UK snow bomb hitting sooner than expected in Beast from the East warning
The next bout of snowfall in the UK is set to arrive sooner than expected, with flurries predicted to start as early as next week. A significant snowfall, dubbed a ' snow bomb', has been forecast for Wednesday, 21st January by a leading forecaster from British Weather Services.
I wonder when snow bombs were invented? For example, did Charles Dickens know anything of snow bombs as he wrote A Christmas Carol? Apparently not.
On consulting Google Ngram Viewer, we discover without even the faintest flicker of surprise that references to snow bombs became more common as heavy snowfalls became less prevalent.
6 comments:
Whatever happens we'll be told it's the worst since records began.
They'll omit to say that the relevant records began last Monday.
"a leading forecaster from British Weather Services." Is as much use as a fart in a thunderstorm - which he also failed to predict.
Isn't a snowbomb that thing you drop on someone below from the balcony?
dearieme - unfortunately it's what they do, headlines before veracity.
Jannie - I haven't looked into it, but some outfits seem willing to provide extreme but unlikely forecasts as headline material.
James - maybe that's where it came from - ban balconies!
Beware especially the yellow snow bomb. It would then be too obvious what our betters think of us.
Doonhamer - ha ha, yes it would become obvious.
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