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The Hunt for Cold continues 02/01/19


phil nw.
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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:

Some topic drift, humorous responses etc are fine

Posts likely to lead the thread off on an entirely off topic tangent are not ok. For example (but not solely limited to): Posts entirely or mainly about Met Office, BBC or media forecasts with little or no model context, and posts solely asking for a weather forecast in a specific location.

Posts which start with something like 'I know this is off topic but ...' are not ok.

Posts which break the forum guidelines are not ok (eg trolling, troll-hunting, weather guilt tripping, overly defensive/aggressive, abusive, disrespectful to others)

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  • Location: Hull
  • Weather Preferences: Cold Snowy Winters, Hot Thundery Summers
  • Location: Hull
2 minutes ago, feb1991blizzard said:

The 2013 SSW was the 6th Jan (i think), but there was a quick wave trop response and the cold was in about another 6 or 7 days later with snow events.

Ah, indeed you are correct  , well hopefully we can get one later in January... fingers crossed. I do think the second half of winter will see less in the way of mild SW winds but we shall see.

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  • Location: Banbury
  • Location: Banbury
1 minute ago, Mokidugway said:

Tbh i see this pattern  lasting to mid February  with deep cold migrating west for a few weeks ,extremely  disappointing  winter

Deep cold migrating West? for a few weeks , that's great then...………….thank you 

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  • Location: Brighton, East Sussex
  • Location: Brighton, East Sussex

GEFS from the 6z aren’t the best, much more energy in the northern arm, control in particular is poor.. the energy around Greenland is a real ongoing issue IMO, the SSW doesn’t appear to have have any effect on it. Hopefully we can trend back downwards on the 12z

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  • Location: Weymouth, Dorset
  • Location: Weymouth, Dorset

I think it’s safe to say one buzzword that has become extinct in recent days, QTR. The exact definition of which is somewhat arbitrary and subjective. Some may argue that there has been a fairly QTR to the SSW, it just hasn’t been of any benefit to us. 

However, this Northern Hemispheric shakeup is an ongoing feast. I am convinced our time is coming. I maintain, we would have to consider ourselves hugely unlucky if this winter passes by without producing a cold snowy spell. I think we are now looking at, probably, around the 19th of the month before this is likely to start in one form or the other. Currently we are looking at a potentially unstable unsettled transition as well. More and more convinced the almost inevitable Arctic High creation is going to play a big part in this.

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  • Location: just south of Doncaster, Sth Yorks
  • Location: just south of Doncaster, Sth Yorks

What might be interesting is if anyone has time to check on when other early SSW's occurred and we had no real benefit from this?

Not me sorry.

 

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

GEFS from the 6z aren’t the best, much more energy in the northern arm, control in particular is poor.. the energy around Greenland is a real ongoing issue IMO, the SSW doesn’t appear to have have any effect on it. Hopefully we can trend back downwards on the 12z

There are not that many but in this situation i would think that the flatliner solution on the graph has an above average chance of verifying, look closely and you will see about 4 or 5 flatlining at -8c, yes the majority are milder but they are zig zagging about with no mean consensus for that particular cluster, that suggests that the majority cluster has a decreased chance of verifying.

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  • Location: Manchester Deansgate.
  • Weather Preferences: Heavy disruptive snowfall.
  • Location: Manchester Deansgate.
1 minute ago, johnholmes said:

What might be interesting is if anyone has time to check on when other early SSW's occurred and we had no real benefit from this?

Not me sorry.

 

2006 but was that a displacement rather than a split?  and also there was some late season cold, who knows whether the vortex had been already been weakened by the event.

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  • Location: Banbury
  • Location: Banbury
16 minutes ago, Weathizard said:

GEFS from the 6z aren’t the best, much more energy in the northern arm, control in particular is poor.. the energy around Greenland is a real ongoing issue IMO, the SSW doesn’t appear to have have any effect on it. Hopefully we can trend back downwards on the 12z

19 looks good - 16 at the death - 15 good - 14 good  -12 at the death -11 okish - 9 at the death - 7 v good - 6 v good - 3 okish -2 stunning 

I've just gone through the ENS , caution as to where you start judging from , I think guidance has to be taken from the Beeb and The Met and they are looking at the 3rd week in Jan ( potentially ) the above are good runs from 240 onwards , no point looking at anything before if you are searching for a trend.

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  • Location: Nr Malton, North Yorkshire 53m
  • Weather Preferences: Snow/Thunderstorms
  • Location: Nr Malton, North Yorkshire 53m
25 minutes ago, Banbury said:

Hang on a minute lets have some realism - Horrendus it certainly isn't - I don't see long fetched SWlies with absolutely no end in sight

 

Just saying 

Hi Banbury, apologies was a sarcastic comment as Feb posted a really nice chart.

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  • Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
  • Weather Preferences: Snowfall obviously.
  • Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
1 minute ago, Leo97t said:

It is once again looking poor. It seems the better the background signals are this winter the worse the outlook gets. Maybe it's those SSTs. Never believed in that theory but maybe it holds true...

Patience....

The background signals will come through, maybe not as one may expect. It's not like there is some secret magical mechanism that could make the weather worse than the signals suggest. It's a symptom of overreliance of NWP.

