Where's this mild weekend then? Currently 4c here, I was promised 10c on Saturday. Bloody mild spells, always get downgraded when they finally arrive.

Originally Posted by: Arcus 

I wanted to start a separate thread but didn't think it's worth it.

Just hearing that my friend in Vlore - Albania are snowed in - Usually, January their average is around 13c. Moscow had a daytime high of -25c today and it has been the coldest max for many years. Athens's it's snowing there as we speak at 0c. SO glad my friends are enjoying the sunny & warm weather they went off in search for! NOT! - They are back tomorrow to a mild 12c from a daytime high of 0c and heavy snow in Athens. Yesterday, the temperature never rose above -1c in Amsterdam and there was light snow on and off all day I heard.  

Also My friends near Roma - has had some ice and frost lasting all day. It's also frustratingly annoying to see New York once again get snowed in at -7c max when we are the only part of the Northern Hemisphere that is in a heat wave. - Look at NYC Times Square live webcam:

http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare/?cam=tsrobo3

Where do we go from here!? - Let's face it....BRITISH WEATHER SUCKS!

On a side note- there is definitely a connection between a mild UK/ Ireland - means a colder SE Europe and N. America.

Is it just our luck!?

Originally Posted by: tallyho_83 

It a waste of life here missing out all the fun and action in other countries, I also viewing the webcam of the snow covered Troodos mountain in Cyprus.  At least the Cypriots who love snow can go there any time to see it.  I used to go there to get a fix when here had no snow.

Originally Posted by: Jiries 

It's currently 7.5C in Orlando Florida and a forecasted low of 3C is expected overnight.

Originally Posted by: picturesareme 

If this is what masquerades as "winter" in the UK these days, then I think for cold and snow lovers the game is up!! We are visiting from France as we have lived there since 2014. We have had a four week stay in North Kent and Southampton and apart from a few sunny days and minimal frosts, it has been unrelentingly dull and mild. It is just so grey and dank here! Everything feels damp to the touch outside!

Is this really the best the UK can hope for now?

Our friends who live in Creuse in Central France (Limousin) have just been forecast a week of snow next week!! Proper winter weather.

With a warming trend in the climate, I think the only hope the UK has (particularly the south) for another proper winter spell such as December 2010 is for the Gulf stream to shut down!! It really is getting that bad!!

Saw a photo of Ben Nevis on FB earlier today, taken yesterday. Virtually no snow on the North Face...in January on Britains highest point??

Grim days for coldies!! 

 Well i would agree with you. In my lifetime winters have definitely got warmer . Even down here we would have days of rain turning to wet snow and occasionally dry powder snow with daytime sub zero temps, Very rare now and this current spell of mild damp , foggy weather is truly revolting with, like you say every surface damp and slimy. Temps currently 9 c in Altnaharra, 10 c  St. Catherines Point .. 8th January 2017 Winter. Well anything cooler is goint to seem cold . Forecaster just said "chance of hill snow" next week .You got to laugh 

Originally Posted by: Snowjoke 

I wanted to start a separate thread but didn't think it's worth it.

Just hearing that my friend in Vlore - Albania are snowed in - Usually, January their average is around 13c. Moscow had a daytime high of -25c today and it has been the coldest max for many years. Athens's it's snowing there as we speak at 0c. SO glad my friends are enjoying the sunny & warm weather they went off in search for! NOT! - They are back tomorrow to a mild 12c from a daytime high of 0c and heavy snow in Athens. Yesterday, the temperature never rose above -1c in Amsterdam and there was light snow on and off all day I heard.  

Also My friends near Roma - has had some ice and frost lasting all day. It's also frustratingly annoying to see New York once again get snowed in at -7c max when we are the only part of the Northern Hemisphere that is in a heat wave. - Look at NYC Times Square live webcam:

http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare/?cam=tsrobo3

Where do we go from here!? - Let's face it....BRITISH WEATHER SUCKS!

On a side note- there is definitely a connection between a mild UK/ Ireland - means a colder SE Europe and N. America.

Is it just our luck!?

Originally Posted by: tallyho_83 

That graphic sums up perfectly the sick, disgusting joke that the UK climate has become. Nearly six weeks of winter up and there has been a total of three air frosts here - the same as I recorded in less than a fortnight at the end of April/beginning of May 2015. Only difference was that period produced more snow than there's been in the last six weeks 

Today in the world's most boring climate there's more cloudy, mild nothingness. 8C, grey rubbish and this is what we've had almost constantly for the past six weeks. Even the snowless winters of the 90s were not as bad as this. It's more like the dire winters of the early to mid 70s but at least back then summers were reasonable.

Originally Posted by: richardabdn 

Look on the bright side guys, another 6 weeks it will be all over as the 'potential snow' season comes to an end, then we can regain our lives and look forward to summer.

As a snow and cold lover I now hate winter as it just reminds you of what has been lost. I hate the constant model watching and the inevitable down grades, I hate watching the US and then Eastern Europe affected by repeated cold spells while here the climate resembles that of the film 'Blade Runner' with endless grey and drizzle.

It hasn't always been like this and don't let anyone tell you that mild winters in UK are normal, a normal winter in the UK would see alternating spells of mild and cold weather with at least two northerly outbreaks and at least one easterly.

That is normal not 8 weeks of gloom!

Andy

Originally Posted by: Andy Woodcock 

Look on the bright side guys, another 6 weeks it will be all over as the 'potential snow' season comes to an end, then we can regain our lives and look forward to summer.

A
Andy

Originally Posted by: Andy Woodcock 

This "cold snap" that is forecast for the end of the week should be called a "cool snap", as temps barely get below zero, and no snow is expected to fall in my location, (according to the BBC online that is).

Originally Posted by: Sinky1970 

I am shocked at how mild it is in the UK have been back from France for four weeks and apart from a few half decent frosts, it has been unrelentingly mild and grim!! We have friends in Central France who live at 600 metres asl in the Creuse department in Limousin. They have snow forecast for all next week!! You are right, the UK winter climate SUCKS!! 

Originally Posted by: Snowjoke 

Look on the bright side guys, another 6 weeks it will be all over as the 'potential snow' season comes to an end, then we can regain our lives and look forward to summer.

Originally Posted by: Andy Woodcock 

To be fair, if you lived at 2,000ft in Britain youd get plenty of snow every winter (albeit not this weekend)

Originally Posted by: Essan