Mike Poole thanks Mike I'm afraid I'll breach every NW filter imaginable if I type what I really think of the last 6 months of "weather " locally.
As always, in unsettled phases the NW cops for the majority of Atlantic systems but this period has been beyond the pale.
Like many others I'm desperate for some warmth and sunshine but I'm struggling to see anything resembling this on the 00z NWP .
Late season SSW is disastrous for Spring so I always get a feeling of dread when we see SSW's in late Winter.
One year we'll see a major SSW in November and get the benefit HL blocking when most of us want to see it,ala Dec/Jan NOT April/May..