This cold snap that hasn't even started yet looks like it'll only be a brief affair. Most disappointing.

Suprised this dropped off the first page after the last 24hr of outputs, will it wont it etc...

Maybe by this time tomorrow the outputs will give us some cold starting next weekend, if not the following week and then if not the week after that and so on till we enter Spring

All I'm hoping for is for some drier wether for now  I will put up with dull and grey aslong as its dry.

Nice to see normal winter weather resuming.

You must have been unlucky to pick up a shower. Clear, crisp and frosty this morning here.

Yes - light shower as you can see on radar:

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

Yet still no frost this January - hopefully Saturday night we will see our first frost of the year.

What with all this talk of further rainfalls and a continuation/possibly worsening of the current flooding as we go into next week if the models are anything to go by, this news article dated 17th Feb '12 seems such a long, long time ago: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17078569

When the Spring thread opens I got a feeling we will all be complaining about lack of early warmth and sun due to large amounts of snow

Been a pretty sh*te winter so far for snow. The only thing to raise any interest has been the destructive power of the storms recently.

For me its been a shocking winter thus far   made even worse by the fact that I stupidly allowed myself yet again to get sucked up in this phantom easterly promise of a winter wonderland... why oh why did I not listen to the wise words of  The Met Office, Gibby, Brian Gaze et al who were all excercising caution especially when it comes to easterlies!  one year I may listen... however i doubt it and like many others I'll be back on the roller coaster ride, trying hard not to spit the dummy out when it all goes pear shaped... as it almost inevitably will!.. still wouldn't have it any other way.... and as an aside... the met office have, as usual, played a blinder...kept their counsel,  reflected  the possibilities, and exemplified professionalism of the highest order, unlike the usual suspects amongst the national press and some internet weatherforecasters. Still to get back on track... another few weeks of mild gunk to look forward to

That's the spirit lad!

Watched that BBC programme last night with the lovely Sophie Rayworth  about the recent shocking weather!! Not sure if many on here saw it?

But one thing's for sure winter 2013-14 really is turning into a pile of poo! 

So much for today providing a more seasonable frosty respite. It's more of the same rank unpleasant windy low pressure crap we've been suffering for what seems like an eternity  In fact it's windier than it's been all week.

Temperature did drop below freezing briefly about midnight but most of the night was around 2C with no sign of any frost this morning due to the godawful wind that just won't let up. More vile filth in the outlook with some more soggy weather to look forward to this week apparently Never known anything so horrific in my entire life. Just a never ending nightmare  

All winter it's only got 0.7C colder than the coldest temperature recorded in May 2011, one of the warmest springs on record. That just says it all but if that wasn't bad enough the temperature has varied by less than 10C since mid December. Just about the most tedious uninspring winter in history

Given the NWP output over the past couple of days, I think it's safe to assume January can be written off now. So that's December (when I want snow most of all) and January (on average the coldest month) ruined by mild & wet durge

Snowless winters are the norm down here,if we do ever get a decent snow event the rest of the uk is in the grips of a brutal freeze up eg Dec 2010.

i personally hate snow and cold and this winter is bang on,mild and wet.

Cold and snow lovers have been spoit in recent winters,especially last winter! and will most likley be dissapointed this winter.

Each day the sun is getting stronger and soon thoughts will be turning to spring

Yes, the wind and the rain are bad (ask my roof!), but the mildness is saving £££ and that is no bad thing.  Also, you dont often need gloves and a hat unlike March- April 2013 which was a nightmare.

Well, we're halfway through winter and it's been atrocious so far. Gales, wind, flooding, damage... but only two air frosts and not even a whiff of a flake of sleet, let alone snow. What a complete waste of 6 weeks of winter, the best 6 weeks at that. At least we coldies had Christmas to take our minds off the rubbish weather, until power cuts came along that is (or, in my case, gas cuts).

To top it off, the models have not only decided on the "average" option, but have then gone on to show mild weather (such as on Wednesday), whereas that wasn't even shown for a dozen runs in a row. It's bad enough that the cold chance has been missed, but for it to be even milder than any of the models suggested feels like a kick in the teeth. I've not seen a snowless winter this millennium but I wonder if this one will break that streak.

I'm surprised to see mildies such as the last couple of posters in here - feel free to start a gloating thread guys, this is the moaning thread, not the "ooh, isn't it fab" thread!

I will admit that it's getting a bit tedious now. With 39.7mm projected by GFS in the next 5 days here, it seems that the UK will remain an unusually boggy land for some time longer.

As a severe weather enthusiast, the highest river levels since 2002 and some interesting convective stuff last week has been enough to keep me sane.

This is not good for coldies.. have to wait another 2 weeks to see  if there will be a change..