Winter 2022/23 - Moans, Ramps & Chat

[alexisj9]

28 minutes ago, TwisterGirl81 said:

12c to me is cool?  We get these temperatures often in winter down here in the south and it's only slightly above average

It got to 13 here, and yes normally that would be normal, but this year not had such a high temp since the December cold spell, so it felt like t shirt weather. 

[reef]

A max of 12.5C and min of 9.9C here today so a mean temp of 11.2C. That's 5.4C above the 1991-2020 average for 3rd February.

Although recent Februaries would have you think otherwise, this is what should be the just about the coldest point of the year on average so its far from normal!

[*Stormforce~beka*]

2 hours ago, cheese said:

If we don’t get any accumulating snow this month then this winter will be the most snowless winter I have ever experienced here, alongside 2013/14. 

Welcome to life like the South!

Edited February 3, 2023 by *Stormforce~beka*

[*Stormforce~beka*]

57 minutes ago, matt111 said:

Certainly does feel mild today. Do I like how it feels? Yes. Do I like the fact it's like it in February? No  

Oh stop moaning it's only for 2 days lol! If I have to suffer depressing cloud then at least let me not freeze to death in it lol

[matt111]

13 minutes ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:

Welcome to life like the South!

Yes in the far south I haven't seen any lying snow for more than 4 years now. 

11 minutes ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:

Oh stop moaning it's only for 2 days lol! If I have to suffer depressing cloud then at least let me not freeze to death in it lol

But it should be cold(er) now

I'm with you on the cloud though, that can do one, and it looks like it will over the next few days.

Edited February 3, 2023 by matt111

[johncam]

Still touting the GFS in the Mod thread , deary me 

 

 

[Ravendane]

I'm just fed up with the Netweather seven day forecast giving 95 percent chance of snow for my region (the Chilterns) which changes every time to 0. I vowed not to check anymore after one night the 95 percent at 2am became 0 percent within minutes. Yet years later I am still looking

[lassie23]

Is the GFS a good model today

[Methuselah]

22 minutes ago, lassie23 said:

Is the GFS a good model today

What's it found this time, a snowflake on Day Ten?

Oh dear, I've just had a nasty thought: What if a green comet were to mess things up?!

Edited February 3, 2023 by Ed Stone

[Don]

4 hours ago, *Stormforce~beka* said:

Welcome to life like the South!

And to life in certain parts of the West Midlands!!

[matt111]

Just now, Don said:

And to life in certain parts of the West Midlands!!

I thought you moved away from the south for that reason?  

[Don]

7 minutes ago, matt111 said:

I thought you moved away from the south for that reason?  

Yep but have since found out there are snow domes in the Midlands, too!!    However, Shropshire is a very nice part of the world and don't have to travel too far to find snow!

Edited February 3, 2023 by Don

[al78]

5 hours ago, matt111 said:

Yes in the far south I haven't seen any lying snow for more than 4 years now. 

But it should be cold(er) now

I'm with you on the cloud though, that can do one, and it looks like it will over the next few days.

Only climatologically speaking. The temperature is dictated by airmass at this time of year and if winds are coming up from the SW Atlantic, it is going to be mild for the time of year no matter what climatology says. There was one recent year where it reached a ridiculous 20C in February.

[al78]

1 hour ago, Don said:

And to life in certain parts of the West Midlands!!

And Salford, although my childhood memories being primarily in the +ve NAO dominated 1990's winters cloud my judgement somewhat, although winter 1995/6 brought some good snowfalls and freezing weather especially over the Christmas period when there was lying snow on Christmas day.

[Weather Enthusiast91]

4 minutes ago, al78 said:

Only climatologically speaking. The temperature is dictated by airmass at this time of year and if winds are coming up from the SW Atlantic, it is going to be mild for the time of year no matter what climatology says. There was one recent year where it reached a ridiculous 20C in February.

With the way things are going, I can see 20°C days in the latter half of February becoming more common soon.

[rotherhamsnowman]

Met office issues Cold weather alert from Sunday 6pm until Tuesday for all of England 

Edited February 4, 2023 by rotherhamsnowman

[johncam]

49 minutes ago, rotherhamsnowman said:

Met office issues Cold weather alert from Sunday 6pm until Tuesday for all of England 

What ? is this for an overnight frost,  good god 

[Turnedoutniceagain]

James Madden's been unleashed on the media - again

 

Heavy snow warning: Exact date forecasters say PERFECT STORM fuelled by 200MPH jet stream could bring 'wall of snow' to UK (gbnews.uk)

[rotherhamsnowman]

1 minute ago, johncam said:

What ? is this for an overnight frost,  good god 

Pretty much yeah

[KTtom]

Imagine if it was like this here ..

 

 

[Rob 79812010]

16 minutes ago, Turnedoutniceagain said:

James Madden's been unleashed on the media - again

 

Heavy snow warning: Exact date forecasters say PERFECT STORM fuelled by 200MPH jet stream could bring 'wall of snow' to UK (gbnews.uk)

I take it that's where the Express get their weather headlines. I swear in January they said we were actually experiencing a big freeze when the temps ranged from 7 to 11 degrees!

[Eagle Eye]

21 minutes ago, Turnedoutniceagain said:

James Madden's been unleashed on the media - again

 

Heavy snow warning: Exact date forecasters say PERFECT STORM fuelled by 200MPH jet stream could bring 'wall of snow' to UK (gbnews.uk)

If you jumble a load of scientific words together into a headline. The public think you're going to be correct.

[snowblind]

2 hours ago, rotherhamsnowman said:

Met office issues Cold weather alert from Sunday 6pm until Tuesday for all of England 

Seems a bit OTT to me. Reading the text it even says temperatures will be near normal during the day and it will be sunny. So it's basically for a couple of nights of frost.

[RJBingham]

1 hour ago, Turnedoutniceagain said:

James Madden's been unleashed on the media - again

 

Heavy snow warning: Exact date forecasters say PERFECT STORM fuelled by 200MPH jet stream could bring 'wall of snow' to UK (gbnews.uk)

"Nathan Rao
WEATHER CORRESPONDENT"

That was enough to tell me the article would be nonsense. 

[Rob 79812010]

Is there a danger on these forums that we tend to fantasise about past winters? I find myself doing it and then check myself. No doubt winters have become milder overall but I also remember long snowless periods in the past. 1970 to 76 comes to mind before the colder winters of the late 70's. Apparently 1900 to 1915 were generally mild winters. This year has been pretty good I think. Compared to 61 to 91 its not far off cet average.  Compared to 91 to 2021 we are below average for UK temps. Also, because this winter has flitted from very mild to very cold, the cold periods have been quite memorable. Manchester, which rarely sees snow has done well this last few years including this year