Model Moans, Ramps and Banter

[Frost HoIIow]

1 hour ago, cheese said:

Chicago isn't very cold or snowy in winter either. Yeah, they can get very cold on occasion, and they can get some impressive blizzards, but they are very much the exception to the rule. They get 29cm of snow in January on average, which in all  honesty isn't that much, and when you consider that Chicago is very unstable in winter, that snow won't last for very long. Chicago's record high in December is 22C, in February it's 24C. Even in January it's 19C which is higher than anywhere in the UK.

 If you want lots of snow, you'd be better off going to somewhere like Rochester or Buffalo. Chicago is on the wrong side of the lake.

Yeah, also Michigan's Upper Peninsula is very snowy too. The city of Houghton gets a lot of snow & generally it is more consistently colder than Chicago in Winter. Pretty much a cold lovers paradise in that area. Not a bad forecast either!

 

 

 

 

[knocker]

There is a lot of salacious talk about cold members in the other thread at the moment..............................where will it all end I ask myself.

[The PIT]

I think we've had Winter in October and November. Welcome to spring more mild mush to come Deep FI one day blink and you miss cold spells to tease those who believe T35999999990000000 billion is accurate.

[cyclonic happiness]

1 minute ago, The PIT said:

I think we've had Winter in October and November. Welcome to spring more mild mush to come Deep FI one day blink and you miss cold spells to tease those who believe T35999999990000000 billion is accurate.

Is this a 'winter is over' post I see before me? 

[doghouse]

17 minutes ago, knocker said:

There is a lot of salacious talk about cold members in the other thread at the moment..............................where will it all end I ask myself.

I had a cold member until a couple of days ago :$ 

[Downburst]

3 hours ago, snow freak said:

• true Bristle boy.  you could usually guarantee a few days of lying snow every year in the midlands 30 years or so ago but now we're lucky if we get even 1 or 2 days a year apart from exceptional years like 2010 and even that wasn't that spectacular to be honest.

I posted this on another thread, but it is important to remember how much snow we actually get. From the UK Met site.

Also this site is good reading on Decembers gone by http://www.trevorharley.com/trevorharley/weather_web_pages/british_weather_in_december.htm

 

[mountain shadow]

It's 7 o clock on the 7th December 2016 and not one comment on the ECM run. I think that tells it own story.

[I remember Atlantic 252]

2 minutes ago, mountain shadow said:

It's 7 o clock on the 7th December 2016 and not one comment on the ECM run. I think that tells it own story.

it ends at 240 with potential record breaker, for date 17th Dec! especially for NE England

Edited December 7, 2016 by I remember Atlantic 252

[I remember Atlantic 252]

oh please @nick sussex, worst news I have read on this forum this season! I am sick of telling people I know that we do not get the snow from America! it comes over here as rain!

may be used soon (to nobody on here of course)

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

59 minutes ago, knocker said:

There is a lot of salacious talk about cold members in the other thread at the moment..............................where will it all end I ask myself.

To be fair, Malcolm, you can't blame cold fans for discussing FI signs for cold.  You're not exactly averse to posting longer-range stuff showing mild conditions.

[chrisbell-nottheweatherman]

54 minutes ago, cyclonic happiness said:

Is this a 'winter is over' post I see before me? 

Too late even if it is - Murr posted one in the Model thread yesterday, IIRC.

[I remember Atlantic 252]

1 minute ago, chrisbell-nottheweatherman said:

Too late even if it is - Murr posted one in the Model thread yesterday, IIRC.

as long as we don't get anymore mis firing torpedoes, we may be okay, still waiting for that

[Summer Sun]

A quick summary of ECM for cold

 

[daz_4]

Do you guys remember when the phrase "short term pain, long term gain" was thrown around at the beginning of the third decade of November? How long is short? 

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Just now, daz_4 said:

Do you guys remember when the phrase "short term pain, long term gain" was thrown around at the beginning of the third decade of November? How long is short? 

Hate the expression, wouldn't mind if 'long term gain' was guaranteed but it isn't, just like ECM ens at 240, or 'longwave' pattern at T252 when Atlantic is going to dominate

[The PIT]

T shirt and shorts weather coming up role on spring seems it's already started. Bad news is that again I'll have to watch the garden grow during December. Mild in FI tends to have a horrible habit in turning in some format while cold tends to be replaced by err mild rubbish.

[The PIT]

1 hour ago, cyclonic happiness said:

Is this a 'winter is over' post I see before me? 

Nah it's an already we had it jobby. We missed out Autumn that's all and spring has come early. 

[SLEETY]

These seasonal models are a joke ,where has all the hlb blocking gone that were showing from mid Dec onwards,waste of money 

[DAVID SNOW]

Not had settling snow the last 3 winters IMBY, if come March 1st, its happened again, then I will happily donate £100 to Pauls favourite charity!

Note. I am a tight fisted old git.

[I remember Atlantic 252]

may get some after march 1st Dave! if we get cold spells nowadays, they tend to be in march or April

[Frost HoIIow]

3 minutes ago, I remember Atlantic 252 said:

may get some after march 1st Dave! if we get cold spells nowadays, they tend to be in march or April

You might be right - had 10cm snow on 4th March this year, more than anything in Winter!

[I remember Atlantic 252]

Just now, Frost HoIIow said:

You might be right - had 10cm snow on 4th March this year, more than anything in Winter!

missed that here, remember it, had very heavy snow on 6th, but struggled to lie

[Norrona2015]

Breaking news!

A "winter is over" post appeared briefly on the MAD thread a few moments ago...

[I remember Atlantic 252]

typical chart nowadays for April, will likely see these becoming more frequent in April, used to see it in winter

 

[Cheshire Freeze]

11 minutes ago, I remember Atlantic 252 said:

may get some after march 1st Dave! if we get cold spells nowadays, they tend to be in march or April

CFS consistently showing March to be blocked/cold