Snowangel-MK

I think it is known as radiational cooling….Once the sun goes below the horizon, the ground begins radiating the heat it gained during the day into the lower atmosphere. In the time right before sunrise, the sun is still low enough in the sky that the solar radiation is very weak - weaker than the radiating heat from the earth. Therefore, it's normal for the temperature to keep dropping until the sun gets a bit higher in the sky.

Plenty of yellow snow

Not much..well he was fine when I saw him a couple of weeks ago

-2 here already - how low can it go tonight

Another very cold night and day tomorrow to come, even without snow I’d keep this rather than what’s coming by Sunday - hopefully looking at this we will miss the worst of it !

Oh look Heading south east and in all the places that the models didn’t show having any - just shows what can happen when the cold air arrives

Well I’d be quite happy to keep this weather for the rest of the winter - absolutely glorious here with blue sky & sunshine dry cold is my preference over milder wet mush any day

Or fly me to the moon …. - the new moon being delivered by air freight this evening - captured by Matt Goodrum photography -

DWD ICON trends Wednesday's low and snow possibilities further north... I’ll probably be in the middle (no snow) bit between the snow over northern England and the channel low snow no matter what happens

More likely to go south - I’m still not well enough to venture outside so not really bothered either way tbh I could do with flying south and finding some warm sunshine - Australia wouldn’t be too far atm

For now - could still go either way

I’m not even going to look again until Sunday, way too many changes between now and then - it’s going to be cold and dry and I’ll take that - I’m hoping to be well enough to get outdoors for some fresh air by next week - I’ve spent most of this year stuck inside feeling poorly

And the prize for the most ramped up forecast goes to the Scandinavian snow beast ……however it is going to be cold next week we know that but then it is winter (I do live about 50 miles north of the M4 so you never know)

The nation's favourite conversation went mainstream on 11 January 1954 when the BBC introduced “on-screen weather presenters” to deliver the daily forecast. Seventy years on we have super computers instead of hand drawn charts, green screens and graphics have replaced the magnetic weather symbol's and we still have no idea if/when/where it will snow next week

On this day 14 years ago, snow blanketed the UK. …… On January 7th 2010, overnight temperatures had plunged to -18 degrees Celsius (-0.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in isolated spots, with more widespread temperatures of -10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit). Snow covered most of England, from the east to the west coast. (The large image shows snow cover over the entire island of Great Britain.) The cities of Manchester, Birmingham, and London form ghostly gray shapes against the white land surface. Immediately east of London, clouds swirl over the island, casting blue-gray shadows toward the north. The heavy snowfall downed power lines, leaving several thousand homes in southern England without electricity.

Sadly they can’t swim, they are pretty good in the snow though !

MKs green spaces are designed to hold excess rainwater to help prevent residential flooding - good in a way but makes walking anywhere difficult when flooded as our redway paths run through the parkland, there are very few footpaths along main roads here they are mostly in the floodplains

So much for dry January - it hasn’t got off to a very good start here …hopefully this is the last of it for a while and some proper cold frosty weather is on the way soon

Oh heck, Henk

Happy new year, hopefully January will be a cold & bright start to the new year the fireworks have started here already so glad I’m staying in with my dogs as one of them is bothered by loud noises despite being half Labrador the non gun dog (border collie half) of her is afraid of bangs thunder vest for her PJs for me!

Had an “ice” fix this evening at the local rink watching the MK Lightning

Was definitely a case of no smoke no fire

When is a fire not a fire when it’s Orange netting blown by the wind makes a change from trampolines !

It’s all happening oop north, Blackpool tower is on fire https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-67835079

Not a great end to the Christmas celebrations for these people in Manchester- it was pretty wild here but no damage thankfully