Summer Sun

Could you see our footballers playing in this?! http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/american-football/25292683

Remember guys there is 11 weeks and 5 days of winter left yet there is still bags of time for something colder to develop remember also remember December is the mildest winter month of the 3

UKMO 12z is out more unsettled for the far west driest the further east you are GFS at the same time

The lack of comments on the GFS 12z is of no surprise given that high pressure is pretty much dominating for the vast majority of us only Scotland looks prone to high rainfall totals over the next few weeks

BBC weather for the week ahead video with Stav Danaos

The problem is after the cold snowy conditions since winter 2009 - 10 (with the exception of 2011 - 12 which only had one major snow event for most and finished above average) peoples exceptions of winter has increased significantly if this was the late 90's or early 2000's people would be expecting it

The Darlo rain shield is working its magic again today rain coming down from the NW as soon as it gets close its fizzling out

Becoming milder More rain later Rain and wind later after a drier start http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?LANG=en&MENU=weekahead&DAY=20131208

A few flakes fell on Friday night and I mean a few it was like a blink and you'll miss it fall

A storm system that has spread snow, sleet and freezing rain across the country's midsection is heading to the Eastern seaboard. Temperatures have plunged to -29C in parts of the US as a deadly cold snap continued to grip much of the country. Montana and South Dakota saw -29C during the day on Saturday while much of the Midwest was hit by temperatures around -17C to -7C. Wind chill readings could drop as low as -46C in northwestern Minnesota, weather officials said. So far, one person has died in North Texas after a pick-up truck went off of an icy bridge while four people have died of hypothermia in the San Francisco Bay area of California. Half-a-dozen traffic-related deaths due to the weather were recorded in various states. Icy conditions were expected to last through the weekend from Texas to Ohio to Tennessee, and Virginia officials warned residents of a major ice storm likely to take shape on Sunday, resulting in power outages and hazardous road conditions. Weather forecasters said the powerful weather system has Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic states in its icy sights next. Treacherous sections of Interstate 35 north of Dallas were closed for hours at a time as tractor-trailers had trouble climbing hills, wrecks occurred and vehicles stalled, authorities said. Some 400 departing flights from Dallas, Fort Worth International Airport were cancelled on Saturday morning, the airport said. About 3,330 passengers stayed overnight in the terminals. "The weather, it's going to hold until probably after the weekend so I'm thinking I'm just going to hunker down," said Blaine Houserman, a stranded passenger. More than 100,000 customers in the Dallas area were without power on Saturday, with about 7,000 in Oklahoma and thousands more in other states. The weather forced the cancellation of countless events, including Sunday's Dallas Marathon, which was expected to draw 25,000 runners, and the St. Jude Marathon in Memphis, expected to include 20,000. http://news.sky.com/story/1179420/ice-storm-temperatures-drop-to-29c-in-us

I think you've got the wrong one there Stew should going into Jan

The storm on Thursday has caused more damage to Glencoe Damage report Currently not as bad as the previous major storm but the recently replaced roof on the building at the bottom of the Cliffy has again been ripped of and both the Poma and the Cliffy have been derailed. Staff are currently assessing the damage. They also don't have enough snow to open the runs Snow Report While there are substantial gains of snow in some places other areas of the mountain are completely windscoured and with milder temperatures forecast for the weekend we still do not have enough snow to open for skiing. http://hosted-p0.vresp.com/578510/8c3fba9064/ARCHIVE The only webcam updating currently is the one at the entrance (1200ft)

Up-to 6.3c now to the 7th 1.2c above the 61 to 90 average

mild and breezy today currently 10.9c overnight lows tonight not expected to fall much below 10c

BBC weather for the week ahead Mild Mostly dry Breezy Video to follow later

Dry for mostCold to northIssued: 0530hrs Sunday 8th December 2013 Duty forecaster: Simon Keeling Dry for much of central and southern Europe, colder to the north Sunday Continued cold across much of Europe and will be quite windy across Britain through the Low Countries into northern Germany. Mainly dry across England and much of France, Belgium and Belgium today. There is a risk of heavy snow across Norway and northern Sweden. Heavy rain and freezing rain into southern Sweden and outbreaks of rain are expected across Denmark into northern half of Germany. Mainly dry across southern Germany and across the Alps into Austria, the Czech Republic and across much of the Balkans and the Adriatic region. Expect a mix of rain and snow across western parts of Poland with eastern Poland dry. Cold but dry across Finland. Outbreaks of snow expected across Russia, the Baltic States into Belarus and the northern part of the Ukraine where it will be quite heavy. Lots of heavy rain and snow showers across the Black Sea into northern parts of Turkey with outbreaks of rain and snow expected across eastern Turkey. Dry across Greece and across into Italy with a few showers around Corsica and Sardinia. Rather chilly but it continues dry and mostly sunny across Portugal and Spain. Monday A large area of high pressure brings a dry and fine day to Spain and Portugal. Lots of sunshine and dry weather. Fair through the Balearics with more sunshine. Staying fair for Italy, but some fog in the north. Dry and sunny again in Greece and Turkey. Fog affecting much of France, this slowly clearing. Further fog in the Low Countries, but this clearing to sunny spells. Breezy with cloud and some outbreaks for rain northern parts of Germany. Southern Germany will be dry as will be Switzerland, Austria and Hungary. Dry for Finland and chilly too. Cool and dry in the Baltic States. Cloud and some outbreaks of rain in western Norway and Denmark, turning to sleet and some snow in eastern Poland. http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-app/reports?MENU=EuropeanSummary

It didn't take ECM long to drop the deep low over Scotland on yesterdays 12z run A quick look at ECM's ensemble shows only Scotland and Ireland look prone to any rain over the next 9 days or so

Very little change from the ECM ensemble again tonight with south westerly winds dominating from Monday and lasting a long time Monday Tuesday 17th (t240) Other than parts of Scotland there will be very little rain around the only potential problem for the rest of us fog

ECM isn't looking as unsettled as UKMO later next week the only place prone to any rain really is Scotland and even here it won't be much T216 shows something slightly cooler pushing in to the west Nasty low to end ECM's run over Scotland with another one lining up behind it

GFS 12z has all of the UK above average till the 15th Anomaly Expected temperatures

UKMO looking a bit more unsettled later next week especially in the further north west

8.8c now significantly milder than yesterday and it looks like staying for the foreseeable future according to BBC weather a short time ago

Monster storm tides destroy home of family raising cash for sea defences http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/354583/Monster-storm-tides-destroy-home-of-family-raising-cash-for-sea-defences

GFS 06z has all of Scotland, The Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and some western parts 3c above average till the 15th remarkable for the time of year

I wasn't around in 87 so I can't comment on that one