Winter 2023/24 Chat and Discussion

[Blessed Weather]

Not long to go before we enter meteorogical winter so a good time to start the Winter Chat thread. In line with forum Guidelines please keep things friendly and respectful in here.

[RJBingham]

My favourite thread, looks like it's going to be a busy one  

[Bald Eagle]

At last!

[cheeky_monkey]

its not winter yet ...moan over 

[SollyOlly]

5 minutes ago, cheeky_monkey said:

its not winter yet ...moan over 

ha ha, nice one Cheeky, you got the first moan in!  Good on ya!

[Weatherman_93]

No pictures of models, charts etc please 

[Crackerjack]

1 hour ago, Kentspur said:

Ouch -10 to -12c 850s where I will be some other output Ive seen show -16s looks great timing for a snow lover to visit Scandinavia

Do you know someone going to Scandinavia soon Kentspur?

[Kentspur]

2 hours ago, Crackerjack said:

Do you know someone going to Scandinavia soon Kentspur?

Yeah as its a model forum discussion and we have a couple Scandis in here good to get a bit of model analysis like Norwegian shortwaves going elsewhere also, we get input from members that live in Portugal and Alps and south of France etc so why not for there

[Crackerjack]

23 minutes ago, Kentspur said:

Yeah as its a model forum discussion and we have a couple Scandis in here good to get a bit of model analysis like Norwegian shortwaves going elsewhere also, we get input from members that live in Portugal and Alps and south of France etc so why not for there

It was a joke Kentspur as you have mentioned you are going there a few hundred times already I’m jealous take me with you

[Kentspur]

7 minutes ago, Crackerjack said:

It was a joke Kentspur as you have mentioned you are going there a few hundred times already I’m jealous take me with you

Haha I thought you might be. Are u in a trance-dance? I see your profile mentions you like that sorta music groovy grandad eh? could always join me at the Avicii experience

Edited November 21, 2023 by Kentspur

[Crackerjack]

47 minutes ago, Kentspur said:

Haha I thought you might be. Are u in a trance-dance? I see your profile mentions you like that sorta music groovy grandad eh? could always join me at the Avicii experience

Yeh love Trance and I’m listening to it right now before I sleep have a great trip and enjoy the cold and snow  

[moorlander]

11 hours ago, cheeky_monkey said:

its not winter yet ...moan over 

Tell that to all those in my village who have up.

[alexisj9]

Yay welcome back.

[Sweatyman]

here we go.. all over before it's even begun lol

[jam]

3 minutes ago, Tidal Wave said:

Yes, you are back on a day 10 wild goose chase

and you are here for?

 

[Methuselah]

6 minutes ago, Sweatyman said:

here we go.. all over before it's even begun lol

Aye, aye, she's singing early.  

[andy989]

1 minute ago, throwoff said:

It’s a fair comment to make though. I think people forget that the MET have private business interested supplying groups like railways and airlines. They have to be accurate. My dad works for the rail, I don’t believe snowfall till he tells me he has had the email at work.

Let us know when he does 

[throwoff]

Just now, andy989 said:

Let us know when he does 

To be completely honest he’s on retirement run down, he works from home nearly exclusively now. If I hear anything I’ll let you know. He did confirm the queen was dead about 45 minutes before the news announced it though 

[Mr snowman 2018]

This is why you should never get excited for things to happen in the UK you literally need everything perfect for a cold/snowy scenario to happen one little wobble and it’s game over in this country unfortunately now cold winters are very few and far between 

[Metwatch]

3 minutes ago, throwoff said:

Run by run you will drive yourself batty

I'm probably in the minority here but unless there's snow or crisp sunshine, I can't stand the cold, so watching each run (I check every run without any breaks) is a sort of good laugh when they change all the time and throw up all sorts of chaos.

[throwoff]

Just now, Metwatch said:

I'm probably in the minority here but unless there's snow or crisp sunshine, I can't stand the cold, so watching each run (I check every run without any breaks) is a sort of good laugh when they change all the time and throw up all sorts of chaos.

Nothing wrong with that. Magic of the weather. We all have our favourites, and from time to time we get to experience all of it!

[throwoff]

1 minute ago, mulzy said:

It’s gone tits up because someone broke ranks!  Own up whoever it is…

I may have mentioned to the receptionist in passing that there might be a bit of snow coming…..

[IanT]

8 minutes ago, throwoff said:

It’s a fair comment to make though. I think people forget that the MET have private business interests supplying groups like railways and airlines. They have to be accurate. My dad works for the rail, I don’t believe snowfall till he tells me he has had the email at work.

Indeed. And to justify charging them a fee, they have to deliver something to them BEFORE they make it freely available to everyone else… 

[Kentspur]

4 hours ago, throwoff said:

It’s a fair comment to make though. I think people forget that the MET have private business interests supplying groups like railways and airlines. They have to be accurate. My dad works for the rail, I don’t believe snowfall till he tells me he has had the email at work.

I might know your dad then he will def know some of my colleagues if he's in the area

[LetItSnow!]

I’m not gonna make a predictions on December as a whole but it’s very interesting to see two cold starts to December in a row. Such a treat after the endless horror shows of Decembers between 2011 and 2021 for the most part. It would be quite notable if we managed to colder than average Decembers in a row. But I am not confident in that prediction at all yet!