Winter 2011/2012

irish1967 wrote: »

Forecast for January .. Sleepless nights.... Nappies... More sleepless nights ...

Good luck with everything, Irish

There is little chance of widespread wintry weather at the end of this week. Temperatures will dip again late on Thursday into Saturday but any wintry showers will be confined to nw and N. Even then, these showers will be well scattered.

After that our weather looks like remaining relatively mild with temperatures around average or maybe slightly below at times, especially on Tuesday of next week.

We may have to wait a little longer for our next wintry outbreak.

naughto wrote: »

when i took that pic i never thought it would get posted.talked about some much.u should see my back garden now its like aswamp

Naughto. It's the one image I remember from Storm Carmen, with the exception of Iancar being battered by Achill sea foam.

Why is your garden like a swamp? Snow melt?

UKMO Monthly outlook

Monday 5 December Published at 10:00
Monthly Outlook
Summary
First taste of winter

Finally, after the mildest autumn on record for Wales and Northern Ireland, and the second mildest autumn for Scotland and England, winter has arrived!
Monday 5 December—Sunday 11 December
Mainly cold and wintry with a brief mild interlude

Through much of the week, the combination of high pressure across lower latitudes of the North Atlantic and low pressure over Scandinavia will give rise to a cold northwesterly airstream across the UK. On Monday and Tuesday the strong northwesterly wind will bring plenty of wintry showers to Western Scotland, Northern Ireland and northwestern parts of England and Wales. Indeed these showers will fall as snow over higher ground, and we will see snow accumulations of several centimetres on hills. There will also be a covering of wet snow at low levels for some northwestern parts of the UK. Elsewhere though, conditions will be mostly dry and bright, although there will be more in the way of rain showers for the southwest of England and southwest Wales.

Through Wednesday, and particularly on Thursday, weather systems will sweep in from the west to bring more prolonged spells of rain to most parts, and temperatures will be briefly on the mild side for southern and central parts of the UK. Further to north, conditions will remain on the cold side, and Thursday's rainfall could well turn to snow for a time.

By Friday will see a return to the cold northwesterly winds as the active weather systems clear away into Eastern Europe, The onset of the northwesterly winds will bring further sleet and snow showers to northwestern parts.

By next weekend much of the UK should be dry, although it will remain cold with overnight frost and fog likely.
Monday 12 December—Sunday 18 December
Wet and windy in the northwest, settled elsewhere

There is likely to be a gradual return to unsettled weather in northwest parts of the British Isles during the period, with rain spreading in from the west, this possibly falling as snow on high ground. Southern and eastern areas are more likely to see a continuation of the mostly dry, settled conditions although it may remain cold with a risk of fog and frost. There may be gales at times, most likely in the north and west of the UK
Monday 19 December—Sunday 25 December
Staying unsettled moving into the festive season

The largely unsettled weather looks set to continue through to the New Year across northern parts of the UK, with strong winds and showers or longer spells of rain possible here, as well as further snow over higher ground. It will stay more settled over the south, but showers or outbreaks of rain are still possible here at times, as well as occasionally strong winds. Temperatures will be mostly around about average, although southern areas may be a little milder at times. However, cold nights are still to be expected across southern parts of the UK, with frost and fog developing.

Colder spells across northern parts of the UK are likely, which could possibly bring some snow down to lower levels here. That of course, begs the question, will there be a white Christmas for some?
Next week

Will it be a white Christmas!?.........

Freeze pics from Sky News

http://galleries-news.sky.com/gallery/Big_Freeze_Anniversary