Chris.

looks to be heading bit south of newcastle now?

Bulk of it looks to be going to hit just south of Alnwick? However, the feature cropping up and intensifying infront of it will be a LOT further south

Not a flake here..feel robbed!

Looks like the main part will follow to lighter section in front. Thats Newcastle down to sunderland and durham getting it!

Looks like durham and boro straight in the firing line if you toggle the charts back every 5mins.

Got to be a direct hit surely?

LIght snow falling and just starting to settle in bishop at 5.30am few flurries in Sunderland but nothing major. 2c according to the car

NE England (Newcastle) gets a pasting

Looking forward to this from County Durham. 128m above sea level here so pretty high too. Hopefully the NE region gets buried! (hope this is the right regional....cant see the NE discussion thread around anymore)

Is it still heading southwards and less deep? Lost track of some of the posts in the MOD thread

Thought id pop into the Scotland Regionals to see if there was any more detailed discussion on the storm expected wed/thurs. We planning a skiing trip to Glencoe on Thursday and friday so hoping the wind isnt too bad as 50mph+ can cause issues with the chairlift. Getting a lot of variations in the wind speeds all the way out on Thursday from 15mph up to 55mph gusts. Thankfully GFS 18z tonight plays down the wind a bit for the highlands but will be dropping into the thread to see if any more detailed discussions for the area happen.

Would class that as south midlands (down to bristol and then eastwards) for someone like us thats right in the North of England in Durham/Newcastle area. Be much more better if people used a city to describe the location rather than North, South, East, NW

If people explained their reasonings behind their presumptions it would make the thread a lot better to those who dont understand fully whats going on. What use is close to brilliant and downgrade all within 3 posts for the same model, same timeframe as doctor pointed out. Justify your thoughts and helps everyone learn better or look at the reasoning for your comments good or bad.

PM.... Polar mass? Sorry, seen the abbreviation used a few times and never been sure what it means,

This it? Looks like I was beaten though wondering which image was the right one. haha

Got to say, Steve has been spot on with his thoughts for the next runs for the GFS chasing the ECM/UKMO.

Whole of UK (minus London) are in -8c uppers on ECM +120

@Bring Back1962-63 Another awesome update as always and its always a pleasure reading through your very informative posts. One of the few posters on here who always makes their posts nice and easy to explain for new kids like myself (who have no idea what all the weather charts mean, but slowly learning) Just wanted to take the opportunity to thank yourself for the efforts you bring to the forum (along with others) and wish you all the best for 2018.

I wonder if the models just use a revised version of the previous years outputs.

And it slides! looks great alignment for central/midlands UK

-9 uppers covering majority of UK by +84

looks a improvement to me. Bigger cold above the UK. Greenland high further west

So now we have a cold week ahead....which model was the closest the to real world/todays weather patterns? Lets say 7-10 days out forecast?

Direct northerly. Going to drag those very cold uppers down!

the 850s are a lot closer to the east of the UK aswell at +120hrs