Absolutely chucking it down this morning. The patterns of the last 6 months would have me buried in snow in mid winter. Can guarantee they will change on it is cold enough for snow, or precipitation will suddenly start dying out just a few miles from me. Rain makes a beeline for this place but snow avoids me like the plague.
Interesting, sebastiaan1973. I'm thinking an absorptive disruption would be better for cold in the UK if it leads to warmer temperatures in the Eastern US.
Pouring it down this morning. If it was mid winter, we'd be getting buried in snow from this setup. Instead, come winter, the precipitation will do its usual of dying out just a few miles from here or the UK weather patterns will change to a milder setup.
I lived in Rochester, Kent at the time. At one point it snowed continuously for 5 days. The snow was about a foot or so deep and I was walking to work in temperatures of -14'c. Loved it.
This area along with much of the North Midlands, Yorkshire and Lancashire have seen well above average rainfall for each of the past 6 months. It's been relentless.
I remember the first half of November 2010 being very mild.
There is now a warning for Thursday covering much of England and Wales away from the south west. Heavy rain, but also mentions snow for some western areas, particularly high ground of Wales.
Most of the rain looks to be further west as the front stalls across the West/Central Midlands and then slides away south east. In fact, the rain may well not reach as far north east as Yorkshire. Here are the projected rainfall accumulations up to the end of Saturday.
Yet another complete washout for the Midlands on Saturday according to the Euro4 model. Rain and hill snow clearing Wales and South West England by early afternoon but affecting the Midlands for much of the day as the front stalls and pivots with the rain sliding south eastward. Maybe some snow for the hills of the Midlands.
Yet another complete washout for the Midlands on Saturday according to the Euro4 model. Rain and hill snow clearing Wales and South West England by early afternoon but affecting the Midlands for much of the day as the front stalls and pivots with the rain sliding south eastward.