Big Rain

Surely everyone can express an opinion on a forum whether for or against teleconnections? As a long-time lurker I find the above post unnecessarily inflammatory. Teleconnections are often quoted on here and appear to be very often of no use to our small island in certain setups...there's also a huge lack of commentary on what controls/drives these teleconnections from certain posters...hats off to those who try and predict > 7-10 days out and who understand the drivers not just the measure of what a modelled activity may or may not equate to in terms of the weather in the UK. Do we really think convection on the other side of the world is that important? Our geographical position ultimately results in tiny features having a big impact and until a wedge/shortwave can be accurately forecasted more than a few days out there's no chance to accurately forecast mid-long term for the UK (which is what the vast majority of us are interested in - not the long wave pattern).

Scraping ice off the car here in aberdeen this morning!

Pretty toasty 21 just now

Fingers crossed, hopefully less of a south easterly this time - less modification up here - and ssts slightly lower than the last cold spell. Surely ! But still expecting to be doing this -

Snow/hail showers in Aberdeen. Much more enjoyable than an easterly - a diurnal range, sun in between the showers and the showers are fairly wild

Not really true is it?

Thundersnow in Aberdeen