Heavy snow forecast for

friday!volunteers at the ready to clear the snow around the ground for the big game against york saturday!i would presume the pitch is covered up already!

Really????

I could of sworn it didn't say that last night!!!

Fri 1 degree

and sat 4

Not seen that forecast anywhere?

Did read snow is forecast to return this weekend, however it doesn't show up on my weather app for the next 5 days?

just started fluttering snow down here (or is it the tickertape from eldings dad upstairs #eldingfacts)

Thursday
Low-level cloud
Max: -1°C
Min: -1°CFriday
Heavy snow
Max: 0°C
Min: -3°CSaturday
Sunny
Max: -3°C
Min: -8°CSunday
Sunny
Max: 0°C
Min: -6°C

balderdash hope not!!

urine off snow

Quoted from Super Clive

balderdash hope not!!

urine off snow

urine on snow!? that'll make it go away   shovels hoses at the ready boys!

Yuup light snow now showing on forecast for all day Friday ! More worried that the pitch don't freeze with the extreme drop in overnight temperatures. Went out yesterday and grass around the area was quite soft n mushy, but by 7 pm frozen solid ! Never mind Elding will sort it out!

keep the pitch sorted and i think we'll be alright there'll be enough of us to get rid of any snow

No snow forecast on my app high of 3. Low of 0

I tend to find the BBC is as good as any forecast. They have light snow on fri for Clee.

from the looks of the elding photo in the telewag they have left the snow on the pitch, which insulates it, so suspect it'll be amass effort on saturday morning to get rid of the covering

On my accuweather app it's forecasting snow for Thrusday, sleet Thursday night & Friday, and a bit of light drizzle on Saturday.

I find that the best way to look for weather forecasts is to keep trying different web sites until you find one you like the best.

Most of them are rather inaccurate for N.E. Lincs in any case because the Humber to the North, North Sea to the East and Wolds to the West give us a type of microclimate. One of the reasons we often miss bad weather in comparison to surrounding areas.

Picking and choosing at least means you can feel good about the forecast regardless of what will eventually happen.

As a rule of thumb, I find that the local BBC weather report tends to be pretty rubbish, even in comparison to other forecasts.

Even the met office app changes or updates from one hour to the next. It shows Friday light snow all day. Just hope our micro climate stops it settling.

Quoted from flash1

friday!volunteers at the ready to clear the snow around the ground for the big game against york saturday!i would presume the pitch is covered up already!

Just get the orange ball out!!

Quoted from Paris Mariner

Just get the orange ball out!!

And crampons on their boots.....

http://www.google.co.uk/#q=cra.....biw=1440&bih=775

I would've thought they would keep any snow that fell on the pitch, on the pitch. They do that to insulate the grass to stop it freezing don't they? Our pitch doesn't often have problems and hopefully it may be slightly bobbly, York would bloody hate playing on a bobbly pitch.

Quoted from flash1

friday!volunteers at the ready to clear the snow around the ground for the big game against york saturday!i would presume the pitch is covered up already!

I'm working 10-10 Friday and Saturday 7am-2pm or else i'd help  

I have been at the ground today and the pitch is frozen rock hard in large areas. Need a significant thaw.

Quoted from lukeo

I'm working 10-10 Friday and Saturday 7am-2pm or else i'd help  

Should be cleared in time for you to repaint the white lines at 2.15pm then. UTM

Quoted from BIGChris

I have been at the ground today and the pitch is frozen rock hard in large areas. Need a significant thaw.

Couldn't we do what St Neots did last weekend to help enhance the chance of there game been on. Here's a video of what they did

http://www.thefa.com/Competiti.....ff-frozen-pitch.aspx

With us expecting a big crowd it must be worth trying anything we can to get the game on, both financially and to keep the momentum going on the pitch. Im sure we can get some fans to help out and do it.  Looks like its working to thaw that pitch out too.

Quoted from jimbo22

Couldn't we do what St Neots did last weekend to help enhance the chance of there game been on. Here's a video of what they did

http://www.thefa.com/Competiti.....ff-frozen-pitch.aspx

With us expecting a big crowd it must be worth trying anything we can to get the game on, both financially and to keep the momentum going on the pitch. Im sure we can get some fans to help out and do it.  Looks like its working to thaw that pitch out too.

I swear Morecambe attempted this when we had them in the JPT and it failed?

I've seen the Leicester Tigers use over soil heating but that was basically big blowers lent to them by caterpillar blowing into sheeting (a bit like a non erected marquee)

Grimsby Town Football Club
With snow showers expected this evening, the club may need volunteers to help clear snow off the pitch tomorrow. Keep an eye on our Twitter, Facebook and official sites for updates. UTM,,just for the record its snowing in scunny at the moment!

seem to remember going down before a game (think it was norwich) in about 85-86ish and being given soup for our troubles, and getting a ticket to the game

It's snowing here in Cleethorpes! If it keeps on coming down at this rate, we'll have an inch or two by 2013.

Quoted from Maringer

It's snowing here in Cleethorpes! If it keeps on coming down at this rate, we'll have an inch or two by 2013.

fnar fnar...........(insert mrs type of joke here)

Quoted from jimbo22

Couldn't we do what St Neots did last weekend to help enhance the chance of there game been on. Here's a video of what they did

http://www.thefa.com/Competiti.....ff-frozen-pitch.aspx

With us expecting a big crowd it must be worth trying anything we can to get the game on, both financially and to keep the momentum going on the pitch. Im sure we can get some fans to help out and do it.  Looks like its working to thaw that pitch out too.

Daft idea more suited to a picket line. Don't they know heat rises.

LMAO.  
Looks tailor made for Bradley Wood, who needs Ashley Coal ?  

