[Model Banter, Moans and Ramps Autumn/Winter 2014/15.]

here we go again, eye candy shown at T300

[Model Banter, Moans and Ramps Autumn/Winter 2014/15.]

i don't mean cold snowy charts i mean charts with  deep lows over the UK for later next week, but even though im a mere novice im not surprised its been replaced by high pressure i've seen it happen time and time again, the GFS is still showing low pressure but it will probably follow the ecm

[Model Banter, Moans and Ramps Autumn/Winter 2014/15.]

After tomorrow predicted deluge (with metoffice warning for flooding already). We certainly do not need more rain.

it was supposed to rain all afternoon and evening here but it has been dry with a bit of sunshine and its still dry now, the forecasts are wrong at T0 so i have no idea why i bother to look at T240 charts

 

disagree fully, agree with Scott, if i had a choice, i would pick 13C and dry all winter by miles over 5-6C and relentless rain

that is tedious to the extreme, mild and dry in winter is far worse than it being chilly windy and wet, of course i wouldn't want it to rain all the time and i know some people don't want lots of rain as they get affected by floods, but i live no where near a river so lots of rain doesn't bother me, i'd love some high pressure if it brings chilly/cold days with frost at night but even that is too hard to achieve atm, as i said im fed up of these cloudy dry days with temps at about 10c, and yet again the models have downgraded good charts for yet more bland high pressure which will just bring average to above temps with no frost and probably not much sun either

[Model Banter, Moans and Ramps Autumn/Winter 2014/15.]

ECM is boring in FI i hope it doesn't come off, i'd rather have rain and gales than bland boring high pressure with temps of 8-12c

[Have you turned your heating on yet ?]

It's been around 7c and raining off and on all day. Grey, misty, quite dark all day - anyone else think November is the worst month of the year?

Flicked heating on at 3 o'clock this afternoon.

it's been great, we've had 8-9 months of mild, warm, humid, bland boring weather, it's about time we saw some chilly wet days, i see the general public are already moaning about "how long this bad weather has been going on for" though

[Model Banter, Moans and Ramps Autumn/Winter 2014/15.]

I don't think i can stand the excitement of winter weather in this country.  Oh hold on, there is no excitement in the UK winter weather, it's just atlantic, atlantic, atlantic.

even though we think the weather in this country sucks, it's far worse to have in interest in the weather if you lived in spain or Portugal unless you live on high ground of course

 

as for the models im not in any rush to sit here and watch them when they start trickling out just yet hoping to see a beasterly in FI unless i have nothing better to do 

[Autumn 2014 - Forecasts, thoughts & predictions...]

although it is 20c here its a completely different feeling to how 20c feels in mid summer this is far more pleasant for me

[Model Banter, Moans and Ramps Autumn/Winter 2014/15.]

I meet alot of people, very few like snow and cold. This weather is being enjoyed by all i meet. Family, freinds, customers, fellow detectorists, gardeners/outdoor workers.

I was astounded to discover on weather forums the liking to fever level, cold. I still dont understand it.

why are you shocked that people like cold weather and snow on a weather forum? cold and snow is very rare in this country so its understandable people want to see something different to the norm, warmth and sun isn't rare in this country contrary to popular belief we've had weather like today since march, i used to love hot weather but for some reason i can't cope with hot weather any more, but i still like sunshine and warmth in spring and summer even though i prefer rain and cool temps in summer more, why do you hate snow so much?

 

sorry for being off topic please move posts to relevant thread they shouldn't be deleted 

[Model Banter, Moans and Ramps Autumn/Winter 2014/15.]

Anyway i fail to understand why some are moaning that its not very cool yet. The usual suspects would be moaning if it was average, theyd still want it colder.

Be alittle more patient, it WILL get colder soon.

yeah of course you wouldn't moan if we hadn't had a warm spell by late april and temps were still in single figures? 

