Those warning maps really are rubbish. It is impossible to tell which is the snow warning area and which is the icy roads warning area unless you already know!

Encouragement for snow enthusiasts

http://www.snow-forecast.com/maps/static/uk/next3to6days/snow

nick millers week long insight into next week mentions the potential prospect for locked in cold with possible snow for next week...worth a watch

He also said " it's not set in stone "

Jay Wynne

" Quieter towards the end of the week" differs a bit from N Miller earlier

Nick was talking about next weeks weather. End of the week is quieter.

Met UK outlook:

Outlook for Friday to Sunday:

Cold with clear or sunny spells and wintry showers, heaviest and most frequent north and west. Winds easing. Risk of persistent rain or snow in south later Saturday into Sunday.

Shows how finely balanced. Was ever thus with snow in this country though. 

As always Matty, I have found though my best snowfalls have come with 'knife edge' situations, and with that you have to take the rough with the smooth as it were.

Nice tweet from Fergie:

Ian Fergusson @fergieweather

W COUNTRY CONT'D Detail of conditions nxt week are currently very uncertain, but cold weather (& ice/snow poss at times) underpins it all.

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As always Matty, I have found though my best snowfalls have come with 'knife edge' situations, and with that you have to take the rough with the smooth as it were.

Nice tweet from Fergie:

Ian Fergusson @fergieweather  ·  10m 10 minutes ago

W COUNTRY CONT'D Detail of conditions nxt week are currently very uncertain, but cold weather (& ice/snow poss at times) underpins it all.

Originally Posted by: Whiteout 

Out puts like this I like. Proper weather....

Met Office written forecast for this region, along with the maps, don't paint a snowy scene at all up to the end of the weekend. Huge contrast to the GFSP and some other NWP

I hate not getting snow when others are getting it.

Hi Beast. 

I wouldn't worry too much about that. Specifics are very much to be formed up on, as is always the case with snow situations. Get the cold in place and the rest will follow. 

It's Geoff to you, Hewitt

Lunchtime forecast was a cold one, as expected.

Showed up to Sunday.

Rain overnight tonight with the strong winds

Tomorrow rain moves away as we get into a showery NWly flow.

Friday showed a couple of troughs running down the UK , was mentioned that as each one passes through it brings colder and colder air with it. Showed wintry ppn across some parts.

Saturday it done its best to show something moving across S Wales and S Midlands the graphics fluctuated between rain and snow.

Sunday showed LP to the East wit snow on some Eastern areas

FYI Saint, Matty's surname is Hewlett.

Met Office update: - Note that snow and cold wasn't mentioned once! Still vague with low confidence ..."perhaps" - "could be" or "Risk!" - Time will tell hopefully there will be some snow here next week then. This is all we need one day or sleet or wet snow...just one.

UK Outlook for Thursday 29 Jan 2015 to Thursday 12 Feb 2015:

The current signal is for the end of January and early part of February to perhaps see something of a change from rather unsettled conditions to more in the way of drier, settled weather, at least for a time. Southern areas, in particular, may experience some lengthier dry spells, although temperatures could remain below normal into the early part of February. This brings a risk of night-time frosts and, with showers still likely for some, these could take on a wintry flavour, particularly over hills. Towards the middle of February there are signs of more unsettled conditions returning, especially across the north.

Updated at: 1538 on Wed 14 Jan 2015

Haha Classic blooper and fraudulent slip by Helen Willetts just now in the BBC weather forecast" She said something like  - "It looks like we will be in a cold spell of weather now for a couple of years!"

Did anyone pick on this?

Well Q might well agree with this, but would complain about the lack of lake effect snow in mid-February 2016

Seriously if she meant 'a couple of weeks' that is a huge turnaround from the MetO via the broadcast media. The only negative thing should we see snowfall next week is Madden and his cronies will be sharpening their pencils and I find the mere thought of it nauseating.

You saw the forecast? I am sure she said "Couple of years!" LOL she never corrected herself though!

You would have thought with a major event overnight, that they could find an up to date forecast. Terrible.