Mullet

Personally, I'd swap a degree or two in max temps in exchange for a slightly cooler and brighter settled period at the moment. While everything is sodden and the winds are up, it really negates the effect of any 'warmth' that might arrive relative to what we've endured lately. Wish the jet stream would take the hint and naff off somewhere north of us. Preferably for about six or seven months.

Another day, another wet and chilly mess. Although I'm sure the statistics would contradict me, it does feel like the seasons are homogenising. Nine months of autumn and a few months with the odd warmer interlude seems far more common than before. Even at long range, the outlook is more of the same. Thoroughly depressing, and at a time of year we should finally be feeling a lift from the winter gloom. Hard to appreciate the longer evenings and nature returning to life when it's like this.

Vile again today. Even when we get a few dry days, the moment it rains the bog returns. We're saturated and will take a very long dry period to rectify it. Trying to landscape my garden, and the sowing season for grass is upon us. Can't do anything with the soil and it's treacherous underfoot. Puddles everywhere.

TwisterGirl81 Started promising, lovely morning, then went pear-shaped. Greyer than Paul Hollywood's barnet out there now, and pretty chilly with it. If you do stumble across anything warm and dry, please direct it our way and I'll return the favour!

Some budding now easily visible on the morning walk. Nice to see early signs of Spring edging in. I get especially ****** off at this time of year, really fatigued with the lack of warmth, short days, damp etc. I don't mind March being a bit ropey, so long as it stays relatively dry and we get a bit of a warm and settled spell in April. Being a fair-weather golfer, I think the local courses will need a good few weeks of drying out time to be playable this Spring!

cheese I love a warm Spring but not too much, as I don't want to waste favorable conditions before the summer. Just can't bear 10 to 15 degrees all the way out to mid May. I'm difficult to please! But yeah I'd gladly tolerate a cold March in return for a warm June or July.

Talk of an SSW makes me shudder at this stage of winter. All that really means to me is a potential cold spring with no warmth for weeks. No thanks!

The bottom line is I'm not sure we'll ever get to the point a day 10 or even a day 7 chart of any sort will offer much in the way of forecasting snow for our little strip of land, even with support of all the background signals. Sometimes it'll upgrade, sometimes downgrade, but really it's like one of those cuddly toy crane games at the arcade. You only really know what's going to happen right at the end. I'm disappointed by the prospect of rain returning rather than the cold not really delivering much.

Apparently the odds of a white Christmas are shortening based on this morning's output...

Until they fail to show an easterly.... "More runs needed"

As much as I dislike prolonged "car-scraping events" getting me out of bed ten minutes earlier than usual, it's glorious out there this morning in the sun; just nice to finally lose the gloom. Anticipating much hyperbole about digging our way out of 10-foot drifts over the coming days. I'm not rushing out advising the family to invest in the huskies just yet - maybe just a thick jumper and some de-icer for now until armageddon is modeled within 72 hours...

I've seen many get excited over the prospect of an Omega Block in years gone by, as I think if the high sets up in the Atlantic it can mean Easterlies and uber-snow. I think it's two low-pressure systems flanking a blocking high, so I guess surface conditions depend on where it sets up? Your memory sounds like we were stuck under the high? I'm pretty rubbish with the science to be fair. Hopefully we're not in for weeks of bone-chilling cold and snow. A quick drop of snow and a rapid thaw is my bag these days!

I second this - used to avidly watch the MoD thread for signs of wintry weather. Now I just sigh when I have to scrape the car off and put on an extra layer. I still like extremes of weather, but I also like them short and sweet these days - otherwise, it's just a nuisance. Middle age has caught up with me! Early May to mid-August is my happy place these days.

Quite pleased the comparisons to 62-3 in the long range came to nothing; why anyone would wish for that is beyond me. I fully agree with previous comments about a cold spring. Nothing worse than emerging from winter into faux cold for weeks. If an SSW were to occur this season it better be within the next month or so!

The lovely weather to see out the first half of Autumn in my area has made a big difference as we slide into the gloomier, darker months. I think that's the last time I'll feel true warmth from the sun on my face for at least five months. Although I enjoy a bit of extreme winter weather, aside from that I'm not a lover of short days. The alternating periods of gloom and scraping the car off really get to me come February. So very thankful for what we got after a poor second half of the summer. A bit of a "nothing" period for me now weather-wise until we reach the end of the year, where hopefully we'll have a decent cold event to keep things interesting while we all sit indoors with the heating on!