[Model Banter, Moans and Ramps Winter 2013/14]

I'm in zonal weather heaven. I have had to wait since 1991 for weather train like this. Definately the turn of the mildies thus far this season. It's good weather for my spruce, pine and fir saplings. Keeps the heating bills way down too.

[Model Output Discussion 17th Dec.2013-12z onwards.]

I don't wish to be a killjoy but from what I'm seeing this evening, be prepared for a long ride of current pattern thru most of jan (don't ask for charts or data, I'm not allowed to post them here) after a relitive softening up of the vortex to mid next week, looks like re organising It's strength to the back end of next week somewhere between SE Greenland and south of west Icelandic waters with a strong but relitively flat azores ridging and rapidly collapsing eastward

[Severe Atlantic Storms over the Christmas & New Year period]

Missed out again today, max 49.8 mph....... Fish on!

Better that cahsing snowflakes at T360 mind.

[Severe Atlantic Storms over the Christmas & New Year period]

Nothing of real note atm. Max, 39.7 in the last two hrs.

[Severe Atlantic Storms over the Christmas & New Year period]

Some kind of creepy banging noise coming from the roof area every time there is a gust.

Have you fed your migrant workers today ?Pretty keen here now.

[Severe Atlantic Storms over the Christmas & New Year period]

Hi pit, as I said last week, I have the same issues with weak winds from E to SSW. Tend to be at least 25 mph below forecast. In the W you can add 20mph to gusts. Last week I got a random gust of 66.8 mph from SSE otherwise it was just low thirtys mph.

[Severe Atlantic Storms over the Christmas & New Year period]

BRING IT BYIATCH

Hope everyone had a good xmas

[Severe Atlantic Storms over the Christmas & New Year period]

Yikes - look at those isobars!

 

Yep, north mids northward get a severe slippering on friday if this holds true.

[Severe Atlantic Storms Over The Christmas Period #2]

I can't help but feel that many on here are dissapointed with this storm just passed (me included)

All I will say is, for those who missed out, chin up, friday looks fab from the north mids northward. Our time is nearly here. I'm off for a whiskey or ten....

MERRRRRRY XMAS PEEPS XX

[Model Output Discussion 17th Dec.2013-12z onwards.]

A quick one liner from me...

Merry xmas all

ps. I'm STILL waiting for my severe gale fix here in yorkshire It's like waiting for snow.

[Severe Atlantic Storms Over The Christmas Period #2]

Now a full gale from west 49.8 mph

[Severe Atlantic Storms Over The Christmas Period #2]

Gusting to 33.8mph Darton Barnsley now. I expect to reack 70 tommorow.

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Minus 1 mb in 12 mins, should it be falling this quick? 964.1

Already way below the minimum forecast here.

[Severe Atlantic Storms Over The Christmas Period #2]

Pressure falling extremely fast now. Was 975.3 at 21:00

Now 965.1

[Severe Atlantic Storms Over The Christmas Period #2]

Well after pressure stablised earlier It's now on the rapid descent again 971.7

It is nearly our turn for a blasting here in yorkshire.

I'm getting inpatient now

[Model Output Discussion 17th Dec.2013-12z onwards.]

Hard to believe reading page 43 that theres two of the most serious storms in the relaiable for 20 years approaching. Did someone say it was going to snow?!!

[Possible severe Atlantic storms over the Christmas period]

Well, i'm not out to bash but to most at first glance the meto warnings seem confusing at a glance. You need to read them several times before it sinks in. I then read the Netweather warnings, nothing sketchy here, easy to read, and comprehensive uk wide coverage of events. Well done Netweather and more especially Nick F

[Possible severe Atlantic storms over the Christmas period]

I won't be satisfied til I get hurt, sorry, just the beast within me. I certainly wish no harm to others though.

[Possible severe Atlantic storms over the Christmas period]

Rain gone now, west, north west severe gale now. Gust to 59.8 mph just now. SWEET.

This small feature has POWER

[Possible severe Atlantic storms over the Christmas period]

Not sure if I should 'like' the above ^ that's a brute ok!

i say bring it, it is about time the atlantic proved it is a real man.

[Possible severe Atlantic storms over the Christmas period]

Yes crewe, like surprise snow events, the wind ones tend to pop up even more. Hey, I enjoyed that epic battle of words you had with JH in the model output thread the other day

[Possible severe Atlantic storms over the Christmas period]

Bbc weather guy at 13:30 said there could be a period of severe gales tomorrow eve over west wales and northern england.

[Possible severe Atlantic storms over the Christmas period]

Hi liam, is the warning above from met office?

Ric

[Snow for some on Thursday 19th Dec (even to low level south)]

Yaw, I have wondered into a thread with the word snow in it! I feel like a fish out of water. Precip about to begin here, but what will it be?!

Giggerdy!

[Possible severe Atlantic storm Wednesday 18th December 2013 onwards]

Just had my first gust to 50mph from a SSE direction ever. Never had anything like it from the E or S.