SnowObsessor90

The models have only really trended one way today unfortunately, looks like WIB could well have called this right, it just seems like we're going through a phase where proper sustained cold spells are hard to come by at the minute, hopefully it doesn't take too long for us to come out of it.

Can't wait until we have all of the model drama again next month before it downgrades into a non-event like this one turned out to be.

From what I can gather this could well turn out to be the last chance saloon, really hope that the stuff that some of us had on Boxing Day doesn't turn out to be our lot for the season.

My fellow coldies needn't worry too much, I recently booked a trip away to a certain cold and snowy place which is almost certain to backfire on me at some point, in fact it wouldn't surprise me if it happened as soon as Christmas.

The whole 'waxing and waning' thing has been mentioned several times by the more knowledgeable amongst us, time will tell....

From what I can see if there is going to be any sort of "change" then it's going to be of milder variety rather than other way around, hope not as a repeat of Christmas 2011 certainly would not be welcome not to mention to the knock on effect it'll most probably have for the best part of January if we get to that stage.

Can't help but wonder whether there's perhaps been any unexpected developments hence the current output with a seemingly unwavering Polar Vortex, that said it's still very early days.

To be honest the current output as is as bad as I've seen, perhaps that trip to Lapland I was thinking about isn't completely out of the question.

The Ian Brown lites seem to have an extra sense of empowerment and smugness after how last Winter turned out, hope something comes along in December to shut them up for a bit.

Chiono and others always said that this initial wave activity wasn't likely to be benfecial for the UK at this early juncture with first real shot at cold potentially coming later on in December so if you a want straw to clutch then there's that, you can't help but get the feeling that this is deja vu all over again though

If it's just a stalemate that eventually ends with it winning anyway then yes!

Personally I'm not the biggest fan of these 'holding patterns', sometimes they can lead to cold but quite often they only serve to delay the inevitable, if it's the latter which is probably still the most likely on balance then I'd much rather see the Atlantic just roll through unapossed.

Well it looks like the 18z has indeed had a few tonight despite initial suggestions that it was sober

I have to say the temptation to book a pre Christmas wintry holiday is becoming all the more stronger at the minute, as for being patient well I'm just not sure whether it's worth taking a chance on things eventually working themselves out after the farce that was last year.

It's good to see that the 18z Parallel is starting to pick up the mantle from it's predecessor