God, this is just dreadful model watching.
We haven't had a totally dud winter for years and maybe 2013/14 is payback, the run of good winters couldn't last for ever.
Andy
Originally Posted by: Maunder Minimum
As one of two others have commented recently, some parts of the country didn't see any wintry stuff last winter until around the 3rd week of January or later, and we went through a zonal spell not too dissimilar to this one (in terms of excessive rainfall although without the very stormy winds like we saw last week) over last Xmas and New Year. If by the time we reach mid-late February there hasn't been any change, then yes I would agree with your view above. But that's a long, long way off right now.
Originally Posted by: David M Porter
As I have pointed out several times in the past couple of weeks, a cruddy, zonal winter like this one usually (though not invariably) lasts throughout January. It is towards the second half of February that we have to look for the hope of a decent spell of proper winter.
In the meantime, look at all the precipitation going to waste! Makes one feel fairly demented to look at all that potential snowfall going down the plug hole ;-)
Originally Posted by: Andy Woodcock