Terry scholey said in his monthly forecast that the bulk of the wet and windy weather will be in the first half of November and the second half will be cold but dry he also mentioned the word..RETROGRADE and WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL.  https://www.gavsweathervids.com/terryscholey.html

UK Outlook for Wednesday 7 Nov 2018 to Friday 16 Nov 2018:

Wednesday looks set to bring rather mild but windy conditions across the UK with bands of rain interspersed with brighter, more showery spells. With weather systems moving from the Atlantic it will be western areas that will be the focus for the wettest and windiest conditions, with eastern areas generally drier and brighter. This unsettled theme looks set to continue through the first half of November with temperatures remaining broadly above average and overnight frosts restricted to the far northwest. Towards the middle of November there are signals for drier spells to become longer lived and any weather systems may be slower-moving and confined to the northwest of the UK. Given the time of year, the likelihood of overnight frosts and early morning fog may increase by this point.

UK Outlook for Saturday 17 Nov 2018 to Saturday 1 Dec 2018:

By mid-November there is some uncertainty, but there are weak signals that the UK will have transitioned to more settled conditions; with weather systems deflected away from the UK and most likely confined to parts of the northwest. These longer settled spells are likely to support an increased probability of overnight frost and fog across much of the UK which could be slow to clear given the time of year. Temperatures are more likely to be near to or above average at first, but mild conditions are probably going to become more short-lived with an increasing likelihood of below average temperatures through the end of November.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast 

Weather warning issued for Grampian by the Met Office. According to the warning, spray and flooding on roads will make journey times longer and bus and train services will be affected with journey times taking longer.

The part of Grampian covered by the warning consists entirely of unpopulated mountainous area in which there are no bus services, railways or even roads. You couldn’t make this level of incompetence up.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/warnings#?region=gr&date=2018-11-03&regionType=area  

But that is just one tiny part of the warning area, which also covers such rural backwaters as Glasgow. I have never visited but I believe the railways have made it there by now?

Are you seriously suggesting that they should offer a different version of the warning text to satisfy a few grouse in one corner of Grampian? 

Weather warning are used by both residential and recreational users.  The Cairngorms and other areas around there are full of walkers, cyclists, runners.  They all need to be kept abreast of expected severe weather.   Can you imagine they didnt and someone got into difficulty?  Im sure there would be worse things said about the Met.  

That illustrates nothing unless it is put in context. It comes across as lazy journalism. I tweeted the journalist earlier today but have not had a reply.

A few points I would make in response:

1. In the last 10 years, the UK has, unless I'm very much mistaken, had it's coldest winter overall since 1978/79, namely the winter of 2009/10.
2. We have also had the coldest winter month since 1986 and the coldest December for over a century (December 2010).
3. We have also had the coldest March since the early 1960s (March 2013).

Therefore, I'm not sure how they can claim that the "coldest days are not as cold" as they would have been in times past. The cold events I mentioned above were notable enough. Yes, it is over 20 years since the Uk's all-time lowest temperature record was matched, but to my recollection we have seen more notable cold events since 2008 than we saw throughout the 1990s and for much of the noughties prior to 2008. The first sub-zero CET month since 1986 and the first sub-zero December CET since 1890 were both notable enough for IMO.

Further to the above, the MetO are telling us that "warm spells have increased".

I realise that warm spells are not solely limited to the meteorogical summertime, but for all we had an excellent summer this year, I don't remember many of those in the whole period from 2007 up to and including 2017. This years' summer was the first decent one in my area since 2014, and out of the whole period from 2007 to 2017, only 2013 and 2014 produced good summers here. The mildness of the last decade has probably been as much due to notably mild or warm periods that have happened during spring, autumn and winter as it has been to do with exceptional heat in summer.

Anyone see the BBC News @ 6pm by Fiona Bruce?

She said I quote "Met Office has issued a warning that the UK will face Hotter summers and warmer winters!" 

Yet simultaneously they showed a clip of a snowplow on the move in deep snow). - A little misleading, but that's fine!

Have you had any reply from Matt McGrath yet, Brian?

Quite right. I remember back when there was a run of dry summers in the 1990s (going on holiday in Cornwall there were always droughts and water restrictions) and the consensus was that we should all be planting Mediterranean species in our gardens. Anyone who took that advice wouldn’t have had much of a garden in the following two decades. 

Generally mild

Rain at times

Often windy

Perhaps a little cooler later

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/46080147 

UK Outlook for Thursday 8 Nov 2018 to Saturday 17 Nov 2018:

Thursday should see bands of rain and showery interludes move northeastwards across the country. It is likely to be wettest across western parts with the southeast generally being drier and brighter. The wind will be strong at times with gales for exposed western coasts. This generally unsettled theme, with bands of rain or showers moving into the UK from the Atlantic and interspersed with some drier and brighter spells, looks set to continue through the first half of November. Temperatures will be broadly above average with overnight frosts restricted to the far northwest. Towards the middle of November there are signals for drier spells to become longer lived. Given the time of year, the likelihood of overnight frosts and early morning fog may increase by this point.

UK Outlook for Sunday 18 Nov 2018 to Sunday 2 Dec 2018:

By mid-November there is significant uncertainty, but there are weak signals that the UK will have transitioned to more settled conditions; with weather systems deflected away from the UK and most likely confined to parts of the northwest. These longer settled spells are likely to support an increased probability of overnight frost and fog across much of the UK which could be slow to clear given the time of year. Temperatures are more likely to be near to or above average at first, but mild conditions are probably going to become more short-lived with an increasing likelihood of below average temperatures through the end of November and into the start of December with precipitation probably turning wintry at times.

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast