The windy winter and occasional snow thread 2017/2018

The windy winter and occasional snow thread 2017/2018

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Puggit

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48,488 posts

249 months

Wednesday 21st February 2018
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Incoming! (this is upper air temps, add 8 degrees as a rule of thumb to get sea level temps)




MentalSarcasm

6,083 posts

212 months

Wednesday 21st February 2018
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I bet it's going to leave us with nothing but blue (snow)balls.



(I might have been working on that joke for most of the day)

Puggit

Original Poster:

48,488 posts

249 months

Wednesday 21st February 2018
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MentalSarcasm said:
(I might have been working on that joke for most of the day)
I've been sitting on my favourite snow meme for years... Can't wait to post it!

Puggit

Original Poster:

48,488 posts

249 months

Wednesday 21st February 2018
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25 Celsius in New York today.

Yes, twenty five.

A.J.M

7,921 posts

187 months

Wednesday 21st February 2018
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So....

It happening and also not happening, but could be happening and could also not be happening.

Excellent.

Puggit

Original Poster:

48,488 posts

249 months

Wednesday 21st February 2018
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A.J.M said:
So....

It happening and also not happening, but could be happening and could also not be happening.

Excellent.
It's happening

MG CHRIS

9,086 posts

168 months

Wednesday 21st February 2018
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Puggit said:
Very strange situation. Normally we have a good series of charts and then small downgrades until eventually it all collapses and we're left with a cool whimper.

For the last 5 days we have seen charts you would bite your arm off for if you love cold and snow - and we get small upgrades each time.

There are currently charts that would result in red weather warnings in the far future - so not to be considered accurate at this time.


Edited by Puggit on Tuesday 20th February 12:17
Last time I seen a red weather warning was the snow in 2013 when we had 30-40cm snow hit tops of the welsh valleys.

Puggit

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Wednesday 21st February 2018
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p1stonhead

25,579 posts

168 months

Wednesday 21st February 2018
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Puggit said:
When when when when.

If it’s a work day it better dump so I can’t move rather than be a tiny bit which just makes my commute seven hours long!

A.J.M

7,921 posts

187 months

Wednesday 21st February 2018
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Puggit said:
It's happening
Promise?

Puggit

Original Poster:

48,488 posts

249 months

Wednesday 21st February 2018
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p1stonhead said:
When when when when.
Real cold arrives Sunday. So snow forecasting can start properly on Friday.

Puggit

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48,488 posts

249 months

Wednesday 21st February 2018
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A.J.M said:
Promise?
Well, maybe not in western Scotland...

Puggit

Original Poster:

48,488 posts

249 months

Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Upgrades overnight.

Break out the sledges, find your thermals, panic buy bread, milk and gin - you might need tonic and limes too.

We're going in to the freezer, it will last quite a while, it will snow.

Some of the best charts in history, and they just are not watering down.

My prediction is for Kent to get absolutely wallopped at some point.

schmalex

13,616 posts

207 months

Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Tuesday is the day to watch out for for snow with a shortwave crossing the middle of the country from East to West.

However, we are still a fair way off. The models struggle with easterlies, as there are much fewer data points so everything can fizzle out as we get closer (remember “that” easterly in 2012 that died At T-36...

Bill

52,836 posts

256 months

Thursday 22nd February 2018
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So you're anticipating a weekend of gin-soaked disappointment? biggrin


anonymous-user

55 months

Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Puggit said:
Upgrades overnight.

Break out the sledges, find your thermals, panic buy bread, milk and gin - you might need tonic and limes too.

We're going in to the freezer, it will last quite a while, it will snow.

Some of the best charts in history, and they just are not watering down.

My prediction is for Kent to get absolutely wallopped at some point.
woohoo

jmorgan

36,010 posts

285 months

Thursday 22nd February 2018
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https://www.netweather.tv/weather-forecasts/news/8...

Interesting read.

BTW, any pointers to what the chart/model names are in Netweather?

SS9

383 posts

160 months

Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Puggit said:
Upgrades overnight.

Break out the sledges, find your thermals, panic buy bread, milk and gin - you might need tonic and limes too.

We're going in to the freezer, it will last quite a while, it will snow.

Some of the best charts in history, and they just are not watering down.

My prediction is for Kent to get absolutely wallopped at some point.
eekwobbleblahparty

Tell it to wallop the trains and roads in London too please (won't take much, a couple of mm normally does it), I want a day off to build a snowman with my little one.

Athlon

5,020 posts

207 months

Thursday 22nd February 2018
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So Manchester will once again miss the snow but be bloody freezing cold frown All the pain, none of the fun!

Riley Blue

20,986 posts

227 months

Thursday 22nd February 2018
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Bugger, I'm going down with a cold and I bet I won't be allowed to play outside in the snow... if it comes... which I doubt as we've only had half an inch so far this winter and why should this be different despite the forecasts...

What's the point of having a quattro if you can't piss about in it now and again? Bah!