I didn’t see it, did he mention Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday at all? 😇

Susan Powell just did the BBC weather for the week on BBC1 at 13:10

Mon-Thurs this week large low pressure covering most of W Europe centred to our NNE maintaining a N airstream but smaller features cannot be accurately predicted this far out by the models. Smaller features most likely Mon along S Coast and clipping SE England, Tues N France, Wed N North Sea, Thur S North Sea. Temps 3-5C most days so snow over high ground if these small features come a little closer to the UK. The Sun/Mon feature running along the Channel likely to give heavy rain in the SE tomorrow morning with some snow over The Downs and The Weald. By Friday, The Atlantic making a comeback with a warm front approaching the west of the UK
 

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anyone come across any ‘chaos’ ?

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/21054663/uk-weather-travel-chaos-yellow-warnings/amp/ 

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anyone come across any ‘chaos’ ?

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/21054663/uk-weather-travel-chaos-yellow-warnings/amp/ 

The floods around here are notable this winter. My son went to London on Friday but the track went in a major landslip and flooding elsewhere means he's staying tonight in Southampton.
https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/23253777.pictures-flooding-dorchester-charminster-stratton/ 



 

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The floods around here are notable this winter. My son went to London on Friday but the track went in a major landslip and flooding elsewhere means he's staying tonight in Southampton.
https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/23253777.pictures-flooding-dorchester-charminster-stratton/ 



 

Yes indeed the Groundwater flooding round here is as high as it gets . Quite a few roads are now impassable with a car although the idiots keep trying . The water is pouring out the ground at quite high points now which shows how high the water table is . I am glad to see it as it was awfully dry before and at least we can go into a drought with high reserves.

SKL BBC  ‘Warming up, High Pressure, Rain into northwest’ 
Not hugely inspiring if looking for cold
Not hugely inspiring in terms of detailed longer-term forecast… 

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An Amber warning now for heavy snow later today in Highland and Grampian areas as the wee 'Low' comes SSE into the North Sea and increasing the winds

A lot of this area has a decent snow cover already

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An Amber warning now for heavy snow later today in Highland and Grampian areas as the wee 'Low' comes SSE into the North Sea and increasing the winds

A lot of this area has a decent snow cover already

None here so far and I do wonder if it may be more wet than white here given the mixing and sea influence. We will see in a while I guess! Somewhere (in more northern or inland parts) is likely to be hit hard I would guess given the wording in the warning.

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An Amber warning now for heavy snow later today in Highland and Grampian areas as the wee 'Low' comes SSE into the North Sea and increasing the winds

A lot of this area has a decent snow cover already

What's the chances of that wee low affecting central Scotland overnight ? No warnings for us as yet.

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None here so far and I do wonder if it may be more wet than white here given the mixing and sea influence. We will see in a while I guess! Somewhere (in more northern or inland parts) is likely to be hit hard I would guess given the wording in the warning.

Yes please!  We had snow on Sunday night and again last night leaving a thin covering (about an inch?).  

What's the chances of that wee low affecting central Scotland overnight ? No warnings for us as yet.

Pretty slim Id say except skirting East coast. Though does have a wider western tail, presumably lost over the mountains as sinks south. Lets watch the blob south of Inverness and see where it goes/what it does

BBC graphics 1pm showing it fizzling out over mountains heading south

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BBC News reporting ‘coldest night of the year’ last night… is that the case?  I thought last spell was much colder. 

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Coldest night of this year (2023) is where I suspect they are coming from. I can definitely confirm we had a minus 9 (maybe lower) here during the December 2022 spell 🙂

Coldest night of this year (2023) is where I suspect they are coming from. I can definitely confirm we had a minus 9 (maybe lower) here during the December 2022 spell :-)

Of course! I didn’t think of that.  Low bar to set though after only 3 weeks

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Question: should this storm have been named?

The Met Office criteria state: “A storm will be named when it has the potential to cause an amber or red warning.”

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Is a storm or polar low? See your point though 🤔

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BBC weather for the week ahead

Next week

• Mainly dry and settled
• Often cloudy
• Light winds
• Milder

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/64297333 

BBC Monthly Outlook

Drier next week then changeable from late January

Wednesday 18 January to – Sunday 22 January
Less cold and drier but rain in the west on Friday

Monday 23 January to – Sunday 29 January
Becoming drier and a bit chillier

Monday 30 January to – Sunday 12 February
Changeable. Maybe colder from mid-February onwards

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/outlook 

Met office 10 day trend

Next 5 days

• Cold with hard night frosts
• Snow chance reducing
• Slowly turning milder from west

Next week

• Drier
• Frosts remain likely
• Fog patches

SSW

• Winds in stratosphere change
• Can lead to changes to UK weather
• Chances small at the moment

uninspiring BBC extended weather for the week.  At least nothing wild.  Grey and boring for most

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who’s made way for the new female BBC weather presenter who seems to have been on 80% of BBC News broadcasts for past 48hrs?  Maybe Shafernaker been given the bullet again

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