Well a fitting end to a disappointing spell for the region I guess, one final tease before cruelly being snatched away at the last moment.
Something that has seemed very consistent over the past week has been the real difficulty in developing or sustaining convection in the circled area.
I'd love to know what the exact cause has been, could we have just been extremely unlucky with the wind direction (despite seemingly trying all of them at one point or another), has this area consistently been an area of divergence, or perhaps the sea temperature has played a part?
I don't remember this being a particular problem in other cold spells and hopefully it won't be in the future!