The official winter 2013/2014 snow thread

[Puggit]

Wills2 said:

Typical! That guy from action weather (IIRC) has predicted lots of snow from NY eve onwards for the north of England and Scotland, interesting radio interview with Paul Hudson (BBC local weather guy) regarding the sun and its affect on our weather.

Just listened too

Meanwhile in Saudi Arabia (Saudi Arabia FFS!)

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/12/16/saudi-a...

[Wills2]

Ha! very good.

[Puggit]

Ok, so that's Saudi Arabia - now who's next...?

Effing Vietnam!!!!! http://uk.news.yahoo.com/snow-falls-vietnam-093936...

I think we can see why we're getting all the warmth - the cold is elsewhere

[NRS]

124mm of rain in 24 hours!

[schmalex]

It's going to come this way. I am convinced.

[A.J.M]

schmalex said:

It's going to come this way. I am convinced.

For Puggit and your sake.... it better!

[GTIR]

A.J.M said:

schmalex said:

It's going to come this way. I am convinced.

For Puggit and your sake.... it better!

Yeah, they'll be hitching a lift otherwise...

[Wills2]

You've got the admire the commitment though, going to the 4 corners of the world to find us snow, now bring it over here!

[schmalex]

To be honest, I would happily trade a snowless winter if it meant the gales looking likely for later this week and on Christmas Day toned down somewhat.

[road hog]

Any date yet for a possible. ...snowmegedon..?

[onyx39]

What I really want to know is.................




















Which one is Schmalex and which one is Puggit?

[Huff]

Puggit said:

"Say that was funny - do you think they meant it to be..?"


It works!

[schmalex]

road hog said:

Any date yet for a possible. ...snowmegedon..?

Who knows. Maybe Christmas Day. Maybe around New Year.

It's a really mobile setup right now and the Atlantic is raging. The charts can't even accurately predict the strength and position of the storms on Thursday right now!

[anonymous-user]

How bad is the storm looking?

[schmalex]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

The latest model runs show it'll either be bad, quite bad, very bad or nonexistent!

Most likely, it'll be very windy unless you live in Western Ireland, Scotland or Shetland, where it'll be very, very windy indeed

[Mr GrimNasty]

Huff said:

Puggit said:

"Say that was funny - do you think they meant it to be..?"


It works!

STATLER: Boo!
WALDORF: Boooo!
STATLER: That was the worst forecast I’ve ever heard!
WALDORF: It was terrible!
STATLER: Horrendous!
WALDORF: Well it wasn’t that bad.
STATLER: Oh, yeah?
WALDORF: Well, there were parts of it I liked!
STATLER: Well, I liked a lot of it.
WALDORF: Yeah, it was GOOD actually.
STATLER: It was great!
WALDORF: It was wonderful!
STATLER: Yeah, bravo!
WALDORF: More!
STATLER: More!
WALDORF: More!
STATLER: More!

[Wills2]

Mr GrimNasty said:

Huff said:

Puggit said:

"Say that was funny - do you think they meant it to be..?"


It works!

STATLER: Boo!
WALDORF: Boooo!
STATLER: That was the worst forecast I’ve ever heard!
WALDORF: It was terrible!
STATLER: Horrendous!
WALDORF: Well it wasn’t that bad.
STATLER: Oh, yeah?
WALDORF: Well, there were parts of it I liked!
STATLER: Well, I liked a lot of it.
WALDORF: Yeah, it was GOOD actually.
STATLER: It was great!
WALDORF: It was wonderful!
STATLER: Yeah, bravo!
WALDORF: More!
STATLER: More!
WALDORF: More!
STATLER: More!

Ah memories!

[GTIR]

I think they're at least 60yo actually.

[MentalSarcasm]

To be fair everyone is asking for advice weeks ahead and both Puggit and Schmalex do warn that predicting that far in advance is about as accurate as tossing a coin and going "Tails it snows!"

It's a bit of fun and a bit of an education, even if I never really understand the explanations (bit too much like maths for my taste )

[RicksAlfas]

Very cold this morning here (near Halifax).
-1 and a thick layer of ice on all my car windows.

The local forecast is to remain cold, but with rain. How come that rain won't fall as hail or snow when it's so cold?