Britain is facing up to 100 days of heavy, persistent snow this winter
The latest detailed forecasts for winter 2013 ALL point towards months of relentless extreme cold with heavy snow 'extremely likely' across the country.
Arctic air will roar in from the North Pole later this week, triggering the start of the worst winter in many people's lifetimes.
Experts in long-range weather forecasting said the WHOLE of Britain should be prepared for this winter to be the most severe since 1947, which saw the UK hit by relentless snow and some of the lowest temperatures on record.
The latest detailed forecasts for winter 2013 ALL point towards months of relentless extreme cold with heavy snow 'extremely likely' across the country.
Arctic air will roar in from the North Pole later this week, triggering the start of the worst winter in many people's lifetimes.
Experts in long-range weather forecasting said the WHOLE of Britain should be prepared for this winter to be the most severe since 1947, which saw the UK hit by relentless snow and some of the lowest temperatures on record.
Huge blizzards, with 7 meter (25ft) high drifts, swept the UK during the winter of 1947. Will winter 2013 be worse?
Coal supplies - already low in the wake of WWII - struggled to reach power stations and many were forced to shut down, causing widespread blackouts.
The lack of power supplies became so critical that at one point radio and TV broadcasts were suspended, magazines were ordered to stop being published and many newspapers were forced to cut their size.
Who are these 'experts'? Clearly not the Met Office or any other reputable forecaster as none of them have told us we're due Snowmageddon'.
The Express and the Mail do this pretty much every year, publish frothing at the mouth scare stories in an attempt to sell more papers and frighten people.