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Does anyone actually know why the M4 is such a definitive feature in weather? Is it something to do with concerte/cement/asphalt etc retaining a temperature as opposed to surrounding locations and therefore acting as a "barrier", as I would make an uneducated guess at..? Or is there a more defined and accepted reason? Really puzzling how it becomes such a defined feature when it comes to weather.. any opinions would be greatly appreciated

The mad thread northern section seem pretty happy, us southerners don't particularly seem to be that joyful. Many imby posts along with new posters I don't seem to recognise. Bless their cottons!!! I am feeling sorry for the mods however. Getting mad thread fatigue so going to have to take a break from there. And mad thread is certainly living up to it's name! Pretty darn chilly today as well. Felt much colder than yesterday I thought. I saw some cars managed to maintain a little dusting of snow this morning, unless we had a rogue snow shower overnight. At least the ice risk has apparently cleared so can get back to cycling tomorrow

Be in both! Though this one is the best because we're awesome n stuff

Really devent snow falling right now with it settling too.. Nice to see

Had a heavy graupel (??) downpour if it can be classed as that earlier. Seeing lots of stuff on radar. Hopefully that comes through around 2pm for my walk home from work. Love walking in snowfall

Morning. No idea what's happening outside as I don't have a lamppost near enough to see anything. Radar looks wet with whatever it is. I'm just going to wait and see today. Be it rain or snow!

Wow.. I don't think anyone (in this thread, or elsewhere on forum) should be derogatory.. let alone when it is over something quite trivial as what's happening outside personally and dependant on another's location. I get the jokes and the stereotyping but let's not use this thread to bash others? I quite like this thread being friendly, and wouldn't like it to become another mad thread where just because 1 person is from "x' or that they have the preferred weather others crave like needing a fix, it becomes either Olympic toy throwing or dissing others over a few flakes here and there. Our little regional thread has for me at least, been a nice little refuge from the mad thread. Could we keep it that way?. Pretty please? If others are, let's call it jealous about us getting snow, or sleet or storms or whatever.. I think that's their issue, and if they make it personal. Don't react.. rise above it and enjoy what you have. As we know, we don't get much chance to enjoy winter down here, so let's enjoy what we do get, be it a single flake (which I thought I saw earlier but might also have been bird poop... ) or drifts the size of mountains. And likewise, if they get a flake (99p ones don't count!! Are they still 99p...? I digress) or a drift.. yay for them!!!

Yay!!! don't forget the pictures! That elevation is paying off nicely. Enjoy

That streamer was superb. Gave a foot of snow where I was at the time. Deepest snow I've ever seen. 2 days worth of near constant snow. The netwx 7 day forecast "called" the start of the week having snow of some kind around 5/6 days ago. Surprising that it has kept to it, with varying degrees of detail of course. Shall see how tomorrow actually comes about. Gutted to hear the precipitation to the east is falling as rain for you folks saw that on radar the moment I woke up and got all excited for y'all... hope it changes to snow for you all

Regional thread says rain. Temperatures and dp are too high still. A little disappointing to read that the ECM still isn't being helpful for the cold spell. Adding further to the points raised on why we are seeing "down grades", I'm rehighlighting this point as I think it's quite valid Now I'm not an expert in this field of model watching, but I do read here a lot. Haven't we had to rely on an the Pacific jet to an extent (EAMT etc) ? And this jet somehow matters to our weather ( as per Tamara and met4cast?)... so if there is model spread happening over in the Pacific (and I may be very wrong here!!!! This is purely guess work by me)... would they same model spread not have a similar knock on effect downstream so to speak and there for cause our models to possibly be exhibiting some kind of change or disagreement?

Don't tell the mad thread

Meto showing snow symbols now for Monday. That's ruined it

weather model gfs 0.25 degree model - united kingdom - surface wind [base + 3] | weatheronline WWW.WEATHERONLINE.CO.UK Weather for UK, Ireland and the world. Sailing, Marine Weather, Weather maps, radar, satellite, climate, historic weather data, information about meteorology, reports, weather warning. model dependent but usually shows cloud cover and at levels (low, medium, high). Slp included on all I think too but not as an overlap if you get my meaning

A positive thinking attitude shall help greatly. Less stress comes from positivity, and this less stress helps the body heal or recover far better then when we are experiencing levels of stress (high levels of Cortisol - stress hormnone = reducing bodys natural healing and recovering).. Good on you sir, I doff my cap for such thinking The ensembles do show cold with a slight increase again after on the T850s But the period that has had many in the mad thread either being giddy with excitement or becoming gold medal shot putters for their toy throwing abilities isn't in range of the ensembles I don't think? Or is just coming into their range. So it's when we see that is when we know either to rejoice or avoid the mad thread until summer. I do love how everyone has cottoned onto the term of Scott Ingram day for the so called "main course". And for his sake, and personal security- I hope the 15th comes off!!!! I'd hate to be in his shoes if that doesn't materialise...

possibly then according to this Source: Climate System Monitoring / TCC DS.DATA.JMA.GO.JP Climate System Monitoring / TCC

Nice to see radar started off fairly dry looking. But now there's some heavy rain/heavy showers about. Booo Another yellow alert for more rain tomorrow as well. I wonder if there'll be a hosepipe ban this coming summer... Netwx also still showing snow symbols for the start of next week. Hmm.

Given the temps, I'd have thought sleet at best too. I'll share any snow that did occur with everyone however.

I'm not back at work until 8th and seeing the rain on radar, I feel really lucky! If the netwx 7 day forecast is to be believed, for the past couple of days there has been hints of wintry precipitation just in time for my own return. Sunday 7th... Monday 8th... Temperature looks a little high but I suppose the T850s, dewpoints etc will make a difference. Does anyone know if these are factored into these computer outputs out of interest?

Actually there is much rejoicing currently in the thread. A rare moment of happiness and tidiness with all toys remaining in the prams. Should someone tell them that we now just need to count that down and how many runs are left until T+0

Happy new year to you all!

Turned pretty windy indeed in the last few hours. Liking it though!

Severe Convective Weather & Storms Forecast - Netweather.tv WWW.NETWEATHER.TV Quite an active evening sounds possible..

Love reading the memories! You make them come alive in my imagination. Hope to be able to live them out in reality. Glad to hear 'er indoors is well versed in looking after you too. Even though '24 may be a bit of a bumpy start for you, praying it will get better with each day good sir

Another film would be groundhog day, but the UK version... relentless wind and rain. The land of make believe...wow! You dug deep for that one. *loads spotify to reminisce *

A conveyor belt of rain is how i think of them.. thats pretty much what atmospheric rivers are. Cause pretty bad flooding too