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Looks like being a chilly one today. 9.45am and still only 1.7c in Barnsley under a grey and murky sky. Overnight low just got to zero for 10 mins before slowly climbing again. I think the coming week we are going to see day and night time temps start to drop away much further, particularly so from Wednesday onwards. Risk of snow looks to be increasing as well, although I have an all day Christmas do on Wed, so could do with any heavy snow holding off until after midnight! Very much looking forward to seeing how the next couple of weeks pans out, and with any luck we’ll get a 2010 repeat up-to and through Christmas!

Was the same in Barnsley last year on 28th Nov. Forecast had been for a cold bright sunny day, yet we got 3 inches of snow!

Congrats @Love Snow! Twins will certainly keep you busy! My ‘kids’ are now 29 and 26, both have their own homes, yet both still seem to gravitate back on a regular basis! I’ve also been away for a while with a youngster of my own, a Border Terrier puppy. Having had kids, I’m beginning to think that was the easier option! Anyway, one thing I have achieved this year is to get my own weather station setup in the garden, so winter watching will be models and stats from that this year for me! I’m uploading the data to Wunderground, Met Office, Weathercloud and Ecowitt websites so if anyone wants to have a gander at stats for Barnsley you can find them under station DB-Barnsley. Signs are looking positive for a good start to winter judging by the views of many of the seasoned posters, so lets hope we get a good one for cold and snow!

I’m looking to install a weather station in my semi urban back garden and am looking for thoughts from anyone who has experience of the Ecowitt HP2553, Ecowitt HP2551 or the Ventus W830. Current prices on Weatherspares are £299 for the 2553, £219 for the 2551 and £154 for the W830, and all have an extra 10% off if ordered this month. All look to have similar base functionality, so I guess the question is whether one or another is better quality, easier to use, maintain etc. Any thoughts welcome.

Wind is far worse today than Friday but yet we only warrant a Yellow Warning!

Interesting squall line forecast to come through our region this afternoon. Just starting to show itself on the radar.

Now sleety in Barnsley. Maybe get a bit of back edge snow in the next hour?

Heavy rain in Barnsley, with maybe the odd snow flake mixed in. All went a bit far North for my area, although suspect slightly higher ground will be seeing snow. Anyone out Penistone way on here?

It’s been slinging it down with rain on and off most of night here but it’s remarkably calm at the moment. I’d expected the wind to be starting to get up by now, although the strongest gusts are forecast for this afternoon. High res models still going for worst of the winds in the South West and South East, but also still showing possibility of a sting jet across South Lincs and Midlands mid afternoon.

GFS and Harmonie still going for snow for us on Sat but Arpege says no. Arome takes the snow just South of the region. Inclined to say lets get Eunice out the way tomorrow and we might then have a better idea re Sat.

I reckon it’s slightly further North as well. It’s also slightly deeper than the models were showing. If it continues we are likely to see higher wind gusts, which really isn’t what we want to see. The other downside is the slight risk of snow for later tomorrow is now dead in the water. It would have been great to see Eunice track a couple of hundred miles further South and we would have avoided the worst of the wind but would have received an absolute pasting from snow.

Loving the wording in the forecast, but for South Yorkshire it doesn’t seem to be supported by models available for us to view. Assume Meto are seeing we aren’t.

Just been out to Langsett Reservoir (250m asl) for a morning walk with the dog. Left home in Barnsley (100m asl) in thick fog which gradually cleared the nearer we got to Langsett. Had a fantastic walk in beautiful sunshine with completely clear skies. Temp reading on the car was 6.5c as we left at 11.45. Got back home and still thick fog and frost, car temp gauge reading minus 1c! If we can’t have snow, then this a a decent alternative!

A few reports from Northumberland and Durham of snow settling to quite low levels. Precipitation looks quite heavy on the leading edge. Maybe intensity is leading to evaporative cooling. Some Pennine areas might get lucky tonight.

12z takes the low Tuesday into France, so looks like we’ll get the cold air but not the precipitation.

Sadly nothing cold on the horizon for the next 10-14 days. Temps are likely to be more like spring from Wednesday this week, with Thursday probably the mildest day currently looking at around 14 degrees for some parts of our region. Following that, a slow trend down over the following week or so but with South Westerly winds likely to dominate for a while we are likely to get a mix of some sunny periods but also some rain or showers particularly in the west. I think I’ll take a break from the models and the forum for the next 10 days, then see what it looks like at the end of the first week of Jan.

Ah, Blakey Ridge is always a good one if snow comes down on the Moors. We are back staying in Hutton again in the first week of Feb so looking forward to seeing some of this!

A few flakes of snow in Barnsley!

Happy Christmas to everyone in the best regional thread! And yes, I’m with you @Empire Of Snow, I reckon snow line will be no lower than 200m but more likely 300m and only where precipitation is heavier. I’ll be happy if I’m wrong and we wake up to a covering tomorrow.

There have been hints at this over the last few days even after the implosion of the severe spell. I reckon high ground maybe above 200m will get lucky with a light covering, but those of us lower down will just get sleet or rain. Edit: Having said the above, I take a look at the Meto app, and it gives me this for late Christmas Day! You just have to laugh!

Interesting Fax chart again tonight for Boxing Day with an occluded front straddling our region. Although the 528 DAM line is North of Scotland, with the wind coming from a cold continent we could see some snow surprises particularly on high ground.

And a certain poster who now hangs out only on Twitter and Facebook seems to agree. Looks like we might be back in the game!

Wow, what a turnaround overnight. Only JMA and Arpege still holding out for cold, with all the other models making a massive switch. Ironic then that the Meto update now includes snow in their wording talking about significant snow on the boundary of warm and cold air. ???

Snow on Christmas Day and Boxing Day for our region is looking increasingly unlikely based on latest runs. The front moving in from the West is now struggling to reach the South Midlands before fizzling out and the remnants slipping away South East. The cold air is moving South earlier and the consequence is that it becomes embedded for more interest potentially in the form of showers from the East between Christmas and New Year.

Snow depth charts never to be taken too seriously, and certainly not at this range, so just for fun but I think the majority of us in Yorkshire would bank this…