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Compared to last year's total of 4 named storms we're already on 8 named storms this season on par with 2017/18 and 2018/19 with plenty of winter left for more! An exceptionally stormy period so far!

What an incredibly wet start to January, hopefully after this week, rainfall will be vacant from the forecast for a while! 62mm o rain since 10pm yesterday and more to come

This clip comes to mind here The German Coastguard! What are you sinking about? https://youtu.be/x9wJxZc2KF8?feature=shared

Blwyddyn newydd dda i chi gyd a gobeithio am awyr las, rhew ac eira i'n tywys drwy fis Ionawr! Let's hope for crystal nlue skies, frost snd snow to see us through January! Blwyddyn newydd dda

Bois bach! If ever there were an anomaly chart to quash the "British Isles can't be cold at the same time as the US" argument, this is it!

I sincerely hope its nothing like 2018, what a cruel time that was for those of us west of Bridgend!!

I'm happier that it's more of a Northerly than easterly here as the Foehn affect of the beacons really kills snow West of Neath all the way to Carmarthen in an easterly as with the BFE in 2018. Look north for Wales, any day for me!!

4.4 47mm

I must say the prospect of a severely cold March, as a vegetable grower, fills me with absolute dread! I'm hoping we see impacts from MJO potential reversals with SSW sooner rather than later so it can be done with before mid March!

Wales and NI had a lot of snow in March 2006 as well! Look West/NWest people it's delivered well this year

4.9 48mm

The last of the snow has said hwyl fawr am y tro

Outlines an important point that such discussions regarding the stratosphere should be kept in the relevant thread, I really don't understand why this thread has become so tediously dominated by all things SSW! Talking of relevant thread this should be in the moans one but It really has ruined model discussions since 2018!

Frosty morning and still the snow holds on in the shade! That makes 8 days now

Can we just ban the Polar Vortex? Both in real terms and the word itself from this thread? It’s the bane of this Model thread!

So who still has snow cover in the shade ? We do! 6th day and the ground has frozen solid! What a great cold spell this has been for us here

I agree with you completely I think you've misunderstood the sarcasm in my post

Today will be one of those winter is over days! Just like beginning of Jan. The tone has been set and my advice would be take a break and come back next Wednesday /Thursday! A lot of uncertainty in the mid term which undoubtedly will be linked to going ons higher up!

Newsflash BFE in 2018 wasn't the holy grail for everyone! We've had more snow here this week than then in West Wales! Not everywhere pines for the fabbled beast. Give me Northerly winds any day!

Can you back this up? There were plenty of snowy incidents between 1991 and 2009. 1996 - great snow Western UK in particular 2004 - Christmas January 2003 bought widespread snow in Wales February / March 2006 had heavy snow. November 2005 had widespread early snowfall. April 2008 also??

Fantastic and hopefully puts to bed all the 'lack of widespread, snow coverage' posts seen in the Mod thread at the beginning of the week!

We have a brilliant thread to discuss everything polar vortex and SSW but reading this thread you'd think not!

I'm not so certain of that as it will wax and wane so I'd expect frosty nights and freezing fog especially mid week onwards. But gloomy to begin with perhaps. Still here we were forecast to get milder today but now it's Sunday (and still below average then). The cold has actually entrenched/upgraded short term i.e by Saturday with forecast highs now 4 and not 7/8s. Added to that much of the Western part of the UK has snow coverage building colder, denser air against any inroads from the Atlantic. I think this cold spell has milage for an additional day or two yet. It really is a blink and you'll miss the Atlantic affair.

Absolutely lethal on the roads this morning! A top up of around 2cm overnight here as well. Hopefully we can keep snowcover until at least Saturday will make 4 days of lying snow from this spell then. Not bad for a northerly 'toppler'

Snowing heavily here now but has been marginal even at 180m abs! Around 2cm at present but looking at the radar a big dollop is building here so let's see!