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SEA FREEZES AS BIG CHILL CONTINUES IN DORSET


DORSET got so cold the sea froze on Tuesday night. And temperatures plunged to –10 degrees celcius at Bournemouth Airport.

A half-mile stretch along the shoreline reaching about 20 yards out to sea is covered in ice, while this picture of seagulls shows that the inner harbour has also frozen over.

The coldest place appeared to be at Winfrith, which reached –10.2, the lowest minimum temperature in 17 years.

See all our Big Chill pictures here and pictures from our Flickr group here

Weather experts say that low daytime temperatures and frosts overnight will continue this week, but the worst should be over.

Dr Richard Wild of WeatherNet said: “It will not be as cold tonight (Wednesday). I expect temperatures to fall back to –2. There may be a little bit of rain, sleet or snow coming towards us in the later part of this afternoon but nothing of any significance.

“We are looking at a slightly milder temperatures to return, seven to eight degrees celcius in the day, and not falling back as far at night. It will be much milder but more normal for January temperatures by the end of the weekend. We certainly have had the worst.”

Dr Wild said the winter temperatures had been milder in the last 10 years but the latest cold snap was not overly cold when compared to even 30 years ago.



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grimreaper, Ensbury Park says...
4:12pm Wed 7 Jan 09

OMG
Winter hits the UK !!

Does this Constitute a Headline ??

grumps999, Kinson says...
4:28pm Wed 7 Jan 09

so much for global warming.

Why does England come to a grinding halt as soon as the weather changes, come on guys people in Canada and Russia think this is summer

pd7, Dorset says...
5:09pm Wed 7 Jan 09

Cannot wait to get back to warm Dorset -21C here.

Funny everything is still working here roads ,trains , planes .


Bobcat, Bere Regis says...
5:12pm Wed 7 Jan 09

So much for the Controllers pandering Global Warming.

GW is just a way to control the populous by inept governments and businessmen who want to make a fast buck or two!

amused, poole says...
5:44pm Wed 7 Jan 09

Winter!! its only been a couple of days on and off, I really dont think its been that bad. Ok we have had a couple of nights of really low temps, but unless you sleep on the streets its not so bad.

2Much...again!, Ringwood says...
7:03pm Wed 7 Jan 09

Yes it's cold..but like Billy Connolly says..it's not the weather...it's the clothes you wear!! lol

O'Really, Christchurch says...
10:06am Thu 8 Jan 09

Brrrrr ...

In reference to the comments above about global warming;

Climate is a complex system.
Global warming may in fact lead to a colder western Europe. This due to the melting polar ice slowing/stopping the Atlantic Drift which is what keeps us warmer than it is on the same latitude further east. We are, after all, on the same latitude as Moscow where this kind of cold would not be in any way severe.

You can read about the Atlantic Drift on wikipedia here ; http://en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/North_Atlan
tic_Current

Keep warm!

MarcusD, Bournemouth says...
10:07am Thu 8 Jan 09

"Celcius"?

Does the Echo have anyone left who can actually spell?


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frozensea.jpg Poole Park fountain froze in mid flow

This picture was taken in the harbour

Poole Park fountain froze in mid flow




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