Are we ready for the cold and heat? Don't know.

[Captain Caveman]

The UK has a Green, Yellow, Amber, and Red warning system. Apparently it applies to temperature, snow, rain, flooding, and winds.

Cold-Health Alerts

Cold-Health Alerts will help planning and preparedness this winter by keeping you informed

www.metoffice.gov.uk

I see them light up over the motorway, "Heavy rain - Amber warning".

So with the recent panic of it getting cold (in winter, who would have thought ), I thought, "That's it, I'm going to find out what constitutes Green, Yellow, Amber, and Red for temperature ". But I've no idea. Is Amber -5c to -8c for temperature? What's Red rain? 1" rainfall, 3" rainfall? How do I equate a colour to normal life?

Useless system.

Does the US have a similar useless system?

And heavy rain? Water must have different weight, lol

 

[SweetSue92]

The UK has a Green, Yellow, Amber, and Red warning system. Apparently it applies to temperature, snow, rain, flooding, and winds.

Cold-Health Alerts

Cold-Health Alerts will help planning and preparedness this winter by keeping you informed

www.metoffice.gov.uk

I see them light up over the motorway, "Heavy rain - Amber warning".

So with the recent panic of it getting cold (in winter, who would have thought ), I thought, "That's it, I'm going to find out what constitutes Green, Yellow, Amber, and Red for temperature ". But I've no idea. Is Amber -5c to -8c for temperature? What's Red rain? 1" rainfall, 3" rainfall? How do I equate a colour to normal life?

Useless system.

Does the US have a similar useless system?

And heavy rain? Water must have different weight, lol

Does it even get cold in the UK? Our kids go out to recess unless it's under ZERO degrees F in either air temp or wind chill. Geez

 

[JGalt]

The UK has a Green, Yellow, Amber, and Red warning system. Apparently it applies to temperature, snow, rain, flooding, and winds.

Cold-Health Alerts

Cold-Health Alerts will help planning and preparedness this winter by keeping you informed

www.metoffice.gov.uk

I see them light up over the motorway, "Heavy rain - Amber warning".

So with the recent panic of it getting cold (in winter, who would have thought ), I thought, "That's it, I'm going to find out what constitutes Green, Yellow, Amber, and Red for temperature ". But I've no idea. Is Amber -5c to -8c for temperature? What's Red rain? 1" rainfall, 3" rainfall? How do I equate a colour to normal life?

Useless system.

Does the US have a similar useless system?

And heavy rain? Water must have different weight, lol

You Brits should have never gone with that Celsius scam, that's why you're so damned cold all the time.

Your -5 degrees Celsius is a balmy 23 degrees to us Fahrenheiters.

 

[SweetSue92]

You Brits should have never gone with that Celsius scam, that's why you're so damned cold all the time.

Your -5 degrees Celsius is a balmy 23 degrees to us Fahrenheiters.

I take 30+ minute walks in that weather, it's supposed to be some kind of "alert"?

What's their heat alert--80 degrees?

 

[JGalt]

I take 30+ minute walks in that weather, it's supposed to be some kind of "alert"?

What's their heat alert--80 degrees?

23 degrees F is t-shirt weather up here. It doesn't even make my man nipples perk up.

 

[SweetSue92]

The UK has a Green, Yellow, Amber, and Red warning system. Apparently it applies to temperature, snow, rain, flooding, and winds.

Cold-Health Alerts

Cold-Health Alerts will help planning and preparedness this winter by keeping you informed

www.metoffice.gov.uk

I see them light up over the motorway, "Heavy rain - Amber warning".

So with the recent panic of it getting cold (in winter, who would have thought ), I thought, "That's it, I'm going to find out what constitutes Green, Yellow, Amber, and Red for temperature ". But I've no idea. Is Amber -5c to -8c for temperature? What's Red rain? 1" rainfall, 3" rainfall? How do I equate a colour to normal life?

Useless system.

Does the US have a similar useless system?

And heavy rain? Water must have different weight, lol

And to answer your question: we don't have color coded alerts but more specific ones. In the winter, where I live (Michigan):

Winter Weather Advisory
Winter Storm Watch
Winter Storm Warning
Blizzard Warning
Ice Advisory
Ice Storm Warning
Wind Chill Advisory
Wind Chill Warning

So the information is very specific, but the temps and events range by location. We need something like 6+ inches of snow in 12 hours or less to qualify for a Winter Storm Warning. Down south, 2 inches of snow would do it. And in the UP of Michigan it probably takes a foot

 

[SweetSue92]

23 degrees F is t-shirt weather up here. It doesn't even make my man nipples perk up.

Seriously. The UK does not even begin to understand continental weather. The temp range is like 20 degrees and it either rains or doesn't. Meanwhile, in a common summer we get to 90 degrees and in winter to 10.

 

[1srelluc]

We have the "Polar Vortex, Bomb Cyclone" and whatever else the Weather Channel can dream-up to pump-up their ratings.

Now they have come up with a name for every full moon.

 

[JGalt]

Seriously. The UK does not even begin to understand continental weather. The temp range is like 20 degrees and it either rains or doesn't. Meanwhile, in a common summer we get to 90 degrees and in winter to 10.

I guess it's all relative. When I lived in Texas, it only took 20 degree weather and a light dusting of snow on the pavement before everyone started sliding off the roads and everything shut down. The stores don't even sell warm clothes and all-weather tires like they do up north. The first thing I did when I moved to Wisconsin was discovering the joy of nice, thick, pure wool socks and those ice cleats you strap onto your boots.

