Froze were the Days
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Yep!...after 5 days of not seeing the sun and being dull it's great to see the current bun out, really puts a spring in ones step!
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2 hours ago, moogyboobles said:
Just has a surprising notification on here, a new badge indicating that I have been hanging around these part for 20 years!
I had to look up what was going on at the time to make me join, obviously it was this.
Can't remember that?...just looked at the historical charts and it was all a bit of a storm in a tea cup, the snow/wintryness he was referring to occurred on this date (chart below)...over in a day job and can't remember any snow falling here - Xmas was of a westerly regime.
I've been on here about 20 years too...joining after the BBC snow watch ended.
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2 hopes for Xmas wintryness in this area...no hope and of course Bob!
trying telling that to the lot in the MAD thread.
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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...
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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).
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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!
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4 hours ago, cheeky_monkey said:
Technically i dont think 1981 was a white Xmas ..all the snow of Dec 81 fell before Christmas day from memory and Dec warmed up thereafter ? had it not it would have possibly been the coldest December on record.
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.
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11 hours ago, Methuselah said:
And the winter before that and before that and before that. . .
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.
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4 hours ago, lassie23 said:
I have never understood the fascination of chasing something that fails to materialize 90 percent of the time lol
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.
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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
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What a dreadful day...one which daylight didn't exist. Glad for a few that experienced a few flakes yesterday, chortle.
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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.
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1 hour ago, Methuselah said:
We might moan about the Beeb and the Met. Office, but GBeebies is surely setting the bar at an all-time low:
'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!
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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.
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I'm preparing myself for spells of cold rain...something I've got use to on some recent winters.
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Why are Novembers so continually rubbish! hammering it down here...little variation, rain, rain, brief dry day, wind, rain, rain...no frost! aaarrggghhhhhh!!
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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!!
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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.
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2 hours ago, blizzard81 said:
That's the mean for Jan to March. Not January alone. It could be better but we've all seen so much worse.
Looks like a continuation of what we have now...cyclonic.
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Sorry late to the party...7.9c for me
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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!
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28 minutes ago, northwestsnow said:
EC day 10 is not great for those wanting something colder and drier
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...
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44 minutes ago, Freeze said:
To be fair at the time I think there was slightly milder air further north as Atlantic air crept up and around the high whereas the high was centred over the south. (Could be wrong)
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.
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This month keeps on giving...that is grim, dull and wet conditions - if this is all Winter 2023/24 can do then roll on Spring!