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Getting thouroughly sick of all this mild and wet weather now. When will it ever stop for heaven's sake. I would not be surprised if this winter is a total washout (literally) with hardly any cold or snow. Our seasons just seem to be permanently wet now. Summer was awful and now it looks like winter will be a continuation of that theme. Lovely Britain....not!!
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We can't win in this country. In winter it is predominantly mild and in summer it is predominantly cool. We should be called the country of perpetual Autumn.
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The models were consistently showing substantial cold the past few weeks and although we have had a few days of cold, the prolonged severe weather has been hijacked by the usual atlantic mild weather. The chances of the UK being hit by a prolonged cold spell is very rare and 9/10 the mild weather will win. I also wonder why people even bother looking at the models if they end up being so inaccurate to be honest. As people keep saying the weather cannot be accurately forecast more than a few days beforehand, then what is the point of having these multi million pound computer giving you predictions which may (or may not) come true?
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I for one, will stop kidding myself that this winter will end up to be anything other than predominantly mild as per usual for UK winters. Yes, we will obviously have a few days of cold weather, but as for any substantial cold and snow, then I think we need to be realistic and not raise our hopes. We are unfortunate to live on an island stuck out in the Atlantic, with a gulf stream which ensures we don't normally get any substantial cold periods and if we do, they are shortlived affairs before the atlantic wins out again. I feel very depressed the way this winter is going and the thought of having to wait another 10 years before we get decent cold and snow events is far too long.
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knowing the british weather, we'll get snow in April, by which time it's too late and is wet snow which melts by midday. We haven't even got high enough mountains that guarantee snow throughout the winter. Even that would be some consolation then at least we could go there for guaranteed snow.
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Yes please!!Blimey, should i supply the rope and a chair??? LOL
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This winter will be worse than last winter. Yes, it has been on the cold side for the early part of December, but dry with very little snow, if any. I think January and February will be equally dry and predominantly mild with periods of rain (not snow). This winter could go down as one of the worst for many years in respect of cold and snow. I have given up hoping for snow in this country. It's too much of a gamble and not worth raising hopes only for them to be dashed. Had enough of this countries weather, think I'll move to Switzerland.
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I have given up following the models as all they do is tease us with promises of cold and snowy easterlies only to backtrack at the last moment and as usual, we get the boring old westerlies with rain and mild weather. I know there are some on here who love the fact that the British weather is so unpredictable, but I would much prefer to have reliable weather systems than clutching at straws to be honest. Even when we do have cold winters, they are hardly that cold and snowy. Even 2010 wasn't that memorable. Yes, we had snow in December (wow!) and it was cold for most of that month, but then January and February were mostly mild and snowless. That's not what I would call a memorably cold winter. This year is even turning out worse than last year (if that's possble). At least we had one slight snowfall last December. So far this year, we've had none... and even the first frost was late this year. Bleedin country.
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I get the horrible feeling that even though this winter may be colder than average, that doesn't mean more snow. I think the colder spells will mostly be dry and the precipitation will fall as rain during the milder interludes as has happened this week with mainly sleet and raining falling for the majority of the country. If this does materialise, then it will be yet another disappointing UK winter.
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I don't think this evening's rain will turn to snow for the south east or anywhere from the north midlands southwards to be honest. It is cold but we need more than just cold for it to snow. I think next week could deliver some of the white stuff to much of the country though if things continue the way they have been showing on the charts in the past few days. Of course, this being the UK, it could all change in the blink of an eye.
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extremely cold this morning in northampton, -12c at 7.30am. Lovely icicles hanging off the roofs and lots of snow still lying on the ground. Downside is I now have frozen water pipes and no running water.
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well we still have a few inches of lying snow in northampton and even some impressive icicles this morning. temp last night got down to -12c. The downside of this is we now have frozen water pipes and no running water...arghhh!
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well it snowed heavily for about 6 hours yesterday evening in northampton and we've got about 3 inches of crisp lying snow on the ground. Even the snowfall from last weekend hasn't disappeared, so it is a very snowy landscape this morning and very cold. we have been very lucky in the east midlands i must say. best snowfalls for a good few winters and there i was beginning to write this winter off as a non starter. how wrong i was.
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well it's still snowing in northampton after several hours and i really want to stay up and see if we get that heavy ppn, but i've had enuf excitement for one evening and bed beckons. Will be up early to take some great photo's i hope. Needs to freeze hard now. Night all
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i'm near northampton town centre. even here with all the traffic it must be a good 15cm and we already had lying snow still on the ground from last weekend. tonights snow has just refreshed everything. the snow keeps getting lighter and then getting heavy each time we think its all over. Huge flakes 10 mins ago
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oh my lord, it's really snowing heavily again now. never thought we would get this much. been snowing moderate to heavy for 5 hours now and no sign of stopping soon.
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we're still here but watching the snow falling. feel bad rubbing it in everyones faces. sorry guys, i would be really peeved myself if i didn't have any. i'm just enjoying the moment. gonna upload a video later on to prove just how much we've had this evening.
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this is turning out better than saturdays snow event. far heavier snowfall and as much snow laying on the ground. brilliant.
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well i dunno either, but we can't complain about the snow in northampton over the past 5 days. two snow events and more than 15 cms in total with it all laying on the ground again.
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welll its been snowing in northampton for the past 2 hours. quite heavy for an hour or so but easing off now. probably another 5cm so far on top of the existing snow from the weekend. don't know whether thats it for the night now or whether we are due another heavy burst?
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light snow for the past hour in northampton. slight covering but nothing to get excited about.........yet
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yes c'mon guys, the east midlands has hardly done brilliantly the last few winters. Yes we had snow and ice but I would hardly say we had masses of the stuff, even last December. It's about time we had some serious snow in these parts.
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so it looks like northamptonshire is once again in the firing line. Talk about swapping and changing. If we do get the white stuff it would be great if we get some big flakes this time around rather than the fine stuff. Saying that, I suppose I shouldn't be fussy and consider myself lucky to have a second round of snow. We still have a fair bit of lying snow from last weekend.
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so basically none of the forecasts have a bleedin clue at the end of the day. One minute the east is best, then its not, then it is again. i long for the day when the forecast is 100% reliable and the whole country has a guaranteed massive fall of snow
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