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Starting to look a bit messy in the sky. Have had some moderate bursts of rain here but the clouds seem pretty elevated. No extremely low cloud so this is a good sign

Good to know I’m in the highest risk zone!

The actual storms aren’t here yet, this is just to ‘wet’ your appetite. They are arriving quite late this evening

Oooh, that means there is instability in the atmosphere!! This is looking good!

I’m praying that this happens... windy.com

Those storm charts are exciting me a lot but I know it may get turned upside down! windy.com

Still looking alright for next Wednesday at the moment windy.com

Yep, I’d love to see some proper storms this year. Have only heard one or two claps of thunder all year so far, just loads of rain. Last year at the end of may we had some absolutely nuts storms! I hope that is what will happen on Wednesday

Anyone seen this massive thundery low possibly pushing up across the south next Wednesday early morning?

I’m hoping for ecm to materialise! Need that northeasterly

I’m gonna study at reading soon too!

But you never know, I’m hopeful too

I really hope the northeasterly wind wins out! Scandinavia will be cold enough by then after this awful mild spell

Look at the latest ecm! Northeasterlies maybe!

Winter will probably bite back when it’s the wrong time like March or early April, snowy Easter maybe! March is looking cold from the beginning! If it is warm all spring then I doubt the weather gods will allow us to have a cloudless, rainless and hot summer again! Last year was so exceptional

Well -8 uppers are close!

It’s been 18C in 1960 before and nearly 20C in 1998 so we shouldn’t be too concerned as it has happened before! The uppers don’t correlate to the surface temperature so it is not going to reach 20C I don’t think. Will be sniffing at the record though!

I think a colder March is more likely, looking at the gfs long range it’s showing northwesterlies bringing -5 to -8 uppers with possibility of snow for the beginning of March, definitely one to watch and it will probably be payback for what we’re having now because I don’t think Mother Nature will let us off this lightly without another sting of winter! We seem to be stuck in this yellow mild nipple of happiness and joy but both sides of it have cold pools waiting to strike so eventually I think those will eat in and engulf the uk next month!

Probably will happen then! Snow at the wrong time

Cold as soon as the month turns! -8 uppers or lower moving in later on as well possibly!

Yep, if i see any sort of hint about cold I’m on it straight away. Just wait till the summer when I hunt for thunderstorms!

I’m not sure what you’re question is, I can only explain that the polar vortex is very high up So the purple doesn’t correlate to the temperature on the surface so that’s why it shows purple even over the uk. Purple is showing the colder air masses higher up in the atmosphere that will still be felt on the surface but obviously not as cold as that. When we get a split in the vortex it can dip down into parts of the northern hemisphere causing very cold air to become established higher up which will obviously be warmer close to ground

May get some stonkers! This is getting me more excited now! Sod this mild spell!

Fantastic. A glimmer of hope! I’ve been looking at the charts for start of March a lot and I’m seeing a northwesterly blast looking very likely from the 4th! -10 uppers possible for the whole uk with purple colours not to far from Scotland as well!

Northwesterly blast for the start of March?