Winter 2013-2014 Discussion- Part 2

[Summer Sun]

A very mild day for some parts today with some areas possibly hitting 14c but widely we should see highs of between 11c & 13c

 

 

Almost spring like

[Thundery wintry showers]

March 2001 began on a bright, snowy, and exceptionally cold note in the Tyne and Wear area, with 8 centimetres of snow at Cleadon on the 2nd and then a minimum just below -10C on the night of the 2nd/3rd, one of only two occasions on my 19-year record there when it got below -10C.  I read in one of Philip Eden's books that the Norwich area had about 4 inches of snow on the 2nd, although East Anglia missed out on the exceptionally low minima that affected much of Scotland and parts of north-east England.

 

The easterly incursion of the 16th-20th March 2001 also brought sunshine and snow showers to north-eastern Britain thanks to being sourced from a long way north, and overall it was a rare example of an "easterly" March that brought slightly above average sunshine to much of eastern Scotland and north-eastern England.  However, most "easterly" Marches tend to bring eastern areas a considerable shortage of sunshine, March 1996 being a particularly extreme case for some, when parts of NE England had no sun at all from the 11th-25th inclusive.

Edited February 23, 2014 by Thundery wintry showers

[Summer Sun]

5 stations reporting temperatures at 13c currently

 

Staverton Private

Doncaster Airport

Hawarden

Humberside

Durham Tees Valley Airport

Edited February 23, 2014 by Summer Sun

[summer blizzard]

5 stations reporting temperatures at 13c currently

 

Staverton Private

Doncaster Airport

Hawarden

Humberside

Durham Tees Valley Airport

 

11C here but totally cloudy and quite windy.

[Summer Sun]

Early snow warnings out for the final day of winter on Friday

 

Issued at: 1337 on Wed 26 Feb 2014

Valid from: 0005 on Fri 28 Feb 2014

Valid to: 1200 on Fri 28 Feb 2014

 

Rain will turn to snow for a time, mainly over the high ground during Friday morning. Over low ground it is unlikely that any snow will accumulate but many areas may see falling snow and slushy deposits for a time. The public are advised to be aware of the potential for some disruption to travel especially during Friday morning rush hour.

 

Chief Forecaster's assessment

 

An area of low pressure is expected to move eastwards on Friday. There is considerable uncertainty in its track and therefore on the risk and location of any snow. This warning will be kept under review and the public are advised to keep up to date with the forecast and warnings.

 

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?tab=warnings&map=Warnings&zoom=5&lon=-3.50&lat=55.50&fcTime=1393545600&regionName=uk

[boywonder]

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-26339994

 

World-renowned climber Hamish MacInnes believes this winter in Scotland's mountains is the snowiest since 1945.

He said he had not seen such "colossal volumes" of snow since he started climbing as a youngster 69 years ago.

Dumfries and Galloway-born Mr MacInnes is also the inventor of mountaineering equipment, including a stretcher.

He said: "The first time I went climbing was in 1945 and I remember cutting our way through snow in Glencoe.

"I've not seen anything like it until now.

"This covering of snow we have just now is very alpine. There is a very defined demarcation line between where the snow starts and the bare grass below.

 

it has been a weird winter..

[Summer Sun]

Updated snow warning tomorrow has removed all of northern England

 

Issued at: 1100 on Thu 27 Feb 2014

Valid from: 0200 on Fri 28 Feb 2014

Valid to: 1500 on Fri 28 Feb 2014

 

Rain will turn to snow for a time, mainly over the high ground during Friday morning. Over low ground it is unlikely that any snow will accumulate but some areas may see falling snow and slushy deposits for a time. The public are advised to be aware of the potential for some disruption to travel especially during the Friday morning rush hour.

 

Chief Forecaster's assessment

 

An area of low pressure is expected to move eastwards on Friday. There remains some uncertainty in its track and therefore on the risk and location of any snow. This warning will be kept under review and the public are advised to keep up to date with the forecast and warnings.

 

Areas under the warning

 

Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Torfaen, Neath Port Talbot, Carmarthenshire, Bridgend

 

Herefordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire

 

Northamptonshire

 

Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Swindon, South Gloucestershire, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, Bristol

 

Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, West Berkshire, Milton Keynes

 

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings/#?tab=warnings&map=Warnings&zoom=5&lon=-3.50&lat=55.50&fcTime=1393545600&regionName=uk

[Froze were the Days]

I think this is the 11th consecutive day with a double figure daily max in this neck of the woods - it really is adding insult to injury, it feels like this pattern has being going on since the end of October when we had that severe gale. February will no doubt come out as the warmest anomaly of the three winter months (here anyway).

Want to get out on the golf course but every where is like a bog. Woeful winter on all accounts.

