South East and East Anglia Weather Discussion January 2021 onwards

[MAF]

sorry, rant over. just get frustrated with all the 'it might happen' thoughts. yes, it might happen, but then again, it might not. ho hum thats life  

[Mark wheeler]

6 minutes ago, MAF said:

Sorry, but i have to say this.

Since when did a computer generated model dictate how the planet would make the weather?

there are people out there who put balloons up everyday, there are people out there who look at the results of the data generated from current results. 

lets see what Sunday brings, and if its not as forecast then so be it. but one thing for sure, it will be what it will be  

Yeah I don’t get to sucked in anymore , I used to hang on their every word I even used to drum up my parents phone bills by calling weathercall when cold and snow was possible, They soon blocked the number . Ultimately it nearly always leads to disappointment so now expect nothing and if I do it’s a big bonus .

[Daniel*]

15 minutes ago, MAF said:

sorry, rant over. just get frustrated with all the 'it might happen' thoughts. yes, it might happen, but then again, it might not. ho hum thats life  

Mick you’re on the wrong forum. That is weather it’s not certain.

UKV interested in Saturday for far SE, Kent & Sussex some real heavy precip offshore.

[Sparky68]

Cracking Sunset 

[alexisj9]

5 minutes ago, Daniel* said:

Mick you’re on the wrong forum. That is weather it’s not certain.

UKV interested in Saturday for far SE, Kent & Sussex some real heavy precip offshore.

Looks basically the same as today, though hopefully colder, it's just rain today lol 

[MAF]

5 minutes ago, Mark wheeler said:

Yeah I don’t get to sucked in anymore , I used to hang on their every word I even used to drum up my parents phone bills by calling weathercall when cold and snow was possible, They soon blocked the number . Ultimately it nearly always leads to disappointment so now expect nothing and if I do it’s a big bonus .

well i joined this site many years ago from the old BBC site and it was mainly for the weather discussions. but soon learnt that weather is not something anyone can predict (by the people who thought they could) . so i enjoy the banter here and regard a few posters as experts but i take no notice of the 'ten days' time predictions. i really can't understand how the weather can be forecast past  3- 5 days time, and even 2-3 days in circumstances.

unlike @Paul Sherman who can be on a storm chase and actually work out the 'here and now' predictions. its in the lap of the gods. and as i say, it will be what it will be with the technology at hand. 

thats not to say i do not enjoy reading what opinions are and don't dismiss them. i just get fed up with the crystal ball predictions that are continually posted for 'what' will happen next week. we all have an opinion, and its quite right to air those regardless of what you might think of them. but, there is no way to predict the future or i would be a multi millionaire  

[Neilsouth]

The talk of Snow and yet it's chucking it down with rain today! 

[Coopsy]

28 minutes ago, Mark wheeler said:

Yeah I don’t get to sucked in anymore , I used to hang on their every word I even used to drum up my parents phone bills by calling weathercall when cold and snow was possible, They soon blocked the number . Ultimately it nearly always leads to disappointment so now expect nothing and if I do it’s a big bonus .

I had a slightly awkward meeting with a manager at work probably about about 16/17 years ago. An expensive (0898?) phone number kept coming up on my work phone and they thought I was calling porn lines. Turns out it was the weather line phone number. I think they were so relieved they weren’t working with a sexual deviant that they just let it go

Edited January 21, 2021 by Coopsy

[Mark wheeler]

3 minutes ago, Coopsy said:

I had a slightly awkward meeting with a manager at work probably about about 16/17 years ago. An expensive (0898?) phone number kept coming up on my work phone and they thought I was calling porn lines. Turns out it was the weather line phone number. I think they were so relieved they weren’t working with a sexual deviant that they just let it go

The funny thing was it come out on a card the local council used to hand out to residents, It had all the important numbers like the council office , local police station and right at the bottom weathercall . I do think it was a 0898 number too . 

[Dami]

My take on tonight sunset. Pic doesn't give it justice.

[MAF]

42 minutes ago, Dami said:

My take on tonight sunset. Pic doesn't give it justice.

quick! call 999! great pic  

Edited January 21, 2021 by MAF

[huntso]

2 minutes ago, Dami said:

My take on tonight sunset. Pic doesn't give it justice.

It was a cracker tonight, nowhere here to get  a decent photo of it unfortunately.

[MAF]

just watching the news about flooding. my condolences goes out to everyone affected.

[alexisj9]

23 minutes ago, huntso said:

It was a cracker tonight, nowhere here to get  a decent photo of it unfortunately.

Still raining here lol 

[Daniel*]

5 minutes ago, alexisj9 said:

Still raining here lol 

Lol situation further north than expected. Never seems to happen when it’s snow!

[southbank]

That’s it - this is me for winter 2020-2021 

 

for 2021-2022

[NewEra21]

ECM 12z still going for it on Sunday, something has to give sooner or later

[snowrye]

4 minutes ago, NewEra21 said:

ECM 12z still going for it on Sunday, something has to give sooner or later

Trouble is that these things have a habit of correcting south, fingers crossed, but im not confident

[lassie23]

bbc say snow sunday, watch it vanish

[Stu_London]

45 minutes ago, Daniel* said:

Lol situation further north than expected. Never seems to happen when it’s snow!

A lot of that isn't making it to the ground - no rain here in Tunbridge Wells

[NewEra21]

1 minute ago, snowrye said:

Trouble is that these things have a habit of correcting south, fingers crossed, but im not confident

Very true. Although as we've seen with the rain in the channel tonight, that's further north than expected. Minor changes like that on Sunday could make all the difference for a few lucky people.

Either way you'd expect to finally see some agreement tomorrow night on how Sunday will play out. 

[Sparky68]

I'm ignoring charts now this Winter and going back to lampost watching.

[Stu_London]

2 minutes ago, Sparky68 said:

I'm ignoring charts now this Winter and going back to lampost watching.

Can be good sometimes - bit boring during the day

[Polaris]

8 minutes ago, lassie23 said:

bbc say snow sunday, watch it vanish

Agree, many times BBC have been 24hrs late to catch up to Meto this winter. 
 

The BBC snow graphics for Sunday will be long gone by tomorrow afternoon 

[Daniel*]

1 minute ago, Polaris said:

Agree, many times BBC have been 24hrs late to catch up to Meto this winter. 
 

The BBC snow graphics for Sunday will be long gone by tomorrow afternoon 

The BBC is only reflecting the latest from ECM model it’s not out of date data. Depends what models you look at. What I will say ECM is being more consistent than most, consistently wrong we’ll see, but it’s important model to have on your side.