I hope it does Tally, if it isn't going to snow then I want it as mild as possible.
I think people are fed up with cold rain and rain full stop as if they/.we haven't seen enough already. I think a WIO thread would start appearing soon. Yes maybe the model may have some difficulties but i just don't feel it right now and actually i wouldn't say no to some warm sunshine. It's been another rubbish winter really - at least we had hail and sleet last winter. Warm sunshine will be better - more people outdoors, lockdown ending , more vit D, more sunlight windows open so viruses will spread less easily. Time to give up for this winter. I am not saying we won't see any return to cold but the short and medium term looks unlikely. - Real shame, given we have seen a SSW and a minor SSW and x2 reversal of zonal flow and record breaking negative -AO and NAO. Really is such a shame. Really. But just proves that a negative AO and NAO won't guarantee anything cold neither would a SSW and a reversal of zonal winds either. - The reversal of zonal flow has been going on for days now and set to continue too for a few more days. I am quite amazed. Furthermore - we hear of record amounts of snow in Spain, Italy, France, Iran, Saudi Arabia, north Africa, Turkey, Greece, Japan, China etc - There is cold and there is snow around but just not for the UK.
A few days ago yes there was chance with some models showing southerly tracking channel slider lows to give significant snow to the south over weekend of 23/24th (this weekend) but now this doesn't look like coming off.
Sorry will shut up now as this isn't the rant thread. - But you see how annoying it is...?
Things better improve in the model output within the next week or so or else that would be it for this winter and I thought it couldn't get worse than last winter with persistent zonality but I was wrong. It's just as bad if not worse. Good London and the SE at least saw a smattering despite days of cold rain over past few weeks. But a smattering which melted in a few hours? Most would have been asleep at 0600 am and missed it. Have we stooped this low to get snow? I wonder how the Daily Express are doing suggesting the BFTE 6 times and 20" of snow? haha - soon they will talk about a heat wave.
Here with the 06z ENS - Ps still not completed yet but no signs of anything drier let alone cold.
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