The Official Winter Snow Thread 2014/2015
Discussion
schmalex said:
When I look at the charts for around the 28th - 30th, my willy wobbles ever so slightly...
It's all about trends at the moment and the trends are looking good
Schmalex, I'm delighted to hear you've a wobbling willy. Here there's no wobbling at all...the charts appear to be warming and showing lots of this; I do so hope they wrong...It's all about trends at the moment and the trends are looking good
I think this helps sum things up:
Ian Fergusson of MetOffice said:
W COUNTRY F'cast confidence good to Xmas Day but post-26th tricky. Expected colder than average to New Year. Periods of severe weather poss.
ETA an additional tweet:Ian Fergusson said:
ey thing we will be watchful for end Dec are deep areas of low pressure & resultant disturbed weather. A watching brief.
This will be one of the biggest u-turns in history. MO are predicting an Atlantic conveyor belt!Edited by Puggit on Friday 19th December 08:58
Please stop this daft nonsense about there being snow at Christmas.
Firstly, to me and most others snow means a decent covering, 3 or 4 inches in old money on large parts of densely inhabited England, a decent carpet over major areas of the South East, Midlands, Northern cities etc so most people can make a snowball in their garden.
This kind of silly weather speculation happens most years, snow at Christmas doesn't.
If there is snow, it'll be in isolated places where few live.
End of.
Firstly, to me and most others snow means a decent covering, 3 or 4 inches in old money on large parts of densely inhabited England, a decent carpet over major areas of the South East, Midlands, Northern cities etc so most people can make a snowball in their garden.
This kind of silly weather speculation happens most years, snow at Christmas doesn't.
If there is snow, it'll be in isolated places where few live.
End of.
Thankyou4calling said:
Please stop this daft nonsense about there being snow at Christmas.
Firstly, to me and most others snow means a decent covering, 3 or 4 inches in old money on large parts of densely inhabited England, a decent carpet over major areas of the South East, Midlands, Northern cities etc so most people can make a snowball in their garden.
This kind of silly weather speculation happens most years, snow at Christmas doesn't.
If there is snow, it'll be in isolated places where few live.
End of.
The law of averages does indeed point out that snow is unlikely at Christmas. However, it's fair to talk about snow at Christmas when every single publicly available model is showing it!Firstly, to me and most others snow means a decent covering, 3 or 4 inches in old money on large parts of densely inhabited England, a decent carpet over major areas of the South East, Midlands, Northern cities etc so most people can make a snowball in their garden.
This kind of silly weather speculation happens most years, snow at Christmas doesn't.
If there is snow, it'll be in isolated places where few live.
End of.
The law of averages says it doesn't snow on any given winter day in England - so should we write off snow totally? No!
Puggit said:
he law of averages does indeed point out that snow is unlikely at Christmas. However, it's fair to talk about snow at Christmas when every single publicly available model is showing it!
The law of averages says it doesn't snow on any given winter day in England - so should we write off snow totally? No!
I fully accept that you have more expertise on the weather than I'll ever have.The law of averages says it doesn't snow on any given winter day in England - so should we write off snow totally? No!
Talking about snow only builds up the anticipation for what won't happen, you know it won't if you are honest.
Weather charts more than 3 or 4 days out are about as reliable as hanging seaweed out the window or watching if the cows in a field are facing a certain way.
Thankyou4calling said:
I fully accept that you have more expertise on the weather than I'll ever have.
Talking about snow only builds up the anticipation for what won't happen, you know it won't if you are honest.
Weather charts more than 3 or 4 days out are about as reliable as hanging seaweed out the window or watching if the cows in a field are facing a certain way.
You're too kind - my knowledge is firmly in its infancy!Talking about snow only builds up the anticipation for what won't happen, you know it won't if you are honest.
Weather charts more than 3 or 4 days out are about as reliable as hanging seaweed out the window or watching if the cows in a field are facing a certain way.
Granted - but I as I said, every single model was pointing to exactly the same forecast, quite remarkable at about 10 days out - fortunately I did caveat at the time it was outside the reliable range.
It might still happen though
Thankyou4calling said:
Talking about snow only builds up the anticipation for what won't happen, you know it won't if you are honest.
And therein lies the point of the thread. We're probably not going to be able to go outside and build a snowman in a few foot of snow so I want to get excited by the possibility of it, otherwise Christmas is just a month of having to put up with a bunch of people that I want to stab in the head. I need something to look forward to, something to focus on, something to keep me out of jail Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff