2nd January - Today's News: Bonfires Cause Firenados in Netherlands

A bliadhna mhath ur!

As soon as the very dull, drab, mild Christmas is over, we finally get a frost - and at -2.7c my lowest temperature since last March ....    Looking settled and very dry for the next two weeks too.  No snow on the horizon yet, whatever the media liars might claim.  And as it's down to high pressure, no sign of an Arctic/Polar/Siberian/Beast from the East Blast either.    Though with luck we may see something more interesting towards the end of the month.   Incidently, one of the more amusing (if that's the word) stories over the past week has been that - according to Ladbrokes .... - 2019 could be the coldest year on record.   As likely as me winning the lottery (I never buy a ticket).  Does make you wonder if such stories are paid for by the bookies as advertising?


Thousands without power and traffic disrupted as 2019's first storm hits Sweden.  And breaking news this morning that a train accident on Danish bridge kills six, possibly caused by the same bad weather.



And New Horizons: Nasa probe survives flyby of Ultima Thule, the most distant object to be visited by a craft from Earth


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