Winter 2024/25 - Cold or Mild? Rain or Snow?

Managed to avoid all the flooding at home as come to help my youngest with the house she's bought in London (6 bedrooms, keep getting lost) had a walk around the lake she's next to last nigh , t-shirt weather tbh , probably seek out some.more green bits at some point
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It will be lashings of snow for me because this December, Christmas and New Year I will once again be spending in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, which as we move from an El Nino into a La Nina, is expected to have plenties of snow this time round. Hoping for some -30 to -40 degree temperatures again too but I'll settle for warmer temps and more snow
 
It will be wet, windy and warm.

Though I hope for a very cold and long winter with lots of ice and snow.
Thats the primary reason why 15 years ago we decided to spend every December/Christmas/New Year in Canada, we simply got fed up of throwing back the curtains on Christmas morning and it basically looking like a rainy October day outside. We decided right then, from now on, every year will be Canada so that we can have a Christmas that actually looks like the Christmasses that tv adverts and movies are always thrusting at us :)
 
2025

To summarise: December will start with an early storm delivering a brief respite in cold during the
first two weeks, before returning to a colder and frostier set up in time for Christmas. The last two
weeks of December will be cold and frosty. Christmas day we be a dry, cold day with some sunshine.
Some will have snow underfoot from earlier snowfalls so a very festive feel indeed. Not a white
Christmas for the very vast majority of us.

To summarise: January will be a dry, calm, but cold month. The first two weeks will be cold and
frosty with sunny spells at times. It will get colder and colder and until the ground is frozen. Around
January 21st we will have our first snowfall of the year and the snow will settle and freeze. Any
further snowfalls will top up snow already laying on the ground. A further snow event will take place
around January 29th. Travel disruption is to be expected as well as problems for root farmers. In
addition, cattle will require extra care.

To summarise: February may start with cold rain, but I believe it is even more likely to be snowfall.
If cold rain does materialise this will almost certainly create a treacherous condition known as
‘freezing rain’ and if this condition does materialise then it is highly recommended to stay home if
possible. There will likely be further snowfalls around February 12th, after which the conditions will
remain very cold and frosty with a particularly bitter cold months end.

 
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