Yes, it's mild, wet and windy..... but I'd much prefer that to cold, wet and windy.   Despite the fact snow has been more of a feature in last few years than the previous couple of decades, the last few winters' have had more than their fair share of raw, rainswept days too.

12c, wind and rain is a good deal better than the (not infrequently experienced over the past few years) 2c, wind and rain whilst negotiating half-frozen slush!!   For instance, today i walked the dog in wind and rain...  though not exactly my chosen weather, the temperature meant it was bearable. 

A glass half-full is much better for the soul!

Andrew

Must admit..as much as I love the cold...at least its wet and mild. Nothing worse as someone said that its cold and wet. 

I have to say Richard, your posts are so exaggerated with expressions of gloom and despondency, they're actually rather amusing....  No one can match your sentiments of abject despair about the vile evil that is a run of double-digit maxima or a frost-free fortnight.  Thank you for bringing a little entertainment into this thread and long may it continue .....  

PS North Korea's Kim Jong-Un could use a guy like you to describe the next "traitor" he chooses to purge.  

I have to agree with Richard this weather is the most foul grey damp muck...even warm enough to be out without a jacket so un seasonal

Not sure, but I doubt last night would have beaten it - it did reach 13.0C briefly (around 2 AM) here but it's since cooled to an early July-like 12.4C.

"Oh no, I can go outside without freezing my knackers off! What a disaster!" 

Move to Cyprus - Great conditions at Troodos after the snow last week. Good friends Mark and Sarah were up there yesterday

Think you're missing the point of this topic - feel free to create a "Mild Lovers' Corner" thread!

My moan is that it now looks like December is a complete write-off down here in terms of deep cold and snow, with not even a sniff of -10C 850s. That's most unusual in the post-2000 era, as there's usually at least one wacky wild outlier each day to get your teeth into. The way things are going I wouldn't be surprised to see the first half of January being written off either, although it won't be until later next week that we get a better idea of that (via ECM32 and to a lesser extent GEFS).

Not exactly in the true spirit of this thread, is it?

Rough time for the festivities more than likely. Cold westerly's  =Gales and possible flooding. It  is not going to be happy weather-wise.

Not really any moans from me so far - no air frost yet and heating bills staying relatively low, and footy not getting frozen off left right and centre. That said, if this stormy pattern stays then we will probably lose some games to waterlogged pitches.

I hope this stormy spell doesnt last too long though.. need that Bartlett back  a la Jan 89, but it does look like we are in for a couple of weeks of storminess at times......

Why are you here then?

If someone could kindly wake me up if and when winter arrives that would be most kind.
In the meantime I'm going to hide away and cogitate on the unfortunate demise of what I thought was making a comeback in recent years - winter as it should be.

OK - I got absolutely soaked on the way in to work yesterday morning, then had to put wet bike gear back on again to cycle home (in the p*ssing rain). That better? 

Having said that, this morning was quite pleasant - a bit of blue sky, gentler wind and still pleasant temperatures.

Which he already had in the last page - and it was as if he has never been away.  

I'm not caring too much about the lack of snow but today has been the third grey, damp and sunless day in a row and it's starting to grate a little (although to be fair, I did get to see a gorgeous colourful sun rise yesterday morning).
  And we may have to put up with damaging gale force winds tomorrow night. Once again, why is it that the strongest winds always seem to occur in the night time?
  Still, hopefully that squally stuff will have the effect of clearing the air up a bit.

That said, if this stormy pattern stays then we will probably lose some games to waterlogged pitches.

 given bournemouth,s  current form a waterlogged pitch might help