so where is the big freeze we were warned about?

Golf1.6

Golf1.6

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december was pretty much autumn weather all year. rarely had the heater on.

into the first week of jan and nothing. know from past experience valentines day (feb 14) is warm enough to go out in a blazer most years.

So theortically we have just over 40 days when **** hits the fan and then warms back up again. but looks unlikely because next 7 days is 10 degrees.
 
There was never a forecast for any freeze. The met office suggested a mild winter.


Some broadsheets released some headlines to generate sales but these had no basis in any forecast of reputation.
 
What big freeze.

Oh you mean the lying dross papers which should never be read.
Well they lied to you, even the met gave out a statment going the newspapers where irisponsable and lying.
Basiclay those news papers go to a company that "predict" weather. Well they sell a story of foul weather so the newspapers can print it and the slaes of papers drasticaly increase.

There's a thread on it somewhere.
 
You mean the express one where the guy basically says a big freeze is coming any time theres a bank of cold weather moving vaguely our way off the arctic on google maps's weather overlay and has been thoroughly discredited as a professional?

EDIT: There is no current one accepted prediction for this winter - the 3 most dominant likely ones are still as my previous post:

Rroff said:
1) Chance of moderate snowfall at the end of November (low confidence) then milder and wetter through winter (moderate confidence).

2) Gradual decrease in temperatures through the rest of the year with a steeper drop through Jan to a harsher, colder than average, but probably snowless period late Jan through to March (moderate confidence).

3) Gradual decrease in temperatures through the rest of the year with a short lived but intense blip end of Jan and early Feb with slightly below average temperatures and slightly above average to significant above average snowfall (moderate confidence).

General indicators such as Scandinavian snow cover showing lower than normal or complete lack of the conditions that historically are strong indicators of winter snow in the UK - opinions are split if its a delayed onset (with a more intense but shorter lived pattern when it does happen) or if its an indicator of a likely absence of snow.
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We had an amazing summer if you remember and apparently that had warmed the sea temp up a lot around England which helps to continue the UK having mild weather through winter, from what I've read.
 
The atlantic weather patterns are certainly unsettled and possibly can be tracked back to the summer conditions, its been somewhat interesting watching the updates on it as we've been within hours of getting extremes of weather one way or another then another pressure system has moved in and completely changed the picture.
 
Thanks for averting my fears though, i have some important business trips in jan and it will wreak havoc for me if it were to snow.
 
You say you didn't read any newspapers and then give a link to the very newspaper that made up such a ridiculous story!
 
Golf1.6 said:
Thanks for averting my fears though, i have some important business trips in jan and it will wreak havoc for me if it were to snow.
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While the extreme freeze "100 days of winter" thing is likely rubbish don't assume it will necessarily be milder throughout. 2 out of the 3 most likely models show a strong possibility of a dip around the end of Jan.
 
Usually at its coldest early in the year not really nov-dec. Quite a lot of the past years have had snow or whatever you deem as winter type weather get into it around feb to march.
 
for the past month or so weve had quite a steady prevailing wind (s/sw) hence the mildness, just wait for a strong northerly wind and then you'l get yor big freeze
 
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