Froze were the Days

I think I'd rather watch Dulux matt emulsion dry rather than following the ECM this winter...it really has become that tedious. Last night the 24z was practically the same as the 240z.

Well it is the GFS!!...wouldn't hang my hat on that, ECM not going with it and the way things have been going this winter would know what model to trust.

Totally agree...when the Atlantic should be somewhat quieter and we get this, a complete conveyor belt.

Another woeful day in this atrocious winter...have to say pretty windy last night and stronger gusts than expected!

Sorry to disagree with you but here to the east of London (Essex)...i haven't recorded one solitary day with a max below 5c which is poor by ANY winter's standards (and I've been recording winters since 1983/84), we might have had the the odd chilly feeling day due to the wind of late but to say we've experience some cold days this winter is incorrect and misleading and take in respect average temperatures here in the south east generally from mid-December to Mid-February largely have maxes of 7c and what days we have had below this have come in the blander dull calm days. I think the majority of people wear gloves and scarves in winter particularly if it is windy or people of a certain age, I have but now I'm 50 I feel the 'cold' a little more.

God! that ecm 12z is bad, hop from 72z to 216z and more or less you're looking at the same chart!

Seriously they haven't been poor...okay we might have had a poorish month (June last year) or a period of cloud and some rain (some Augusts spring to mind) but here in the south east we haven't had a poor summer since 2012. You mention 'some regions' having poor summers, but you can count the south and south east out of that.

That really is bad luck...as if this winter hasn't been bad enough and then that happens, you run over a black cat?

Haha! yes you're right...funny thing is I always have considered this the south east thread (which it use to be) and largely involved the home counties but it is East Anglia as well, my geography is great and one of the few subjects I got an O level at (yes I'm that old) it was everything else I need to go back to school for ...but yes not doubting you're the winner, it's just the poor circumstances that this countries god dammed awful winter weather provides us with and a sprinkling of snow in a few locations in one day over 90 days of winter!

North Norfolk...this region hmmmm?...but agree that amount from Norfolk n chance photo deserves to win but in this region, where were your photos? but anyway Team Squirrel provided a photo of some wet snow on a Mazda MX5...so that would take it, so you are the winner.

I wanted that trophy ...to say a lot of locations?...only photo I have seen was that one in Wycombe (highish location) and on a car but suppose that counts and the reports in north west Norfolk. Well done for winning tho.

Am I right that 'Timbo' has won the snow cup due to a very slight wet dusting of snow in the North west area of Norfolk?...if so that about sums up this winter and anyway without going on about regions again doesn't that area qualify more for East England?...was really looking forward to hoisting that trophy!

Certainly a wetter winter 2013/14 and slightly cooler with slightly more frosts and some of them being the air variety (here anyway)...comparing the other day!

Totally agree Tom!...has anybody counted how many depressions have formed in the North Atlantic since the beginning of December? (not just with the silly names) has to be around 30 I would imagine, can't remember a winter like this for cyclogenesis.

At 5pm yesterday?...with another loss to a top 8 team

Actually feels like the winds have abated a little just when the BBC forecast the strongest of the gusts (typical)...went down the local park an hour ago which is fairly open and didn't record a gust over 34mph with my hand held Kestrel.

Between 2-3pm in the south of the region the strongest gusts according to the beeb website (not sure how accurate that will be)...gusts forecast now to be up to 72mph which is stronger than forecast yesterday.

Windy but not excessively so...had a gust to 42mph here, seen no damage other than wheely bins tipped over.

Amazing how I've noted so many people in this region (generally inland) have been recording air frosts even somebody down at Worthing has been recording them but absolutely zilch here this winter! (never happened before) 2.3c with a touch of ground frost here over night but now a beautiful clear sunny day which we haven't seen enough of thanks to the darn Atlantic...

No surprise there...the dartboard low of the last few days is nowhere near as deep and less well formed which GFS regularly does, agree heights look to strengthen in approx 10 days time over the continent and we're back where we were last year with mild/warm days but probably sunnier and possibly chilly nights (i'd take that as an alternative as there is no chance in hell this winter of getting anything remotely cold).

In other words the 'boring' option for us weather lovers or lovers of weather extremes - but that's how it's been going generally all this winter...

Not really...depends on the shape and strength of the jet in development, flatter it is more chance of at a lower latitude.

£50 of my hypothetical money says upstream in the jet it doesn't develop in that round dartboard shape but flatter and moves somewhat further north west, still be windy though...something of interest in this rubbish winter,

Doubt it...GFS always has a thing for over blowing these dartboard lows which largely don't materialise.

No where near to even achieving it...