snowspotter

Well Said. I think what your saying is don’t waste time on the model discussion thread . I’ve realised this a white back and will be posting in the moaning thread . 150 pages of ranting and raging won’t change the fact that the models are not set up for a modern world of climate change . 90% of the time they eventually get a grip with reality at about 5 days out . I’m not interested ‘in backing this up’ I too am of a certain age and have been on here years . It’s pretty much always gonna end up wet and mild when showing cold 7 days out I wouldn’t waste energy getting fed up by it

So…..in the course of 24 hours my forecast has gone from >to> What’s the point in getting excited about it ! It’s got rain and mild written all over it t

I haven't checked for a few days but think the game is up on cold until new year. The models have moved the high further and further north towards Greenland and west of it . The result is no east or north easterlies with systems moving round underneath and more attacks from the west. I thought it was looking good a few days back but think its only going one way now . Not even a frost for the south now just rain. I'd like to be proved incorrect but I've seen it all before

Nice little surprise here in Reigate . Suspect that’s it for winter

Precisely mate. I've yet to meet someone who loves boggy walks in lashing rain and wind over a crisp sunny walk in sunshine in -3c but hey there are a few out there I guess.

Personally I’m loving these conditions . A cold continental feed sunny days some snow of the ground all powder snow temp sub zero . Why can’t we have more of it . Sure it’s not massive snow but it’s the best winter weather by far for me

Is the streamer likely to shift south at all? It looks like its fizzling out to me .Was a great day out there today not a massive amount of snow but just great being out in it

Blimey took you 12 hours for that effort to respond haha .

Don’t blame you . I haven’t given up at all. The mad thread consists of people taking as gospel every 8 day chart. Yet knowing that they are like chalk and cheese every 6 hours . I think it’s a sign of madness to be honest

Yeah well it’s all out in any persons back yard I guess . I’d probably be unhappy if o had no snow . At least you’ll get some harsh frosts later in the week. Places in Suffolk reporting 38cm snow depth . Lucky sods !

I’m not convinced by one set of 00z runs to be honest . I will accept it if the next two sets show the breakdown not before then. Let’s face it 6hours previously they were hinting at an extended cold spell

Third day of the cold spell here and people moaning it will be over by Monday . I make that nine days including last Sunday . If your in the west what do you expect from an easterly , blizzards from Moscow? Also unless I am very much mistaken Scotland has been snowy since December . Try telling people there it’s been crap. It could have been better for me yes . Further east have had loads of snow .but you can still not get me moaning about this cold spell. To be honest it’s better than the fabled 2018 beast from east event here . More snow for a start

Went for a stroll at lunchtime around Reigate park around footpaths . Sunday at about 10am when the snow was starting to settle it was an absolute quagmire slimey mud everywhere soggy grass spongey saturated ground . 24 hours later and it’s all been freeze blasted in the wind . It’s rock solid now everywhere on footpaths . Amazing transformation in 24 hours . Light snow most of say settling. Max temp -1.5c great ice day this . Now onto the evening course of a Thames streamer

I hope so but I'm setting the bar low with regards to hopes. If only the snow and temperatures had arrived as forecast at 11pm -12pm last night we would have had a decent covering instead of these scraps. Hope the ground freezes up a bit the footpaths are mud baths

I think this is going to be a slow burner. Before everyone starts moaning I'd wait until this evening to see what's happened . Must confess I was expecting to wake to a couple of CM's snow and temperature below zero so either its delayed/ watered down/ or just not going to happen. I'm hoping the former

Temperature 1.3c , dew point dropping now -0.1c . light snow thickening up on a strong wind . Its coming at last !

Just as a footnote I wasn’t looking in the river just a big field away from the lights that had a river in it. The torch spotted the first snowflake , the rest is history ! January 1987

Great stuff love it . Bang on. I can remember heading across to the local river with a big torch in 1987 to check If the snow was coming . It did obviously but the sheer excitement of not knowing in those days was amazing .

Seems to be a lot of hysteria on here considering the cold spell hasn’t even started here yet. Blimey just relax . Snows on the way

Hmmm. A certain person who used to post on here has tweeted ‘UKMO 144 is a boom time slider . Don’t let anyone tell you it won’t go under . Which post is correct

Right GFS a nudge NW if you please !

is that the Mr pessimistic view . Hopefully not the result

Ironic as we were worried about the low moving too far NW on Wednesday bringing rain to Kent. Now ‘al of a sudden’ it’s going east and south I mean do you trust the models at such a close range and met office to get it completely wrong ?

I don’t blame you . If a set up fails with 48hrs to go it really would be a complete and utter shambles

Hopefully he’s correct !