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Hunt For Cold: Model Discussion - Heading Into Christmas


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If you're hunting for cold potential in the model output, this thread is for you. But if you'd like to look more widely at the models, please head over to the general model discussion thread.

This is a model related thread, so a general, frequent theme of the model output is a given, but it will not be strictly enforced:

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  • Location: West Dorset
  • Weather Preferences: Warm summers, Snowy winters.
  • Location: West Dorset

I kind of think although there are multiple model runs every day, It`s probably best to just observe them and not even bother to comment until New Year (me included)

Festive time,  we pretty much know the near future, not worth picking holes. Tricky period for me so see you in a while guys.

Enjoy.

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  • Location: Wantage, Oxon
  • Weather Preferences: Hot, cold!
  • Location: Wantage, Oxon

On balance, I think the last 24 hours output is slightly negative.  ECM T240 leaves a situation that could promote blocking when the SSW does it's stuff, so that's OK, T240:

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ECM strat has reversal at T192 now at 10mb, but re reversal by T240 at 1 mb:

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GEFS also less keen to take the reverse zonal winds negative for very long, as posted earlier.

Starting to think outcome might be very similar to Jan 2013, very cold and snowy week mid month, but that might be about it.  Hope I'm wrong, and it is a more significant cold spell than that, but have to tell it as I see it.

And of course should note that is based on a snapshot of runs over 24 hours and could, and probably will, change tomorrow in a very volatile situation!

 

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  • Location: Wyke regis overlooking Chesil beach.
  • Weather Preferences: Snowfall
  • Location: Wyke regis overlooking Chesil beach.
7 minutes ago, Roger J Smith said:

One example of how a high to the south of the UK can rebuild north to set up a cold spell would be Jan 1-7, 1881, followed by several weeks of epic cold and snow. (check maps on wetterzentrale archives, select 20th century NOAA and input dates). The high eventually got absorbed into a Greenland high and the flow became increasingly northeast over the period. In this low-energy environment, with a southerly flow into Greenland, this seems like a possible outcome and it might be a few days before models catch on to it. 

Indeed Roger. A classic. Mainly because Dorset and the Isle of Wight had level snow a metre deep, that's where it wasnt drifted to 8 metres deep of course.

PS:Worth checking out Mr Murr,s post in strat thread.

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  • Location: Brighton, East Sussex
  • Location: Brighton, East Sussex
6 minutes ago, feb1991blizzard said:

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What an insane set of charts, have to question how accurate that is though how did they get these charts from a time with little technology available at the time? Is it plotted based on weather observations at the time alone?

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  • Location: Wantage, Oxon
  • Weather Preferences: Hot, cold!
  • Location: Wantage, Oxon
1 minute ago, Weathizard said:

What an insane set of charts, have to question how accurate that is though how did they get these charts from a time with little technology available at the time? Is it plotted based on weather observations at the time alone?

No, it will have been based on putting whatever observations that were available at the time through one of the modern weather models to get this, probably GFS or one of it's earlier variants, I think.

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  • Location: Manchester Deansgate.
  • Weather Preferences: Heavy disruptive snowfall.
  • Location: Manchester Deansgate.
2 minutes ago, Weathizard said:

What an insane set of charts, have to question how accurate that is though how did they get these charts from a time with little technology available at the time? Is it plotted based on weather observations at the time alone?

Not sure, but there will have been reports like Broadmayne blizzard posted, so it might not be 100% accurate but there's no way it will be complete bullshi, 

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  • Location: Irlam
  • Location: Irlam
9 minutes ago, Weathizard said:

What an insane set of charts, have to question how accurate that is though how did they get these charts from a time with little technology available at the time? Is it plotted based on weather observations at the time alone?

Article I wrote on this 12 years ago on UKWeatherworld. I wrote an article on this on this site same time but the links have been broken

http://www.ukweatherworld.co.uk/forum/index.php?/topic/49788-the-times-the-great-blizzard-of-january-1881/

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  • Location: Solihull, WestMidlands, 121m asl -20 :-)
  • Weather Preferences: Cold and Snow -20 would be nice :)
  • Location: Solihull, WestMidlands, 121m asl -20 :-)
24 minutes ago, Weather-history said:

Article I wrote on this 12 years ago on UKWeatherworld. I wrote an article on this on this site same time but the links have been broken

http://www.ukweatherworld.co.uk/forum/index.php?/topic/49788-the-times-the-great-blizzard-of-january-1881/

Thanks WH, Amazing minima across the entire UK.....-30 at Blackadder, wherever that is, but widely -15 to -20....even the northern lights was seen across all of the UK.....just heavenly

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  • Location: Wyke regis overlooking Chesil beach.
  • Weather Preferences: Snowfall
  • Location: Wyke regis overlooking Chesil beach.
4 minutes ago, Dancerwithwings said:

Thanks WH, Amazing minima across the entire UK.....-30 at Blackadder, where ever that is, but widely -15 to -20....even the northern lights was seen across all of the UK.....just heavenly

Also worth reading Phillip Eden's superb in-depth case study of this event in his book. Great British weather disasters 

Worth buying the book for that chapter alone.

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  • Location: Evesham/ Tewkesbury
  • Weather Preferences: Enjoy the weather, you can't take it with you 😎
  • Location: Evesham/ Tewkesbury

Evening ! As some have mused a lot of settled weather over Christmas but how far north can high pressure build after Christmas? Both gfs and ecm show a build of pressure after Christmas , to the north of the uk , Interesting Christmas Eve viewing, well better than watching the TV!!!

