Agreed. Loooooooong way off but the battleground situation could be interesting around this time next week. Probably as many twists and turns as there are model runs betwsen now and then though.
The first record to be smashed this upcoming cold spell is the users online record!
Yet again a shortwave stops the really cold air from reaching our shores!
I think everything else has already been said.
Edit: The initial cold has nothing to do with the SSW as Ian Ferguson said?
With the ECM flip flopping so much i guess the 12z is for the bin also?
Still at least the first shot of cold is just about in the reliable time-frame, but what happens to it after 5 days in anyone's guess at the moment!