legritter

well what can i say ,good times a coming , some realy good charts about but which ones will verify , . i think some where in NW /europe will take a pounding this weekend ,im also fairly confident that some good smaller features will develope . i hope if things turn nasty that everyone stays safe . some very good input on this forum today , regards ,legritter .

morning all ,as i said on last nights post , its those small details which are missing at the moment that could bring us some fun and games come the weekend and next week , so all to play for ,some interesting stuff POSSIBLE ,but not guaranteed .im still researching past winter charts and old diarys ,will post when i find some realistic info . hoping tonights charts start to sing off same sheet . perhaps we can then get stuck into a good constructive model discussion ,regards .

evening all ,iv looked at charts and read some of the talk on other forums etc ,and i have a hunch that next weekend could throw up some surprises . good events can develope from just little features popping up , tonights fax should be interesting and by tuesday night we could be looking at some interesting ,charts for sat/ following tues . i am by no means forecasting a snow fest but there could be some lucky fellow members with a SMILE on their faces . warm seas /colder air . we have certainly moved on since last weekend , im certainly getting more confident of some good things coming out of this winter . regards legritter .

im starting to get into the winter spirit but , things 7/10 days from now could go many ways . iv a nagging feeling that over the next 3/4 days the models could all come in line but the outcome could be not what some of us want . anyhow some interesting weather to come next week ,and someone could get lucky ,those blues arent that far away ,if the plug is pulled , cheers legritter .

it must have been very frustrating for many in wales as many missed out , .but good for those who had streemers etc . the same happened in and around bristol . we did quite well at winscombe but 12 miles north of here not much . lets hope we can all get in on some action this winter , if it comes later it might be more frontal and more even . its realy frustrating sometimes watching the radar across wales and hoping those big red blobs will make it across the water , but they fizzle out well to the N W of cardiff or swansea ,all the best legritter somerset

morning all ,just had a look at charts and other forums , things could get very interesting next week onwards . looking foreward too tonights chat on here . some interesting developments in northern hemisphere at the moment , euro high beware , mother nature could send you packing south ,or replace you with a beast of a relative . we just need a singing from the same hymn sheet , from the models . i think we have a FAIR chance of something more wintry on its way ,regards till later ,legritter .

good post RICHARD 2901, must agree what a boring autumn ,good for heating costs etc .we just neeed some action , looks like you could get some up there . me and the wife toured scotland oct 8th / 21 st ,by car did 2200 miles from somerset and back .had virtually every type of weather ,isle of sky warm ,and blue sky and sea , wester ross magical . left thurso and travelled down to perth ,we were playing catch up with a weather front ,as we got quite high up near cairngorms we went through 5 mins of wet snow ,then rain . following morning we went to clamis castle and could see top of cairngorms covered . went to aberdeen 10 yrs ago ,what a greet country you have up there ,. for all of you out there chins up , plenty of time left for wintry fun .cheers legritter .

euro high go away come back some other day , preferably late spring ,.let your big uncle scandi high rein supreme . let your atlantic cousins form a line and head east , preferably up the channel one week , and a little further north the next .time for my prozack , chins up gang , a good 12/14 weeks anything could happen .regards legritter .

just a quicky from me ,FEB 18TH 1978 , BLIZZARDS ACROSS SW ,and parts of south ,short sharp and certainly disruptive , as i put in recent post very hard for met office to forecast , front came to a grinding stop north of bristol , just a peppering in glos and swindon in parts . also some good snowfalls in 1880 s ,going to finish now as boiling a nice gammon plus need a quick fag , cheers

well it looks like some possible action coming our way from this weekend onwards , all leave cancelled , batton down the hatches , sandbags out , prozack and drinks at the ready , at least the charts have livened up . our way to winter could come with a more mobile set up . but dont forget gang it all could go pear shape , HEARS HOPING cheers legritter

winscombe ,edge of mendips about 7 miles inland .95 mtrs a s l . did very well last yr from heavy streemers off bristol channel about 12cm during daylight in dec and about 8cm overnight from a small low . i prefer a good frontal event , only been at winscombe for 11 yrs , previouse bristol , winscombe did very well in 78/79 with feb 78 seeing a full bliz . 81 very good . also in 63 it did better than bristol as it was closer to lows ,further south . bring it on , regards legritter

having all the information at our fingertips of the POSSIBLE ,synoptic situations 10/ 15 days from now is a godsend . lets all enjoy the UPS AND DOWNS of what is presented to our eyes and put in our thoughts . at the present time im inclined to think that some sort of high will be around in 2 weeks some where in central europe , but thats not to say that the weather will be a mild mush , mild mush can easily become frozen to the bone . going by some charts , the 26th onwards could become interesting .

