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Once again it seems we are in for another Mild, Damp and Drizzly December/Xmas period


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Old 20-12-2016, 21:52
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Well, looks like I was right guys.

Looks like its going to be another stormy, wet and windy Xmas this year.

Xmas day looks to be mild, wet and windy once more. Temperatures could reach 14c in London on Sunday, 11-13c likely for most other places in the country. So probably about 0.000001% chance of white Christmas this year. Unless you live in the Scottish Highlands of course
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Old 20-12-2016, 22:31
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Well, looks like I was right guys.

Looks like its going to be another stormy, wet and windy Xmas this year.

Xmas day looks to be mild, wet and windy once more. Temperatures could reach 14c in London on Sunday, 11-13c likely for most other places in the country. So probably about 0.000001% chance of white Christmas this year. Unless you live in the Scottish Highlands of course
Pah! You clearly aren't paying attention to The Daily Express weather forecast!

http://www.express.co.uk/news/weathe...coldest-winter

They really are a bunch of pathetic half-wits!
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Old 20-12-2016, 22:33
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None of the above as I'd rather it was sunny to go out and enjoy oneself
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Old 20-12-2016, 22:37
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Well, looks like I was right guys.

Looks like its going to be another stormy, wet and windy Xmas this year.

Xmas day looks to be mild, wet and windy once more. Temperatures could reach 14c in London on Sunday, 11-13c likely for most other places in the country. So probably about 0.000001% chance of white Christmas this year. Unless you live in the Scottish Highlands of course
The weather map was most interesting, a soggy time in the South West, with very strong winds spreading across the country, to Scotland, missing us on their way. It's ruined my day as I was planning to head in that direction.
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Old 21-12-2016, 06:43
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And yet the monthly outlook on the BBC disagrees with you:



http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2635167#outlook

While the usual caveats about long-range forecasting apply, you'd think that if you were right then the outlook would reflect that.

Note that I've never suggested we'll have a white Christmas; just that the milder weather won't necessarily last.
Well looks like the BBC were wrong
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Old 21-12-2016, 06:48
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To be fair, the OP's not as fixated on the weather as the Daily Express.
Runs a close second though.
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Old 21-12-2016, 08:12
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British weather is so disappointing. No clear cut seasons. I should be wearing a hat, scarf and gloves. I don't think I've had the car heater on since last year!!
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Old 21-12-2016, 13:45
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It's cold here (central Scotland), my car was icy a couple of nights ago.
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Old 21-12-2016, 14:19
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It's cold here (central Scotland), my car was icy a couple of nights ago.
I don't know why, but that explanation reminded me of a spoof weather forecast, an African American man standing in a blizzard, reporting the weather and just explaining "It's snowing sideways"
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Old 21-12-2016, 15:52
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I don't know why, but that explanation reminded me of a spoof weather forecast, an African American man standing in a blizzard, reporting the weather and just explaining "It's snowing sideways"
Family Guy?
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Old 21-12-2016, 15:53
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Oh god it was lol, I had a real life image in my mind. I think it was the accent it's said in that threw me.
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Old 22-12-2016, 22:41
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Well another Mild, Damp, Overcast and Drizzly Xmas day this year.

14c and thick cloud in store for London on Sunday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2643743?day=3
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Old 24-12-2016, 23:13
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Latest forecasts for Xmas Day around the country.....



London
Thick Cloud 14°C

Southampton
Thick Cloud 13°C

Feeling much milder although with a noticeably brisk wind on Christmas Day. It will be dry for the most part but cloudy with a few spots of drizzle possible.



Manchester
Thick Cloud 13°C

Burnley
Rain Likely, 11/12°C

Rather cloudy on Christmas day with mild temperatures, but it'll be chilly in the wind with outbreaks of rain. Heavier and more persistent rain will arrive from the north-west later.


Penzance
Thick Cloud, Light Rain possible 13°C

Rather cloudy on Christmas day with a few bright spells and mild temperatures. However it'll be chilly in the wind, with outbreaks of rain at times.


