The brief flirtation with the possibility of a 'dry high' snuffled again as the Atlantic continues to dominate probably into March.
Pitiful.
Originally Posted by: Osprey
The writing was on the wall for this pathetic excuse of a winter back in December. However, I guess none of us thought it would be quite so stormy and wet for such a duration.
It has been one of those winters which makes you positively hate the British weather and want to emigrate. Then you can think of beautiful, summer afternoons when Britain appears to be the best place in the world. I guess we just have to take the rough (and the very rough) with the smooth.
Originally Posted by: Chiltern Blizzard
From a weather perspective it's been a remarkable winter, wettest for 300 years, deep storms , the PV in the US etc. Just because it hasnt been cold and snowy hasnt made it a pathetic excuse. The mind numbing winters of the 90's/00's were far worse. The weather has been national news for most of the last 2 months
Originally Posted by: David M Porter
O/T, but I think this season would be described more appropriately as a very rough extended autumn rathern than as a winter of any sort. At least it's seemed like that to me.
Originally Posted by: JoeShmoe99
Understandable perspective, but winter storms (albeit not as powerful as we've seen recently) are more typically 'wintry' than snowfall, and arguably should be incorporated in KB's winter index, which currenly is at an all-time low, well below even 1988/89 which was far less 'wintry' imo.
Andrew
Originally Posted by: Maunder Minimum
This is a typical winter "except" more rain and storms than usual (Much more)
To have a frost or snow imo is just a bonus
It's the exciting part of a UK winter
Being asked "Do you think we'll have snow this winter" to "Will it snow today?"
Sniffing the cold air and saying "I smell snow"
Lampost light watching for that elusive snow flake the weatherman promised
The phone call to another friend or family "It's started to snow here is it snowing with you?"
Snow and Frost is as rare as rocking horse sh1t (well at least South of Birmingham)
Right now I just want it to dry up and warm up
Originally Posted by: nsrobins