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To be honest it's almost always marginal in the south west, especially along the south of the region.Must be a nightmare for the met/beebs to forcast.

That's strange,forecast for Plymouth airport has flipped from rain and more rain to rain and sleet.you could take walk up to princetown, may be near white out conditions at times up there.

I remember that one well we had feet drifts on Plymouth hoe...... Those were the days

Just don't see the point in it.it's Gray and damp for 90% of the year down here.

No but the neighbour does .it was dieing after 2013 but the bloody things alive again.

All this talk of snow starved south is really anoying.we've had no snow in plym since 2010 and before then none for nearly twenty years.Londoners don't know the meaning.

Id take this mornings outputs, thé cold is still coming.

So no updates from fergie so far this evening.hopefully he's been called into a meeting to discuss a contingency plan. How to deal with the impending snowmagedon that's on way

It's when low pressure coming of the Atlantic hits cold air,has a fight with it then slides under and around.Turning ppn to snow.

. It really was quite something else last year I wonder what your friends in wi would of made of it all. As for the models I think they make there calculations on what the see at that time and due to outside influences (ie solar activity)the 12h chart on the 00z run is never the same as following 00h chart on the 12z.

Hi ba, from what I understand (still learning) the vortex cold air will flow south where there is least resistance forced from warming in the strat above. This makes trying to make a forecast based on a warming almost impossible.I think the met office have made big steps on trying to do this demonstrated in 2013 when they forecasted a change in December 2012. It does worry me that there is no mention of a pattern change in there medium range forcast but who now's what's being said behind closed doors. Anyway it's all a mile better than last year so lets hope there isn't any more horrors for people this christmas.

I think it was thrown in the bin for being over progressive, that's what it does.now it has seen the light halalua.

Well Well well We end up with a easterly!.not many of us seen that one coming but big kudos to those of you that did.I've got big scars from the December 2012 phantom easterly so I won't be getting to excited. We get sod all snow IMBY even in the best of setups,but I live in hope!.To be honest I'm happy with a sharp frost. Looking at the models my snow hackles would be getting very excited if I lived in the south east.But don't think they're gona be up to much where I am.

Hello don't normaly post on here but wanted to ask a question.it seems to me that the 6z and 18z charts seem to favour cold solutions more than 0z and 12z.is there a reason for this?. Cheers

I couldn't help but think of the theme tune too jaws when clicking through the ecm tonight.o well always tomorrow.

Does any body think the reports last week of this year being the hottest on record was a bit premiture? If it isn't I wonder if they will report it.

The Atlantic is dying a slow death.don't think we will go back to full blown zonel if we did we would get washed away.nature has a way of creating a equilibrium,some of you lot should try living on the south coast of devon.

Comon it ain't over yet,still pleanty to play for.

Hello Correct me if I'm wrong as I'm a bit of a newbie/learner. But shouldn't we be taking the models that have been inconsistent with a pinch of salt (aka ukmo).from what I've seen gem has lead the way on this.

Looks like there's a snow shield around plym again. To say I'm disappointed would be a understatement. Why o why o why do I do it to myself.

Does anybody now why plymouth is under a orange warning but there not forecasting a flake of snow grrrrrrrrrrr Bloody met office.

Thanks , it can be very frustrating BUT I think we may be in luck . I'm more excited about this than the new Audi a3 that I test drove yesterday .:/

While its cold anougth for snow there's allways a chance.met office are still forecasting ppn spreading in from the southwest next weekend.i still live in hope that models aren't seeing something yet .

Weather doesn't now what it wants to do. A few years back I played football and it belted down with snow but by half time it felt like spring. 2005 I think .

I was remarking on the original post,it wasn't directed at your amusement of the original post