Quoted from Maringer

It's snowing here in Cleethorpes! If it keeps on coming down at this rate, we'll have an inch or two by 2013.

you must live in a different Cleethorpes to me, its falling at about 4 flakes a minute!

edit: its getting faster now!!

How likely is it looking chaps?

Really starting to come down now in Humberston.

inch of snow is good people.

Keep the frost off, it have to be and inch though might just get away with it, bearing in mind its the walkways around bp and the stands that could get it called off.

the snow doesnt seem to be setting on the pavement in my back yard, however that means ice will be the bigger issue

Quoted from Alfie

How likely is it looking chaps?

I say the pitch will be too hard and it will be off

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2652885

Still fancy it to be on, fingers crossed

Minus six friday night i cant see it being on

Spunking it down in Holton-le-Clay now.

well i live down clark avenue which is around 300 yards from the grimsby auditorium and it is steadily snowing at the moment

well i live down clark avenue which is around 300 yards from the grimsby auditorium and it is steadily snowing at the moment

Quoted from aaron rattray

well i live down clark avenue which is around 300 yards from the grimsby auditorium and it is steadily snowing at the moment

Make sure you tell everyone when your off on holiday or out for a few hours there`s a good lad ffs tell your Dad that 1ml says he should disown you and ban you from the computer.

Quoted from jimbo22

Couldn't we do what St Neots did last weekend to help enhance the chance of there game been on. Here's a video of what they did

http://www.thefa.com/Competiti.....ff-frozen-pitch.aspx

With us expecting a big crowd it must be worth trying anything we can to get the game on, both financially and to keep the momentum going on the pitch. Im sure we can get some fans to help out and do it.  Looks like its working to thaw that pitch out too.

Shame their game was called off then!  

Quoted from 1mickylyons

Make sure you tell everyone when your off on holiday or out for a few hours there`s a good lad ffs tell your Dad that 1ml says he should disown you and ban you from the computer.

im on my laptop and why?

Quoted from aaron rattray

im on my laptop and why?

Oh jesus christ

Tis quite bad here... near Trinity Road. I didnt think it would settle as the ground was quite wet, but it is a blanket of white out there again now.
I am prepared to do my best michelin man impression on Saturday with ooooodles of layers.

Plenty of snow on the willows but the ground is still soft.

My theory, If it snows and covers the ground it may insulate the areas that are playable at the moment, then on Saturday then snow can be shoveled off thus allowing the game to be played!

We are copulated though if it frozen under the snow though

just turn the underground heating on tomorrow should be fine come sat..

Quoted from speedy

urine on snow!? that'll make it go away   shovels hoses at the ready boys!

Words of advice from Frank Zappa  " Don't eat the yellow snow from where the huskys go " !

when i spoke to mike groundsmen at half ten this morning he rated it 50/50 that it would be on,with all this snow and ground still frozen under findus stand id say 20/80 chance of it been on.

Quoted from topuphere666

Oh jesus christ

Do this 2013 mean just after 8pm or next year?

Quoted from meggietown

when i spoke to mike groundsmen at half ten this morning he rated it 50/50 that it would be on,with all this snow and ground still frozen under findus stand id say 20/80 chance of it been on.

The shadow of the findus does not allow the sun to defrost that side of the pitch.So with the forcast for no more than 1 or 2 degrees i think we'll have the afternoon off.

Quoted from woodi147

Plenty of snow on the willows but the ground is still soft.

any wind?

Below freezing outside still though the sun is now out.

If the pitch was frozen before the snow fell yesterday, surely it will be staying frozen under the snow, especially as it is forecast to be a cool day before heading subzero again?

I think it very unlikely that the game will be on.

-4 forecast for tomorrow during early morning, just hope the playing surface is playable under the layer of snow. The ground wasn't frozen here last night. I detest this waiting game n snow !!

Well, the club is hopeful it will be on which may or may not be a good sign, depending on how competent you think they are.  

If it was just the section of the pitch in the shadow of the Findus which is frozen, I dare say the ref will let the game go ahead.

Not sure about the call for a 7.00am start for clearing the pitch, however, as I expect it will still be below freezing until after 9.00am - they might clear it only to have it freeze solid afterwards!

Common sense would be to clear the main stand side of the snow early morning and work on the findus side after 10am. If the club are confident it'll be on the grouns under the snow mustn't be to bad

Quoted from Maringer

Well, the club is hopeful it will be on which may or may not be a good sign, depending on how competent you think they are.  

If it was just the section of the pitch in the shadow of the Findus which is frozen, I dare say the ref will let the game go ahead.

Not sure about the call for a 7.00am start for clearing the pitch, however, as I expect it will still be below freezing until after 9.00am - they might clear it only to have it freeze solid afterwards!

Maybe parts of the ground could do with a sprinkle of salt and also surrounding streets ? the game will be on if we all can chip in and help

Quoted from 891

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Maybe parts of the ground could do with a sprinkle of salt and also surrounding streets ? the game will be on if we all can chip in and help

IF they order loads of salt from asda to be delivered tomorrow morning I'll deliver it and chip in and help for half an hour  

Quoted from lukeo

IF they order loads of salt from asda to be delivered tomorrow morning I'll deliver it and chip in and help for half an hour  

Luke good thinking yet i think they would need just a little bit more than ASDA will have

TESCO DELIVERY DRIVER WANTED  

Quoted from laitey

TESCO DELIVERY Scumbag delivery DRIVER WANTED  

Quoted from lukeo

IF they order loads of salt from asda to be delivered tomorrow morning I'll deliver it and chip in and help for half an hour  

all that your missing is the vinegar!

Can't have all that without a battered sausage mate!