Poor forecast again last night, that is two in just a few days now.

After sundays debacle when rain that was forecast the night before was just some light drizzle, last night's 10.35 forecast said showers through the night was actually rain all night!!

Not good

Lol, yes  - prompted this issue from the NOAA.

Tell me about it, its so irratating when people screw up on this sort of thing. Everyone here has been going on about the polar vortex since the beginning of time in 2001; suddenly everyone thinks its a hurricane of death. 

Wasnt a chunk of the polar voretex over the Uk a few weeks back?

We had a similar scenario (with less extreme temperatures if course) in December 2010.

Yes http://modeles.meteociel.fr/modeles/reana/2010/archivesnh-2010-12-18-0-0.png 

What an amazing spell of weather that was 

Rinse and repeat please!

Great minds eh? Was thinking that last night as the posts started appearing

No doubt the media will link it to "The day after tomorrow"

Mind you, as Gav says, we were affected by it back in Dec 2010 

For those that haven't seen it, here's my historic video for Nov/Dec 2010 when the polar vortex decided to pay us a rare visit;

http://gavsweathervids.com/december2010.html

Some interesting tweets from Ian F about the possiblities for next week.

Paul Hudson @Hudsonweather

Growing risk of 1st cold snap of winter next week. Battle between cold air in east & Atlantic air. Much uncertainty & very finely balanced.

Paul Hudson @Hudsonweather
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Growing risk of 1st cold snap of winter next week. Battle between cold air in east & Atlantic air. Much uncertainty & very finely balanced.

10:27 AM - 8 Jan 2014

Originally Posted by: four 

would love to see the day when someone could say the use the words 'Snow' and 'UK' withouth the words "finely balanced"

Come on then?????

Here's the link: https://twitter.com/fergieweather

Most recently he says "it's a knife-edge set-up and model output currently not to be taken at face value. Better continuity needed."

Really? You dont say....

Thanks Rod

in the meantime I am expecting this to change soon

UK Outlook for Sunday 12 Jan 2014 to Tuesday 21 Jan 2014:

Although showers and longer spells of rain will continue to affect the UK, conditions are not expected to be as stormy as of late. At first, the strongest winds and heaviest rain are most likely in the west of the UK, whilst the south and east will hang on to the driest weather. Temperatures are likely to be colder than recently in most areas with an increasing risk of frost, ice and fog. Thereafter, more changeable conditions are likely in the north and west of the UK with the best of the drier weather in the south and east. It will be rather cold in the north with an increasing risk of snow, mainly over hills, with nearer normal temperatures further south.

Joe ******i‏@BigJoe******i

@Hudsonweather @bryanellis629 @BantamDan_ trust ecmwf means.. colder is coming pic.twitter.com/QTODUV9IZe

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Interesting thoughts from Paul Hudson

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulhudson/posts/All-change-with-first-taste-of-winter-possible-next-week

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