GoonerGregg77

Stick to what the models are actually saying on here because it's these models that tell the weather forecasters (Paid forecasters) what's about too happen.

Do you seriously think the Beeb forecast you just saw will be a pinpoint forecast that will happen next week? Honestly? Give it a couple of hours, watch news24, and it will change to something different I can assure, and you may become further confused. The BBC feed off the UKMO, you probably know that, and yes, there is across the board agreement that next week's cold and snow will be much less than hyped, but as for believing a short forecast today for next week....well it won't be that way. There will be showers around, thus not gonna be completely dry.

If I was to make a league table from the areas I think that will do well out this cold snap (Snow wise), it would be like this. 1. North Eastern England (Jackpot!) 2. East Anglia inc. Suffolk 3. North Eastern Scotland 4. Kent 5. London & the SE 6. East Midlands The rest of the country can enjoy or have to endure cold and frosty weather conditions, whilst the table above spells out where I think from the top too bottom who will get the best out of anything snowy.

Things are looking a lot better now, thank god! MOD thread will be a better place a little. Although apart from the eastern side of the UK getting snow potential, it's just cold and dry elsewhere for the moment....Ooops.

I say bin the bloody lot of all these confusing and conflicting runs. Let's reboot, and start again shall we, starting with.......Errrrr, I don't know! hahahaha! I think the models are really struggling, and eventually the real thing will come out (ie, the snow!) and some dream charts will start to appear. I can feel it coming good again......AMAZINGLY!

I hope the Arsenal do something positive tomorrow now! I need my Gunners to cheer me bloody up! Come on ECM, throw a spanner in the works for us and get a blinding trend going again!

Just been listening to LBC in the car, and it mentioned 'The Beast from the East' and lots of snow from Monday onwards. Blimey, it's getting about......

As far as I'm concerned, the *Hinted* breakdown is in FI. IF there was snowmaggedon forecast for next weekend, it would be downgraded, so there is every chance the *possible* breakdown will in fact be pushed back, and the block gets upgraded, who knows??? I do think from the SW there will be some sort of breakdown/battle scenario, but I do think it's the NE of England Scotland that will do the best out of next week in a BIG way. The Atlantic will prevail, but in the meantime, were looking at a week of very cold conditions, and the very *REAL* threat of some significant snow. A failed easterly is not the end of the world. There is a chance this can still turn around.

Plain old rain here in dagenham....roll on next week!

Plenty of time for upgrades people. The models have chopped and changed for over 2 weeks now, not going to change. From what I can see, the jet is going to be throwing a lot of energy through next week from the North-North East. There is across the board agreement on that. As regards to the Atlantic bulldozing across us, I can't see it apart from the odd *Close* excursion. If and and when this may happen, it will produce a battleground scenario come the next weekend I'd suspect. The air associated next week is as I have said already, it's going to be very frigid cold air, and the North Sea is relatively warm. This screams potential for big snowfalls for certain lucky areas. We have it seems been delayed in the form of a *Beast from the East*, BUT, we will still have a NNE tilt to the air from which it is coming from for most of next week (With Snow), and it's freeezing where it is coming from. I totally understand people's worry, people's frustration, because we have been dealt some beauty charts over the last few days, but honestly, we can not expect them to be bang on right! Our weather, our patterns, trends etc will change a lot because this is Britain, an Island between a massive piece of land to our east called mainland Europe and the deep blue sea in the Atlantic out in the west. I see a Easterly maybe developing for a short period, against the jet mind for a few days after the end of next week, and it will bring a lot of very cold and snowy weather before some calm, and again very cold weather starts to make inroads bringing hard frosts, and potential ice days in the lead up to Xmas. Sounds good to me anyway.

