DJ Fart

Correct, correct aaaaaaand correct!

Please can people refrain from the IMBYism nature of some posts, not to mention the crazy knee-jerking to every individual run, it makes things really tiresome. A lot of the stuff this morning is better suited to the regionals - the ignore user function is great, I cannot recommend it enough for your own sanity! Just found that you can also ignore 'mentions' which helps even more. So many knowledgeable people on here who contribute so much in helping novices like me understand, only to have to wade through "winter is over" or "looking good for my area!" stuff. The irony of this not being model related isn't lost on me, but it's just a plea to think before you post to some. Cheers!

That or #4, please!

Anyone know what the skiing is like in Norway?

Norway is he going skiing, man! Ha ha! You beat me to this. Think he's excited.

There are reasons why the ignore function is your friend on here. Makes a much better experience when you curate it to how you want.

I was called a wind up merchant on here for daring to suggest that the cold air will be swept aside easily. Oh look!

You don't even need to read the Mod thread to know what the models are showing; just look at how many people are presently viewing. If it's near 100, game on. If it's near 30, it's the usual suspects arguing among themselves!

The writing does appear to be on the wall for a cold Christmas, going by tonight's output. Not sure what he's said that's wrong?

Not saying it isn't, mate. The reality for those of us a little bit older is that this isn't, yet, a particularly big deal. It's great to have snow laying about; I was in London on Sunday night with my family enjoying the Christmas markets and it was lovely having snow falling. But that doesn't detract from the fact that it isn't, yet, that big a deal. Cold, yes. Notable, maybe. Roll on January and February and maybe we'll get something more pronounced in.

Oh right, sorry Dan, didn't realise the meteorological world starts and stops in your part of the world. However, luckily for me you ended your comment with PERIOD so I consider myself told!

Ha ha! Very true!

"Once the cold air is in place, it's very hard to shift!" A week of frosty nights then back to 13 degrees next week!

One lousy cm here just north of Colchester! Think it's time for bed. Can hear melt water pouring off the trees outside my front door.

Just as I posted that the flakes went nuts!!

Really pleased for everyone that got snow tonight, but absolutely gutted to be so near yet so far up here in North Essex. Only a dusting for us. Been in London with the family all day and it was white all the way back on the train, even as far as Marks Tey. Get to Colchester and nothing! Three disappointed children (and one adult!) Sleety mix here.

Looking good for Sunday evening. Dare I say that these things tend to get blown up nearer the time??

This.

I muted a load of the worst ones. All the "as I said back in August" type posts as well...

Not for us, sadly, Mr Blessed.

It's awful isn't it? Getting absolutely sick of BOOOOOM charts in the mod thread which are always 8 days away. All that about Getting The Cold In etc is fine but pointless without the precipitation to go with it. If it isn't going to snow I'd genuinely rather have record breaking mild. If we can't get snow from these setups I think I'll stop bothering looking!

Looks to be heading the north of France to me...which I'm sure isn't a bad thing for those in the south.

Of course it is. Every day there have been eye candy charts knocked out by the models but never getting any nearer, constantly at +168. "Get the cold in first!!". Well, the cold is in and set to stay...now just got to be patient, but it's so frustrating to be looking at the best synoptics for years, and we still struggle to get anything meaningfully snowy from it.

Well, if nothing else, everyone's favourite adage will be getting a proper test over the next couple of weeks! Plenty of cold getting locked in! My concern is that any snow at all just keeps staying tantalisingly out of range of the reliable.

We WERE never off!