For raw data I use the chart viewer on theweatheroutlook.com - for interpretation and/or forecasting there are a variety of sites but I'm not at my PC at the moment to link to the ones I use.
Winter 2020/2021
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For raw data I use the chart viewer on theweatheroutlook.com - for interpretation and/or forecasting there are a variety of sites but I'm not at my PC at the moment to link to the ones I use.
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Thank you.
Looks like an interesting setup over the 4th for allowing cold in but very fleeting (jet stream pushed way south of us with low pressure to our east and substantial high pressure to the north of us) - though should be good potential for snow over high ground. Just not the cold around for it to really produce much.
Deeper into December looks like warmer air getting dragged in from south of us though
with some moderate stratospheric warming that yet again pushes cold air towards the US/Canada instead of us.
One that has been linked in these kind of threads for previous years:
https://www.gavsweathervids.com/
Good breakdown of what is going on in the models, generally in the right ballpark for forecasting and bridges well between all levels of understanding.
Deeper into December looks like warmer air getting dragged in from south of us though
with some moderate stratospheric warming that yet again pushes cold air towards the US/Canada instead of us.One that has been linked in these kind of threads for previous years:
https://www.gavsweathervids.com/
Good breakdown of what is going on in the models, generally in the right ballpark for forecasting and bridges well between all levels of understanding.
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Apparently some places had snow today!
Did postman delivery letter post though?
Soldato
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No snar yet!
My postie struggles to deliver in decent weather, let alone snow.
It's just started snowing in North Manchester. It's quite steady but the ground is far too wet for it to stick just yet.
Should have guessed it would snow today as we've got loads of radiators off due to plastering so it's currently freezing.
Should have guessed it would snow today as we've got loads of radiators off due to plastering so it's currently freezing.
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We had "Thundersnow" last night in Edinburgh; I honestly thought a plane had crashed or something; huge bang/explosion noise woke me up and loads of car alarms started going off!
Luckily just thunder and snow!
Luckily just thunder and snow!
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Several hours of decent today. Wish I'd taken a picture.
Soldato
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Not a bloody flake here but further along the coast they had some, absolutely typical.
Did anyone watch the doc on the winter of 1963 on BBC4 last night - I very much doubt most people of today would survive.
Yes very interesting I've heard stories from people who were there it'd never happen today of course.
Which is a worry, as there's every chance we will see another winter like that one day. Climate change absolutely does not prevent cold extremes in the future.Did anyone watch the doc on the winter of 1963 on BBC4 last night - I very much doubt most people of today would survive.
This winter is shaping up pretty solidly to be warm and wet.
Did anyone watch the doc on the winter of 1963 on BBC4 last night - I very much doubt most people of today would survive.
I remember it well.
It was a time before people were stopped from clearing the pavement in front of their houses, so i imagined myself to be a mountain climber and walked all the way to school on top of the piled heaps of snow!
Got to school and it was closed due to the bad weather.
Cue me going back home to find both parents at work, and me being only seven at the time didn't have a key to get in.
So I climbed over the wall to the back garden and spent the day in the shed, **** knows what I did for eight or so hours (apart from freezing) until my mum came back from work!
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Bleh what a rotten day. Rain, hail, sleet on and off and raining constantly at the moment and its freezing cold only a few degrees above freezing. Forecast was for clear sunny weather this afternoon so headed out and got throughly cold and wet.
Did anyone watch the doc on the winter of 1963 on BBC4 last night - I very much doubt most people of today would survive.
It was my first year away at school, aged 10. A bit of a culture shock but I remember it well. Igloo building and tobogganing in the cotswolds in between lessons.