It will still feel cold I should imagine

Wrong

There is cold weather on the way, the 168 charts i posted show that , its not a 2010 type but its going to be colder with frosts for a time

Regardless of what happens after next weekend, there is good agreement for a cold spell next week. It's snowing in parts of Scotland this evening - there is cold air here already, and it sinks erratically south during next week, bringing the risk of sleet and snow showers with it.

The uncertainty and prospect of a return to milder, wetter conditions is for next weekend onwards, and even that is not set in stone yet (getting there though, I admit).

Im confused how you think that later next week will be mild or milder than the current mild to coolish weather) based on model output. 

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Recm1681.gif 

That is next Friday on the ECM and it may return to milder conditions deeper in FI but that time point is not mild. At the same time point the GFS is not mild and the other models look colder, albeit the UKMO 12z doesn't reach that far. Cutting to the chase and the next week does not look generally mild and specifically in northern parts it does look rather cold.

So egg on faces? Perhaps they will wait until after the forecast time period - they have to forecast based on what output shows. If the output changes so will their forecasts - it's not guesswork it is based on current available evidence!

Cold and dry - a frosty high ECM day 8

Milder weather on our doorstep here as the low approaches from the SW (but for those writing off the cold spell, that is next Saturday! - after a cold week).

-10c over the southern snowfields !

Day 8 from ECM is still cold

Wonder if ECM will stick an Easterly in by t240 - it's pretty close to one at T192

Lets hope after the low spins through we get a return to a frosty high in FI like the 00z to keep the drier trend 

I think we have to accept the GH is off to Canada. Perhaps we can hold a UK high for a bit or maybe if very lucky a Scandi block down the line

Straw clutching again. What a disastrous 24 hours

I'd grab up to 192 with both hands to be honest

Its all such a shame.

Uncertainty at 216 as the low stays out west for longer (00z took it across southern areas and out eastwards before building back the high) keeping us in the 'frosty high' for longer. The uncertainty is still very much there after next weekend.

As would I 

I tried that with the GFS the other day, it doesn't work.

Day 9 still cold

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Recm2162.html

http://www.meteociel.fr/modeles/ecmwf/runs/2016010812/ECM0-216.GIF?08-0

Cold air trying to sneak in the back entrance

What a mess. "The models are struggling"

Japanese model at day 8:

And your insinuation is that we cannot trust the GFS at 192hrs? Noted. 

the Azores low seems to be the crucial player now. Whether it cuts off or moves north

It would be cold under this HP

My insinuation was that irrespective of what any model or run shows,  we will get what we get, and unlike cards we can't stick or twist.