The official winter 2016/2017 snow thread....

[Unexpected Item In Bagging Area]

That's nuts! I have relatives just down the coast in Altea and it was 23c at Christmas time.

[Munter]

All that cold weather is affecting vegetable production.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jan/...

I think I saw a vegetable once.

[J4CKO]

I will take anything at the moment that isnt 4c and drizzle, walked the dog last night and was like being in Silent Hill.

Either rain properly or fk off

[Puggit]

J4CKO said:

I will take anything at the moment that isnt 4c and drizzle, walked the dog last night and was like being in Silent Hill.

Either rain properly or fk off

We've still got frost in the South

[jimmyjimjim]

fttm said:

Jimmy ^^ , last Friday we were minus 53c with windchill , today and for the next couple it's plus 4/5 which is some relief .God help us when winter returns , the highways will be a nightmare .

Been there, had that It's a tad brisk when it's like that.

[Puggit]

fttm said:

Jimmy ^^ , last Friday we were minus 53c with windchill , today and for the next couple it's plus 4/5 which is some relief .God help us when winter returns , the highways will be a nightmare .

Flew over a vast swathe of Canada on Thursday (Hudson Bay down to SFO). The depth of cold was clear from 37000 feet. It was quite staggering.

[jimmyjimjim]

Puggit said:

Flew over a vast swathe of Canada on Thursday (Hudson Bay down to SFO). The depth of cold was clear from 37000 feet. It was quite staggering.

First time I flew to the US was a similar route and similar time of year. Hours and hours of whiteness. I'd never seen anything like it.

[Wills2]

Puggit said:

Javea Beach...

It's a bloody piss take....

[Mr GrimNasty]

Not looking good for the UK and the rest of the winter is it, the only positive is that the outlook has been pretty wrong so far, maybe now it'll be wrong the right way!

[Puggit]

Mr GrimNasty said:

Not looking good for the UK and the rest of the winter is it, the only positive is that the outlook has been pretty wrong so far, maybe now it'll be wrong the right way!

I'll give you another positive, it's been better than the last 2 winters - and that's really saying something!

[Puggit]

Met Office tweet showing how things are setup currently, in terms of warm and cold: https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/8220818732370...

[Puggit]

Remember that period around xmas when it was dull for weeks down south and the north enjoyed sun.

Well,

[Melman Giraffe]

so any snow on the horizon?

[Dog Star]

Puggit said:

Near Benidorm...

All the people at work (Gibraltar) were on about all this this morning - even the beaches in Fuengirola and Puerto Banus had snow!

Great isn't it? Here in the UK we get warm, wet, dank and st all year. There they get 30C + summer AND snow.

[Puggit]

Melman Giraffe said:

so any snow on the horizon?

Depends where you are

[Dr Murdoch]

Melman Giraffe said:

so any snow on the horizon?

I'm looking right now.

Nope

Nice sunset though

[RicksAlfas]

Puggit said:

Remember that period around xmas when it was dull for weeks down south

Nothing new there, it always is.
But what was the weather like?

[anonymous-user]

so far another very mild winter, i think this is how it will be for a few years.

[Puggit]

The Spruce goose said:

so far another very mild winter, i think this is how it will be for a few years.

UK/Ireland very much in the minority in European terms.

[Mr GrimNasty]

The Spruce goose said:

so far another very mild winter, i think this is how it will be for a few years.

Dec 2010 was the second coldest in the entire 360 year CET by 0.1C, one of only half a dozen ever with a negative CET.

There were at least 3 very snowy winters out of nowhere in the 80's, 2 were also very cold, one exceptionally so - you have to remember that by the end of the 70s we were all resigned to the endless regime of warm snowless winters.

You can never tell what will happen from one year to the next, but warm and wet is a NORMAL English winter, always has been and always will be (modern times anyway), that's why we enjoy the exceptional snowy cold years so much.