Will there be snow
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I'd love some, it's been a few years now. It's less common here so a novelty, I still get that feeling of wonder when I look out in the morning. Or better, wake in the night and see that different light coming in through the curtains, and check, and Yay! I just love it 
Yeah I'd love some snow this year. We left Alaska in 2009 and haven't really seen any good snow since. A half inch ice storm while we were in North Carolina doesn't really count. However the St Patricks day snowfall in Anchorage was, shall we say, 'interesting' 30" in 36 hours and it was the heavy wet stuff. That was the first and only time Anchorage had a snow day. It doesn't inspire confidence in the city when you see this dirty great big road grader stuck in a snow drift.
Already had plenty up here in Scotland. Luckily it's all gone for now and I hope it stays gone - I drive for a living and snow is a real downer when I get a rural run.
The only time I like snow is when I'm camping, or have a board strapped to my feet
I'm planning a Knoydart trip with my brother at the end of January, so I'm definitely hoping for snow. Definitely an improvement on horizontal rain.
I know meteorology isn't an exact science at best but you'd think with billion pound computer prediction models they could get it right once in a while.
This is the only 100% reliable weather system.
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This is the only 100% reliable weather system.
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Most weather cannot be predicted beyond 10 days even in the best circumstances; the UK sits in an area with very very complicated weather systems, even 7 days can be wrong because of the way the jet stream shifts, buffeted in every direction by cold dry air and warm wet air, in varying amounts
The daily express predicts snowmagedan every single year ...there is little in that paper that should be taken seriously tbh lol
The daily express predicts snowmagedan every single year
...there is little in that paper that should be taken seriously tbh lolAye Up,
Scarfell, you beat me to it!
Many years ago whilst training for the JSMEL winter (SMLTB) I was fortunate enough to be able to spend some time with RAF meteorologists.
They said practically the same as you - quote, "If anyone tells you that they can accurately predict UK weather more than 48 hours ahead - laugh!" In fact during the training and courses in both Scotland and Norway it was nearer to 24 hours. As you state there are so many variables a prediction can be wrong before its even broadcast.
(Apart from during large, slow moving systems or stable high pressure perhaps). Does make you wonder about all that computer and radar malarchy! I tend to view the long range weather forecasts in the UK a bit like astrology. Still, the weather presenters are easy on the eye!
Incidentally TonyUK - I was always taught (and went on to experience often) that weather-wise the wet cold of the Scottish highlands could be far more dangerous than the dry cold of the Alps and Scandinavia -so I now where you are coming from.
Bring the cold and snow on - let's have a real winter for a change.
Scarfell, you beat me to it!
Many years ago whilst training for the JSMEL winter (SMLTB) I was fortunate enough to be able to spend some time with RAF meteorologists.
They said practically the same as you - quote, "If anyone tells you that they can accurately predict UK weather more than 48 hours ahead - laugh!" In fact during the training and courses in both Scotland and Norway it was nearer to 24 hours. As you state there are so many variables a prediction can be wrong before its even broadcast.
(Apart from during large, slow moving systems or stable high pressure perhaps). Does make you wonder about all that computer and radar malarchy! I tend to view the long range weather forecasts in the UK a bit like astrology. Still, the weather presenters are easy on the eye!
Incidentally TonyUK - I was always taught (and went on to experience often) that weather-wise the wet cold of the Scottish highlands could be far more dangerous than the dry cold of the Alps and Scandinavia -so I now where you are coming from.
Bring the cold and snow on - let's have a real winter for a change.
