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  • Location: st albans
  • Location: st albans
10 minutes ago, Tim Bland said:

GEM is the camp for more widespread snow Thursday eve 

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Gem seems to overdo snowfall amounts 

1 minute ago, Kasim Awan said:

The forecast of "cold" is still very much a likelihood, it's the magnitude of cold during day 6 to day 8 which has been steadily downgrading recently.

Very much noticing this trend 

also, the para looks like phasing to only include the Scots in the cold conditions 

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  • Location: North East Cotswolds, 232m, 761feet ASL
  • Location: North East Cotswolds, 232m, 761feet ASL

Over to the ECM, the 4-7 day period is still very complicated. In these situation a fast road to cold isn’t off the cards ...

As mentioned above, the cold doesn’t get to the south on some of these last few runs!! Shetland looks primed

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  • Location: Arendal, Norway
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, snow and more snow!
  • Location: Arendal, Norway
19 minutes ago, sebastiaan1973 said:

This is what I'm looking for. The extreme cold air pushing southwards over land, instead of the Norwegian sea. 

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Apparently not

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  • Location: Drayton, Portsmouth
  • Location: Drayton, Portsmouth

This UKMO T144 chart should be for games of "what happened next"!

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So much going on here. Ridge to the west, already undercut to the south, but being such a tidler of a high, you wouldn't bet on it turning into a full-blown Greenland ridge. Where's that Atlantic low going? Will heights get in ahead, or get cut-off as the lows to the NW and SE converge? Answers on the back of a postcard, free NW subscription to the winner...

(ONLY JOKING!!!)

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  • Location: Drayton, Portsmouth
  • Location: Drayton, Portsmouth
1 minute ago, bluearmy said:

Gem seems to overdo snowfall amounts 

Very much noticing this trend 

also, the para looks like phasing to only include the Scots in the cold conditions 

The issue is becoming where the dividing line between cold and mild will end up - cold very likely to come, but how far south? Coldies further north should be very happy with the trends for the final third of the month, though.

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2 minutes ago, bluearmy said:

Gem seems to overdo snowfall amounts 

Very much noticing this trend 

also, the para looks like phasing to only include the Scots in the cold conditions 

Yes, the probability of very cold temperatures with snow to all levels day 6 to 8 is diminishing but those dissapointed by that have the bar set too high.

The para is not well supported after 200 hours in it's zonality around the Azores. Positively, most output is trending drive the jet south in this region / timeframe.

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  • Location: Coventry
  • Location: Coventry
2 minutes ago, Kasim Awan said:

Yes, the probability of very cold temperatures with snow to all levels day 6 to 8 is diminishing but those dissapointed by that have the bar set too high.

The para is not well supported after 200 hours in it's zonality around the Azores. Positively, most output is trending drive the jet south in this region / timeframe.

Weren't the colder uppers expected after day 8 (20th of Jan)? I take your point that they have got warmer in the 6-8 period.

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1 minute ago, Battleground Snow said:

Weren't the colder uppers expected after day 8 (20th of Jan)? I take your point that they have got warmer in the 6-8 period.

Yes, it's still an evolving cold period with the cold gradually developing from day 6 to day 12. The route to cold we have now is not as optimal if you want very very cold weather. I personally don't see any stark evidence that this upcoming spell will most likely be significantly colder than the period we've just had. Of course there is a chance it could be.

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  • Location: Essex Riviera aka Burnham
  • Weather Preferences: 30 Degrees of pure British Celsius
  • Location: Essex Riviera aka Burnham

Can anybody tell me why we keep seeing troughing up the Norwegian coast from the main low which moves eastwards at approx 240z onwards and particularly visible at 270?...in essence this keeps the coldest air away from the UK - high pressure only on the pinpoint of the Norwegian coastline. Something I've continually seen modelling in FI over the last week or so. Warmer SST's?

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  • Location: Basingstoke
  • Location: Basingstoke
1 minute ago, Kasim Awan said:

Yes, it's still an evolving cold period with the cold gradually developing from day 6 to day 12. The route to cold we have now is not as optimal if you want very very cold weather. I personally don't see any stark evidence that this upcoming spell will most likely be significantly colder than the period we've just had. Of course there is a chance it could be.

