[New Davis colour-screen console]

 Mapantz God that’s awful screen burn. You should return it. 

[Winter 2023/24 Chat and Discussion]

 MJB I remember it well as I was working outdoors then. Even London had a good covering for 2 days but nothing like as much as oop north. It was on the back of a very cold winter anyway. 

[Winter 2023/24 Chat and Discussion]

 Airedalejoe Think it might have been March 79 when much of the NE was cut off by snow mid March. 

[Model Output Discussion - Colder but how cold and for how long?]

I’m going to be completely selfless here and let the south have that snowstorm midweek. I’ve got a 120 mile journey to a hospital appointment on Thursday that I don’t want to miss. So with that in mind the south can have this one and us northerners can have ours later while we stay in the cold air

[New Davis colour-screen console]

On 26/02/2023 at 22:00, Woldsedge said:

So I took the plunge and bought this new fangled Davis WeatherLink console which arrived yesterday. Whilst I haven’t gone into every file folder or graph as yet, I just thought I’d let you know my personal opinion of it. 
Firstly, the main reason I wanted it was really to be able to view all the basic info from across the room which I couldn’t do with the old console you get with a Vantage Vue. For this purpose it does the job splendidly. A surprisingly large screen, easy to read, configure and set up, with a choice of what you want to see on the screen. You have a choice of 2x2 panels or 2x3 panels to view. Obviously the 2x2 panels are larger and easy to see from a distance but less info on show. 2x3 panels are what I’ve got it set to to maximise the info available as it’s still very easy to read from a distance. All good and working fine and great for what I wanted it for. 
Now to the not so good bits. I already have WeatherLink live broadcasting to the internet and was rather hoping when I signed in on this console that I would be able to load all the previous historical data onto the console, but no! It’s like starting all over again and would appear that I need to start a new WeatherLink account ( I’m not that technically minded so I may be wrong there). Accessing other info such as graphs and other data I find more fiddly although I’m still finding my way around it at the moment. 
For what I want it for, just viewing the temperatures, wind, rainfall etc from across the room, it’s fine, but I can’t help feeling that Davis has missed a trick or two here, and I’m hoping that some of these issues could possibly be solved with  firmware updates at a later date. 
All in all I’m satisfied for what I want it for but can’t help feeling it’s rather pricey for what it is. A glorified tablet with a stand. Oh and it’s made in China, shame on you Davis. 

After nearly a year of owning this console my general feeling is that it’s ok but really not worth the price tag. It was beset  with numerous problems for a great part of the year but various updates have gradually resolved these issues and all seems to be working fine now. For me it’s a handy device for seeing what the current conditions are outside and can be easily viewed from across the room but that’s about it really. 

[Model Output Discussion - Into 2024]

7 minutes ago, Garthvader said:

Is there any science behind the cold being embedded harder to shift or is this a bit of a myth? ....serious question btw!

No particular science, just years of me being a weather enthusiast. I think if this northerly does make it successfully to our shores and hangs around a few days then we’re in with a shot of the cold becoming embedded especially if there’s a fair amount of snow cover. This is what happened in 81 and it took until after Christmas until the Atlantic made inroads. 

[Model Output Discussion - Into 2024]

I know the GFS looks an absolute pigs ear tonight, in fact an utter mess. However it does look on the cold side. This chart from Dec 81 also looks an absolute disaster area but it was absolutely perishing believe me, once cold becomes embedded at the surface, it can take a hell of a lot to shift it it certain circumstances 

[Model Output Discussion - Into 2024]

5 minutes ago, Johnp said:

It’s actually a deceptively cold run (but boring). 

Not a single front crosses the country - and after enough time I think a Scandi High would appear. 

I think there’s many folk that are currently knee deep in floodwater that would be grateful for that

[Moans, ramps and banter]

How difficult does it seem to be able to advect cold weather into the UK these days? I’m sure it’s getting harder every winter and I can only put it down to climate change and increased sea temperatures. Within 10 years I can see us all drooling over charts that might produce a sleet shower over the top of Ben Nevis. All very disheartening 

[Model Output Discussion - Into 2024]

7 minutes ago, lassie23 said:

I will be convinced when it is snowing in my backyard lol 

Me too! There’s no straight road to snow in the UK. Just long and winding roads

[New Davis colour-screen console]

4 hours ago, Mapantz said:

Well that is odd. Davis anemometers only have a resolution of 1mph, so real-time wind speeds should be at 0 decimal places. Only averaged speeds would be to 1 decimal place, as it is in the weatherlink app. Hmm

I never thought of that actually. 

[New Davis colour-screen console]

12 hours ago, Mapantz said:

Can you turn the display off?

Also, what wind speed is that showing? I presume that's the 10 or 3 minute average?

As far as I know you can’t turn the display off without unplugging it (pointless really). The wind rose in the middle is a real-time display and will update every couple of seconds. 

22 minutes ago, Stuart said:

I still waiting on my from weather shop there still waiting stock 

Prodata have or had them in stock. That’s where I got mine from. 

