The wet and windy, with occasional snow, 2022/2023 thread

[Puggit]

MetOffice give a 30% chance of widespread snow in the south next week: https://twitter.com/Met4CastUK/status/160051871962...

70% says it goes further South in to France and just a coastal event (which always ends up as rain!).

That's the bad news - the good news is that means the cold block over the UK is stronger, lasting longer - other chances of snow to come.

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eharding said:

How about the 33 other sites sites across the country that experienced temperatures in excess of the previous high of 38.7C on the same day?

Shhhhhhhh

[Puggit]

Cold is getting more and more entrenched. Just had a lovely moonlit walk with the dog and everything is frozen white.

From this point on there will be surprise snow. We've got slack pressure around us but lots of opportunity for small scale low pressure pockets and troughs to deliver a few cm of snow. Anywhere.

There's one possible for the Peak District area Friday, a possible one for the SE on Sunday.

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Just for fun!!!!!

ECM model has a lot of snow for southern areas 10 days out...

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Right then - update time after the morning models. It's clear there is unanimity in the models as to what happens to the Atlantic low. The bad news if you wanted frontal snowmeggeddon is it looks like it's going wayyyy south and in to Europe (great for the Alpine ski resorts!).

Wait, wait... the good news for cold lovers is it allows a stronger, longer lasting cold block above the UK.

So we wait for snow, but any precipitation that arrives is now not marginal...

[Puggit]

-9 recorded at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire last night. -7.7 at Bournemouth airport, that's cold for a coastal area!

[Puggit]

I mentioned this previously - but chance of surprise snow for far SE on Sunday. Not all models show this, so treat with caution. Also note that that's a rain to snow event, so some might be disappointed!

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Puggit said:

I mentioned this previously - but chance of surprise snow for far SE on Sunday. Not all models show this, so treat with caution. Also note that that's a rain to snow event, so some might be disappointed!

Met Office have a warning for this:

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-...

[Puggit]

Sunday snow for southernmost counties, here's what it might look like. Really tricky to model.

https://twitter.com/DorsetSnow/status/160123836378...

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OK, starting to get excited at the possibilities...

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colin_p said:

I wonder if people will be living at Clackets for a day or two as has happened in the past.

I Think we're talking 10cm max - so unlikely.

Call it a pre-Xmas bonus, rather than Snowmeggedon

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Bill said:

Clank clank clankety clank!!

Starting to see something for Tuesday that will put Sunday in to the shade...

Clank clank clankety clank!

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Another brutally cold night here in West Berks. Was still -6 at 9am.

Unfortunately the chance of snow in the South tomorrow is receding

[Puggit]

Snow forces Manchester Airport to close runways.

Or did someone get caught with a small tin of Vaseline u security ?

[Puggit]

Clank clank clankety clank...

https://twitter.com/HAMPWEATHER/status/16016094995...

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Clank...

https://twitter.com/HAMPWEATHER/status/16016973313...

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fttm said:

Apologies in advance Mr Puggit on my part , but your use/ abuse of the English language to call minus 6 brutal thoroughly deserves lots of these .A seasons worth of MTFU pills are in the mail

Edited because of my crap use of the language too

Edited by fttm on Sunday 11th December 04:14

In case you missed it, -6 is very cold for southern England.

I'm aware where you live and the weather you get (you post about it a lot).

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This is today in to tomorrow - just one person's thoughts... Hills around Stroud have apparently already had 20cm!

https://twitter.com/EastScotland_Wx/status/1601879...

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As for Tuesday - we're still in with a shout of Snowmeggedon south of the M4. If this turns up it's a big 2 fingers to those north of M4 who usually get all the fun and leave us out in the rain.

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One hour walk to the pub in freezing fog. Beautiful!