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The snow is just below the arctic circle and has some mountains west of it. will be interesting to see if it gets snuffed out or makes it here!

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i think we are still in this cycle so i personally think this winter could produce a good snowy spell . last winter the azores high was on one ,perhaps this winter could be opposite .and dont forget although we had a severe december the year before last we have not had a long cold snowy winter for quite a while .so bring on the snow ,its certainly the magical ingredient ,perhaps it is a HARSH WINTER COMING ,cheers legritter

'we have not had a long cold snowy winter for quite a while' A valid point I think.

If we are still in the cold cycle maybe we are over due for a winter 1947 1963 style as they were a very long time ago. The last three posters have been talking a lot of sense cheers!

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Love this thread; specifically the anticipation / expectation it brings of a cold UK Winter.

Sun is very quiet at the moment; interesting article published this week in the AGU correlating low solar activity and cold European winters:

http://www.agu.org/n...2/2012-39.shtml

Another similar article published by the NewScientist back in 2004 correlating low sunspot activity and the price of cerials:

http://www.newscient.../article/dn6680

To me its loading the dice towards a cold winter would be surprised but not shocked if its a warm one. Any one got any other clues showing up regarding our decent towards a cold winter, maybe too early to guess?

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http://www.snsk.no/l....145587.no.html

AND here !!

they do super luxury 1080p snow out there , wish the uk had a week of this http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkd6aXHgo_4&feature=related

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Back on topic! Is that snow I see in Northern Scandi/Finland?

YEEEESSSS! Sorry I mean yes

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We would still have predominantly westerly winds if the gulf stream did shut down, which is not happening anyway! Our climate would not be to different. But that's not fun, or related! The Climate and Science section is handy for that debate

And the winter starts here, on this little archipelago at 82N, deeply in the arctic circle. Svalbard has had it's first covering of the cold winter to come.

Today's snow and ice offering. Them white dots are beginning to accumulate now...

nice cam picture I.F. its up the hill from longyearbyen at 79N http://www.alltravel...servatory-15722 looks like snow has coved the lens at the present time! (snow ramp alert!) keep those white dots coming... not sure if it can be winter when the sun has not set at midnight?! but having said that it will be set by 14.30 by the middle of october. according to my astronomy program. I guess by losing 10 minutes of sunlight a day its going to look like winter soon.

more cool snow cams link http://www.alltravel.../webcams-265614

any guess I.F. how long before we can start looking more south than this for a taste of the coming snow (days or weeks?)

getlatlon.com shows me the south of Svalbard is at 76.6N and top of Norway is at 71deg

The thing I like about longyearbyen is that its a town or a very small city and at sealevel rather than a snowy wasteland say on a hilly bit of siberia so it makes the snow feel closer to home. ok I'm snow talked out so heres to a warm late summer and autumn!

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I think its the nearest low level snow to us at the mo being about 400 miles north of the top of Norway, I was a bit hopeful that it would be white down to the sea level but we will have to wait a week or two for that.....then the wait for low level northern Norway perhaps. Chuffed my snow ramp is working ; )

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its getting there

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Yep! You linked that last year, and I would advise all snow lovers to keep that a bookmark. Nice one TONA!

My next post will be an experiment.

http://www.yr.no/pla...d/Longyearbyen/ shows snow turning up on the webcam mentioned previously www.snsk.no/longyearbyen.145587.en.html and has three others at the bottom of the web page.

.....so later this evening maybe an early snow show treat for some

I could not get netweather to show me later todays forecast only tommorow (gave an error message) so giving the yr.no weather link .

Other people may be able to show another forecast. svalbard is one hour ahead of us.

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Thanks for the tip skyblusam ,still learning the web site , fired up a google search super quick when the thunder and lightning kicked off.

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nice end to the thunder and rain

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http://www.blitzortung.org/Webpages/index.php?lang=en&subpage_0=12

I guess I'm in the line of fire!

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almost uninterrupted thunder here at the mo, and nice show of lightning

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.....plus some red or purple arrows or dots may be added to keep a balance if snowy but record warm!

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hi fellow winter watchers

I enjoy watching the white pixels grow over the weeks and months do you think some blue/black dots for any winter record cold temps would look good and bring smiles to faces

http://coolwx.com/record/

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don't be rude or I'll be forced to make a grim face at you! ><

hi fellow winter watchers

I enjoy watching the white pixels grow over the weeks and months do you think some blue/black dots for any winter record cold temps would look good and bring smiles to faces

http://coolwx.com/record/

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Morning guys!

Check out this little bad boy!!!

Yesterday...................

Today!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Winter really is coming back!

wow looks like its a harshwintercoming!