On Feb 10, 11:00*am, John Hall wrote:
In article
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*Nick writes:
On Feb 9, 8:18*pm, "Will Hand" wrote:
Becoming increasingly confident now that after Monday the snowiest spell of
the winter is about to hit the UK with widespread lowland snow.

The snowiest spell *of the winter* - beating even the early Jan spell
which dumped 80s-style snow in large areas of southern England? It
will be the second half of Feb then and (I think) we'll have 10 hours
of daylight - that really is quite something for so late in the
winter!

Nick

Arguably the worst snowstorm on record for SW England occurred in early
March, so it's certainly not impossible. Though the latest model runs
(ECMWF and UKMO 00Z and GFS 06Z) don't look nearly so favourable as
yesterday's did, at least to my inexpert eye.
--
John Hall
* * * * * *"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people
* * * * * * from coughing."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83)

I see it as very marginal - but isn't lowland snow in the UK at 6/7
days nearly always thus! "Marginal" does not discount Will's lowland
snow forecast however. Meto ATM don't quite believe him to the extent
that he's giraffed. *)) (but I wouldn't put trust in this
precis - at all of 116 words for 10 days of weather - at even this
distance of 6/7 days).

UK Outlook for Sunday 14 Feb 2010 to Tuesday 23 Feb 2010:
Sunday will be cold generally, with wintry showers across some
southeastern areas. Overnight frost will be widespread, and locally
severe. Also during Sunday and Monday more unsettled conditions are
likely to spread down into northern parts of the U.K., with rain or
snow, the snow mainly on hills. In the period Tuesday to Thursday
(16th to 18th) much of the U.K. is likely to be unsettled and rather
cold, with some rain or sleet at times and with hill snow, perhaps
also with some snow on low ground in the north. Beyond this an
unsettled and mostly cold type of weather looks likely to continue, so
still a risk of some sleet or snow, especially on higher ground.

Updated: 1155 on Tue 9 Feb 2010