Winter 2022/23 - Moans, Ramps & Chat

[damianslaw]

Unlike many a start to the winter, which is often very wet and stormy, the weather is behaving very kindly this year, and what a blessing to the economy during these hard times, especially after the last 2 years and the restrictions etc. Outdoor activities businesses associated with christmas will be very happy with the weather lately - any festivals, markets etc - perfect conditions, not issues with transport disruption caused by weather (so far). The outlook looks fairly benign, yes snow and ice will be a hazard, but nothing signficant expected - we shall see.. 

[jamieson87]

2 hours ago, fromey said:

Met office now have a cold action level 3 warning out, they issued a level 1 yesterday! That escalated quickly!

Does Scotland have a separate reporting system for this? 

[damianslaw]

8 minutes ago, jamieson87 said:

Does Scotland have a separate reporting system for this? 

Yes why just England mentioned. Scotland and Wales and N Ireland must have different systems - I though the Met Office covered whole UK, puzzled. Alert should be 4 for Scotland I think, 3 for N Ireland and Wales.

[Mapantz]

5 minutes ago, damianslaw said:

Yes why just England mentioned. Scotland and Wales and N Ireland must have different systems - I though the Met Office covered whole UK, puzzled. Alert should be 4 for Scotland I think, 3 for N Ireland and Wales.

It's in conjunction with Public Health England.

[Sceptical]

The upcoming cold spell has made the news.

UK weather: Met Office warns of below freezing temperatures

WWW.GOOGLE.COM

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People are urged to look out for friends and family amid unseasonably cold temperatures this week.

 

[danm]

Autumn 2022 is officially one of the warmest on record - BBC Weather

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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The recent mild and wet weather is the latest in a chain of significant meteorological events this year.

 

[markyo]

1 hour ago, Sceptical said:

unseasonably cold temperatures

How can it be unseasonably cold in Winter at those temps!?

[Sceptical]

30 minutes ago, markyo said:

How can it be unseasonably cold in Winter at those temps!?

I never said anything about "unseasonably cold temperatures" ?  

Edited December 5, 2022 by Sceptical

[markyo]

3 minutes ago, Sceptical said:

I never said anything about "unseasonably cold temperatures" ?  

Pardon.....? That is what's in your post!

[Sceptical]

3 minutes ago, markyo said:

Pardon.....? That is what's in your post!

Here's my post:

The mention of unseasonably cold temperatures is by the BBC

 

Edited December 5, 2022 by Sceptical

[markyo]

4 minutes ago, Sceptical said:

Here's my post:

The mention of unseasonably cold temperatures is by the BBC

 

I know it is!!!!!! I never said YOU said it!! For goodness sake! I was commenting on their post

Edited December 5, 2022 by markyo

[danm]

 

[Penrith Snow]

Next weekend is going to test the resilience of the uk power supply as severe cold combines with light winds in the North Sea.

At 20:45 Saturday night it will be World Cup England v France half time, millions will put the kettle on and with temperatures outside well below freezing the demand in the grid will be exceptional.

I presume those in charge are planning for this?

I have brought a load of candles in case

Andy

[tinybill]

if  the gfs  is any thing  to go bye  cold snap last  to at lest to   dec  14    at  the  moment

[John88B]

2 minutes ago, Penrith Snow said:

Next weekend is going to test the resilience of the uk power supply as severe cold combines with light winds in the North Sea.

At 20:45 Saturday night it will be World Cup England v France half time, millions will put the kettle on and with temperatures outside well below freezing the demand in the grid will be exceptional.

I presume those in charge are planning for this?

I have brought a load of candles in case

Andy

Yep it's going to put a real strain on power. Imagine if we have large power outages with freezing temperatures outside. There will be complete uproar.

[johncam]

Met update changed again ,looking as if it will turn milder eventually 

[The Enforcer]

5 hours ago, prolongedSnowLover said:

Would be good to see some concrete snowfall forecasts appearing this week now the cold is nailed!

Ouch that's gotta hurt.

12 minutes ago, Penrith Snow said:

Next weekend is going to test the resilience of the uk power supply as severe cold combines with light winds in the North Sea.

At 20:45 Saturday night it will be World Cup England v France half time, millions will put the kettle on and with temperatures outside well below freezing the demand in the grid will be exceptional.

I presume those in charge are planning for this?

I have brought a load of candles in case

Andy

Maybe the national grid should start a campaign to 'have a glass of milk instead'?

[V for Very Cold]

24 hours from my last post.... still no idea what the weather is going to do lol

[Bristawl Si]

18 minutes ago, V for Very Cold said:

24 hours from my last post.... still no idea what the weather is going to do lol

Cold to v cold, depending on location; the nights look very very cold. Snow in places, showers of rain, sleet or snow. Dry in other places. 

A Wintry mix. There u go.

[*Stormforce~beka*]

16 hours ago, TheOgre said:

Bloody hell I hope we do get some snow. Be a huge disappointment if it’s just cold and dry.

Cold and dry. I expect nothing less!

[The Enforcer]

17 minutes ago, winterof79 said:

Sometimes in these scenarios its as simple as this;

If a model doesn't predict as much snowfall over the interior then going forward it cannot plot the low temps that would occur,therefore its forecast of the depth of our cold pool is incorrect and allows the milder air in too quickly.

Very simple but also very feasible .

In my experience, it is often works the opposite here. The initial predicted snow threat is just on the wrong side of marginal so we get rain or if it is cold enough just misses. This means that the minma are higher than other areas and so the next predicted snow threat to hit the target ends up being rain as well. This can repeat, to lead to places within 50 miles having  almost a foot of lying snow and nothing here.

Edited December 5, 2022 by The Enforcer

[matt111]

43 minutes ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:

Cold and dry. I expect nothing less!

Probably better than watching it rain because it's 1°C too warm while most of the country is enjoying snow. Been there many times  

[stainesbloke]

1 hour ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:

Cold and dry. I expect nothing less!

Looks likely for most of the UK, this week at least. Next week…?  

[Methuselah]

Met Office's forecast for the week... Sorry, if it's already been posted:

 

[*Stormforce~beka*]

3 minutes ago, Ed Stone said:

Met Office's forecast for the week... Sorry, if it's already been posted:

 

Too scared to look