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Snow-mad-dave Yes you are right, seems to be the way our weather is playing out these last few years. Can't seem to get a northerly or easterly in Dec/Jan/Feb but any amount after that, even the summer months we get plenty of them dragging in the grey wet drizzle from the sea.

Anyone else thinking like me, seems to happens every year, gets to April / May and we get non stop N/E/NE winds, two months ago these would have brought a winter paradise. Don't want these winds now, give me a southerly now please. Sick of this rubbish weather.

Disappointing that Met Office have a major downgrade in their updated outlook. Oh well let's kick through February then give me some early spring.

NorthEastSnow Continental Climate I am at a loss with the Met Office, they have remained bullish on this outcome for a long time now, cold Feb, easterly, north easterly etc and remained bullish that tomorrow's event will be a snow event even at low levels before turning to sleet/rain, not quite sure what to think but for sure I would rather be reading it from them than the mad thread. I guess a case of wait and see.

Can't see much from this system on Thursday, maybe sleet but more rain. However Met Office are still quite bullish about it ( probs more on high ground) but also bullish about things next week with snow showers along coasts and then further on an E/NE with East facing coasts again seeing wintry weather. Not sure why but it just doesnt feel like it for me, maybe because it's been so mild recently, though did feel quite a bit colder this evening with the cold front coming down from the North. What's everybody else's thoughts for the next couple of weeks ?

I like the fact the models are showing very little in advance, how many times has this place been ramping with blizzards, minus 20s etc etc only for it all to fall to pieces time and time again, season after season. According to the gospel ( Met Office ) Feb is going to be cold, snow chances are heightened and even possibilities of very cold - that's good enough for me.

Met Office still sticking to another cold event, mid Feb, snow and ice, winds easterly and northerly. Seems very much a rerun of what we have just had, hopefully we get a north easterly.

Hate wind, so destructive. Going to be wild Sunday / Monday / Tuesday, not looking forward to it one bit.

Haha, if only eh. Strange because we did do decent this morning, good couple of cm which is still sticking around but yet I went for a drive and around 300 yards from my house there was virtually nothing on the road out to Boro. Obviously we caught the very edge of the beefy shower that went over around 8am, assuming Scarborough / Whitby got a good downfall from that.

Wow, well what a wonderful hour that was, good couple of cm here, what a lovely walk getting covered in snow. Think that's it now but having waited 5 days for something like that it was lovely. On to Feb now

Moderate snow now, might get another dusting

Chance ?

Yep Scarborough should have got the goodies on this occasion. It's always that little indent between Northumberland to Scarborough that catches us out in these coastal events. Got a slight dusting, very cold but very nice. Will be happy to have a little break though after today ( sure the boiler will as well ) before hopefully an interesting February. After Feb please bring me spring.

Would be nice to just get at least a slight covering to get through the next day or two before the storm arrives at the weekend.

Tomorrow 8pm ? Is this radar pants ??

Being six miles from the coast, 100m asl and looking at the potential radar I am hoping we may just get to see a couple of beefy showers from around 5am, would be great if they could just penetrate a little further inland.

And is still there now looking at the joy lol

Laugh a minute isn't it.

What a great way to look of it, glass half full with ice instead of half empty. I guess you have developed them traits over the years being a Gillingham fan lol only joking.

Oh to have another spell like that again next month. I remember 2009/ 2010/2018, they were the memorable years for me.

Couple of Amber's for snow in Scotland too, looking at their thread some areas up there have done well again.

Every chance early hours tomorrow morning of some beefy showers clipping us, maybe the last hurrah ( certainly for January ! ).

Strange I can't remember that one too much, but maybe I was too young and daft then to appreciate it ( though not that young - mid 20s lol ).

What was the wind direction in Feb 18, I recall that really cold spell as I started a new job in Durham and had to travel 40 mile through blizzards, only to get there to be told the local lad I was meeting couldn't get in for the snow. Sure that was an easterly and I remember the ice days, boiler condensers freezing and ice covering the windows. But do agree NE is best for us too.

This whole cold spell ( promised so much a week ago ) has been quite underwhelming in terms of snow. I do like a hard frost and we have had them and lovely cold mornings, another very hard frost tonight and possibly a couple of snow showers next few days but that will be it I guess. Met office still touting the easterly in Feb but once again suggesting a dry easterly.