BlazeStorm

Big time lurker here. I understand the concerns and lack of trust regarding the GFS. But given this is 4 or so runs in a row showing similar outcomes for Tuesday onwards next week, I think it holds some weight. When I saw the GEFS Ensembles 3 or 4 days ago my spider senses were tingling, but I dismissed it. Feeling optimistic about this one. Will this be remembered as THAT GFS? We'll see!

2m snow depths in Scotland is pretty mental

Yes, did not see that either. The pivot much more noticeable on the Meteo 3hr radar! Will check again around midnight.

Not far from clearing Ireland now. Could reach us in the early hours of the morning (3/4am) if it does not decide to track south. Really appreciate you pointing this out. Looking promising!

Afoot of snow?

Looks like the fun will start again Wednesday. Cold will be modelled 100 miles further West. Somewhat of a battleground scenario. Possibly.

Can confirm Carol from the BBC has also suggested snow down to lower levels tonight

Who spilt coffee on your weather charts?

Keep the dream alive Check the 3hr https://www.meteoradar.co.uk/

There's snow potential

UK winters for the years '69-'70, '76-'77, '83-'84, based on the MetOffice CETs. Cool-cold months experienced in the UK during those winters. 1969 -110th coldest December - 3.3 1970 -105th coldest February - 2.9 1970 -56th coldest March - 3.7 1970 -60th coldest April - 6.7 1976 -47th coldest December - 2.0 1977 -133rd coldest January - 2.8 1977 -102nd coldest April - 7.2 1983 -289th coldest December - 5.2 1984 -128th coldest February - 3.3 1984 -125th coldest March - 4.7 1984 -44th coldest May - 9.9

Cold Decembers in the US? I wonder how Decembers in Europe compared! Interesting to see the Met Office UK CET ranking December 2010 as the second coldest in 334 years. The third coldest December occurred during the last Grand Solar Minimum. And the coldest December recorded (1890) occurred during a rapid decline in sunspot activity, before recovering in the early 1900s. Observations are now trending towards the next Grand Solar Minimum. Current sun spot activity alarmingly low. Notice the total lack of solar activity in the last 4 months. CM predictions expecting the sunspot cycle to steadily climb. However the recent trend of weakening solar cycles prevails, and the increase in activity stalls. For comparison, here is the sunspot activity for the last 400 years, since 1600. If increases in sunspot activity are not observed within the next year, there is chance for a series of considerably colder winters in the years to come. I'm all for a green, clean planet. But I struggle to accept humans directly control the climate. More inclined to agree that we are a contributing factor to the climate we experience. It seems more and more plausible to suggest the sun, a ball of fire 1,300,000 times larger than earth and relatively close on an astronomical scale, directly controls and dictates the climate on our planet.

A spec of snow showing South of Sheffield on the radar. And growing in 5 mins!

I wouldn't worry about the Northern Hemisphere at T216. The next few days are unpredictable enough!

Recall posting something towards the end of January flirting with the (daft) idea that winter will arrive just in time for the Game of Thrones finale, as HBO would have wanted. Shortly after, this post was removed by the mods. Now observing the charts there are indications (think ECM) that this may well be the case. Will be interesting to see what happens around Easter, equally interested to see whether this post also gets removed for suggesting something so absurd. Exciting times!