[New Davis colour-screen console]

So I took the plunge and bought this new fangled Davis WeatherLink console which arrived yesterday. Whilst I haven’t gone into every file folder or graph as yet, I just thought I’d let you know my personal opinion of it. 
Firstly, the main reason I wanted it was really to be able to view all the basic info from across the room which I couldn’t do with the old console you get with a Vantage Vue. For this purpose it does the job splendidly. A surprisingly large screen, easy to read, configure and set up, with a choice of what you want to see on the screen. You have a choice of 2x2 panels or 2x3 panels to view. Obviously the 2x2 panels are larger and easy to see from a distance but less info on show. 2x3 panels are what I’ve got it set to to maximise the info available as it’s still very easy to read from a distance. All good and working fine and great for what I wanted it for. 
Now to the not so good bits. I already have WeatherLink live broadcasting to the internet and was rather hoping when I signed in on this console that I would be able to load all the previous historical data onto the console, but no! It’s like starting all over again and would appear that I need to start a new WeatherLink account ( I’m not that technically minded so I may be wrong there). Accessing other info such as graphs and other data I find more fiddly although I’m still finding my way around it at the moment. 
For what I want it for, just viewing the temperatures, wind, rainfall etc from across the room, it’s fine, but I can’t help feeling that Davis has missed a trick or two here, and I’m hoping that some of these issues could possibly be solved with  firmware updates at a later date. 
All in all I’m satisfied for what I want it for but can’t help feeling it’s rather pricey for what it is. A glorified tablet with a stand. Oh and it’s made in China, shame on you Davis. 

[Model Output Discussion - New Year and Beyond]

6 minutes ago, feb1991blizzard said:

you could if feb came in at 6c - that would be over a +2c anomaly for the winter.

A strong possibility going on current output. 

[Model Output Discussion - Christmas week and beyond]

Never mind a Scandi high, I’d take a high nearby anywhere, Euro Bartlett whatever if it stops this lashing rain we’ve endured for ages now. 

[Model Output Discussion - Christmas week and beyond]

4 minutes ago, RainAllNight said:

Is it just me or is the colder air pushing south there even without the surface flow moving in that direction..?

Yes. It was a long and slow process over many days and the forecasters didn’t know which way it was going to go re mild or bitter. Slowly the cold gradually nudged south. 

[Model Output Discussion - Christmas week and beyond]

Just look how quickly a north sound battleground set up in 1978. Christmas was wet and mild but gradually day by day the cold nudged south ending up with a channel low and a classic snowstorm across the southern half of the UK. Frigid air as well. Similarities to the set up we have at the moment perhaps?

[Model Output Discussion - Christmas week and beyond]

29 minutes ago, MJB said:

Massive potential and can't grumble with these surely?

 

That’s got the blizzard of December 1978written all over it. 

[Model Output Discussion - the cold has arrived]

1 hour ago, Snowmut said:

Yes but in those days all they had for long range forecasts were, dodgy weather balloons, seaweed and Wincey Willises left knee as as a pressure gauge! 

Well it just goes to show how advances in science and technology has still left us clueless. I’ll stick with Wincey Willis’s left knee, at least I could understand that 

[Model Output Discussion - the cold has arrived]

2 minutes ago, Coopsy said:

At the start of the new year in 1987 I’m sure there was an Arctic high, mild Sw’s across Uk, high pressure to the south and within a week or so we know what happened next. 

My point is no matter how dire it may seem, things can change very quickly. 

I remember it well, and just like now nobody had a scooby  what was happening until about 2 days before the floodgates opened from the east. Keep the faith 

[Model Output Discussion - the cold has arrived]

3 hours ago, Chesil View said:

After lots of teasing and the will it? won't it amplify saga of the last few days.  Only the GEM holds out any hope for southern snow lovers this morning.

The rest coalescing around a more mobile outcome albeit with the mild/cold boundary moving up and down the Northern half of the UK.

Saving grace of this Christmas pattern is that it is very similar to Xmas 1978 and those of a certain vintage (like me) know what that went on to produce.

As Matty H points out above there is still some uncertainty going forward. Lets hope it's enough to bring us southern snow lovers into play as well.

I’ve been thinking exactly the same thing regarding the similar set up for 1978. Then we had an extremely mild autumn, a sudden flip to a very cold and frosty spell at the end of November/ start of December, then a return of mild Atlantic conditions before the big prize of severe cold from the NE and blizzards countrywide just in the closing days of December. Some of us will remember how the winter and spring panned out after that. Oh, and I know pattern matching rarely works by the way. Maybe wishful thinking. 

[Winter 2022/23 - Moans, Ramps & Chat]

3 days in a row sub zero here and the lowest daytime temperature (-2.1c)  since I got my weather station in 2013. All this in unremarkable Lincolnshire. Not a bad start to winter surely. 

[Competition: How hot is it going to be?]

37.8C Gravesend 17th

[Winter 2021-22 Chat, Moans and ramps thread]

2 minutes ago, PiscesStar said:

It's truly awful. Can anyone with any technical insight give any way out of this nightmare waste of a winter? Gfs shows a constant flow of high pressure from start to finish with the south faring the mildest by the look of it... 

At least it’s dry I guess

[Winter 2021-22 Chat, Moans and ramps thread]

8 hours ago, sukayuonsensnow said:

I did glance over those too. If it's for 7th February and the seasonal forecasts are anything to go by, it *could* happen.

 

 

If we don't have a memorable cold spell by the end of February I will eat my hat.

Would you like salt, pepper and side salad with that?