Aberdeen

Some Sunny Spells, 12°C

Very mild on Christmas morning, and largely dry with some sunny spells. It will be breezy with a possibility of gales for a time late morning. Colder in the evening.


Stornoway, 11°C

Very mild start with patchy rain, but gales, locally severe. Much colder in the afternoon with showers turning wintry on higher ground , even to lower levels in north overnight.




So mild, wet, overcast, damp and drizzly as I predicted all along.
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Old 24-12-2016, 23:28
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Just to complete Sfeffan's forecast I have got a for the latest shipping forecast from the Met Office

Shipping forecast
The shipping forecast issued by the Met Office, on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, at 1725 UTC on Saturday 24 December 2016 for the period 1800 UTC Saturday 24 December to 1800 UTC Sunday 25 December 2016.

There are warnings of gales in Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire, Forties, Cromarty, Forth, Tyne, Dogger, Fisher, German Bight, Humber, Thames, Trafalgar, Sole, Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea, Shannon, Rockall, Malin, Hebrides, Bailey, Fair Isle, Faeroes, and Southeast Iceland

The general synopsis at midday

Developing low moving rapidly northeast expected Southeast Iceland 951 by midday tomorrow. Low 150 miles northeast of Faeroes 956 losing its identity
The area forecasts for the next 24 hours

Viking, North Utsire, South Utsire, Forties, Cromarty, Forth

Westerly 7 to severe gale 9, occasionally storm 10 at first in Viking, backing southwesterly 6 to gale 8, perhaps severe gale 9 later in Viking, Cromarty and Forth. Very high at first in Viking and North Utsire, otherwise rough or very rough, occasionally high. Rain or showers. Good, occasionally poor

Tyne, Dogger, Fisher, German Bight, Humber, Thames

West or southwest 6 to gale 8, occasionally severe gale 9 at first in Fisher and German Bight. Rough or very rough, occasionally high at first in Fisher and German Bight. Rain or showers. Good, occasionally poor

Dover, Wight, Portland, Plymouth

West or southwest 5 to 7. Moderate or rough, occasionally very rough at first in Plymouth. Occasional drizzle. Good, occasionally poor

Biscay, Southeast Fitzroy

Variable 4, becoming southwesterly 5 at times. Rough, occasionally very rough at first. Occasional drizzle. Good, occasionally poor

Northwest Fitzroy, Sole, Lundy, Fastnet, Irish Sea

Southwesterly, veering westerly later, 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 except in Fitzroy. Rough or very rough, occasionally moderate in Irish Sea. Occasional rain. Good, occasionally poor

Shannon, Rockall, Malin


West or southwest 7 to severe gale 9, occasionally storm 10 in Rockall. Very rough or high, occasionally very high. Rain or showers. Good, occasionally poor
Hebrides

West or southwest 6 to gale 8, increasing severe gale 9 or storm 10, perhaps violent storm 11 later. High or very high, occasionally very rough. Rain or showers. Moderate or poor

Bailey

South or southwest, veering west, 6 to gale 8, increasing severe gale 9 to violent storm 11, perhaps hurricane force 12 later. Very rough or high, becoming very high, occasionally phenomenal later. Rain or snow, wintry thundery showers later. Moderate, occasionally very poor

Fair Isle

West, backing southwest, gale 8 to storm 10, decreasing 6 or 7 for a time, perhaps violent storm 11 later. High or very high, occasionally very rough. Rain or showers. Good, occasionally poor

Faeroes, Southeast Iceland

Northwesterly 7 to severe gale 9, occasionally storm 10 at first in Faeroes, becoming cyclonic severe gale 9 to violent storm 11, perhaps hurricane force 12 later. High or very high, becoming very rough for a time, then occasionally phenomenal later. Rain or snow, wintry thundery showers later. Moderate, occasionally very poor

Trafalgar (Issued at 0015 UTC on Saturday 24 December)

Northeasterly 5 or 6, occasionally 7 in southeast. Rough. Fair. Good.
Another great Christmas -- NO SNOW
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