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January 2nd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - Atlantic front will batter UK with 80mph winds and heavy rain
- Extreme weather to cause misery for millions heading back to work
- 2011 was second warmest year on record
By
Luke Salkeld
Last updated at 4:11 PM on 2nd January 2012
Britain is braced for a stormy start to 2012 after the second warmest year on record.
While mild conditions welcomed in the New Year, yesterday was very much the lull before the storm.
The end of the holidays will coincide with winds of up to 80mph over the next few days, and potentially damaging gusts.
The Met Office issued a warning that western hills and coasts will be battered by an Atlantic storm that will also dump several inches of rain on much of the country. There might also be sleet and even snow in parts today.
Water world: A car makes its way through a flooded a road in Essex after heavy rain hit the region last night. Gale force winds of up to 80mph are expected to batter Britain over the next few days
Calm before the storm: Katie (left) and Sophie Gray enjoy ice-lollies on a sunny Bournemouth beach today
At the other end of England, however, there were snowy conditions on the A66 in County Durham
Icy roads on Tan Hill, North Yorkshire, provided a challenge to these motorists who scraped the snow to help get their car up a slope
A spokesman said: ‘A weather system
is coming in probably early on Tuesday across northern areas of the UK
which will bring in some strong winds.
‘Gusts of 45-50mph will be widespread, going up to 80mph along coasts and on hilltops.
‘The west coast will be mainly
affected. The weather will stay windy into Wednesday and will bring in a
spell of heavy rain so it will be a pretty unpleasant start to the
year.’
The change in conditions was already affecting southern England yesterday which experienced its first deluge for some weeks.
Temperatures had peaked at 15C (59F) on New Year’s Eve, ending a year which has been the warmest apart from 2006.
The average temperature over last
year was 9.62C (49.3F) and the UK enjoyed its warmest April and spring
on record, the second warmest autumn and the warmest October day.
Temperatures peaked at 33.1C (91.5F) at Gravesend in Kent on June 27.
Weather experts predict a marked
drop in temperature from today, with the unusually mild conditions over
Christmas and the New Year making way for more seasonal mercury
readings.
Temperatures are expected to reach
around 8C (46F) in London.
A walker cuts a lonely figure on Tan Hill which had its first snowfall of the year today
Storms on the way: There was a hint of what was to come in Brighton today which experienced its first downpour for weeks. but it didn’t put off this hardy bunch of walkers
Battered: The Met Office says western hills and coasts will be hit by an Atlantic storm tomorrow, dumping several inches of rain across the country
How it can change all too quickly: Maisie Murphy sits among the daffodils that have bloomed on New Year’s day in Stoke Park, Guildford. But these spring-like conditions will soon be usurped by storms
Despite the milder conditions over Christmas, average temperatures for last month are likely to be close to average.
John Prior, national climate manager
at the Met Office, said: ‘While it may have felt mild for many so far
this December, temperatures overall have been close to what we would
expect.
‘It may be that the stark change from
last year, which was the coldest December on record for the UK, has led
many to think it has been unseasonably warm.’
Issuing a yellow warning for strong
winds and heavy rain, the Met Office added: ‘A spell of wet and very
windy weather will affect the UK during Tuesday.
‘The public should be aware of the
possibility of disruption, including to travel, due to strong winds on
Tuesday morning in most parts and during the afternoon across
north-eastern Scotland.
‘A spell of heavy rain will also
affect many regions, with a risk of localised flooding over parts of
Wales and north-west England.’
On the whole, Britain saw 105 per cent of the expected sunshine in 2011 and 102.8 per cent of the expected rainfall.
But while Scotland saw heavy rain – 122 per cent of the year’s average – England remained drier at 84.3 per cent.
Areas in East Anglia had the second lowest rainfall on record while parts of the Midlands saw the third driest year.
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It’s now almost ten years since some climatologists were asked how we would know climate change was occurring. They said, and I remember the radio interview, ‘there will be a significant increase in extreme weather patterns – more floods, even tsunamis….it may appear, over a few years – because of the El Nino effects – that the world will cool for a while…but, over the coming decades, the world will be relentlessly warming….you’ll have the warmest years ever in many places…it’ll be most extreme at the poles, where the ices will melt…but many places will face the effects quite closely, like any low-lying countries and islands…there’ll be droughts in some places, floods in others…’ I don’t know how anyone anywhere can deny the self-evident facts staring us all in the face.
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The gorse up on the top of the Stiperstones was already flowering this weekend.
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I am more interested in finding out why so many critical a******s read the DM (They must do to be able to comment!)
HAHAHAHAHA well you must be one of them or you would not have read or left a comment, just shows you are right, there really ARE some stupid people on here lol.
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Forget the weather, I am more interested in finding out why so many critical a******s read the DM (They must do to be able to comment!) and then write pathitic comments slagging of people because they are DM readers! If you don’t like the DM then don’t b****y read it, OK? – Thomas, Leeds, 2/1/2012 13:55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Keep your friends close but your enemies closer.
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i sense snow …. oh yes i do …
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ah the good old british weather …. you have to love it .. we,ve not had snow so you,ve got stormy weather on tuesday .. like it or lump it … lol
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Weather forecasting,is it an exact science?Ok for generalisation. Just look out of the window.
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Forget the weather, I am more interested in finding out why so many critical a******s read the DM (They must do to be able to comment!) and then write pathitic comments slagging of people because they are DM readers!
If you don’t like the DM then don’t b****y read it, OK?
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. . . Really, according to my Met Office app it’s raining in Brighton as we speak and set to do so for most of the day, it’s raining where I am too, apparently, and has been since 6:00 am, even though the sun has been out all day and there isn’t a cloud in the sky. – Alex, UK, 02/1/2012 12:35—————————————— Looking out of my window it’s sunny in Brighton . According to the Argus it’s sunny, according to the BBC it’s sunny and according to the Met Office Brighton forecast it’s sunny.
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It’s called weather! We’ve always had it and we always will.
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