A.J

21C, occasional showery elevated ppn, and still humid

and for those watching in black and white, the green ball is next to the red.....I'll fetch me coat

haven't posted in here for a long time, but my goodness there's some negative guff posted......how anyone can right off a summer (or the next couple of weeks) is either daft, naive or both.....First rule of FI Model Club, take the output post T192, put in toilet bowl and flush......verification percentages fall off the cliff post T192 so why stress?.......if it shows crappy and wet, expect the reality to be very different....I'd be more alarmed if FI was showing a heat fest as it gaurantee rain rain and yet more .....rain! Yup, a rather simplistic view of model watching but hey ho, hasn't let me down much

thunder and lightning here.....nice!

Aye Mark, Penkridge was pants from what I've heard.....Still, even 09/10 wasn;t great when I lived there, cold but not especially snowy......I digress, sorry I'm taking this off topic mods, so I must dash, gin cocktails need to be shaken (not stirred) and I need to appropriate some maize based nibbles

generally agree with your post Matt, the expectations were raised though the roof due to model outputs shown throughout the winter period, they caught most on here out (and that's not a knock on anyone as one can only analyse the model output that is erm, output...lol).......Haven't seen the stats re. this winter....Thought the Scots had done well, happy to be corrected........it was dry and pretty banal during parts of Jan and Feb down here, but in the last few weeks the incessant wind and rain have certainly made up for it! the 80's certainly down south were not 2 a penny, some were horrifically mild and snowless

I refer the honourable gentleman to answer I gave some moments ago.....shame it's been crap for you Karl (being the snow lover we all know) but crap for you doesn't mean crap for everyone....................that's my opinion, and now I'm off for some gin based cocktails

decent?.....a snowfall that would be considered of epic proportions by the vast majority of people living in this country (if asked the question, 'is 25-30cm decent or epic)!.......and it was not in a 'smallish location'...try most of southern england and a sizeable chunk of the west country....Scotland's had plenty of snow, as have parts of Wales and Ireland...It's generally been an average winter for many, some snow, some rain, some wind, cold days & mild days., pretty much the climatological norm......Outside this forum, people who have not been privvy to the model outputs faux pas this winter would probably deem the winter season thoroughly average, not crap, not good.....winters such as 2009/10 and late 2018 season have been exceptions and not the norm

need to qualify this.....what has been a 'fail' for some was the complete opposite for others........south of the M4, with nearly 30cm of snow in one sitting....no fail there!

as Clark Gable once said 'Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn'....lol....sorry, just jesting......25cm not from an easterly, but from a nice channel runner/slider....lovely and just goes to show even darn sarf here you don't need a raging easterly to get the best snow events, and the modelling was pretty much on the ball for this from T48 out

I hunted for cold.....and got 25cm of snow in one sitting....bloody awesome winter for me, bring on the CFS!

Damn it!!!!.....I meant to post on the ICON!!!!......but the exclamation key on my keyboard is stuck!!!!!.....what can I do?!!!!!!!...has it north, south, east, or west?!!!!!!..... Sorry, I'll fetch me coat!!!!!

but by how many miles!!!.....5!!!, 10!!! or 50!!!....Shaky needs to know!!!!!

it's been said before that winter starts on the first snowfall and ends on the last snowfall....for me, winter was from 31st Jan to the 1st Feb....but what a stonking winter it was!.....An absolute belter!

I managed to pick up my parcel deliveries this morning, but I've sacked off delivering them until tomorrow as the roads are like skating rinks, the side roads are terrible, and the less said about the pavements/paths, the better!.... What an event yesterday!....On friday afternoon I was a moaning minny who despaired of seeing even one snow flake, and then during friday night and all day yesterday, I saw a few billion of the buggers...lol......We maxed out at 25cm of snow on even surfaces, and with a solid freeze overnight there's been negligible thaw I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed reading this thread yesterday and a big thumbs up to all who contributed.....Loads of great posts, stories, piccies and a ton of good banter!....bring on the next event!

debating whether to even venture to the Chippenham depot early tomorrow morning to pick up my parcel deliveries....No doubt I'll get a ton of grief if I don't but roads will be treacherous come early tomorrow with refrozen stuff, so might tell them to get stuffed, I'll be in on sunday

finally easing off here now after 18 hours of continuous snowfall....A comfortable 25cm of snow here.......watch out Andover - Salisbury - Basingstoke...some seriously heavy snow inbound, could give some major problems IMHO

25cm of laying even snowfall here, easing off as this little meso-low drifts ESE....you guys could be in for some serious fun later!!

25, yes 25cm of even laying snow and it's still chucking it down.....I feel a shaky exclamation coming on....WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the biggest new entry on the bingo card will be "ICON!!!!!! SOUTH 5 MILES!!!!!! WTF!!!!!!!!!" and of course...."DECIPHER!"

it was my msn name...lol........you've given my secret away now though mate....some peeps might think 'ajpoolshark, wasn't he that knob of a moderator on here for years?...I thought that tosspot had gone'....

he he.....hello mate....changed me name a year ago, 'ajpoolshark' was sooooo 2005 - 2017...lol......I'm good Andy (jeez, you get around a bit mate...leics, oxon, and now Gib!)

I'm still in shock, I've never felt so......violated lol

86 pages of posts in this thread since this time yesterday....what does this mean?....is it gonna snow or sumthink?

defo.....lol.....right up there with 'will it snow in cardiff'....and 'dinner plate sized flakes'......I might do another card later today if I get chance