This year in particular has been very dull and boring weatherwise. Apart from the storms and rain in January and a few warm days in July I can't remember any weather events this year. Not even had a thunderstorm. I'd rather the raging active zonality of last winter than this nothingness. And I see we're being teased with more LRFs hinting at "blocked" weather next month. Tired of these wild goose chases with charts that are always 2 weeks away. Unless agreement within +144hrs I'm not interested anymore and even then I'll believe it when I see it. I've been around the block way too much over the years.

In which case, we should be in for blizzards beyond all compare down here - two frosts in November, that was it. There wasn't enough ice to support a flea, let alone a duck!

As winter progresses the north must surely get its act together and give the models conditions that they are progged to run with? As it stands its almost as though the deeper you get into the run the more the models try to pull things in a direction that they are prog'ed to see in the N.Hemisphere? Sadly we've been seeing some pretty 'extreme' behaviours across the north?

My greatest concern is what we see the eastern seaboard spawning as they have been our bain over winters since 07'? Our Flood Alleviation schemes are only half complete and though they might cope better with a Boxing Day 2016 scale event we would still see extensive flooding in areas still repairing from last year?

If things stay as they are with low solar driving Atlantic blocking for us then I am content even if it only means a worse Arctic summer in 2017 as next winter will see solar in a similar phase keeping the Atlantic at bay no matter how extreme it has become by then?

It's becoming yet another overcast damp dull and dark muggy warm day with temperatures 0f 14c.

If this was summer we would be seeing a week or two of extreme heat and thunder etc. Just a big pity we never get the right set up in the right month. - We had a week of easterlies in October which could have brought cold and snow if this occurred now and now winter is here we get a perfect set up for a summers chart with southerly winds.

Just a horror show really - not to mention.. very unseasonal.

Whenever I have a long and hot shower which naturally makes it steamy in the bathroom, I then leave the two windows and a wall vent open afterwards to air the room out. That usually does the trick where the room is dried out within the hour and thus kept free from mould.

On this occasion, I had a shower fours hours ago and did the venting routine but the walls are still wet with heavy condensation, the 95% outside humidity is what preventing evaporation from taking place indoors.

Yuk. No wonder why houses in the north suffers with mildew and mould.  

Can the weather get any worse than it is today? No! Temps +11.0C, calm conditions and persistent drizzle accompanied by unremittingly overcast skies. Utterly dire. This is the dreaded Zonal Bartlett in action and personally if we can't get cold or storms I hope we'll switch to a full Bartlett.

Welcome to my world!

tbh looking at the charts at the moment even slush would be a bonus !

I suppose last year was worse with the severe flooding - albeit this was more for the northern half of the UK admittedly 

You make a very valid point re never getting the right set up in the right month.

Being stuck out on the east side of the Isle of Sheppey is not really representative though is it, especially in November (sea still very warm in relative terms) and with the 'type' of cold nights this November (clear and still) as opposed to truly cold air stream. 

In Horley, Surrey (and backed by the official Gatwick stats close by) a total of 9 frosts in November 2016.

(and indeed expecting slush and muck most of this winter )

M

This can't get any worse - not to mention unseasonal or boring! Absolutely nothing here now - just another day of 14c with overcast skies spits of drizzle and dull or gloomy.

I am a little frustrated - we saw so many colder ensembles charts on the GFS A week ago including on Gav Christmas video updates - and now it looks like not one will materialise NOT one!! All we need is a cold spell ...just one.

Also, I thought because we have lower solar activity with fewer sunspots, a weak La Nina to Enso neutral, more hurricanes in the Atlantic (this fall) as well as a rapid build-up of Siberian snow-cover increases chances of blocking and colder air to come our way!? Why isn't this the case!? I am not criticising any Gav's video updates but we have had all of the above except a tri-pol yet we still fail to get any proper cold continental air or wintry weather so far and won't have any for the rest of the month now. Is this winter going to be another poor one or am I being too pessimistic!? 

At least December 2015 brought a good amount of snow to some parts of Scotland /mountains. This winter there has been little if any snow so far for Scotland and this looks set to continue. What a dire start!

Your turn now Richard?! How's the weather in Aberdeen - is this December worse that last December so far?!

But last December Scottish highlands did have some snow in December right!?

Probably but you were asking about Aberdeen?

I see Turkey braced for more heavy snow.

Unsurprising. Parts of Turkey are climatically much colder and snowier than the UK. The area around the capital is colder and snowier than most of Scotland on average.

Indeed and quite a contrast across the country, 18*c down on Med and potentially recording break lows to the North East / East

It'll be interesting to see the snowfall totals 

Jeez, it's been a few days of awful weather IMBY - dull, damp, drizzly & mild.

The absolute worst

It's Spring.  What do you all expect?  Endless days of record breaking heat? 


Winter came and went 2 weeks ago .....   At least we had one this year!

Point of order: the sun's out and temps are comfortably into double figures. That means it's summer. If today's stormy NWP comes off, we'll have autumn in a week or two.

And we all know that after autumn comes......

....more autumn!!