stokepa31

Gotcha In my mind i shall call it the SSW champagne cork evolution. Just too much oomph to stop and linger a while. gotta love the power of nature. Really looking forward to the coming week and shall be grateful for whatever comes our way. Just goes to show how many ducks you need to get in a row for achieve the perfect coldie spell of weather.

sorry yes i meant east to west faster not east. DOH

Right, time to see what ive learned over the last few weeks of watching this develop. Ill make a statement below and you can tell me if im being overly simplistic with my thoughts. Going back a week we had charts that showed the greenland high in close proximity to out NW shores, indeed some were concerned that it was too close and would force the beast to track too far south with us missing the closest air. Over the last few days it would seem the GH has changed position and alignment allowing the beast to score a direct hit but at the same time progress westerly at a faster pace. This fast pace of travel may now lead to an easier ingress of low pressure warmer air into the south as the main thrust of cold air has accelerated through into the atlantic leaving a chink in the flank so to speak. That could be tosh but it will help me to get some feedback.

screaming Thames streamer that one. Im not convinced it will pile through quite so quickly but that can only be a good thing. Nasty little finger of doom. Right, im away camping for three days before the balloon goes up. Thanks to everyone who has made this week so exciting and for the excellent insights.

is this 00z ??

That looks superb. Nice widespread uppers. This run could be stonking

That really is the big picture in a nutshell. Im no longer watching the runs that closely until 72 hr range. Its coming and it will be good either way.

Its interesting looking at forecasts for central Europe as a comparator. You can see the temp gradient moving down. Berlin as an example shifting down to -12C by 1st March. Everything is on the same hymn sheet

Now heavy snow in Coventry, starting to settle

Sleet now here

Crazy weather. not far as im north Coventry right by M69

Steady Rain in Coventry. good cloud definition and not looking very snowy. Waiting patiently