Snowmad79

Now then Now then, If HP does infact make it to GL and gets established ..prolonging and intensifying the up comming cold spell then 0c could well be on the high side lol. On that note ... im going for 0 c

Oh I know, Im not saying it is impossible to get snow on christmas day but Id still say the chances are closer to 0% rather than 15%

Ive Just had a go of the santa shaker and 15% chance of snow for england Ireland and wales is hilarious. Id say thats about 15% to high atm lol.

Temp was 7 c last night at 22:00 and came down to 3c during the night however in the last hour temps have dropped to 1.9c ... damp and cloudy. Btw if all you brits have forgotton what snow looks like already (i know i have lol ) check out the dumpings in finland on the traffic cams : finland traffic cams

Got a sleet/graupel shower round about 5.30 am which gave a nice covering on the roads and paths and continued to switch between graupel and rain but has now turned increasingly to light snow. temp is 1 c

Canada ahhhh that says it all ... its not like you would have any reason to lampost watch there with all the white stuff you guys get year in year out lol. But still your on a weather forum.. saddo! .. only joking mate.

What like posting on a weather forum at all times of day and night ? Your just as SAD as the rest of us on here then lol . nothing wrong with persuing a hobby and discussing it is there ?

Cold or Mild ? Id have to say a mixture of both as it usually is .. some colder days, some milder days. My general opinion is purely based on Oceanic Nino Index data and is that we are going to have yet another winter typical of most years from the late 90's - present. That being little in way of snow and very random short lived events in November December and January with January being the coldest month and no doubt some areas may see the odd decent covering of snow like last year, not to mention some frosty nights, But nothing out of the ordinary really. Best chance of a really snowy winter would come either from having a prolonged neutral enso staying neurtal (between La Nina & El Nino) through out the remainder of this year and into next year or weak - moderate la nina during the winter months which I cant see the latter happening as were already into neutral now.. so it depends how things progress. Dont forget this is just my own simple & un-scientific opinion and nothing more

I just had to make this quick report coz it was a shock .. temps were up to 8.4 0c 5mins ago then we just had a heavy hail shower and with in a minute the temps dropped to 2.2 0c and its snowing lightly although cloud is breaking . Never seen a temp drop quite like that before

Well I really hope you guys do finally get some snow down there, But ill still be expecting pics of the proof so I can eat my own words that I posted in the model thread lol

Thats the exact reading on my weather station right now .. 958Mb/hpa, although the signal is saying its still falling.

HI Trev That article is rubbish lol The gulf stream is infact the main contributor to our regions temperatures .. when it mentions the release of warm air from the ocean, its the Gulf Stream that releases the warmer air into the atmosphere (in our region) at a certain point in the seas to north of the uk. Thats why the melting of the glaciers and ice sheets to the north in greenland etc could have major impacts on our so called warmer climate. The Gulf stream or should i say the Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation as the profenssionals call it, is Very Salty Warm under water current, so if these Glaciers and Icesheets continue to melt , this would deposit vast amounts of " Fresh Water " (non salty) into the atlantic which would then desalinise the Gulf Stream, weakening it to the extent its less able to circulate and possibly stop it all together for a period of time. This in turn would "cut off the hot water tap" so to speak and we'd then end up with a very similar weather system and temps akin to Northern Canada.. Not exactly how "The Day After Tomorrow depicts" it I might add lol (luv this movie though!! ) To cut a longer story short, instead of demolishing those rockies our best bet would be for all of us to travel far north and p**s on those ice caps and speed up the rate of melting

Yes John, may just happen within the next 10 yrs if the Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation Shuts down , Not saying it will mind but you never know with the continual melting of Ice Sheets and Glaciers

Up here in oldham were used to seeing lying snow more or less every christmas wether it snows just before christmas or just after, obviously with a few inches of lying snow during christmas day with last year being the exception... If i remember rightly the snow had already melted away by christmas day so it didnt really "feel like xmas" at all. but i still have a feeling we'll do better up here [oldham] this year. Same goes for november we usually see the odd couple of days worth of snow each year and im still waiting atm so fingers crossed for the rest of the month and xmas time