[Captain Shortwave]

So as the records stands, this winter has been the wettest and also the 5th warmest since records began. A car crash of a season as someone who really does not like Autumnal weather, to get 3 extra months of it is truly sickening 

Edited February 27, 2014 by Captain shortwave

[knocker]

27 February 2014 - Early Met Office statistics for Winter 2014 show that England and Wales has already had its wettest winter in almost 250 years.

 

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/releases/archive/2014/early-winter-stats?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

[Summer Sun]

Snow warnings for the south are no longer in force they were due to end at 15:00

[sebastiaan1973]

KNMI published this chart with the 2m anomaly. This time Europe was the wrong place for snow and cold lovers.

[Cheshire Freeze]

RIP winter 2013-2014

[Summer Sun]

RIP winter 2013-2014

 

It maybe about to go but my god it will be remembered for a long time....................

[Cheshire Freeze]

It maybe about to go but my god it will be remembered for a long time....................

 

Let's hope next winter is remembered as a right cold and snowy crippler eh

[Summer Sun]

Let's hope next winter is remembered as a right cold and snowy crippler eh

 

I can't see us getting another one as wet as this again probs a one off similar to March 2013 and December 2010

[Don]

RIP winter 2013-2014

 

I think you mean Autumn?  There was no Winter 2013/14......

[Richard2901]

Months with the lowest mean pressure in Aberdeen since 1866:

 

Feb 2014: 986.0mb

Feb 1990: 990.1mb

Nov 2000: 992.2mb

Dec 1929: 993.2mb

Jan 1948: 993.3mb

Dec 1868: 993.6mb

Mar 1876: 993.6mb

Jan 2014: 994.3mb

Jan 1936: 994.4mb

Feb 1910: 994.6mb

Nov 1877: 994.9mb

 

Seasons with the lowest mean pressure since 1866:

 

Winter 2013/14: 993.9mb

Winter 1914/15: 997.5mb

Winter 1909/10: 999.3mb

Winter 1989/90: 999.8mb

Autumn 2000 : 1000.4mb

Winter 1935/36: 1000.6mb

Winter 1876/77: 1001.0mb

Winter 1994/95: 1001.3mb

Winter 1950/51: 1001.7mb

Autumn 1923 : 1001.9mb

 

Really puts this hateful season in context. To break records by that margin after 150 years is incredible, especially given that high pressure dominated in the first half of December. Just 989mb average for 18th Dec to 28th Feb. It didn't reach 1020mb after 11th December and didn't even reach 1010mb after 12th January.

[Man With Beard]

Met Office seem to think that the wet unsettled weather will continue through November and beyond  A mild November also forecast and warmer than average temperatures more likely into January

 

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/pdf/2/q/A3_plots-precip-NDJ.pdf

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/pdf/3/q/A3_plots-temp-NDJ.pdf

 

Forecast curves for November show a strong signal for wetter-than-average conditions. With computer models signalling westerly or southwesterly flow for November as a whole, it is thought more likely than not that many northern and western parts of Britain would be wetter than in November 2012.

For November-December-January as a whole the forecast favours above-average rainfall over below-average, with the probability of very wet conditions enhanced, and that for very dry conditions reduced, with respect to climatology.

 

These influences are reflected in the forecast in Figure T2, which shows a strong signal for milder-than-average conditions in November. In fact the forecast indicates a high probability of a milder November than that of last year. This is likely to be associated with lower-than-average incidence of overnight frost.Forecast curves for November-December-January indicate above-average temperatures more likely than below-average. However, even during milderwinters occasional colder outbreaks can still occur more especially in December and January.

 

Confidence of course drops a lot further out.

So someone did get it right at some point. 

[March Blizzard]

Does anyone know what the coldest CET daily minima of the winter was?

[I remember Atlantic 252]

30th Jan as a guess,

[March Blizzard]

30th Jan as a guess,

I was looking for a figure, but you're probably right with the date. I ask because I reckon there's a chance we could get a colder CET minimum on the first day of March than during the entire winter, ironically.

[sebastiaan1973]

In De Bilt, the winter temperature 6,0. Since 1706 only in 2007 warmer (6,5c). Just 10 days of frost and 0,0 as cumulative negative day temperature. Two new records.

[johnholmes]

In De Bilt, the winter temperature 6,0. Since 1706 only in 2007 warmer (6,5c). Just 10 days of frost and 0,0 as cumulative negative day temperature. Two new records.

 

 

that data may make some on here feel less upset at the UK winter Sebastiaan

[Terminal Moraine]

A few preliminary, and highly unusual, statistics for the winter just gone at this site.

The lowest maximum temperature was the highest for any winter in the last 50 years.

The lowest minimum temp' was also the highest for any winter in the last 50 years

The highest minimum temp' was the second lowest in the last 50 years; only the winter of 1984/85 recorded lower.

 

The actual figures in the order they are listed above are; 2.3c; -1.0c and 5.6c