The moaning thread is the only sane place to be during a British winter.  I am gutted that the current frosty spell is coming to an end, to be replaced with gut wrenching and sickening mild of unending and dispiriting duration.

The only sensible thing to do under the circumstances is to down a bottle of wine and watch a blockbuster.

Yes that 2010 chart was a dud. Good grief.

I expect some people would find something to moan about with this type of chart. 01 Feb 1956.  Next day -20 uppers in Kent.

I think Richard has already posted in another thread, now his moaning is really first class. 

"I'll have a 'P' please, Bob"

As far as late-autumn/early winter spells go, I can have no complaints. We've had some lovely crisp days with frosts (even some days where the temp has hit 0c by evening) - although most of last week was frost-free as night-time cloud & slightly increased temps put paid to that. Overall, I reckon we've had around 10 frosts over the last 3 weeks.

If this is a hors d'oeuvre for some better winter weather (OK, I mean snow & prolonged cold to keep it in situ for a couple/few weeks) then it would be a tasty treat to be fondly remembered in the context of a fabulous festive feast.

However, if it turns out to be the main course, or is only followed by another frosty-but-dry amuse-bouche, then it will leave a big, gaping gap in my nourishment, an appetite unfulfilled.

😂👌

Maybe we can coin a new phrase: 'This winter has done a right Bob Holness?' 

But make sure you've opened the windows and turned the aircon on full blast  otherwise you'll think it's June. The next 7 to 10 days look a pathetic excuse for mid December.

If it is going to be mild then let it be exceptionally so from an extremes point of view. 10C in December just doesn't hold much interest.

Surely having read these posts December mildness is utterly nailed on till at least the last week of December at the earliest? 

Can't believe it is a year ago today that 'Storm Desmond' hit, which gave some huge rainfall totals to parts of both Ireland and the UK. Analysis chart at midnight 6th (from UK Met) The 'storm' itself was more a strong long-fetch flow rather than from an organised depression so sorta unusual in that regard. I remember the rain well, but the winds if I recall correctly were not particularly notable here in the west of Ireland at least.

Apologies, only just noticed this.  Have a look at the archive charts prior to that date. CP airmass, no PM influence.

I don't mind a warm up aslong as its not a low cloud gloomy, foggy/misty one 

According to the Met Office it will turn unsettled toward the new Year which means milder I guess!?

I blame Brexit, access to air from the European Union will have to be negotiated, in the meantime we have Atlantic air both summer and winter.

Remember it well Tim I lived in Nottingham. A Saturday morning and a serious wet blizzard deposited 20cm! No electricity or 'telephones' for 24hrs.Wires were sagging towards the ground.

Thousands were marooned including a lot of folk at the Clothes Show, NEC Birmingham

Worst affected area was the Birmingham Nottingham Sheffield triangle

As you say, short-lived in an otherwise mild December

Not a moan from me, but a nod of approval.

Take today for instance, 10 C in soft winter sunshine under calm wind where it felt positively spring-like. I could even smell the scent of summer in the air since the light wind is still wafting in from the near Continent via a relatively warm Channel. The heating went off a few hours ago and I have a couple of windows ajar to let the air circulate indoors.

I could easily live with all that if it could actually stay like this more often than not throughout the winter.

 

Depressing grey gloomy frost-free muck for the 6th day out of 7th and by the looks of things the mean temperature could end up even higher for the first half of the month than it was last December

Only worse start to winter in my memory was 2002 and if the WeatherOnline forecast is to be believed we could be in for a repeat of that repulsive month.

The most sickening and revolting forecast I have ever read for winter. Beyond vile Just hopes its accuracy turns out to be as awful as the pidgin English it’s written in. How on earth can a piece with spelling mistakes and poor grammar make it on to, what I had assumed was, a professionally run website?