BarometerCat

snowing well and settling, yay for that

really coming down now here but alas, not settling. Still, was not expecting this so anything is a bonus..

very very light snow just started here. hardly noticeable yet..

Thursday, on my day off too. Bring it!

is that good or bad for us in East mids? No sign of anything near me yet today!

snow, here, now. Very light though but its a start I guess

-2 start. Nice frosty scenery on the train to work. Not expecting showers my way but as always, will see if anything pops up later

Yeah, it looks weak. Not even as far as Stoke!

Just seen the radar, couple of patches heading inland. Any ideas how far it would get?

HAIL

very light sleet/hail precip just now. just a few minutes. That is probably it for today.

Merry Christmas! Cold or mild, it’s just weather and hope for a chance of snow in the new year!

General sense of model output being a mid 'meh' for the Christmas period. UKMO 0z 25th Not great .... try again.. EECM same ish period...looking crud GFS ...is trying its best but.. Boxing day ...colder, so you never know. All looks a bit messy and complex picture upstream best left to pros and more knowledgeable to fathom.. I guess the models are just that, compute models and the output is what it is. Happy Thursday before Christmas all!

Sometimes, we look for the impossible. Those idea sets of synoptics that will produce wintery nirvana, Northerlies, easterlies. !947/62 or 2010 etc.. I like to look at what we have, glass half full and that. Mild incursions ahead yes, but not warm or endless SW. Christmas Day GFS 6z, not that mild.. then a couple of colder days follow. (If it verifies) ECM similar period no as nice UKMO - bit better. Its not trending all out mild is my point. still a lot to look out for (keeping my expectations in check though..)

very fine precip here now.. graupel like. its something though, right?

real frosty start again, has been a good run of frosty weather. Local snow shield fully operational it seems...

Fountain at Town Hall square in Leicester still Frozen a couple of hours ago

189+ GFS 6Z vs 0z Less certain after 20/21 so hopefully trends cooler after Monday... which is about as much as I can sum up in my non expert view!

absolutely clear sky tonight and temps dropping. As others have said, could be a cold one!

No chance...GFS 12z Christmas eve. Note the face laughing at the UK hovering over Norway? Taunting us.

-4 and still a decent frost about. Possibly some snow Saturday for W mids before mild(er) air arrives. I am not sure anything past next Monday is really fully resolved!

Talking about upcoming 'less cold' period. I find it funny that when 'mild' is used it does not necessarily mean shorts weather does it? 'mild' or 'milder' v less cold or not as cold. How best to describe it?

spotted the potential next Tuesday, it could vanish into thin air before then (as these often do) but really hope not. looks good for Midlands! Might be something in the shorter term too but not before that 'milder blip'

tonight...keep an eye out just in case

very light snow here in Hinckley, there's a surprise! Not showing on radar for my location either so...