Model Moans, Ramps and Banter

[weather_it_will]

1 hour ago, Tonyinhampshire said:

And down here in Hampshire, we will wake up the next day and say what was all the fuss about

The so called storm will have little effect on anyone south of a line from North Wales to Hull in my opinion.

 

[cheese]

Loving the output from GFS and ECM. High pressure all the way!

[Frost HoIIow]

 

1 minute ago, cheese said:

Loving the output from GFS and ECM. High pressure all the way!

Well I suppose it's good for your hair that you said takes ages to do  

[cheese]

15 minutes ago, Frost HoIIow said:

 

Well I suppose it's good for your hair that you said takes ages to do  

My hair is very happy.

Edited December 20, 2016 by cheese

[78/79]

7 minutes ago, cheese said:

My hair is very happy.

Think yourself lucky that you still have some

[Pembroke Dangler]

To rub salt in the winter wounds it's been snowing in the Sahara desert in the last few days https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/20/stunning-photos-capture-rare-snow-sahara-desert/amp/

[Daniel*]

40 minutes ago, cheese said:

Loving the output from GFS and ECM. High pressure all the way!

I don't find it exciting do you one great tedium? I want to see this HP head somewhere.. plenty of gefs members have mid Atlantic blocks, so slight hope going forward into January. 

[cyclonic happiness]

14 minutes ago, Pembroke Dangler said:

To rub salt in the winter wounds it's been snowing in the Sahara desert in the last few days https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/20/stunning-photos-capture-rare-snow-sahara-desert/amp/

yes, and next week it'll probably snow on the surface of Venus just to rub it in :-( 

 

[cheese]

19 minutes ago, 78/79 said:

Think yourself lucky that you still have some

You know, you're not the first person to say that on here. I'm sure you won't be the last. 

[cheshire snow]

16 minutes ago, Pembroke Dangler said:

To rub salt in the winter wounds it's been snowing in the Sahara desert in the last few days https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/20/stunning-photos-capture-rare-snow-sahara-desert/amp/

Can see the headlines in 40 years time "UK see its first snowfall in 40 years"

C.S

[Man With Beard]

44 minutes ago, Pembroke Dangler said:

To rub salt in the winter wounds it's been snowing in the Sahara desert in the last few days https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/20/stunning-photos-capture-rare-snow-sahara-desert/amp/

Noticed that! The weather really knows how to rub it in!!!

[Interitus]

The elevation of that Sahara location, Aïn Séfra, is actually over 1000 metres / 3500 feet and the average winter minimum temperatures are colder than most of England. Mean temps and especially daytime temps are higher because the height of the sun is more like ours at the equinoxes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aïn_Séfra

[mountain shadow]

A massive three posts on the 0z runs on the shortest day of the year. Surely a Netweather minimum record?

[northwestsnow]

1 minute ago, mountain shadow said:

A massive three posts on the 0z runs on the shortest day of the year. Surely a Netweather minimum record?

The 0z runs are generally blocked, but the eye candy in gfs lala land has vanished this morning.Best to say after a unsettled blip it will get calmer and colder again as the anticyclone takes over, after that who knows although another sinker looks a decent shout..

[jethro]

Never mind the official records, or the parcelling up the year into neat 3 month chunks, today is the first day of winter in my world. I look forward to a front loaded cold one; it can start anytime it likes in the next week or two....

[ArHu3]

3 minutes ago, jethro said:

Never mind the official records, or the parcelling up the year into neat 3 month chunks, today is the first day of winter in my world. I look forward to a front loaded cold one; it can start anytime it likes in the next week or two....

today is the day the sun is coming back to our hemisphere

[jethro]

17 minutes ago, ArHu3 said:

today is the day the sun is coming back to our hemisphere

Ready to add a touch of sparkle to powder snow covered landscapes :-)

[Norrona2015]

Meanwhile up in Scotland

http://braemarscotland.co.uk/snowgate-webcam/

 

[Tonyinhampshire]

5 hours ago, Norrona2015 said:

Meanwhile up in Scotland

http://braemarscotland.co.uk/snowgate-webcam/

 

I do believe that this winter may well be the best summer we never had !

[knocker]

Sidney would like to take this opportunity to wish all of his well wishers a very merry Xmas and a lovely mild New Year.

[cheshire snow]

1 hour ago, knocker said:

Sidney would like to take this opportunity to wish all of his well wishers a very merry Xmas and a lovely mild New Year.

Bah Humbug Sidney

C.S

Knocker Sidney looks a bit overweight 

Edited December 21, 2016 by cheshire snow

[knocker]

3 hours ago, cheshire snow said:

Bah Humbug Sidney

C.S

Knocker Sidney looks a bit overweight 

Nah, merely bad posture

[March]

9 hours ago, jethro said:

Never mind the official records, or the parcelling up the year into neat 3 month chunks, today is the first day of winter in my world. I look forward to a front loaded cold one; it can start anytime it likes in the next week or two....

Logically it should be the middle of winter now given that it's the peak of the astronomical conditions that cause winter to be winter. Using astronomical to start the season makes no sense, even with seasonal lag it doesn't match up. In 5 weeks spring flowers will begin, and in a couple of weeks some birds start nesting! 

[Snipper]

21 hours ago, 'ColdIsBest' said:

The so called storm will have little effect on anyone south of a line from North Wales to Hull in my opinion.

 

So we are now suppose to have storm alerts by postcode?

Edited December 21, 2016 by Snipper

[Matthew.]

6 minutes ago, March said:

Logically it should be the middle of winter now given that it's the peak of the astronomical conditions that cause winter to be winter. Using astronomical to start the season makes no sense, even with seasonal lag it doesn't match up. In 5 weeks spring flowers will begin, and in a couple of weeks some birds start nesting! 

Winter to me is November 24-Feb 23. The sun is too strong by this stage to prevent widespread snowcover. Just imo though and there will always be rare exception ex-Feb 1895, 1947, 86 etc but the strength of sun makes it for me.