carnoustie

Whatever happens, I think that MB is to be congratulated on his forecast. The forthcoming storminess was forecast 2 months ago and judging by current output it's gonna be pretty close. Fair enough he maybe overcooked the severity (GFS does that everyday almost) but the general synoptics are close enough. Some people on here need to grow a pair of balls and give credit where credit is due. Read some of the so-called "expert" analysis on here (and TWO) if you want a dog biscuits forecast. Dog biscuit......wtf. :p

Great thread Murcia Boy. Hope your forecast verifies. It is quite unbelievable some of the nonsense you have had to put up with. And thank you OldMetMan. I enjoy reading your expert analysis - absolute quality. Yourself, RJSmith and Bluearmy (Nick L) are far and away the most knowledgeable posters on this and other UK weather forums (TWO and UKWW).

Thanks, Ozzy. Looks like a very useful site.

It's a wireless model. I've not lost connection, as the wee X still flashes to confirm that it is still speaking to the outdoor sensors. The strange thing is, I can get the outdoor temp and humidity to register where the indoor reading should normally sit. Sounds like a fault with the console, but a repalcement is £320........................GGrrrrr. I might have to phone America as Osbourne suggests.

Hi there, I've had my VP2 for almost 2 years now but it has recently developed a fault in that it is not picking up or displaying the external conditions, i.e. temperature, humidity, dewpoint, wind speed/direction or rainfall. Have changed the battery, but to no avail. I have also read the manual with regards to re-setting the thing but without success. By the way, the display appears to be working fine in that it is showing pressure and internal temperature and the flashing X indicates that it is talking to the remote sensors. Any ideas would be welcome. :blink:

http://www.meteociel.com/modeles/ukmo2.php...&carte=1021 Nice looking chart for my location, but with North Sea temps being to warm I'm afraid that it'll just be cool and wet, rather than cold and snowy. Should be good for the mountains though.

Although I'm in coastal location, there was a light sprinkling overnight. :unsure: However, with the wind coming in of a warmish North Sea, any snow quickly melted and any showers during the day were of the sleety variety. It's has cooled down this evening and current temp is 1c (dew point 0c). Here's hoping that the forecast for the weekend is upgraded.

Being in NE Scotland, that looks promising for me. :lol: Given that milder air is not that far away, it's a bit of a knife-edge job though. :lol:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=1622&links BBC 5-dayer for Dundee. Scorchio.....apparently.

Excellent thread, Carinthian. Your updates always make interesting reading. Anyway, now that we are at the coldest part of the arctic winter, what is your verdict on it so far? I tend to keep an eye on goings on in Canada and they have been experiencing some amazingly low temps recently. I know that it is not in the Arctic, but Winnipeg, on roughly the same latitude as London, was down to about -40c (-40f) just the other day.

This has gotta be one of the 'charts of the day'

Great chart for my location.

Thanks for the welcome Carinthian. I'm from Carnoustie, on the east coast of Scotland, 10 miles east of Dundee. Due to the Grampians to our north, we don't do well from Northerlies here. What I'm looking for is something with an easterly component to it. A NE'ly from Scandinavia would be ideal. Looking forward to reading your updates on the build up of cold conditions during the coming few months. Best regards. Carnoustie

Very pleased to see this thread back up and running. I enjoy reading Carinthians daily updates together with those from the other COLD WEATHER enthusiasts. Here's to a long, cold and snowy winter.l