I thought you were booming etc a couple of days ago? If it’s no better than what we’ve just had I think I want mild weather.

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  • Location: STEVENAGE, HERTS (100M ASL)
  • Location: STEVENAGE, HERTS (100M ASL)

Puddles or snowmen? That’s going to be the million dollar question for most I expect in the next few weeks! High risk but high reward and a lot more exciting than anything we have had for years! ⛄??‍♂️

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  • Location: Netherlands
  • Location: Netherlands
3 minutes ago, Kasim Awan said:

Yes, it's still an evolving cold period with the cold gradually developing from day 6 to day 12. The route to cold we have now is not as optimal if you want very very cold weather. I personally don't see any stark evidence that this upcoming spell will most likely be significantly colder than the period we've just had. Of course there is a chance it could be.

Again it's polar maritime air. A waist of great synoptics  (northern high pressure) for e.g. parts of the continent and I suspect south England as well. 

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  • Location: Neath Valleys, South Wales 109m asl
  • Location: Neath Valleys, South Wales 109m asl

Mean and control at 168 sticks two fingers at the op and keeps the lows further apart and also the low over the UK is much shallower. 

 

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  • Location: Essex Riviera aka Burnham
  • Weather Preferences: 30 Degrees of pure British Celsius
  • Location: Essex Riviera aka Burnham
14 minutes ago, mountain shadow said:

I would advise you not to look at the PARA GFS then swfc.

Well I gathered that as nobody has posted the GFS (P) 12z...usually over it like a rash if it shows cold.

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  • Location: North East Cotswolds, 232m, 761feet ASL
  • Location: North East Cotswolds, 232m, 761feet ASL
2 minutes ago, ALL ABOARD said:

Mean and control at 168 sticks two fingers at the op and keeps the lows further apart and also the low over the UK is much shallower. 

 

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Yep, the Op will be a warm outlier - more apparent in the south as the North is still pretty cold on the Op!! 

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  • Location: Lower Penn 163m
  • Location: Lower Penn 163m

From looking at the overall variety of outcomes across all the models it does appear that the met office update has it about right. I would say the chances for snow settling for areas South of the M4 look to be quite low, Midlands and the North altitude will be key probably ok c. 150m+ possibly higher for the Midlands and Scotland can be reasonably confident of seeing snow at times. Sweet spot likely to be Pennines and Peak District with optimum precipitation amounts and low enough temperatures.

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  • Location: Coventry
  • Location: Coventry
1 minute ago, ALL ABOARD said:

Mean and control at 168 sticks two fingers at the op and keeps the lows further apart and also the low over the UK is much shallower. 

 

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We have only (just!) got day 5 sorted out.. 

For new members stick to the ECM and GFS means, as the OPS will swing wildly past 168 in terms of where then high pressure sets up over Greenland and the Arctic, and will show uppers that are colder on some runs and less cold on others. Worrying about uppers past day 7 is futile atm

 

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  • Location: Near Gouda, Holland. 6m Below Sea Level.
  • Weather Preferences: Sun, snow, ice. Very hot or very cold.
  • Location: Near Gouda, Holland. 6m Below Sea Level.
3 minutes ago, Froze were the Days said:

Can anybody tell me why we keep seeing troughing up the Norwegian coast from the main low which moves eastwards at approx 240z onwards and particularly visible at 270?...in essence this keeps the coldest air away from the UK - high pressure only on the pinpoint of the Norwegian coastline. Something I've continually seen modelling in FI over the last week or so. Warmer SST's?

The very cold upper air on the move over the relatively warm waters of the Norwegian sea generates lows.
I think @Singularity mentioned this too, earlier today, only about lows in the Atlantic.

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  • Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
  • Weather Preferences: Cold, frost and snow
  • Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

If we want the true cold air, everything needs to shift further SE over us. So we can then drag in more of an Easterly element. Everything is just too far north and west on this GFS run.

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