Frosted Spuds

Hi chums. The other morning I got up to find that we'd had a heavy frost :( Although I'd earthed up my spuds a few days before, bits were exposed to the elements. Some of the foliage looks the worse for wear right now. I assume they'll recover ? If so, has any real damage been done ? Cheers...freddy.

 

Hi John. Thanks for the reply. It might have been light where you are, but it was pretty heavy here. First of all I just thought it was dew, it was that white ! Had to scrape the ice off the car. Anyway, main thing is they'll survive. Cheers...freddy.

 

Looking at Wunderground for a personal weather station in the centre of Bristol:

http://www.wunderground.com/weather...YOFB2&day=30&year=2009&month=4&graphspan=week

looks to have been close to freezing on Tuesday morning.

If you zoom out a bit on the little map to the right you can then click on a (99) roundel nearer to you, a speech balloon will appear with the details, click on the link at the top of the speech balloon (if you can't get to it click and drag downwards somewhere on a plain part of the map to move it down a bit, then you should be able to click on the link)

Once you've got the weather station details up click on "weekly" and then scroll down past the numbers and you should see a temperature graph for the week to date.

I'm not disputing that you had to scrape ice off your windscreen!! but you might like some actual numbers from nearby

Metcheck will tell you the probability of frost for the next two nights:

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/frostrisk.asp

(You need to put your postcode in, which it should then remember on subsequent visits)

And you need to re-check the site later into the evening as it does alter.

And maybe you should buy some just-in-case fleece (eBay probably as good a place as any). I've opted for the more expensive 30 gsm, rather than the more commonly offered 17 gsm, because it is less likely to tear, and will probably provide more frost protection.

 

Hi Kristen. The trouble with that first link (wunderground) is that it only shows built-up locations in my region. To all intents and purposes I live in the country which as you know, is a few degrees colder at night. The thing was, forecasts for the week indicated a wet and windy week. A lesson learned methinks, all good stuff :thumb: Cheers...freddy.

 

"To all intents and purposes I live in the country which as you know, is a few degrees colder at night"

Yup, my nearest Wudnergrown stations are all in towns too ... you and I will have to start our own

Might be worth looking at nearby RAF bases or airports then - they are usually more exposed

This Wunderground Link shows a Radar image for Bristol, zoomed out fairly, and on the right hand side is a list of stations - including RAF / Airports. You should be able to drag the map, and the list of stations will change on the right (to match the ones showing on the map, natch!)

Bristol airport
Filton

You'll probably find some meterological stations too

But that's all assuming you are interested to see the data!!