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44 minutes ago, Weathizard said:

What an insane set of charts, have to question how accurate that is though how did they get these charts from a time with little technology available at the time? Is it plotted based on weather observations at the time alone?

Those re-analysis charts are much more accurate than you might realise - especially for the MSLP, perhaps slightly less so for the 850s. Remember that we had many more ships at sea in those days and they all kept meticulous logs.  We had daily weather reports from many sources (met offices, official observers, local authorities, waterworks etc) and one can check many archive records which are now online back to well before 1871 when the reconstruction period starts. We might have satellites and computers these days but don't assume that observations were any less reliable or plentiful, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere for Europe, the Atlantic (right up to Arctic ice sheet (many ice breakers and fishing trawlers up there) and the eastern US and Canada.

Many of our severe cold spells have started with HP building from the south. Check out Dec 1962, Jan 1947 amongst many others. For those wishing to check earlier re-analysis records, here's the link: 

http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/archives/archives.php?mode=2&month=12&day=20&year=1962&map=4&type=ncep

You can fiddle around for hours on that site.  I set the link to Dec 20th 1962 - just run through that week to see how rapidly a pattern change can take effect. 

I'm more bullish about this upcoming cold spell than I've been for many years for all the reasons that I given in my last few posts. The changes in the background signals are even more strongly pointing towards this.  The model output will change dramatically once they start to factor in the huge pattern reset that is already underway before we actually see impacts from the SSW. The troposphere is looking really responsive and both the NAO next week and later the AO will turn increasingly -ve.  No more time now,  David  

EDIT:  Ah @Broadmayne blizzard, my late friend Philip Eden - we teamed up to research frost hollows back in the 1980s and 1990s and I set up and used to run the weather station in the Rickmansworth frost hollow. Philip kept some amazing weather records and wrote a number of superb "easy read" books.

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  • Location: Nuneaton,Warks. 128m asl
  • Weather Preferences: Snow then clear and frosty.
  • Location: Nuneaton,Warks. 128m asl

A more promising GFS parallel 100/500 hPa run compared to the GFS current model.

Compare the 2 at T264hrs at 100 hPa and 500 hPa levels-the old GFS first


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A better split modeled down through the levels resulting in a more amplified high heading for an easterly later.

Not quite the expected pattern but evidence that GFS modeling has still to pin this down beyond the next 6/7 days as the downwelling progresses.

 

 

 

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  • Location: Wantage, Oxon
  • Weather Preferences: Hot, cold!
  • Location: Wantage, Oxon

Few of the 12z GEFS suite that look interesting, here T300:

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No idea if these have got wind of SSW, probably, more an indication of the possibilities on offer on the two week timeframe. 

 

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  • Location: Wantage, Oxon
  • Weather Preferences: Hot, cold!
  • Location: Wantage, Oxon

FV3 strat at end of run still not anywhere near the expected split:

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Think this one is dunk your hobnobs rather than smell the coffee...

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  • Location: Gloucester
  • Weather Preferences: Snow that settles then freezes!
  • Location: Gloucester
2 hours ago, Quicksilver1989 said:

Shouldn't people be allowed to post what they like provided they have backing? If not then perhaps the thread should be renamed 'post cold charts and speculate thread'. I presume the majority of people are hunting for cold on here and are simply posting a chart to say what's going on.

I don't believe there is anything wrong with that and many people viewing this thread will be looking to find out what the models are showing as well as looking for signs of cold.

It’s the schadenfreude that accompanies posts from the same old suspects who incidentally, also do their best to be first to post gloating posts indicating mild weather as earlier as possible in the morning 

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  • Location: sheffield
  • Weather Preferences: cold ,snow
  • Location: sheffield
6 minutes ago, Mike Poole said:

FV3 strat at end of run still not anywhere near the expected split:

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Think this one is dunk your hobnobs rather than smell the coffee...

I think S Murr has pointed out on the strat thread that all seems good in the SSW and split come early Jan !!!

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  • Location: Hernia Bay
  • Weather Preferences: Heavy Snow
  • Location: Hernia Bay

So where do things stand guys. Are we now looking at mid January and when will the cool looking charts start to appear.  By that I mean the ones that might come to fruition as opposed to the potential ones!!    Merry Christmas everyone from a NW Student 

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  • Location: Lee, London. SE12, 41 mts. 134.5 ft asl.
  • Weather Preferences: Cold, Snowy Weather
  • Location: Lee, London. SE12, 41 mts. 134.5 ft asl.

Thanks bobbydog for those very wise and salient words, above. Hope your property problems, work out well for you.

Regards,

Tom.  :hi:

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  • Location: Glyn Ceiriog. 197m ASL
  • Weather Preferences: Snow in winter, good sun at other times with appropriate rain.
  • Location: Glyn Ceiriog. 197m ASL
10 minutes ago, bobbydog said:

I came back on here tonight hoping to see some positivity. (I shouldn't really, I've been here long enough to know how it works), yet we are in the midst of a December SSW, a very rare beast. It could and should, give us the winter we've been waiting for, for years. It might not... however, we are in the best position we've been in for years. The models are struggling with an outcome and it's a fact that an SSW will play havoc with numerical weather prediction. We (My family) are losing our home on the 7th January. We will be ok somehow. One of our Netweather members has just been given the all clear from cancer. Is it really worth any animosity over the weather? Something which is out of our control?

 It's Christmas eve tomorrow, real winter weather is coming (allegedly at some point...)

Just enjoy the hunt for cold and have a merry Christmas.... 

Good luck come to you, good wishes too. And yes, you are right,  this hunting  ground is play and sport.  

Keep well.

best wishes

 

 

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