looking chilly from Tuesday next week. Not looking forward to it really. Cold but not cold enough for snow. Much prefer mild like this week if it’s not extreme
High pressure must have been drawn to a favourable position for easterly winter periods in that decade. Whereas over the past half century as a whole high pressure to the south of the Uk has become increasingly stronger
Quite agree Walsall w s. I’d be surprised if that was it for the 2017/18 cold season. I always include March and April as possibilities too, you just never know. Even if that’s it at least there’s been some
Agree same here we had 3 days lying snow with -8c minimum since 30th November. I’m enjoying today too lovely and mild and no wind. These swings between cold and mild are great!
Cooling is more in ‘moderate’ territory in the eastern side of the ENSO region. I wonder if this could do with toning down to ‘weak’ territory for a colder NW Europe?
What a period that was. By coincidence we started building a wooden sledge around the middle of November that year. What a treat we were in for! I personally class this spell as in the top 10 for weather lifetime events.
Hi Karlos and Paul. All it is is from previous analogues from years with similar patterns. From this I’ve noticed the higher than normal frequency of the second half of December being colder than average. Therefore there’s a higher chance of snow and frost this December.
Looking at previous analogues Decembers going to be a cold one folks. As the saying goes ‘June warmth, December snow.’ Whether it’s snowy is a different kettle of fish completely. As for January and February I’m really undecided.