theres a bit of a story doing the rounds , it goes a bit like this , its been so mild for so long winter is bound to change things , my mother in law says that in her village people are stocking up on firewood and they are buying large bags of salt . it all could be true but as equally not . the weather today is absolute heaven , if anybody is interested theres some good web cams in winnipeg , and theres some good snow about , on some of the cams you can see the occasionall cyoti raiding the rubbish bins . last winter i watched a couple of cyotis having a bust up with a n east canadian wolf in the snow . if you just type in LIVE WINNIPEG WEBCAMS ON GOOGLE AND CLICK ON TOP SIGHT , BUT THERES 1000 S OUT THERE , ALL THE BEST LEGRITTER

certainly looking more interesting from mid week onwards . im tied up looking after older relative at the moment so cant spend too much time on computer , any how , a change looks on the cards , hope it takes us into winter , regards legritter .

just had a look again at johnholmes charts etc , yes todays generall patern was well forecast , cheers

i do apologise if im off topic , but just been up garden for my hourly fag . feels cold , a nice bright jupiter , ok its high pressure and the source is continental , but my question is , 10/15 days ago what was the predicted chart for about now ,im having problems with my old slow computer plus memory on computer is so slow , and if i push it it closes down .im hoping todays continental feed was not forecast back 10/15 days ago ,if this is the case we can look foreward with the hope that winter could be not fat away ,. regards legritter .

just would like to say a thank you to johnholmes for his input . im still working on my weather charts and R M Sc historical records to find out if theres any pointers to this winter , going by mild sep /oct nov , but as i said , there must be thousands of possible scenorios , this morning was a fresh one , a present from the continent . cant wait for tonights runs ,heres fingers crossed , regards legritter .

let the bartlet , plume . better a bartlet now than say dec or january ,lets all take a deep breath and say , we have got back to the winters of old , it can happen again this year , i think we just need to be patient . lets hope this winter throws up some good frontal events . as i said on my other post 12/14 weaks of possibilities , and even a couple of extra weeks for luck , lets hope we all get our wish ,. regards legritter

just had wisdom tooth out , just got back from dentist and decided to cheer myself up , had a quick look at charts 10 / 15 days out ,looking like its going too be hard to predict late november . some good cold coming for those moscovians , and also some canadian territories , lets hope some good cold gets bottled up , and we can tap into some . im currently studying some old charts from my library , looking at mild sep/ oct and nov to see what followed , not guaranteed to give us a clue but i will post if i think interesting , its going to be a painfull modell watch this winter i think, especially after last decembers dream synoptics , perhaps ecm is taking us towards something , next couple of days could tell . atleast we have 12/14 weeks to dream and hopefully get our wishes granted , cheers legritter

thanks LIAM J , I AM GOING TO HAVE A GOOD LOOK AT THOSE CHARTS .

HOPE I AM REPLYING RIGHT , THANK YOU paceyboy for that information , regards legritter ,.

