[Sparkyspark]

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[DIFH]

 hilly81, on 02 January 2025 - 08:15 PM, said:

Behave. Gilingham are playing now so have a day less rest. Plus they are absolutely rubbish. Nothing to fear at all even with a thin squad. Get it played, get them beat.

Spot on we?ve enough for 3pts.

[Westbars Spireite]

 azul, on 03 January 2025 - 08:47 AM, said:

Good job the game is in Chesterfield and not in Oslo or Stavanger then

On refection the MET forecast now shows heavy snow all night turning to sleet at 6am and rain by 9am. If that window slips a few hours it could put the game in doubt. I guess the team will travel up the night before though so that consideration will be removed. Do the authorities care enough about the fans travelling?

They are worldwide experts.

[azul]

 Westbars Spireite, on 03 January 2025 - 02:04 PM, said:

They are worldwide experts.

What do the Norwegians know about snow

[Mr Mercury]

 azul, on 03 January 2025 - 08:47 AM, said:

Good job the game is in Chesterfield and not in Oslo or Stavanger then

On refection the MET forecast now shows heavy snow all night turning to sleet at 6am and rain by 9am. If that window slips a few hours it could put the game in doubt. I guess the team will travel up the night before though so that consideration will be removed. Do the authorities care enough about the fans travelling?

Snow warning for this area now extended until midday Sunday.

[Sammy Spireite]

 Mr Mercury, on 03 January 2025 - 02:36 PM, said:

Snow warning for this area now extended until midday Sunday.

but then forecast to be as high as 5/6 degrees by Kick Off so most of it shouldn't around by then

[Mr Mercury]

 Sammy Spireite, on 03 January 2025 - 02:40 PM, said:

but then forecast to be as high as 5/6 degrees by Kick Off so most of it shouldn't around by then

I?d imagine if the snows as heavy as predicted and does come from Saturday tea time until Sunday midday the decision would be taken well before KO to postpone.
We?ll probably end up with a light dusting anyhow.

[Looker-on]

Gills will be up here in their hotel by Saturday tea-time so, on the understanding that no-one bothers about travelling fans, we might delay any potential postponement until closer to k/o time.

[clarevoyant.]

 Looker-on, on 03 January 2025 - 04:15 PM, said:

Gills will be up here in their hotel by Saturday tea-time so, on the understanding that no-one bothers about travelling fans, we might delay any potential postponement until closer to k/o time.

They might bring a few. It appears that some were setting of at H/T during yesterday's game.

[Zigsuk]

 Sammy Spireite, on 03 January 2025 - 09:59 AM, said:

Weather forecasting is a hundred times more accurate than it was, say, 20 years ago but is still no where near perfect and never will be, either. Its basically more powerful computers, analysing more historic data than ever before and constantly updating the results.

And siri just searches the 'net for your question, so is hardly at the cutting edge of AI either. If AI was able to predict the future accurately, it wouldn't be wasted in smart phones and weather predictions.

if you need an accurate weather forecast, you need to look out of your kitchen window lol

Yes it is. When people say it's always wrong that's tripe, they are right probabaly 95% of the time. As has been said they can never be 100% accurate and occasionally are a couple of hours wrong which normally doesn't matter, but where snow is concerned can make the difference between someone getting stranded or getting home. Despite being bang on most of the time what they still can't do is accurately predict more than a week or so ahead, five days seems to be about the limit. Even with all the technology they have today they seem to have realised long range forecasts are never going to be accurate as they don't seem to do them anymore, certainly not to the same extent they used to.
Who remembers the regular forecasts which attempted to predict several months ahead and amateur forecaster William Fogget on regional tv trying to forecast long range weather from pine cones and such nonsense?

[erniemossity]

Sorry mate but weather forecasting is tripe?.they can?t accurately forecast a day in front. This country craps itself with any hint of snow?..3 flakes and it grinds to a halt. Hate all this nonsense.

[JonB]

As I?ve said before the problem is we don?t really have the equipment to deal with big levels of snow as it doesn?t happen very often. If councils went out and spent millions on the kit that then sat unused most of the time they?d be criticised for wasting money.

Add in lots of folk don?t have the kit on their cars, not worth the expense for the odd day here and there, or the experience of driving in snow and it all adds up to causing disruption.

[DIFH]

 JonB, on 03 January 2025 - 08:13 PM, said:

As I?ve said before the problem is we don?t really have the equipment to deal with big levels of snow as it doesn?t happen very often. If councils went out and spent millions on the kit that then sat unused most of the time they?d be criticised for wasting money.

Add in lots of folk don?t have the kit on their cars, not worth the expense for the odd day here and there, or the experience of driving in snow and it all adds up to causing disruption.

Bet Lindave could confirm that snow vehicles are leased ?

[JonB]

 DIFH, on 03 January 2025 - 08:32 PM, said:

Bet Lindave could confirm that snow vehicles are leased ?

I know chesterfield/derbyshire council use or at least in the past used local farmers with snow ploughs on tractors for clearing snow. In terms of leasing I doubt they are many big snow clearing vehicles knocking about to bring in when required especially if it?s a decent amount of the country that?s covered.

This post has been edited by JonB: 03 January 2025 - 10:11 PM

[Bald magician]

 Zigsuk, on 03 January 2025 - 05:39 PM, said:

Yes it is. When people say it's always wrong that's tripe, they are right probabaly 95% of the time. As has been said they can never be 100% accurate and occasionally are a couple of hours wrong which normally doesn't matter, but where snow is concerned can make the difference between someone getting stranded or getting home. Despite being bang on most of the time what they still can't do is accurately predict more than a week or so ahead, five days seems to be about the limit. Even with all the technology they have today they seem to have realised long range forecasts are never going to be accurate as they don't seem to do them anymore, certainly not to the same extent they used to.
Who remembers the regular forecasts which attempted to predict several months ahead and amateur forecaster William Fogget on regional tv trying to forecast long range weather from pine cones and such nonsense?

I?d say 8.3 % of that was correct

[lindave]

 DIFH, on 03 January 2025 - 08:32 PM, said:

Bet Lindave could confirm that snow vehicles are leased ?

Bet I can't I've been retired nearly 6yrs.lol.

[Sammy Spireite]

Pitch inspection planned for 7.45am

[Surrey Spireite]

 erniemossity, on 03 January 2025 - 08:04 PM, said:

Sorry mate but weather forecasting is tripe?.they can?t accurately forecast a day in front. This country craps itself with any hint of snow?..3 flakes and it grinds to a halt. Hate all this nonsense.

Not wrong, people struggle to drive in a medium rain shower these days.

They also require 2 bus widths for their cars.

[lindave]

Snow to heavy rain at 6am, thr ref will probably call it off as Gills would have to set off at 8.30am. Cook will probably not mind it being called off.I have always said football is for Saturday 3pm. Lol.

[Osborne again]

 Surrey Spireite, on 04 January 2025 - 12:06 PM, said:

Not wrong, people struggle to drive in a medium rain shower these days.

They also require 2 bus widths for their cars.

In the 70's I had a Morris Oxford with crossply tyres and I managed to get to work in that as did most of my workmates driving their MK2 Cortinas etc.
Snow didn't stop things then, and as for gaps drivers want these days, it's really laughable.

This post has been edited by Osborne again: 04 January 2025 - 12:15 PM