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You're correct of course, but perhaps being a tad pedantic there; by "autumnal weather" I mean the weather one would normally expect for the majority of autumn.

All fun and games looking at specifics like that this far out of course, but would you rather tap into a November cold pool, or a January one? I'd happily take a (not even mild, possibly warm if that were to come off) November if it meant synoptics like that came to fruition in deeper winter! Also feb - I think my avatar is prettier than your's!

Autumnal weather to me seems rather "pointless" to me...I'm hoping for a nice Indian Summer stretching to November, before a nice early winter kicks in with a vengeance mid November

Ahhh okay cheers sounds promising Just looking at the map, is there a possibility of some kind of Humber streamer delivering for the area?

Hey all, may seem slightly off topic but I thought it best to put it in here anyway... I'll be moving up to Sheffield at the end of September because I'm going to university there - What should my expectations be with regards to the white stuff in winter? Presumably, relative to my current location, I'll maybe be slightly worse off from easterlies but better from northerlies? And generally better in marginal set ups due to the higher ground? Cheers

Looks like our old friend shannon is back to say hello in the 06z run

Thank God it looks like we might finally be seeing the back of this cold spell after another week or so. Of course we'd usually describe that as the closer end of FI if we were chasing cold, so it's important to bear that in mind, but this pattern surely can't defy spring much longer? I'm a huge fan of bitter cold and associated snow, but now we're in april and the current impressive uppers simply don't deliver what they would in the depths of winter; be it snow or ice days you're after. It's "pointless cold" right now, so to speak. I certainly want to be able to play cricket comfortably outside soon! Note: Still not seeing much in the way of genuinely warm conditions, but even if we return to average conditions it will feel a lot warmer than it has done for the past month or so

Essentially, all the models saying "as you were" for the foreseeable future. Truly is astonishing stuff.

#Pray4Gav

Too far south for my liking because: 1) from an IMBY perspective, it's too far south! Which is frustrating because the event we just had was too far north for me (by about 40 miles)... 2) from the UK perspective as a whole, the story so far this winter has been to underestimate the strength of the block, and correct those undercutting lows to head further south than they are originally progged. Any further south on that chart and it will be a great chart if you live in northern France That said, taking into consideration the total size of the low/setup, such changes north or south really are miniscule in % terms. All we can tell this far out is that it looks likely there'll be another atlantic attempt at a breakdown towards the end of the week, and it looks as if it will result in an undercut of sorts. The broad position won't be known for maybe another 72 hours or so, and then maybe 96 hours before getting the "north or south of the m4 corridor" question answered, then I'm sure there'll be plenty of nowcasting at +120 hours; these set ups are notoriously difficult to pin down... One thing that is more certain though is that there'll be some serious cold embedded over the UK through this week, which would be incredibly cold even for mid winter - let alone late March. This cold shoul, make any frontal snowfall somewhat less marginal than the one we just experienced.

Just been out for a very nice run, very light snow showers every now and then and just really nice underfoot after we got an extra couple of inches fall over night Anyway, looks like we're on for an iceday, high temp at -1.0C...And it's 24th March!

This is horrible; so close yet so far!

Ahh okay, and yes you're reading that right then - Ridiculous for almost April!

For when? Right now they've dropped to ~-6C I think

All the surfaces that had seen the snow melt away completely (paths) are now being recovered again. Happened over the last hour or so as the temps have dropped enough

Incredible to think how we normally look for glimmers of cold in FI to look forward to, yet in the current situation it's a case of looking for glimmers of mild weather deep in FI! As much as I love cold and snow and would take it whenever possible, I really do feel for the farmers right now. Will Spring ever arrive?

Hard to gauge because of the drifting, but I reckon we had about 3" overnight here

Finally starting to cover all surfaces here now, temps must have reached the threshold im the last hour...Hoping I don't sleep through all of the good stuff of this event now though!

Dew point here just dropped back down to -0.1C, temp continuing to fall and is at 0.5C currently. Hopefully this is a sign that the sleet should turn snowier over the next couple of hours

Yes, my mistake...*Waiting for those cold uppers to come down south/Waiting for those cold uppers to come down from the north - take your pick

Looks absolutely foul outside, we have a slight covering of snow on the grass but there's an absolute downpour of sleet/icy rain. Awaiting those cold uppers to come down from the south and turn this into a lovely blizzard... It helps to be optimistic

Just drizzle here now, bit of a damp squib so far...

Very heavy stuff now, finally showing signs of settling on the grass. Noticed the DP has just dropped to 0C here so that's probably the trigger for this

So it begins. Persistent light snow now falling with heavier bursts every now and then, with strong gusts. Looking forward to this!

Extremely disappointing event last night/this morning. Had about 1cm of extremely wet snow/slush on grass here, which has all melted. Hoping for more success tonight! Is Daventry better places this time? I haven't been able to view the charts...