its FAR too early for anyone to get down and prozack feeling . hang on in there , the magical SNOW , STREAMERS , RUNNERS , SUB ZERO TEMP ,DREAM SYNOPTICS , WEATHER WARNINGS , LAMP POST WATCHING ,, STICKING YOURE HAND OUT THE BACK DOOR , WITH YOURE EYES CLOSED TO FEEL A SNOW FLAKE FALLING , WATCHING THE RADAR ,ETC ETC WILL SOON BE WITH US , .MOTHER NATURE IS CURRENTLY WORKING WAY UP IN THE ATMOSPHERE WITH THE HELP OF THAT HUGE STAR , WHEN WE GET MORE DATA ON THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE IM SURE THAT WITH EVEN MORE ADVANCED COMPUTERS AND SCIENCE WE WILL BE ALOT NEARER TO ACCURATE LONG RANGE FORECASTS ,,BUT WILL WE LIKE WHAT THEY FORECAST . HOW SAD IS IT FOR A YOUNG TEENAGER TO STAY UP TILL MIDNIGHT 33 .TO LISTEN TO THE WEATHER AND SHIPPING FORECAST ,WE HAD NO TELLY , THANK GOD I GOT INTO COMPUTERS 2 YRS AGO ,THERE ,S BEEN SOME GOOD WEATHER EVENTS IN THE NORTHERN HEM RECENTLY IM SURE OUR TURN WILL COME , I SPENT THE 9/22 OCT TOURING SCOTLAND WITH MY WIFE ,WE HAD A REAL MIXTURE OF WEATHER, ONE DAY LOOKING OVER TO SKY ,YOU COULD HAVE THOUGHT YOU WERE IN GREECE ,VERY WARM BLUE SKY MAGICAL ,THE FOLLOWING DAY ON SKY ,TYPICAL AUTUMN . 5DAYS LATER TRAVELLING FROM THURSO TO PERTH WE TRAVELLED THROUGH WET SNOW ,BUT THEN RAIN AS WE DROPPED ALTITUDE / CAR NOT PLANE ,IM PRETTY CONFIDENT OF SOME COLD SHOTS THIS WINTER ,.COULD SOMEONE HELP ME OUT , MY COMPUTER IS OLD AND SLOW AND I KEEP LOSING DATA ,COULD YOU TELL ME THE SITE I THINK ITS GERMAN OR FRENCH THAT SHOWS OLD CHARTS GOING BACK YONKS CHEERS FELLOW MEMBERS ,

evening all , just been sat outdoors admiring the moon and venus , im testing a battery operated temp gadget i was bought 10 yrs ago , which sends a sig to the house . temp about 12 c , if calibrated right , i would say wind about east , or slightly e/ se , very light .iv been doing some gardening today , must of cut off loads of rosebuds , they can drain a plant this time of year . lets hope we all get our wishes this winter / cheers legritter . its legritter again , i said in my previouse post that i watched the moon and venus tonight ,, i meant moon and JUPITER im of to get my binoculars , cheers ,.

i expect that most of us are hoping for at least 5 weeks of dream charts this winter . at the moment im trying to stay focused on the good pointers . a gut feeling of something of worth this winter . what do i base my instincs on . firstly , many parts of south and other locations low on rainfall , could this be the winter of low pressure running across the south with fronts being squeezed dry . ok the last 3 winters have seen good snowfall for many but not all , look back in history , many good uns come in packs ,with atleast one with a good old high over scandy and lows a plenty over or to our south . although its been mild lately , none of those raging sw winds ,mild wet and v windy , theres a high close by im sure given time ,it will go north for its winter holiday .take a look around the northern hemisphere weather sites , some good cold starting to show up , als night sky a good ink black , when clear , i will also state that i think the met office are a level headed ,trustworthy , and very professional body . i had the great pleasure to be invited to the forecast office in bristol for 4 days in feb 1978 , the amount of dedicated work in trying to forecast a mayor snowstorm which dumped 30cms where i lived . plus blizzards .chart after chart ., phne call after phone call , contacting organisations , etc .i hope all our fellow members on NET WEATHER HAVE A GOOD WINTER / WHAT EVER YOU DREAM FOR THIS WINTER . CHEERS LEGRITTER / FROM A COLD FOGGY DRIZZLY WINSCOMBE , .

i love it when we get a good halo in the winter during a good cold spell . i remember back in 81 / 82 we had a low coming in of the atlantic , it finished up moving east to our south / a cracking snowfall followed in somerset. the halo was very pronounced the night before , as the high level cloud arrived . lets hope its a winter of halo s, lunar and solar . cant wait for some action to start ,the weather and /FELLOW NET MEMBERS /CHEERS LETS HOPE WE ALL GET OUR FAVOURITE WEATHER , AT SOME STAGE THIS WINTER .