ah fair enough. I guess Richard, like most of us on here, just likes the idea of having a white Christmas, Dicken's stylee.
Well, if we're not going to get some decent cold weather with possibly some snow, a nice named storm wouldn't be all that bad (as long as I didn't have to be out and about in it of course) because that would least mean that something interesting was actually happening for once instead of this boring, drier than average and high pressure dominated mildness which we saw throughout last winter, and which we are seeing just now.
During the last two winters, there has always been at least one named storm (those were Storm Eva in the winter of 2015/16 and Storm Barbara along with Storm Conor in the winter of 2016/17) at some time around Christmas and so, it would be a fallacy if we didn't get one this year as well. Since it was only in the autumn of 2015 that this naming system first started, this will only be the first ever year in which there hasn't been a named storm at Christmas if we don't get one this time.
Just a few days ago as well, the models were hinting that we might see Storm Dylan (since that is the next named storm in this year's list) on around Boxing Day but now, the models have dropped that idea and all that is left of that is a sliding low which is unlikely to even affect this part of the world since it is continuing to be shunted further south by the models. That in turn means that there is now likely to be no named storm this Christmas which means that the wait for Storm Dylan goes on.
Another question here as well is the one of where on Earth is this high pressure which we are seeing just now is during the summer when we are looking for that to be around, only for then to be posted missing. Two years ago, our wet weather was mostly happening during the winter and whilst that was very bad news for those who were flooded out, it at least allowed us to enjoy some relatively decent summers with 2013 being the best year for that.
Now, it has all switched around completely here in this part of the world as the winters now appeared to have dried up with our biggest rainfall totals now being concentrated within the summer months. As well as hoping for a cold winter with some snow, I would also like to see a decent summer and this means that if we are going to be getting a lot of rain at any point in time, I would rather be getting that right now, rather than in the middle of summer. The fact that things now appear to have switched around in that matter, therefore means that our overall weather has actually gone from bad to worse in terms of how I would like it to be.
The north of Edinburgh, usually always missing out on snow events which occur not just within the rest of Scotland or the UK, but also within the rest of Edinburgh.