I had a 9am lesson this morning, and just before I set off I turned on the engine, heated windows, and went out to scrape the side windows and lights while the heaters did their work.
I thought to myself: “this isn’t coming off very easily”, and finished it off. Usually, by the time I get back in the car the heaters will have melted the ice on the front and back windows and I can just wipe it off. But not this time. I had to get out and scrape those, too.
When I’d done that and got back in, I noticed the temperature on the console…
-7ºC
It turned out that that was a little high. Once I started driving it fell to -9ºC. And it hasn’t gone above -3ºC up until midday.
The forecast was for a low of -3ºC last night – but this miraculously changed as the temperature fell as the night wore on. They’re forecasting -1ºC tonight. I can’t wait to see what that turns out to be in the end!
And then this just arrived:
FLASH Warning of Heavy Snow for East Midlands valid from 1245 Sun 28 Nov to 2359 Sun 28 Nov
The Met Office also has a report about the record November lows last night. And another warning has just been issued:
ADVISORY of Heavy Snow for East Midlands valid from 1453 Sun 28 Nov to 2359 Sun 28 Nov
It’s not looking good at the moment.