Badkittens weather into the new year thread.

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

Following on from the Boxing Day snow thread we have weather warnings from the met office for snow down part of the east coast and widespread ice. Around Northampton could also see some snow today. Take care over night and into tomorrow morning.

The theme of rather cold carries on through this week, especially away from western coasts. Some central areas could struggle to get above 0C even in the day time. Some sharp frosts. The next few days look dry and cold, with perhaps some freezing fog, especially over any snow fields. At the moment it looks like things might become milder through Thursday with rain moving in. GFS disagrees with this though and keeps things cold.

GFS then keeps teasing with a possibly dramatic return to school snow wise for some. Its a long way ahead but as ever I will keep you updated. However i may not be always able to answer specific questions due to real life so if you need to know urgently please check out the met office

You are really welcome :)

Yes we do

Holding onto hope for London snow! Even just a flake or two is fine by me... though a blizzard would be better.

Ooo, so exciting
Hope you are able to get on with the rest of your life too, Kitten

The Metoffice have issued a 'Level 3 Cold Weather Alert' for some areas.
I'm focusing on this bit "There is also currently an uncertain risk of locally significant snowfall for parts of southeast England later on Sunday, and also for central parts of England on Tuesday. Please stay in touch with the weather forecast for latest developments."

Snow would be bad on Tuesday for us as it's DD1's last GCSE mock exam but it's also DD2's birthday and she would love snow on her birthday!

Thank you kitten, another one here who logs on each morning to check your updates, I really appreciate it!

I am also keeping my fingers crossed for snow in London/Surrey on Sunday, DS keeps looking out of the window every morning with such hope on his face, it's very sweet. Monday is a different matter!

It's SNOWING

Another one who us very grateful OYBBK. thanks so much!

Come on snow! You know you want to!

GloriaSmud, that cold weather alert, is that a new thing? I've never been aware of that before. Thanks for mentioning that.

OYBBK, does the cold weather alert make snow mire likely? Can it actually be too cold for snow?

Is not us. Sorry.

Oh no it isn't
Bright sun here in Surrey but was chilly in the playground.

Wonder if any snow will get to south or not over next few days.

Pah, it's stopped

Grr, the snow gods do not like North Lincolnshire this winter

Just started snowing here, not far from Congleton. I don't think it will stick, but will update later if it does!

UKMO says rain for Monday. Cheesed off.

thankfullly, we had snow at christmas so dd will not be competely disappointed with another year with no snow. not holding out much hope for snow here though. we are too far inland to catch it from any direction really.

Newbie ~ I can't remember when I first came across them (cold weather alerts) but I think the metoffice have done them for a few years.

Just wanted to come out of lurking to thank kitten too.

I often log on to see if there's any chance of snow, but I tend to do it silently to stop me throwing my toys out of the pram, when the answer is no

East London/Essex border here.

Thanks oybbk. School must think it's going to snow as just received a severe weather procedures letter!

Newbie, when people ask me about it being too cold to snow, I usually ask them to contemplate the state of the arctic
The saying comes from the idea that often when it is very cold in the uk it is because we have a high pressure sat over us, keeping weather fronts at bay.

Cold weather alerts have been around for a while.

snow warnings for scotland but also tomorrow for Wales and much of the west and Midlands.

btw, those in the se don't lose hope entirely based on the warnings, I think its reasonably possible that those rain warnings will turn into snow for at least some.

My mil insists that it can be too cold to snow. We have always said er...look at Canada, Russia and then the Arctic! She still says it though.

Fingers crossed in Surrey for a little snow. We have sleet forecast at the moment.

I always thought the 'too cold to snow' thing was because it's normally colder when there is no cloud cover - and no cloud cover would mean no snow?

Thanks Gloria and OYBBK

I always thought it was odd when people said too cold for snow, as the arctic or Alaska is exactly what I would think of.

The high bringing cold makes more sense to my ickle brain.

Thanks again.

Come on Snow!

Trying not to get my hopes up after last week's pish excuse for a snow event in Edinburgh......but we are under a yellow warning for the weekend and it's been cold all day ( puddles in the shade haven't thawed )...soooooo all we need now is some hefty precipition and we'll be sledging

Oh fuck, I'm getting excited again ***