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Is winter really over ask yourself. We will not get another really snow spell but all things could pan out diffrently. Acourding to Jim dale Winter is over. For good this winter look to next winter.

I'll go for 4.8

From the Daily Express WINTER is poised to make a dramatic return with plunging temperatures tightening their grip on Britain and northern Europe, leading forecasters said last night. The US firm that predicted the big freeze of 2009-2010 as well as the recent pre-Christmas arctic conditions is now warning that we are in for another bitterly cold spell. Weather Services International says that while most of Britain will be mild for much of February, winter will make a chilly comeback in March and last through into April. The key factor is a change in what is known as the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), the atmospheric pressure phenomenon which blocked milder weather from reaching the UK before Christmas. This left Britain prey to a stream of cold from the Arctic, before the NAO changed bringing us higher temperatures just before Christmas. Last October WSI experts forecast that we faced a colder than normal winter, with two cold spells – at the beginning and end of the season. At the time it said the figures used in its predictions were “at or near record levelsâ€. December turned out to be the coldest on record with temperatures sinking as low as -21.1C in the Highlands and much of the country brought to a standstill for days by heavy snowfalls. As the coldest weather for six years hit New York yesterday, the US experts said the Arctic airflow will be turned on again. WSI chief meteorologist Dr Todd Crawford said: “We think that this more atmospherically relaxed pattern will persist well into February, confining any below-normal temperatures to northern regions. “At some point later in February or early March, we do expect a return to more strongly negative NAO conditions. “At that point, we expect a return to more severe and widespread below-normal temperatures across much of Europe, lasting well into spring.†He warned: “The biggest uncertainty for the February forecast is that the strong negative NAO pattern will return more quickly than we currently expect. “We are monitoring these developments daily going forward, and will be sending out alerts if we see any signs of the colder negative NAO pattern re-emerging.†The Met Office no longer issues public long-range forecasts after a series of errors that included predicting a “barbecue summer†that turned out to be a damp squib. However it says that it warned the Cabinet Office in October of a very cold winter, particularly in the first few weeks. Its monthly prediction up to late February is for cold dry weather in the South and milder wetter weather in the North-west. It says temperatures today may reach up to 8C (46F) but it will become colder later this week and over the weekend as high pressure settles over the UK. That will leave most areas confined to a daytime maximum of around 3C (38F) falling to -2C at night, with fog, frost and a chance of snow flurries in the South. WSI, which provides forecasts for many top US corporations, bases its forecasts on meteorological readings from around the world plus a comparison with similar weather patterns in the past. The forecast of a return of winter will raise fears of the travel chaos seen in late November and through much of December when rail, road and air were badly disrupted. Heathrow was virtually closed for five days, ruining the Christmas travel plans of tens of thousands of passengers. The disruption was so bad that the Commons Transport Select Committee is to hold an inquiry which will include scrutiny of weather forecasts and whether they were acted on. Read more: http://www.express.c...s#ixzz1C4fiGMLh Do you think this is right.

Bring on spring and summer it is better for you all give us a hot summer as thats what I want last year I fell in the snow. Just one word (******* ****** *** ****). We all know our winter is gone. untill next Dec as threre as been reports in the press that's it over. One of the Swedish newspapers as reported that it's over for the Uk but not them. I know you'll all are dreaming of snow but for one I'm not dreaming of snow I'm dreaming of the summer weather. And the few thunderstorms we will get. I like it like it is now with rain and sunnier days keep the high pressuse above the uk. That's what the weather I would for a few years. If we contuine to get the High presuse over the Uk we will all say that it is over. Forget the report in the daily express that cold weather is coming back it's just a tabloid paper they can get things wrong. Every weather forcaster can get things wrong.

Yes I agree but after Jim dales forcast I'm sticking with his forcast.