 

you have to remember that average in November is still not cold enough so people would want it colder than average, but average temps in may are fine as long as the sun is out

[Model Banter, Moans and Ramps Autumn/Winter 2014/15.]

it might be far worse than last year it could be milder and drier this winter, imagine it being between 7c to 15c every day in winter,

 

although it is still only october im beginning to get annoyed now i want to see some chilly/cold weather in November but there is no sign of any cold synoptics on the models

 

it's 19c right now which is about 7c above average, we certainly won't see temps 7c below average in late april, yet people moan about how this country is cold/cool for most of the year, it's the biggest myth in history

[The changing daylight hours thread]

I'd argue many notice it long before the clock move. In December it is dark at 4pm - a clear hour before work ends. By late Feb its light on leaving work at 5pm. Very noticeable and 'at last' the truth!

open the blinds at work and you'll still have almost all day to see daylight

 

personally i don't know why people moan about darkness so much, people call you a wimp if you moan about cold weather or hot weather but for some reason its normal to hate darkness, feeling cold or feeling hot is a far worse feeling physically than seeing a bit of darkness in the evenings which is more of a mental feeling

[The changing daylight hours thread]

their latitude is a lot further south than us and they still put their clocks back, do they complain about the clocks going back every year like we do

[The changing daylight hours thread]

to do what? sit in the beer garden, cut the grass, go to the beach? i do agree the clocks should go forward in early march though

[The changing daylight hours thread]

how long would you survive for without seeing natural light?

[The changing daylight hours thread]

At last!   It certainly adds a seasonal feel to things once the clocks go back.

depends how early you have to get up, it will be getting light at 6:30am tomorrow morning here

[Have you turned your heating on yet ?]

yet people mock footballers for wearing gloves when they actually have to go out in the cold

[Model Banter, Moans and Ramps Autumn/Winter 2014/15.]

oh no, a mild October was followed by a mild winter, so that means every mild October a mild winter will follow. Yep, we do get stupid posts like this every year.

as this is the UK there is far more reason to be pessimistic than positive about a cold winter, whilst things can change very quickly i would not be betting on a cold winter, so you can be blindly positive if you like but i won't be until i see cold and snowy synoptics on the charts at T120-T144 and even then things can go badly wrong, if i was living in russia and it was 20c now i wouldn't be moaning as it most certainly will get cold and snowy there in winter at some point

[Sun Strength at this Time of Year]

the sun is stronger in the USA but they still get plenty of snow in winter

[Model Banter, Moans and Ramps Autumn/Winter 2014/15.]

oh no, It's mild in october so that means winter will be mild!

yeah and it was mild last october and we all know what winter was like, every year we get stupid posts like this, there's no point being positive till we actually see some cold and snowy charts appearing in the models

[Model Banter, Moans and Ramps Autumn/Winter 2014/15.]

i love stats they soon end any argument, it seems like the models have downgraded that brief northerly, so its another case of "here we go again" already

[Model Banter, Moans and Ramps Autumn/Winter 2014/15.]

yes today was a proper autumnal day although it was 13c here it felt much colder due to the wind and rain, i hope the GFS is correct as it shows a brief northerly next week at least it will feel seasonal

[Model Banter, Moans and Ramps Autumn/Winter 2014/15.]

just looks like yet more bland, tedious high pressure to me with either average or above average temps, can't we at least have 9c 10c by day and slight frosts by night, probably have to wait till late november for that

[The changing daylight hours thread]

spot on lazerguy, the reality is the clocks probably don't even need to go back yet really as it still gets light early enough tbh, though not in scotland and ireland i suppose, but im glad they are going back this weekend anyway

 

plus people always say it gets dark early now, since when is 5pm early? no one would say you got up early if you got out of bed at 12pm would they

[Wales, the Midlands & South West England Weather Discussion]

and the wrong country

[Early winter hopes and chat]

I really hope this winter turns out to be colder than average with plenty of snowfall! I'd like to see the odd Atlantic storm being a severe weather fan though, love some wild weather over winter! Storm force winds and snow anyone?

 

As the old saying goes, expect nothing and you'll never be disappointed... 

i'd expect nothing if i lived in plymouth or the scilly isles