While cold, very cold air slides it's way across Eastern England early next week, yes we may end up with a narrow northerly with a slight NNE slant, but this is still a great scenario for us. The cold air will be frigid, and with a relatively warm north sea, we will end up with showers of snow, and longer spells at that in a gentle breeze that will feel perishing for our little Island. Lots want the easterly of all easterlies, but if we can just have patience, I am very confident personally a easterly will evolve and we get what we want. ANYTHING from the east will do! The air mass there is going to be so, so cold, it will do! I personally believe NE Scotland, NE England E Anglia will do very well out of this, also Kent and eastern parts of Suffolk, Essex etc. I know getting specific is dangerous and can cause disruption litterally to this forum, it's my belief, and can be taken with a very tiny pinch of salt. We need to get real anyway, were heading for a very cold spell, and the threat of snow! Which is just brilliant this early.

Light Rain in Dagenham - Next week is what it's all about!!!

Should have towel icon option on some of these posts. People are throwing it in already, and if were not careful some the excellent posters on here who we have to credit a lot for there input may just start to stray away for some sanity!

Come next week, we'll be opening our fridges to keep our hands warm! Brrrrrrrrr I was very excited by the ECM yesterday as everyone of the 2000+ members and guests were, but you just knew things would downgrade, and for the record, not verify. But the scope from the heights of the ECM's charts, to what they are currently showing now, well, there very good still! Those charts were so extreme, even 50% of that potential would be more than acceptable. People worrying about a slack flow? N-NE, E, SE winds, anywhere from the east will be very cold, end of, and if there was precipiation, then it will be longer spells of. I'll be delighted. As regards to where snow will fall, forget about that for now, let's enjoy what's evolving in front of us and get the cold in place first, after all, look at it this way, I'd rather be seeing and hearing about real potentials and getting excited from it, rather than hearing about the possibilities of mild S Westerlies and rain! Things could be brain numbingly boring this early in the winter, but there far from it!

Models are downgraded, but didn't we expect this? Still room for more upgrades through the day. Yesterdays charts were so unreal, the only way was down I'm afraid from being so high. Still snowy charts for next week, still very cold also. A slack stagnant flow can bring longer spells of snow, although I do believe once this unfolds itself in terms of just what this cold spell will produce, the winds will be of note to bring us what we want and of course a biting wind chill. We must, must remember, how many weeks are we into winter? Unbelievable really.

I've been hiding in here in the hope the mod thread news would filter through good news, and phew!!! It's good news! Now I'm gonna join the fun in the mod thread and join over 1000 snow lovers!

Dreading the next set of runs, can see it a mile off! A HUGE comedown is on the cards. I so hope I'm wrong, because as we all know, things will be just unreal come the middle of next week!

I'm sorry, but there will be downgrades, got to be, because if by tomorrow these charts are the same, or better even, then my lordy, people can really believe. But, being a realist, you have to say, this is the highest of heights in terms of what you'd want from a easterly classic winter set up. I'm prepared for it, believe me I am, were used to it right! Come on, this can happen!!! Can it? Coz if this retreats, or becomes a complete and utter tease, then prozac would not be enough!

If this goes T*t's up now, I reckon we should all hold hands together and take some sleeping pills, and go gently! This is model PORN! Please, please, please verify! I don't think we could take another backtrack!

Remember that 'Let down' well, if indeed I am right from 2005, it was around that time anytime. From what I remember, didn't we have a slack easterly flow for a good few weeks, and ended up with endless dry days whilst countries like Germany was hammered with snow? I also remember a roof of a school caving in from it all! Was so dissapointing.

Model watching last night was another soap opera! Can't believe the last 2 weeks or so, been draining!

After all the stresses of the models the last week, I think it's time to chill........

I had to stop last night's model watching, it's so tiring! It's like listening to 3 bickering grown men for advice, the one friend who I rely on the most (ECM) is misguiding me, and the other is joining ranks (GFS) and misguiding me, and then I have a friend who I didn't quite trust as much telling what I wanted to hear (UKMO), but I just don't quite trust him on it - total confusion! Sending me mad!!!

Looks intense for them. Hope that part of the world is spared from disaster that these types of rains can easily cause.

Hmmmm Interesting..... http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/20257405