Spring moans, ramps, chat and banter

[Nouska]

I think a torpedo has just made impact on the model thread ............

[shotski]

19 minutes ago, Nouska said:

I think a torpedo has just made impact on the model thread ............

It has indeed, and not the one they expected .....

[Liam J]

I'm certainly not feeling the cheer of some folks at the milder weather as it'll be accompanied by frequent periods of wet & windy weather bringing the possibility of yet more flooding!! Nothing good about that  the ground is still saturated from the relentless rainfall so far this winter, very heavy rain this morning with instant water run off and standing water building up quickly in fields etc.... Tis not a good outlook!! 

[Thundery wintry showers]

2 hours ago, Weather-history said:

Simple logic here. How can the areas to the SSW of the UK be below average when the source of the airmass is from there? How can it be neutral in an area that seems to follow the coastal outline of the British Isles but suddenly become a positive anomaly what about 100 miles off the coast?

As Nouska mentions, the SST anomaly is a factor.  

Also, it may be that cold air from eastern Canada and Greenland heads south into the area to the south-south-west of the UK, causing below-average temperatures there.  Meanwhile, that area is typically our warmest possible airmass source in winter, with average temperatures of around 15C, so one or two degrees down on the average won't stop it from bringing uneasonably warm weather to the UK.

Edited January 22, 2016 by Thundery wintry showers

[Daniel*]

1 hour ago, Thunderbolt_ said:

Mmmm.... lovely!

Repulsive putting it lightly...

Well here's your torpedo, I must say I like these red colours 

[I remember Atlantic 252]

we know Scott for heaven's sake! aren't you lucky anyway only 18, in even larger teapot, cor people who aren't keen on cold have it great, no moaning, you could have been around pre 1998

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Roll on SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Daniel*]

13 minutes ago, Thunderbolt_ said:

I think "repulsive" is the adjective I'd use to describe snow with

Seek help Scott, it's not too late to fix your wrongdoings.  

[Daniel*]

Just now, Thunderbolt_ said:

I'm fine thank you.

Blimey that was a quick reply, ahh well Spring is looking like a late one. Sucks for some. 

[Mokidugway]

Thunders obsessed about warmth, shame he lives in Manchester :0.....

[knocker]

Tonight's NOAA charts sums the situation up. LP to the north and HP to the south equals a strong zonal flow that weakens a tad later in the period with the cooler air being pushed a little north. Abandon hope all ye who enter here.

And the ecm

 

Edited January 22, 2016 by knocker

[Weather-history]

10 minutes ago, I remember Atlantic 252 said:

we know Scott for heaven's sake! 

Unfortunately, my old memory banks can't get forget the complete contradictions of what Scott was saying a year or so back. I have posted on numerous sites for a number of years and I have never known a volte-face as big as this in a short space of time. 

That is what annoys me. If you don't like a weather type or for that matter anything in life, then I have no issues but to say one thing one moment and then say something contradictory, a few months down the line without much justification for reasoning. 

 

[stewfox]

With all this heavy snow forecast in the reliable time frame across large parts of Eastern USA you can see the ECM,GFS has us too far west, sums this winter up

Supporting chart attached.

 

 

Edited January 22, 2016 by stewfox

[Mokidugway]

13 minutes ago, stewfox said:

With all heavy snow forecast in the reliable time frame across large parts of Eastern USA you can see the ECM,GFS has us too far west, sums this winter up

Supporting chart attached.

 

 

That puts me in Topeka ,KS nice

[cheeky_monkey]

1 minute ago, Mokidugway said:

That puts me in Topeka ,KS nice

i used to live way north of Montana  

[stewfox]

1 minute ago, Thunderbolt_ said:

I never understand why winter lovers get so aggitated whenever someone dares to say that they don't like cold and snow in winter. It's rather sad, if I'm honest...

We know their sad but what can you do ? 

[I remember Atlantic 252]

To be fair Scott, you do go on a bit, I mean all summer you were posting it

[Dancerwithwings]

Talking of a particular weather type...........Make ya sick don't it

http://www.chart.state.md.us/video/video.php?feed=ef00c25800a7005c0055fa36c4235c0a

Edited January 22, 2016 by Dancerwithwings

[stewfox]

2 minutes ago, Thunderbolt_ said:

I never claimed I could do anything. I just think it's ridiculous that people get so defensive whenever someone dares to say they don't like a particular weather type.

My partner hates cold snow ice, etc 

 She thinks my lamp posting at 4am for flake of snow is crazy

There is a heavy bias towards cold on the forum but i guess its because its rarer then the standard rain and 8c

If rain was rare I'm sure there would be a bias towards that 

I say live and let live 

 

[I remember Atlantic 252]

2 minutes ago, stewfox said:

My partner hates cold snow ice, etc 

 She thinks my lamp posting at 4am for flake of snow is crazy

There is a heavy bias towards cold on the forum but i guess its because its rarer then the standard rain and 8c

If rain was rare I'm sure there would be a bias towards that 

I say live and let live 

 

and if snow was as common as mild/wet, would we describe it as crap/equivalent of rain? maybe, certainly think I would

[Methuselah]

Come on guys? Isn't this all getting rather silly? I for one, will enjoy a few days' extremely mild weather, just as I would a few days' extreme cold...

The there's the other problem that's creeping-in; some folks get put on pedestals, only to be knocked down should their suggestions - far too-often taken as cast-iron promises - fail to happen...Get over it - no amount of wishful-thinking will ever alter the course of the weather. Neither in summer nor in winter!

[Mokidugway]

3 minutes ago, Ed Stone said:

Come on guys? Isn't this all getting rather silly? I for one, will enjoy a few days' extremely mild weather, just as I would a few days' extreme cold...

The there's the other problem that's creeping-in; some folks get put on pedestals, only to be knocked down should their suggestions - far too-often taken as cast-iron promises - fail to happen...Get over it - no amount of wishful-thinking will ever alter the course of the weather. Neither in summer nor in winter!

I've got a tripod ed

[cheeky_monkey]

17 minutes ago, stewfox said:

My partner hates cold snow ice, etc 

 She thinks my lamp posting at 4am for flake of snow is crazy

There is a heavy bias towards cold on the forum but i guess its because its rarer then the standard rain and 8c

If rain was rare I'm sure there would be a bias towards that 

I say live and let live 

 

shes right you're a nutcase

[knocker]

Says it all really

[phil nw.]

Re.Preference for cold in model discussion probably has it,s roots in the long departed Snow watch forum that was a message board type of thing on the old BBC weather site.

Many of us older members used to hunt for cold charts just like many do now.Unfortunately it,s demise was hastened as much by increasing trolling as it was by the birth ofnewer more user friendly weather forums.