitude as the south of France, and not very far away either! What's going on?
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#257359 - Sat Feb 12 2005 05:05 PM Re: Weather in South East Europe
Woody156 Enthusiast Registered: Fri May 14 2004 Posts: 437 Loc: Barrie Ontario Canada	Sounds like our weather took a holiday over seas... _________________________ What this world really needs is a Tim Horton's store at Walt Disney World.
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#257360 - Sat Feb 12 2005 08:17 PM Re: Weather in South East Europe
bloomsby Moderator Registered: Sun Apr 29 2001 Posts: 4095 Loc: Norwich Englandï¿½UKï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï...	Parts of the Balkans sometimes get very cold indeed in winter. If there's a strong north-easterly wind for a long time it can cause extremely cold winters, but usually not as severe as what you describe.
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#257361 - Sat Feb 12 2005 09:07 PM Re: Weather in South East Europe
Woody156 Enthusiast Registered: Fri May 14 2004 Posts: 437 Loc: Barrie Ontario Canada	By the way, -35 Celsius is only (!) -31 Farenheit. Not as cold as you made it sound... _________________________ What this world really needs is a Tim Horton's store at Walt Disney World.
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#257362 - Sun Feb 13 2005 01:39 AM Re: Weather in South East Europe
picqero Multiloquent Registered: Tue Dec 28 2004 Posts: 2813 Loc: Hertfordshire<br>England UK	Quote: By the way, -35 Celsius is only (!) -31 Farenheit. Not as cold as you made it sound... I hit the wrong key it seems, but the temperature was only marginally out, and i doubt if you'd notice much difference if you were there. -31 is 63 degrees below freezing on the Fahrenheit scale, which has a freezing point of +32 degrees for water.
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#257363 - Sun Feb 13 2005 09:08 AM Re: Weather in South East Europe
Woody156 Enthusiast Registered: Fri May 14 2004 Posts: 437 Loc: Barrie Ontario Canada	Yes, I realized what you meant. However -67 F, (-55 C) is colder than this part has ever seen, and I doubt there are many places that ever get that cold. Heck it's only -25 C in Antarctica as I speak... _________________________ What this world really needs is a Tim Horton's store at Walt Disney World.
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#257364 - Sun Feb 13 2005 09:24 AM Re: Weather in South East Europe
picqero Multiloquent Registered: Tue Dec 28 2004 Posts: 2813 Loc: Hertfordshire<br>England UK	Quote: Yes, I realized what you meant. However -67 F, (-55 C) is colder than this part has ever seen, and I doubt there are many places that ever get that cold. Heck it's only -25 C in Antarctica as I speak... I did say "67 below" (meaning 67 below freezing) in my original posting, not "- 67". In the UK, prior to the widespread use of Centigrade, temperatures below freezing were often referred to as "degrees of frost", ie +25 degrees Fahrenheit would be referred to as 'seven degrees of frost'. A bit of trivia - at minus 40 degrees both centigrade and fahrenheit thermometers would read the same figure. I believe this is the only possible temperature at which both readings are the same.
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#257365 - Sun Feb 13 2005 10:56 AM Re: Weather in South East Europe
Woody156 Enthusiast Registered: Fri May 14 2004 Posts: 437 Loc: Barrie Ontario Canada	Most people only talk about the weather, we're arguing about it! Let's agree, however it's measured, it's pretty darn cold! _________________________ What this world really needs is a Tim Horton's store at Walt Disney World.
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#257366 - Sun Feb 13 2005 03:10 PM Re: Weather in South East Europe
picqero Multiloquent Registered: Tue Dec 28 2004 Posts: 2813 Loc: Hertfordshire<br>England UK	Quote: Most people only talk about the weather, we're arguing about it! Let's agree, however it's measured, it's pretty darn cold! Are we arguing? Sorry I thought we were merely chatting! My purpose in introducing the thread was to see if anyone else might post something related to unusual and rare extreme weather conditions. For instance if it were presently warm and sunny in north Canada that would be unusual, but normal cold winters aren't.
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#257367 - Sun Feb 13 2005 03:57 PM Re: Weather in South East Europe
Woody156 Enthusiast Registered: Fri May 14 2004 Posts: 437 Loc: Barrie Ontario Canada	Well, it's not warm and sunny, but it hasn't been unseasonably cold either. In fact, I'd say we've had a rather pleasant winter ( though Agony might disagree, Alberta is a long way from here). _________________________ What this world really needs is a Tim Horton's store at Walt Disney World.
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