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

[Puggit]

Chances of something cold and wintry are slipping away, but there is still no model agreement. While there's no agreement, it's all up for grabs!

[PRTVR]

Puggit said:

Chances of something cold and wintry are slipping away, but there is still no model agreement. While there's no agreement, it's all up for grabs!

Love it..... Nobody knows what's happening but let's remain positive.

[schmalex]

As long as it snows in Megeve between now and 12th Jan, I really couldn't care!

Looks like there are tentative signs of a breadwon around 21 Dec, but no idea what that will bring...

[Mr GrimNasty]

Puggit said:

Chances of something cold and wintry are slipping away, but there is still no model agreement. While there's no agreement, it's all up for grabs!

Slipped away the very next model run after I jinxed it a while back!

Anecdotal I know, but once the cold floods into North America it tends to stick, and we don't tend to have cold when they do.

We are in the dip in the bulges (all highly technical!)

[Puggit]

Mr GrimNasty said:

Anecdotal I know, but once the cold floods into North America it tends to stick, and we don't tend to have cold when they do.
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Indeed, when that East Coast cools down, it tends to drive the jet stream harder.

If I remember correctly though, 2010 saw both sides of the Atlantic in the freezer. I remember it for the rarity!

[fttm]

jimmyjimjim said:

Hello pot!

-21c this a.m.

-23C here , thank fk the wind has dropped in the last few day , chill factors to -36 are unpleasant .

[jimmyjimjim]

Yes, it was something extremely nasty with the windchill.

My personal best was -25c plus windchill taking it down to something extremely unpleasant. I endeavor not to leave the house if at all possible on those days.

[fttm]

We've got a snot freezing base temp of -30 for Sunday , too soon for this bks .

[Mr GrimNasty]

People murmuring about a possible indication of something colder, not ever so for us though.

http://notrickszone.com/2016/12/10/polar-split-thr...

Not related, but a satellite just recorded -93C in the High Ridge East Antarctica, only 0.2C warmer than the Aug 2010 satellite low earth record.

The official earth surface record, by conventional thermometer, is -89.2C Vostok Antarctica July 1983.

[Puggit]

An element of good news. High pressure appears to be the next pattern. This will be to our East or South East, leading to pleasant days and cold nights.

Now, if that HP just moved a little bit north and sat over Scandinavia in time for Xmas there'll be melt down.

OK, maybe meltdown is the completely wrong word...

[JakeT]

Freeze-Down!

Puggit if you're right, I'll buy you a pint.

[NRS]

Lots of snow coming at the moment. MX-5 was getting a bit closer to struggling at a few points.

[Puggit]

JakeT said:

Freeze-Down!

Puggit if you're right, I'll buy you a pint.

That's not a forecast sadly. It's a low-chance dream

[jimmyjimjim]

Snow!

Ok, 1/4" this morning, melted as soon as the sun came up.

[schmalex]

Lots in Ottawa!

ETA. So much, in fact, that it seems to have made the world capsize

[NRS]

Looks like picnics could be put on hold here.

[Puggit]

Thank God for that. Finally a forecast for heavy snow on Xmas Day...

http://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/742699/Snow-...

[p1stonhead]

Puggit said:

Thank God for that. Finally a forecast for heavy snow on Xmas Day...

http://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/742699/Snow-...

On a scale of 1 to 'to be expected', what is the amount of bullst in that article?

[The Beaver King]

p1stonhead said:

On a scale of 1 to 'to be expected', what is the amount of bullst in that article?

Call me pessimistic, but I tend to ignore articles with the headlines:

SNOW BOMB: Wall of SNOW to SMASH UK as deadly blizzards hit in COLDEST freeze for 53 YEARS

That is probably the most 'Daily Mail' article I've read in my life and it's not even in the Mail...

[p1stonhead]

The Beaver King said:

p1stonhead said:

On a scale of 1 to 'to be expected', what is the amount of bullst in that article?

Call me pessimistic, but I tend to ignore articles with the headlines:

SNOW BOMB: Wall of SNOW to SMASH UK as deadly blizzards hit in COLDEST freeze for 53 YEARS

That is probably the most 'Daily Mail' article I've read in my life and it's not even in the Mail...

And the Sun posts this at the same time

Hottest Christmas day ever predicted this year

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2373911/britain-set-...