WINTER 2018/2019 - Chat thread!

Rroff · 11 Dec 2018 at 17:55

It seems such a battleground at the moment it is hard to get excited about any potential outcome unless it is less than 72 hours away :s

Rimsy · 11 Dec 2018 at 19:19

"a chance of some snow showers"

yup definitely time to start the HOTTEST SUMMER EVER headlines then!
Unfortunately those are more likely to be true

robfosters · 11 Dec 2018 at 19:21

It’s cold enough out there atm. No colder please.

nam · 12 Dec 2018 at 00:10

Hi All, looking for a hot and sunny destination in Europe in December around 30-2 jan ? can anyone recommend 25 Degrees plus for beach and swimming in Europe ? Cyprus, tenerife, Fuerteventura anything else ?

Usel · 12 Dec 2018 at 06:35

I went from the 17th-24th December last year to Cyprus. We only had 1 day of beach weather at 25c+. The rest of the week was very nice and spent In a T-shirt but was around 18-22c.

CaptainRAVE · 12 Dec 2018 at 08:06

nam said:
Hi All, looking for a hot and sunny destination in Europe in December around 30-2 jan ? can anyone recommend 25 Degrees plus for beach and swimming in Europe ? Cyprus, tenerife, Fuerteventura anything else ?

Good luck in Europe. It rained when I last did Christmas in the Canary Islands. I gave up with winter sun in Europe and now just go to Dubai.

CaptainRAVE · 12 Dec 2018 at 14:09

New thread :eek:

mind blown.

Minusorange · 12 Dec 2018 at 17:19

nam said:
Hi All, looking for a hot and sunny destination in Europe in December around 30-2 jan ? can anyone recommend 25 Degrees plus for beach and swimming in Europe ? Cyprus, tenerife, Fuerteventura anything else ?

Yes Canary Islands or Azores are best bet although I wouldn't exactly call them Europe in traditional sense being closer to the equator than actual Europe

Mrs Seabiscuit · 12 Dec 2018 at 18:17

Oh my life its cold tonight! Heating on blankets on and most importantly hot chocolate.

I do think this winter may be cold, to counter balance the freakishly hot summer we had.

ED209 · 12 Dec 2018 at 20:09

Mrs Seabiscuit said:
Oh my life its cold tonight! Heating on blankets on and most importantly hot chocolate.

I do think this winter may be cold, to counter balance the freakishly hot summer we had.

Not that cold here, still had no need for anything but a T-shirt.

According to the built in iPhone app it's 2c at the moment

Huskycharllie · 14 Dec 2018 at 23:40

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/mobile/warnings#?date=2018-12-15 So...anyone else getting excited? First reports of actual snow!? What!!!

CaptainRAVE · 15 Dec 2018 at 00:17

Just lots of rain forecast just north of London

Rroff · 15 Dec 2018 at 00:19

Huskycharllie said:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/mobile/warnings#?date=2018-12-15 So...anyone else getting excited? First reports of actual snow!? What!!!

Doubt it will come to much - looking like a very short lived event with marginal temperatures for snow.

PiKe · 15 Dec 2018 at 17:52

Rain, rain and more rain.

Rroff · 15 Dec 2018 at 18:00

PiKe said:
Rain, rain and more rain.

Unless we get some disruption in the jet stream I think that will be the theme for awhile with the odd short lived cold incursion. All the setup is there for some deep cold if cold does win out though.

Neil79 · 19 Dec 2018 at 17:04

!!!! SSW

Rroff · 19 Dec 2018 at 17:07

Neil79 said:
!!!! SSW

Devil in the detail though

looks like a split vortex but weaker influence than the one earlier in the year and as always a SSW doesn't necessarily bring cold just disruption to normal weather patterns i.e. the summer we just had was also likely off the back of it - could just as easily bring unseasonably mild weather to this time of year.

Minusorange · 19 Dec 2018 at 22:57

Rroff said:
Devil in the detail though looks like a split vortex but weaker influence than the one earlier in the year and as always a SSW doesn't necessarily bring cold just disruption to normal weather patterns i.e. the summer we just had was also likely off the back of it - could just as easily bring unseasonably mild weather to this time of year.

Reading some of the weather people (the clever ones with doctorates in climatology/atmospheric science) on twitter it seems like this SSW is going to be something special in terms of magnitude but like you say nobody knows how it's going to play out for us mere mortals on the ground

Rroff · 19 Dec 2018 at 23:10

Minusorange said:
Reading some of the weather people (the clever ones with doctorates in climatology/atmospheric science) on twitter it seems like this SSW is going to be something special in terms of magnitude but like you say nobody knows how it's going to play out for us mere mortals on the ground

What concerns me (from wishing for a bit of snow perspective) every couple of days or so the disruption gets pushed back another couple of days - initial model output was showing the first signs on the 26th now it is pushed to 29th-1st. On the other hand the best chance of proper wintery weather for the UK is if it gets push into January when there is deep cold around.

Neil79 · 20 Dec 2018 at 00:31

Rroff said:
What concerns me (from wishing for a bit of snow perspective) every couple of days or so the disruption gets pushed back another couple of days - initial model output was showing the first signs on the 26th now it is pushed to 29th-1st. On the other hand the best chance of proper wintery weather for the UK is if it gets push into January when there is deep cold around.

Was never keen on getting cold in November and then spats of it through the rest of the winter, 2010 was a great exception! Hopefully we get the hardest of any cold weather + snow during Jan or Feb, my favourite months!