aspire27

Yes thats five days away including today, isnt that FI?

From the latest models overnight as thismorning NO snow or any real cold for us in the SW. Maybe a ten day cool spell with drizzle, sleet over the hills. Some colder weather for the east and snow showers. Not exciting, big let down for most of the country.

A newbie here, the above chart showing 2m temps..not very cold for the south 3-7 on that chart.

Ok mate, just the highest point on the Mendips is just over 1000 Feet. You must live in the middle of know where, must all be snow for you.

Are you really 951 FEET above Sea Level?

Im 12 miles south of Bristol (will update my profile in a bit). Thanks for the replys with what I threw into the mix! I just dont want to see a marginal event again, thats all we get! It just gets on my nerves that with all the recent potential (charts we havent seen for years) it will just turn out to be poor for us here. My point about the East bias, especially in the Model Output thread is things like..."heavey snow showers friday for the SE", then when you look at their location its somewhere like Dover! I dont know.....i want to see a cold spell effecting the WHOLE of the county, with minus day time temps and lots of heavy snow showers. That is not too much to ask, especially with what the models have been showing for nearly two weeks now.....COLD AND COLDER. But where is it...pushed back and back, now we see the Christmas Break Down arriving, we havent had any snow yet anywhere, except for a little sleet and snow on the higest ground! I want to see the models come to fruition for once and prove the consistancy they have been showing over the last two weeks. Freezing easterly, and LP's attacking from the SW, bringing lots of snow for all of us.

This isnt my first post on this forum. I have been watching this predicted cold spell develop for two weeks now. Continually the models have shown brilliant cold and snowy charts consistantly everyday in FI. The models have always changed in the reliable time frame putting the 'cold spell' further and further back...and now the models are showing the breakdown for middle of next week. We have now got some colder air (if you call 4 to 6 degrees cold) and the models are showing no real cold temperatures in the reliable timeframe (friday into the weekend is not reliable) only cool, damp, drizzle days here in the South / South West. People in the East of the country on this forum I find are very biased with regards to their area. Our country is very small, to have temps of 6 degrees in Plymouth (with rain) and 2 degrees in Kent with some snow is NOT what i call a cold spell. This cold spell has NOT arrived yet, and is continually being downgraded in my book. The BBC (for all their worth) has forecast some snow for the end of the week for the east, nothing for us here in Bristol and the South West. All I can see is damp, cool / cold days towards christmas with no real cold. A cold spell is like Feb 91, when day time temps are below freezing, ice cold easterly wind, and heavy snow showers for the WHOLE of the country. Not just parts of this small island. Feb 2009 was NOT a notable cold spell either. Temps not near freezing by day (3-4 during the day) the snow was melting as it was falling, wet slushy stuff. If you live on the Mendips then thats different. I hope Im wrong, but with SO MUCH POTENTIAL, AND SO MANY CONSISTANT FREEZING MODEL CHARTS over the past ten days or so im worried this cold spell, which has not arrived yet will be a let down, and never arrive. We may never get to see model charts like the ones we have seen the last two weeks again for years...so much potenial...and nothing comes to fruition.......well not yet anyway.