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Froze were the Days

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  1. It wasn't technically a white Xmas...a lot of snow (drifting) from the 8th to the 24th in various parts of the country, we had about 10 inches or so at the deepest on the 13th (24th coastal parts of Kent and East Sussex saw the last of any light December snow falling)...here in Essex on Xmas day we just had patchy snow on the ground and what was left of the drifts that was slowly melting. The day itself here was misty and rather dull. As you stated another cold spell arrived in January for a week with up to 6 inches...
  2. Another miserable day...absolute bog of a lawn. Onto the models - latest ECM det is about as bad as it gets in the medium term with rain a plenty and then becoming flat upstream with high pressure to the south, strange though still some coldies banging the drum in the MAD thread (must be on the Xmas sherry early).
  3. Looks like we're about to revisit October again...rain, rain rain for near the next week but then the ECM consistently showing high pressure over France and mild dry conditions. Not a lot of joy if you're a coldie!
  4. Yep! Xmas day 1981 I remember as if it was yesterday (just got the LP Dare by the Human League) and there was patchy snow lying about and still drifted snow in areas but had melted to a degree...the day itself in Burnham was misty and cold but not as cold as previous days so as you say not technically a white one and as said milder up to the New Year.
  5. In large teapot terms I suppose 2020/21 wasn't that bad...a few bites at the cherry and had some snow eventually here in February but I guess even that Winter would have been colder back in the day.
  6. Yes that has occurred to me as well, I swear it's more about the winter chase than the actual occurrence of the white stuff (bit like chasing your dream girl only to know you're going to crash and burn) and are probably still behind their PC's when it's kicking off outside.
  7. MAD thread holding their hopes on the updated EC46 for January (failed before and will do so again) and EC 2-4 week (also has been inaccurate at a shorter timeframe)...latest ECM dets going down the pan if you're a coldie and hopes for a white Xmas which is a laugh in itself
  8. What a dreadful day...one which daylight didn't exist. Glad for a few that experienced a few flakes yesterday, chortle.
  9. Nice to see a genuine scenic frost this morning but crikey did it lift quickly!...soil temps must be still quite warm as it's not overly warm outside (currently 2.5c). As for the MOD thread...fortunately haven't been in there reading 90% or so of rubbish posted, prams and toys I suppose. Looks like further rain on the way.
  10. 'We might get a white Xmas or we might not' - hmmm I think I'll know which side I'm leaning on and as for bookmakers and a white Xmas, doesn't take a lot for them to reduce the length of the odds even though towards the south we haven't had a proper one since 1970. More Hype! yawn!
  11. Years ago this 'cold' spell we're in would be a standard thing for late November...we've seen so few frosts and relatively cold air in past Novembers the bar has been completely reset. Then again model watching can get your hopes up which was never the case back in the 80's/90's...sometimes wish we were back in those times without all this technology.
  12. I'm preparing myself for spells of cold rain...something I've got use to on some recent winters.
  13. Why are Novembers so continually rubbish! hammering it down here...little variation, rain, rain, brief dry day, wind, rain, rain...no frost! aaarrggghhhhhh!!
  14. A bit off kilter here...but looking at the 61-90 and then onto the 81-10 mean, that's one hell of a jump in 20 years - 2c warmer!!
  15. What does it take to get a dry 24 hours?...rain shower currently (thought today was forecast to be dry)...not sure how many days that is running now with precipitation falling.
  16. Thought this was going to be a nice day after the sunny start, how wrong was I! Had to dry the dog off twice already, looks like a lot more of this rubbish on the way! How things have changed in just a matter of 2 weeks!
  17. I know it's only 1 det run at D10 but if that comes to fruition (after much rain) it looks like a slow erosion of the heights to the north which I have a feeling will happen in November...
  18. The north obviously had the first colder conditions...maybe just a delay of a day or so when you experienced that frost, but as mentioned going by where you live Shoreham I'd be very surprised if there was a frost there.
  19. Must of been a frost hollow the train was going through! Very mild ice (if there is such a thing) on car windscreens and patchy frost in Buxton.
  20. Bet you didn't have a 'winter frost' where you were?...I was in the Peak District when we had that mighty 2 day colder spell and we only had slight frosts! As mentioned a variety this October but in my mind it has GW written all over it from warmth and dry to deluges very quickly and little in the way of cold.
  21. Knowing our luck we'll get more of a powerful sw to ne jet set up and heights develop over the continent...my bets are we'll see the Atlantic 'fill up' with low pressure to the west and north in the weeks ahead (even more than now). My expectations are never too high when it comes to our weather that way I won't be disappointed!
  22. Wet but not overly so...16mm on Wednesday and 18mm overnight and today on the Essex Riviera...so a combined 34mm, had worse. Just such a change from the dry warm conditions of last week.
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