[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

10 minutes ago, Thunder Snow said:

I thought you couldn't forecast polar lows until much closer to the time could he thinking of something else.

Seems milder today frost hasn't stuck all day today 

For some reason, your post reminded me of the day I got my very first pair of 'Harry Potters'. But the polar low of February 12th 1969 was something else!  

[SE, London and East Anglia Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 on]

Just now, Froze were the Days said:

Yes agreed!...I had a quiet Xmas just a few drinks and TV with just my GF, sister and aunt until the latter trumped after lunch - can I say that was a Xmas 'event'? 

that sounds more like an 'eruption'! 

[SE, London and East Anglia Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 on]

4 minutes ago, Froze were the Days said:

An 'event' - I suppose it is considering how poor January's have become, Kent looks to be doing best but very small pickings. Actually got precipitation that looks like snow now rather than masquerading as graupel or hail.

I think 'event' must be one of the most overused words in the English language. Especially on here! 

[SE, London and East Anglia Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 on]

This is the first winter snowfall I've seen since February 2021; all the others being in spring.

[SE, London and East Anglia Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 on]

Proper flakes now, coming off the North Sea. Time to go 'shopping'!

[SE, London and East Anglia Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 on]

And, to think they all thought I was mad, what with my obsession with snow! 

[Model Output Discussion - Into 2024]

48 minutes ago, Captain Shortwave said:

A much much better first plunge of cold air, arriving across the south around early afternoon on the 15th.

This time yesterday, I surmised that Days 8,9 and 10 were looking 'nippy'. Hopefully, it'll now apply to Days 7,8 & 9. . . The tension is building! 

[SE, London and East Anglia Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 on]

Just now, Eagle Eye said:

Wanna guess where I am now

So that's what being 'in the pink' means? 

[SE, London and East Anglia Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 on]

4 minutes ago, Froze were the Days said:

Really!?!...won't live long in my memory, maybe an event for January as they've been so useless since 2013.

I think I'll stick with 'flurry'! 

[SE, London and East Anglia Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 on]

Just now, PiscesStar said:

I live in herne bay too and saw a few snizzle like flakes too!!!! Lol

Snizzle on here, too! 

[Scottish weather discussion - Spring 2023/24]

1 minute ago, Ravelin said:

Better hurry up then as tonight's pub run is predicting a Day After Tomorrow scenario for the Highlands mid month... 

Be nice if that happens, but I'm not betting on it. 

I thought we had that (-25C) in 1995, and that was cold enough. Right enough!

[Model Output Discussion - Into 2024]

4 minutes ago, Northwest NI said:

What’s this “real weather” you speak of? Haven’t even looked out the window in weeks.

The actual weather. .  . It's rained but it hasn't snowed. Digital/virtual weather is not the same as the real thing?

[Model Output Discussion - Into 2024]

3 minutes ago, Hotspur62 said:

Meant to be flying out of Gatwick on 18th!Hopefully the snow will hold off till after then.Torn really as I love snow but equally been looking forward to this getaway for 6 months.Would be Sod’s Law if snow ruined getting away as we know it only takes about an inch of snow to screw the airports upTbh think latest GFS May be an outlier but let’s see.Either way I think period of 15th-20th will be most interesting period of winter so far in terms of snowGot my optimistic hat back on again.

Aye, I did that in the early 1990s -- the snow melted the day we came back. But, after 30C in Tenerife, Glenurquhart was effing cold! 

[Scottish weather discussion - Spring 2023/24]

15 minutes ago, Norrance said:

Move back up to the Highlands. Its going to be toasty up there from next week I hear.
A balmy -2C here now and the skies have cleared after a mostly cloudy and raw day.

Believe me, I think about it all the time! 

 

[Model Output Discussion - Into 2024]

1 minute ago, ICE COLD said:

The block is just sitting there not budging. What a run . 

All we need now is for the real weather to follow suit? 

[SE, London and East Anglia Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 on]

17 minutes ago, Hotspur62 said:

Currently 1.2 degrees outside and the cold 850s will be moving in overnight and tomorrow.My current thinking is SE London,NW Kent and E Surrey may well get 1-2cms tomorrow but other parts of Sussex,Surrey and maybe Essex could well get a light covering.As ever with these type of situations it will be a Nowcast sort of situation but good luck to everyone in this thread who want snow,and if you get any send in the pictures.I read earlier that some of our Northern friends have made some unkind comments re possible snow in the SE-Never understood that personally as when there is a chance of snow anywhere in the U.K. I just hope everyone gets in the actionEach to their own I suppose.

4C still here, allegedly. But, anyway, epicness (almost certainly not a word) will soon be upon us: the oracles have spoken! 

[Scottish weather discussion - Spring 2023/24]

5 minutes ago, Hairy Celt said:

Brutal out there, there's frost on the grass and cars, -1C  OMG

It's a perishing 4C here just now. What am I (as a Southern Softie) supposed to do?! 

[SE, London and East Anglia Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 on]

3 minutes ago, lassie23 said:

a foot of snow would be the dogs balls

The dog must have been neutered, then?

[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

8 minutes ago, Scuba steve said:

I’m sure it will be all over the press tomorrow Pete I can imagine the headlines ,army called out to make a snowball

Well, I spent 20+ years living in the Scottish Highlands: millions of trees blown down, nary a mention; power out for ten days, nary a mention. . . but, an icicle spotted in London, full-on panic! 

[Northwest Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 onwards]

4 minutes ago, wrightc23 said:

It begins.... Snow on the way

MetO red alert surely on the way? 

Three flakes in Milton Keynes: 

[SE, London and East Anglia Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 on]

It's only 3C here just now. . . it's on the way down! 

[SE, London and East Anglia Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 on]

1 minute ago, SouthLondonCold said:

Looking good Which AI is used to create these?

 

Microsoft. 

[SE, London and East Anglia Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 on]

3 minutes ago, TSNWK said:

I just don't get this.. -8 has served me well as 0 at ground baseline..-10 and below is definitely 0

I think it depends on (in part, at least) how far you are away from the sea: I was in Inverness in January 2010 and had sleety rain, and it's the same here; uppers of -10C are almost always okay. Sometimes, however, depending on the air source (and dps and such) -4C will do. . . asking John Holmes is never a bad idea. 

[SE, London and East Anglia Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 on]

Tomorrow in London?  That said, things are looking quite good! 

   

[SE, London and East Anglia Weather Discussion - Dec 2023 on]

2 minutes ago, Darkcloud said:

Where's the best place to see DP's for a location please?

Try the Charts & Data page, via the NW Homepage. . .