Afternoon all. Exciting times ahead, I’ve certainly spent more time reading this thread than reading anything else for the last couple of days.
The models in general seem to not yet be in any sort of agreement as to a when or quite how this cold period may come to an end.
When the thaw of however much lying snow there is (which is certainly very much up in the air at the moment, in more ways than one), I just hope it’s a slow thaw. Otherwise we could be building snowmen one day and arks the next. I remember from childhood in the 80’s some of the worst floods being a result of snow melt.
Also, snow, which as others have pointed out would disrupt vaccination efforts, would otherwise have nowhere near as much damaging effects on people’s lives as catastrophic flooding......
What do you all think as to the character of the eventual warm up? I guess that if an Atlantic low smashes the block, it could mean temperatures well into high single figures in literally a couple of hours, but if the cold resists, in could be around zero for a while, allowing for a slow melt.....