Ahem, wow go hum here I come.
There are cold Temperatures of high above Ground temps at 35-40,000ft 500hPa level most of the time for 12 days of January coming from Today, of -30 to -35 deg. C at MSLP 500hPa charts GFS 18z, for much of the UK.
And so are T850 hPa level temperatures good at range from 5 above to Zero and down to -5 at t850 hPa.
The 18z GFS has plenty of Very wet and at times windy and cold conditions, Low Pressure and Organized Trofs etc Heavy Sleety Showers and Hill Snow as we'll, Winds either westerly or at times Colder NW direction through to 19-21 January from now.
The mild members might need to pay attention to suggested predictions of a January CET slightly below the January Average for much of the UK.
I hope next couple of days this place is more excited in predicting better winter weather and please can we get some optimistic posters on here!.
I am not calling off winter Jan Feb Mar 2014 yet.
More worshippers of winter needed.
Climate is warming up, Scotland and N Ireland and North England still often gets some Winter frost, ice and snow, November to March, but the SE and South UK including S Central England and Wales, together with the West and North through the year, they sometimes get more rain than London and S SE England, where some longer dry fine spells without much heavy rain is seen every year.
The North Atlantic Sea often gets some much Colder Wintry conditions from November to March Months, and Mild SW and South winds tend to be more frequent over the East and SE of North Atlantic Sea, as the Azores High tends to stay in charge.
With this warmth and heat, the Central and South UK has become mostly free of snow and frost.