watch out! Frost

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mumofstig

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watch out! Frost
« on: May 12, 2011, 09:00 »
is forecast for Thursday and Friday nights down here in the SE corner  :(

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Re: watch out! Frost
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2011, 09:04 »
We had a minimum temp of 3.5C here in Essex last night, No one predicted that.

I think I'll be getting the fleece out later if it's not too late already.

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Re: watch out! Frost
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2011, 09:18 »
we had 5 which the local forecast did warn about, but there wasn't a frost with it, luckily!

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Re: watch out! Frost
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2011, 09:39 »
Blissfully unaware of the drop in temp.......... all ok thankfully, will get my fleece ready just in case tonight, thanks for the warning! ::)

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FROST!!!
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2011, 16:29 »
Metcheck forecast frost tonight Fri/Sat night  so get those spuds covered up French/ runner beans as well.

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Re: FROST!!!
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2011, 17:09 »
or move here to the tropics  ;) balmy7 tonight
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Re: watch out! Frost
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2011, 17:18 »
It'll be with us Saturday night/Sunday morning here in the North West...  :(

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Re: watch out! Frost
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2011, 17:33 »
It'll be with us Saturday night/Sunday morning here in the North West...  :(
God is not that cruel to cover his own county in frost  ;)

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Re: watch out! Frost
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2011, 17:48 »
It'll be with us Saturday night/Sunday morning here in the North West...  :(
God is not that cruel to cover his own county in frost  ;)

We should be safe in Yorkshire then!  :tongue2:  ::)
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Re: FROST!!!
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2011, 18:01 »
Metcheck forecast frost tonight Fri/Sat night  so get those spuds covered up French/ runner beans as well.

Not to mention courgettes, pumpkins, sweetcorn.......................
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?

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Re: watch out! Frost
« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2011, 18:13 »
Minimum 8 forecast up here for tonight (Met Office widget with local data only), let's see what it does...
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Re: watch out! Frost
« Reply #11 on: May 12, 2011, 19:19 »
Met office say 7C ,BBC says chance of frost.

Have just run round in the pouring rain covering courgettes (and I was beginning to get cocky  ::) ) and spuds.

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Re: watch out! Frost
« Reply #12 on: May 12, 2011, 20:02 »
I've just been doing the same, even had some spare toms to put back inside as well  ;)

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Re: watch out! Frost
« Reply #13 on: May 13, 2011, 08:52 »
The car roofs were white over here at 7am this morning.

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Re: watch out! Frost
« Reply #14 on: May 13, 2011, 08:56 »
We escaped the frost last night, but it did drop to 5.5 C, which is still a bit chilly.


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