Our driveway is long and steep and when the ground freezes, it only takes a light rain before the driveway turns into an icy luge run. But the feed store up the road sells 50 pound bags of barn lime for $4, and light dusting of that on the ice, and you can walk or drive right up it with no problem.

 

[JGalt]

We have the "Polar Vortex, Bomb Cyclone" and whatever else the Weather Channel can dream-up to pump-up their ratings.

Now they have come up with a name for every full moon.

We used to just call that a "cold front."

 

[Cellblock2429]

The UK has a Green, Yellow, Amber, and Red warning system. Apparently it applies to temperature, snow, rain, flooding, and winds.

Cold-Health Alerts

Cold-Health Alerts will help planning and preparedness this winter by keeping you informed

www.metoffice.gov.uk

I see them light up over the motorway, "Heavy rain - Amber warning".

So with the recent panic of it getting cold (in winter, who would have thought ), I thought, "That's it, I'm going to find out what constitutes Green, Yellow, Amber, and Red for temperature ". But I've no idea. Is Amber -5c to -8c for temperature? What's Red rain? 1" rainfall, 3" rainfall? How do I equate a colour to normal life?

Useless system.

Does the US have a similar useless system?

And heavy rain? Water must have different weight, lol

/——/ “And heavy rain?”
It’s where nuke scientists get heavy water.

 

[SweetSue92]

I guess it's all relative. When I lived in Texas, it only took 20 degree weather and a light dusting of snow on the pavement before everyone started sliding off the roads and everything shut down. The stores don't even sell warm clothes and all-weather tires like they do up north. The first thing I did when I moved to Wisconsin was discovering the joy of nice, thick, pure wool socks and those ice cleats you strap onto your boots.

Our driveway is long and steep and when the ground freezes, it only takes a light rain before the driveway turns into an icy luge run. But the feed store up the road sells 50 pound bags of barn lime for $4, and light dusting of that on the ice, and you can walk or drive right up it with no problem.

Yeah it's easy to laugh at Southerners when it snows a little, but they don't have the equipment or clothing to deal with it. Meanwhile here in MI, kids get their snowpants in November and are often still wearing them in April, after they have outgrown them. But you can't find another pair anywhere.

 

[SweetSue92]

We have the "Polar Vortex, Bomb Cyclone" and whatever else the Weather Channel can dream-up to pump-up their ratings.

Now they have come up with a name for every full moon.

They tried to start naming winter storms but no one cares.

 

[ReinyDays]

Following up on Sweet Sue's comments .. here's a list and definitions of the alerts we get here in the United States ...

NOAA Watch/Warning/Advisory Definitions ...

 

[Cellblock2429]

Following up on Sweet Sue's comments .. here's a list and definitions of the alerts we get here in the United States ...

NOAA Watch/Warning/Advisory Definitions ...

/----/ As we speak:

The start of 2025 will be a snowy one for parts of New York State.

A massive weather front is set to move across the state starting today and along with it will be cold temperatures and plenty of snow for parts of New York State.

There is already a Lake Effect Snow warning in place for places along Lake Erie and Lake Ontario that will last through the weekend.

Read More: 18+ Inches Of Snow Headed To New York State | 18+ Inches Of Snow Headed To New York State

 

[Captain Caveman]

Does it even get cold in the UK? Our kids go out to recess unless it's under ZERO degrees F in either air temp or wind chill. Geez

We had a couple of years where it hit -13c, 8.6f. Probably colder on the hills. The coldest ever on record was 1982 at -27.2c, -16.96f.

Never gets extreme here, anywhere between a few degrees below freezing, and then high twenties celsius. But it's enough to bring the country to a halt because of all the fannies in society these days.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

The UK has a Green, Yellow, Amber, and Red warning system. Apparently it applies to temperature, snow, rain, flooding, and winds.

Cold-Health Alerts

Cold-Health Alerts will help planning and preparedness this winter by keeping you informed

www.metoffice.gov.uk

I see them light up over the motorway, "Heavy rain - Amber warning".

So with the recent panic of it getting cold (in winter, who would have thought ), I thought, "That's it, I'm going to find out what constitutes Green, Yellow, Amber, and Red for temperature ". But I've no idea. Is Amber -5c to -8c for temperature? What's Red rain? 1" rainfall, 3" rainfall? How do I equate a colour to normal life?

Useless system.

Does the US have a similar useless system?

And heavy rain? Water must have different weight, lol

I just hope they don't burn fossil fuels to stay alive.

 

[Captain Caveman]

You Brits should have never gone with that Celsius scam, that's why you're so damned cold all the time.

Your -5 degrees Celsius is a balmy 23 degrees to us Fahrenheiters.

My parents used Fahrenheit, old fashioned. Celsius is like inch, feet, yard, it relates to something. An inch was part of the thumb, 12 of those was a foot etc.. When water freezes, that's 0c, when it boils, that's 100c. With Fahrenheit, what in our surroundings relates to 32f. Just like inches, celsius makes more sense.

"There's ice today"

"Yeah, that's freezing, 32".

 

[1srelluc]

Oh look.....Winter Storm Blair.....Really?

https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/2025-01-02-winter-storm-blair-forecast-snow-ice-plains-midwest-mid-atlantic

The Weather Channel CEO should be horsewhipped over that lame BS.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Oh look.....Winter Storm Blair.....Really?

https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/2025-01-02-winter-storm-blair-forecast-snow-ice-plains-midwest-mid-atlantic

The Weather Channel CEO should be horsewhipped over that lame BS.

As soon as I saw Blair, I thought the storm was off to invade Iraq.

As the article points out -

we expect commuters to face wintry travel conditions

It's winter, so if ANYONE needed that advice, mankind is doomed.

What colour is Blair? Yellow, Amber, Red?