The wet and windy, with occasional snow, 2018/2019 thread

[schmalex]

Enough for good roast at least!

[glenrobbo]

schmalex said:

Enough for good roast at least!

Deep and crispy, even?

[leglessAlex]

glenrobbo said:

leglessAlex said:

It's (supposedly) 14 degrees in Kingston at the moment. The hell is going on!?

I would have expected it to be a tad warmer in Jamaica at the moment.
What are you doing there, Alex?

God, I wish I was in that Kingston and not the Upon-Thames one

[Pericoloso]

leglessAlex said:

glenrobbo said:

leglessAlex said:

It's (supposedly) 14 degrees in Kingston at the moment. The hell is going on!?

I would have expected it to be a tad warmer in Jamaica at the moment.
What are you doing there, Alex?

God, I wish I was in that Kingston and not the Upon-Thames one

It could have been Kingston upon Hull ,to give it's full name....

[glenrobbo]

Pericoloso said:

It could have been Kingston upon Hull ,to give it's full name....

Peri has a valid point there, Alex.

Mercies small for thankful be.

[Puggit]

Hopeful signs for proper winter in around 10 days. Will keep an eye out, obviously

[Puggit]

To put some meat on the bones, models are currently showing possibility of Scandi High in a week or so. Also the polar vortex is getting a real bashing from the weather systems and possibility of a sudden stratospheric warming is high. All in all, I'm thinking of placing a bet on a white Christmas before the news starts leaking out.

[Register1]

Pericoloso said:

When is this "Double Vortex Super Tempest" supposed to start and wipe out humanity as we know it ?....

It's very mild and just a bit dull today.....

I could tolerate the same for the next 3 months....

Same here between Liverpool and Manchester.
Reasonably mild.
Could really put up with this until end of February.

[Cold]

Puggit said:

All in all, I'm thinking of placing a bet on a white Christmas before the news starts leaking out.

I'm not sure that's the correct lyrics. It should be something to do with the ones you used to know.

[Puggit]

Heating didn't even come on in our house this morning - Mrs Puggit was complaining her towel wasn't warm!

[JakeT]

Cold said:

I'm not sure that's the correct lyrics. It should be something to do with the ones you used to know.

I am not fond of how wet it is though. Seems like it's been damp forever now. Bring back the crisp, dry days!

[Lemming Train]

Puggit said:

To put some meat on the bones, models are currently showing possibility of Scandi High in a week or so. Also the polar vortex is getting a real bashing from the weather systems and possibility of a sudden stratospheric warming is high. All in all, I'm thinking of placing a bet on a white Christmas before the news starts leaking out.

You said the exact same thing 2 weeks ago but it's 15C outside right now and not snowmageddon like you predicted.

[red_slr]

December looks very normal here. 3-9c for the month and the usual rain and wind.

[colin_p]

With absolutely no knowledge at all except thinking about a sprig of imaginary magic seaweed nailed to a stick, my prediction is;

More and more warm, wet and windy and Sommerset underwater by Boxing day. (The Sommerset bit might not happen and the warm, wet and windy might not happen either).

[Puggit]

Lemming Train said:

You said the exact same thing 2 weeks ago but it's 15C outside right now and not snowmageddon like you predicted.

There were some hopeful signs back then. But then I amended the forecast to predict the wet and windy

This is looking far more likely - but again, it's so far out that things can and will change.

[Tom_Spotley_When]

Lemming Train said:

Puggit said:

To put some meat on the bones, models are currently showing possibility of Scandi High in a week or so. Also the polar vortex is getting a real bashing from the weather systems and possibility of a sudden stratospheric warming is high. All in all, I'm thinking of placing a bet on a white Christmas before the news starts leaking out.

You said the exact same thing 2 weeks ago but it's 15C outside right now and not snowmageddon like you predicted.

I've just put winter tyres on my car. First time of a 4x4 and winters. Chances of snow have no plummeted dramatically.

[Puggit]

6 days out, a short sharp cold spell with a strong northerly, caused by high to the west, low to the east

[MentalSarcasm]

Lovely frosty walk in to work this morning, finally felt like December!

[Celtic Dragon]

Puggit said:

6 days out, a short sharp cold spell with a strong northerly, caused by high to the west, low to the east

Great, and I’m in Belgium, known for being cold, wet and windy!

[Puggit]

A likely scenario at this point is that Sunday will see bitter northerlies - these winds are often dry away from the east coast. The high pressure that sits to our west causing the notherlies will then meander to sit over Scandinavia - bringing a brief easterly. Models are currently forecasting a battleground scenario, with possible short term heavy snow.

After that - most likely that warmer wetter weather arrives again. Low pressure likely to shunt the high away. If it doesn't - then game on.