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  1.  Don Could easily see that this month.

    I'm personally very unconvinced that we will see any meaningful cold spell now. Of course, can't rule it out completely but from the output I'm seeing, it looks like we are headed for a mid lat high rather than northern blocking. I think we will get another high near or over the UK and that will pretty much be that for Feb. A first Spanish Plume of the year as suggested by others is a real possibility. 

    Lots of water to pass under the bridge before that though, as for many a good old fashioned soaking looks to be headed our way 🌧️

     

     

  2.   @LRD  There has been a huge change over last 10 years. We were always going to see dramatic winter changes from global warming though as our climate is about competing air masses. 

     

    I'm not excluding possibility of seeing snow as a brief northerly or two is just about still in play, but a deep cold, snowy easterly is pretty much off the table now looking at the charts. As always, I hope to be proved wrong!

    Come March, I'm after warmer weather though!

  3. 10 minutes ago, Matty88 said:

    A bit of Friday banter - still have the posts of 2 weeks ago in my head.... I’m confused….

    - ‘’features and troughs popping up everywhere’’

    - ‘’get the cold in first’’

    - ‘’booom’’

    - ‘’Game on’’

    - ‘’People in the mod thread moaning at people complaining the setup isn’t good enough’’

    - ‘’Best Synoptics I’ve ever seen’’

     

    2 weeks later - not one flake for 90% of the country 🤣🤣🤦‍♂️ 

    I should write a book of these quotes really, happens every time 🙃

     

    People just get carried away. Truth is that other than for maybe about 24 hours it never looked like anything spectacular. Bit like the early December cold spell. It never really looked all that exciting to me but hey ho, everyone is entitled to an opinion.

    The next couple of weeks is going to be like watching paint dry as we chase around the small possibility of an easterly in 3 weeks time! Its the globally warmed UK though, so we can't be surprised.

     

  4. So, looking through the charts it looks like we will see a period where Iberian heights rule. That bit is nailed on as we have almost 100% multi run / ensemble agreement on this.

    Once we get beyond day 8 there is a signal for focus of heights to change focus from Iberia to become more 'mid latitude'. Other than the odd chart were not seeing loads of high latitude blocking but the GEFS for example are mostly pointing to some form of mid latitude high. So, were looking at a UK high (again 😶)  or a one centered initially over southern Scandi or low countries and sinking. Its notable in nearly all ensembles that the northern arm of the jet is overrunning any high.

    Where do I think we will end up? Well, I reckon the current GFS opp (12Z) will be pretty close to where we get to. So, colder yes, but a 'beast' is highly unlikely. Lots of time for changes for better or worse though.

    If I'm right and like me, you want snow,  flights to Athens might be good value 🤣

     

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  5. 5 minutes ago, Kasim Awan said:

    One set of runs? It's not like the mild runs are in isolation.  All the runs show a lack of high pressure situated in a position conducive to cold in the UK. 

    Yes, focus of heights is to our south. We will probably see a gradual shift to a more 'mid lat' scenario over the next couple of weeks, but very hard to see a route to anything cold in the extended outlook IMHO. I reckon we will see some pretty charts in deep FI over the coming days but nothing convincing. Maybe 10% chance of a very cold easterly early next month.

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  6. 5 minutes ago, AO- said:

    I disagree with you for only one reason. I don't see the pv part over Canada Greenland weakening the next two weeks. This means that proper WAA leads to a block in a favourable position (Scandinavia) The only question is how long it will take for the cold to arrive as the cold is pushed back across the Urals the next week. This is the only possibility I see for winter. I could be wrong though, but this option just seems very likely to me. 

    Can see the argument 👍

    It all just looks like another one of those 'close but no cigar' set ups to me. Some tasty looking charts in deep FI but the reality will be a Greek Tragedy as the core of the cold sinks towards Athens.

    We could pull in a cold pool from the SE though that could give a few days of deep cold. I think a slightly aggravated Poodle is more likely than the Beast though 😂

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