Winter 2014/15, forecasts conditions alerts etc.

[peckerwoo]

So many times in the last two years there has been talk of some nice cold easterly air but it has yet to materialise. Fingers crossed this one comes off

Azores ridge is a concern (has been a major factor encouraging the zonal pattern over the UK/W Europe etc for quite some time aside the brief colder spell for areas Boxing day etc) but clearly a worthy opportunity as another 2013/14 Winter record breaking wet season would not be repeated/matched?

NHemisphere 500 chart was playing around with a high latitude "heights" pattern quite some time ago so somethings afoot? but its all so very common for us to endure the "near miss" as it takes many a synoptic to fall into place for a pure Easterly unlike the Winters of old?

I`ll say its 50/50 as it stands but need a few more days modelling consistency although we are not an age away from Cold, unlike the last 2 weeks!

[Jimbob87]

Very interesting. Lets hope we get a blast for a week or two

[peckerwoo]

Very interesting. Lets hope we get a blast for a week or two

Some Models are Now linking up the azores ridge elongated all the way North to Greenland! Some serious cold Becoming increasingly likely and with that not just a few day cold spell if retrogression enforces everything North of 40degrees blocked off to the NAD and with that any milder westerlies facing a hard road eastwards? All conjecture but certainly possibilities increasing!

[Stubby]

Some Models are Now linking up the azores ridge elongated all the way North to Greenland! Some serious cold Becoming increasingly likely and with that not just a few day cold spell if retrogression enforces everything North of 40degrees blocked off to the NAD and with that any milder westerlies facing a hard road eastwards? All conjecture but certainly possibilities increasing!

 

Blimey Pecker ! That got me thinking !

[Tree Lc]

We are waiting for the snow in Sussex. BBC keep threatening us with it and kids are getting excited but as usual I think they are wrong. It's always good for a day but then if you can't work it becomes a bit of a pain. Perhaps one day off would be great !

Tree LC

Horsham tree surgeon

[gensetsteve]

We are waiting for the snow in Sussex. BBC keep threatening us with it and kids are getting excited but as usual I think they are wrong. It's always good for a day but then if you can't work it becomes a bit of a pain. Perhaps one day off would be great !

Tree LC

Horsham tree surgeon

 

Agree the ideal snow is here for a day or two then nice sunny crisp days followed by another day of snow two weeks later. Followed by 6 months of summer at 26 degrees. But I have a feeling it's more likely to be rain followed by two weeks of 34 deg in October