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  1. 2 minutes ago, Thunderywintrysnow said:

    Yep i know he is a cold ramper and got some wrong some right like most meteorologists will do in there career but to call him a Joke just because  teleconnections state otherwise i just don't agree with that one bit.

    Professional meteorologists should not be identified as cold rampers, or any other sort of rampers. It would be better if they remain objective in their assessments, otherwise their professional standing suffers. Call me an old cynic, but it makes me suspect that the reason for ramping is that it drives site traffic, a la (notvery)exactaweather...

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  2. Dear Pub Run,

    I understand why you felt the need to check in for a couple of weeks at the Priory, but, to be honest, you're just no fun anymore. We all used to love the old 18Z, sometimes you made us laugh, occasionally you made us cry, but mostly you lifted our spirits when we were on the cusp of despair. But now you've become all sober and serious, like your big brother the 12Z. Sorry, but you're just boring, with your permanent euro slug high and south westerly mush. You may be right, but we don't love you for it. You know, a couple of pints of Old Speckled Badger's Finger won't do you any harm of an evening. Promise. Go on, you know you want to.....

    Sincerely,

    YH.

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  3. 9 minutes ago, mother nature rocks said:

    Just been watching Joe Bastarrdi Saturday summary over on weather bell. At the end there is a snippet about Europe and how we could be going back into the freezer. ❄️❄️

    I do believe the models will be showing a lot more in the days to come.☃☃

    Maybe, but given that the UK only occupies approx. 2.5% of the land area of Europe, don't assume that he is referring to Blighty.

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  4. Hi Carinthian,

    We're in a catered chalet  (Verwall) with Esprit. It will be a fairly standard chalet, but they have top-notch childcare. They take them at 9am for ski school and afternoon fun skiing, and look after them til 11pm if needed. They're happy, I'm happy! Sounds like you know Obergurgl. Any top tips? I heard that the Nederhutte is legendary for après-ski, so looking forward to that, although I'm getting a bit past it for table dancing these days!!!

  5. Arrived at the house in NH for a few days, the caretaker has raked a fair amount of snow off the roof and cleared the surrounds. Currently a winter storm watch in place, although as we're a fair way from the coast here we're only expecting 4-8 inches on top of the approx 36 inches that are lying currently. The main issue here is going to be the wind whipping up lying snow, as well as wind chill. We've got advisories in place for frostbite with winds of 30-40 mph and temps as low as -30C. Going to be fun, and if I can post some pics I will (although I have to use a cafe with wifi in a neighbouring town as I have no internet or mobile coverage at the house).

    ps, I flew into Manchester airport in New Hampshire, the piles of snow down there (closer to the coast) are enormous!

  6. Thats the gulf stream for you, if it wasn't for that we'd get bitter winters probably every year given our latitude

    A bit pedantic but that's not strictly true. The reason is that the jetstream and associated weather systems move from west to east, and the air mass is modified by its passage over the Atlantic to us. That would be true even if the Gulf stream didn't exist, we would still have a maritime climate rather than a continental one, although granted temps would probably be a few degrees cooler. So today for example, Scotland might be getting temps of 7C instead of 11 or 12C. Bitter winters only come from airmasses sourced from eastern or northern quadrants, and I doubt that the lack of the gulf stream would make a huge amount of difference to the frequency of those events.

  7. That euro high is not just a nightmare for us in the UK.

    Folks in the Alpine ski resorts must be having nightmares too.

    GFS 12Z highlights perfectly what an awful pattern this can be,very enduring.

    Yes, I'm off to Gressoney in the Italian Alps over Xmas, and there really is very little chance of fresh snow before then. The only difference from the winters of late 80s and 90s when such a pattern as this was fairly common is that these days most resorts have decent snowmaking facilities. With cold temps at night the cannons will be cranking out the snow, so all is not lost. Still, I'm hoping that the euro high will drift northward and allow an undercut from the Balkans to the Alpine regions. That could happen quite unexpectedly.

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  8. I must say that one of the things I am most looking forward to now over the next 2 - 3 weeks is to see whether RJS's forecast for December stays rock solid and we do indeed end up in Euro high territory with mild temps around Xmas. My own thoughts for December are already looking a bit ropey because height rises have moved further to the east... and I find it fascinating that Roger is able to pick these things with alternate methods and get it accurate. I wont even care to be honest if the overall CET prediction is miles out - its all about pattern for me.

     

    Not that I want a mild December at all.... quite the opposite: but it will be a fascinating comparison all the same.

    Do you have a link for Roger's winter forecast?

  9. Currently in New Hampshire it is -28F (--32C), but snow is less than average with about a level foot round the house (normally by now we're up to about 2 to 3 feet).

    Ballater meanwhile (relying on reports here), there was little to get excited over until this last weekend, 2 to 3 inches but some hard frosts, but since then some pretty massive constant falls, with over 2 feet lying now. Meanwhile, my relatives on the Durham coast have green fields and no frost for about 4 days!

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