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  • Location: Banbury
  • Location: Banbury
4 minutes ago, Leo97t said:

Still entirely possible the have a couple days of snow in the south but I think the ship for a proper freeze has sailed

Its entirely possible to have 2 weeks of snow - have you just emigrated to the UK ? Your experience of UK winter must be limited 

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  • Location: Barton on Sea, Hampshire
  • Weather Preferences: Snowy winter, warm/hot summer with the odd storm thrown in
  • Location: Barton on Sea, Hampshire
5 minutes ago, Leo97t said:

I think the ship for a proper freeze has sailed

I’m not sure many will agree with that. It’s early January, nothing set in stone for later in the month yet let alone next month. 

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  • Location: NR Worthing SE Coast
  • Location: NR Worthing SE Coast
39 minutes ago, Quicksilver1989 said:

 

Are you sure January is on track with your predictions? 

Maybe some fleeting cold uppers but until mid-January nothing really to write home about, average January weather really.

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Later on things get more interesting as some innocuous blocking starts to filter some cold further in FI but that's were the cold has remained throughout this winter,,,

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Given the SSW occurred at the start of January we should expect to wait until towards the end of January, not too dissimilar to January 2013 really. Given the ENSO state we have a better background signal for a weaker Atlantic come winters second half.

Next swingometers will be on January 25th as that's when I think we should start seeing the better signals for cold.

think that prediction was more on what they wanted to happen not what was going to happen,-29c ? hasn’t happened since records began ,maybe one day but you would need exceptional cold uppers to begin with then High pressure settling over the U.K. trapping the cold air underneath.

2nd half still looking good for dramatic change though.

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  • Location: Castle Black, the Wall, the North
  • Weather Preferences: Spanish Plumes, Blizzards, Severe Frosts :-)
  • Location: Castle Black, the Wall, the North

Well, to say there's nothing really going on with the models..as some say!..it's very busy in here..there must be a change to predominantly cold zonal on the way..oh I do hope so, this winter has been a complete bore so far!..onwards and upwards!!:cold:

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  • Location: Exile from Argyll
  • Location: Exile from Argyll
43 minutes ago, feb1991blizzard said:

The 2013 SSW was the 6th Jan (i think), but there was a quick wave trop response and the cold was in about another 6 or 7 days later with snow events.

2013 a totally different type of event to the one just now: 2013 had strong vortex lobes totally separated with cross polar heights. It's not until mid month that you see a similar profile in the strat models.

2013 psnh_pen_hist_z30_201302.gif   current psnh_pen_hist_z30_201873.gif

240 GFS forecast.  https://www.instantweathermaps.com/GFS-php/strat.php?run=2019010606&var=HGT&lev=10mb&hour=240

Patience required.

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  • Location: Manchester Deansgate.
  • Weather Preferences: Heavy disruptive snowfall.
  • Location: Manchester Deansgate.

 

13 minutes ago, Gael_Force said:

2013 a totally different type of event to the one just now: 2013 had strong vortex lobes totally separated with cross polar heights. It's not until mid month that you see a similar profile in the strat models.

2013 psnh_pen_hist_z30_201302.gif   current psnh_pen_hist_z30_201873.gif

240 GFS forecast.  https://www.instantweathermaps.com/GFS-php/strat.php?run=2019010606&var=HGT&lev=10mb&hour=240

Patience required.

Yes - i agree!!!

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  • Location: Beccles, Suffolk.
  • Weather Preferences: Thunder, snow, heat, sunshine...
  • Location: Beccles, Suffolk.

I wonder what this thread'll be like in 50-years' time: Will we be arguing over verification-stats at Day 287? 

Anywho, the FV3 at T+324 hours looks positive!image.thumb.png.279614c44c3610a30132f5eba896d0b3.png

Och well..a west-based NAO. To be expected though, as the Operational flips between adjacent clusters?

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  • Location: Orpington Kent
  • Weather Preferences: Snow freezing rain heat waves
  • Location: Orpington Kent
34 minutes ago, Leo97t said:

It is once again looking poor. It seems the better the background signals are this winter the worse the outlook gets. Maybe it's those SSTs. Never believed in that theory but maybe it holds true...

Are they really where I'm sitting all looking very interesting ..??

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  • Location: Kirkburton, Huddersfield - 162.5mtrs asl.
  • Weather Preferences: Winter synoptics.Hot summers.
  • Location: Kirkburton, Huddersfield - 162.5mtrs asl.
41 minutes ago, s4lancia said:

I think it’s safe to say one buzzword that has become extinct in recent days, QTR. The exact definition of which is somewhat arbitrary and subjective. Some may argue that there has been a fairly QTR to the SSW, it just hasn’t been of any benefit to us. 

However, this Northern Hemispheric shakeup is an ongoing feast. I am convinced our time is coming. I maintain, we would have to consider ourselves hugely unlucky if this winter passes by without producing a cold snowy spell. I think we are now looking at, probably, around the 19th of the month before this is likely to start in one form or the other. Currently we are looking at a potentially unstable unsettled transition as well. More and more convinced the almost inevitable Arctic High creation is going to play a big part in this.

Totally with you on the Arctic high. Its going to be a major player in x polar flow at some point

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  • Location: Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex
  • Weather Preferences: Winter Snow, extreme weather, mainly sunny mild summers though.
  • Location: Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex
28 minutes ago, Banbury said:

Its entirely possible to have 2 weeks of snow - have you just emigrated to the UK ? Your experience of UK winter must be limited 

In fact some of the big freezes from bygone years did not start until late January, and continued right the way through February and into March. Late January would be an excellent time for a cold spell to kick off, and if a decent block sets up in the right place. SSW plays ball, etc, we could well be looking at a period of very severe weather. 

I personally think that late January will start to look very different. Fingers crossed though as ever.

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