The wet and windy, with occasional snow, 2020/2021 thread

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Sway said:

Mammatus (?) clouds at sunset in my village last night (pics from local Facebook group):



Gutted I missed it!

Yep - glorious colour, but not great formation.

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Talking of which back here in the UK, there is chitter chatter about an arctic blast and possible 'white easter'?
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Colin, Colin, Colin...

A short lived easterly whisp of cold air for the south this weekend.

Nothing for Easter.

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Tomorrow is the equilux - equal amounts of day and night!

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Looks like the high will become elongated towards the weekend, with the light winds traveling a long way across the Atlantic before reaching us.

Dry - murky. Yuck.

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Atrocious conditions expected in SE USA today as cold and warm air meets. Multiple violent supercell storms, tornadoes, massive hail, floods.

This will be news-worthy.



https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk...

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Textbook hook on the radar...

https://twitter.com/hurricanetrack/status/13722788...

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Drone footage of tornado

https://twitter.com/brianemfinger/status/137230237...

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19 degrees in Dundee, 10 down here in Berkshire.

Often the way in early spring.

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popeyewhite said:

Was 2c in Macc last night.

What's happened to the polar vortex thingy, has that now corrected? If not, will if affect our summer weather?

High pressure at the moment - a good indicator that the PV is weakening as we warm up on top of the planet.

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SS9 said:

p1stonhead said:

Oh my god I can’t take this dull weather any more! Arghhhh

seconded.... no end in sight either!

Glad I warned you

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A chance of the summer thread opening as we move in to April...

20 currently forecast for the SE in around 8 days.

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Flanders. said:

Would this stretch up to East Anglia too? The Golf Courses open next week and I'm out Monday and Thursday

Winds will be from the south - so if it's 20 in the London area, maybe 16-18 more likely for you.

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colin_p said:

Nooooooooooooooooooooooo..........................

Here's some bullst for you to cling on to: https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/137399700121447...

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So an unsettled spell coming up soon - as you can see, quite the NW/SE split in terms of rainfall.

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You know what they say about the chance of snow at Easter compared to Christmas... ?

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It's likely to be hotter than 19 next week.

Followed by an Arctic blast at Easter!

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wazztie16 said:

How bad is this 'Arctic blast' looking?

It will feel bad after the warmth!

Single digits - maybe 10 in the south. Snow possible up north.

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The cold blast is quite a narrow corridor of air from the north, and these kinds of features tend to shift east as we approach the date due. So it could just be a glancing blow, or miss us.

Hence we sometimes get disappointments in winter

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Met Office are very bullish about some of the temps for next week...

https://twitter.com/metoffice/status/1375463067887...

Summer thread will open on Sunday if 20 is still on the cards