Calm Before The Expected Winter Storms & Snow...
The start of this week and the next few days will see a continuation of thick cloud cover, mist/fog in places, and some passing showers in among some fairly calm and cool weather.
However, the calm before the storm quote will be very apt here, as some strong weather systems and/or potentially named winter storms look set to push in from the Atlantic later in the week.
Prior to this and throughout Thursday, we will see those showers increasing in nature across large parts of the country, and they will also start to turn wintry and snowy, even to some lower levels across some large parts of the northern half of the UK and Ireland and in parts potentially as far south as some central regions.
The 2 x expected winter storms and/or named storms (significant low-pressure areas) will then make their approach around Friday and again on Sunday/Monday, bringing with them strong to exceptionally strong winds at times and rain to begin with.
However, it will also be cold enough at particular times during this Friday-to-Sunday/Monday period for widespread and disruptive snow showers to develop across large parts of the UK and Ireland in among these windy and stormy conditions.
Time to consider battening down those hatches for more winter storms once again (due to long-term Gulf Stream changes) and preparing for further snow!
All as previously covered in our earlier forecast expectations and further winter storms for these same dates...
May I also apologise and explain regarding the lateness of this week's more detailed week-ahead update...
Unfortunately, early Monday or at the weekend seems to have become a prime time for certain aspects of the press to continue stealing and twisting my hard forecast work (I switched it to these days to avoid this) and I really don't like having to mix things up a bit on my part to prove this and feel sort of deceitful in having to now hold back certain information from what I would have normally put out to within the public domain by now.
However, the amount of people who continue to make money out of my back and steal my work is literally at ridiculous levels and needs addressing, as they are also not thorough with what has been said and can often include misleading headlines that don't match my included "quotations."
Additionally, to prove this further and remain honest to myself and my page followers, even though a cold easterly was on the cards within other third-party model projections, did any of my updates use or mention the words "easterly" or "beast from the east" ONCE prior to or during these projections from elsewhere?
I only ever referred to the "easterly" potential once it was passing or had passed altogether, and please feel free to check this for yourself in all the dated posts below.
Additionally, I also pointed out VERY QUICKLY in numerous updates and DURING these changes from elsewhere that the alternative and equally weighted scenario would still bring winter storms, widespread snow prospects and colder conditions than anticipated with the expected timings for this for the exact dates of this week.
https://www.facebook.com/100063588901621/posts/1138939054902381/?app=fbl
I am also well aware that many of you are aware of this whole charade with the press and people copying and misinterpreting my hard work, but there are others who aren't and just see the version that pays and benefits the others the best.
James Madden: Exacta Weather
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The Severe Wintry Weather & Snow Persist Across Britain & Ireland This Week, But For How Long & When Will The More Memorable Cold/Snow Arrive...
The wintry, icy, and snowy conditions have been persisting in some large parts of the north overnight and into early today (Monday), and some parts of northern, central, and eastern and southern England are all at risk of this precipitation band turning wintry in places through today and into this evening, and in parts of Wales and Ireland.
Additionally, our last several website updates and dated postings on here, and since the week before last, have clearly stated that this snowy period would persist for several days once it started and again in parts further south from further expected low-pressure areas in this period.
One of those low-pressure areas will arrive in and around Wednesday afternoon/evening and into early Thursday, and this will once again bring the risk of some moderate to heavy snow in parts of southern England and towards the capital.
The current projections are also for this low pressure to be more of a southern England-only snow event unless we see some changes to drag in some parts further north between now and then.
However, frequent snow showers will still continue to develop across parts away from the south of the UK and Ireland during this working week, and although anywhere could see a passing one, they will be more likely in coastal areas and parts of Wales in addition to some further heavier snow showers across Scotland and Northern Ireland/Ireland.
Additionally, our last several website updates and dated postings on here stated that these conditions would start to head back to normal by the end of this upcoming week, but only after another low-pressure and stormy area brings the risk of further at least transient snow for in and around next weekend and prior to this event starting to turn things much milder.
At present the other main third-party computer models are not fully buying a stormy or at least transient snowy period as this low-pressure feature passes through around next weekend, but we could see details of this changing as the week progresses, and it is definitely a work in process for the finer details and its overall snow prospects as of yet, but a respite in the colder weather and snow potential will reduce for several days significantly following on from this milder and windy weather and rain transition afterwards.
Unfortunately, with the thaw will come ample flood warnings once again...
Additionally, our several-month-ahead winter subscribers report covered a major snow event for these exact dates in early January, in addition to what we expect to be an even more memorable weather event later in January and possibly into at least early February, which we still expect to occur with even higher confidence on an already high confidence scenario due to the recent and expected cold and snow that has taken shape so nicely.
https://exactaweather.com/autumn-and-winter
Throughout much of the last working week, we had snow across Scotland and in parts of northeast England and Ireland, and although not to the exact scale we had expected, it snowed when we said it would again, and images are available of snow in these locations for then via X and our Facebook page.
However, the more recent and continuing snowstorm of this weekend was more to scale and included snow in parts that were never meant to see any snow (London), according to others (it was also always touted and covered as the biggest of these TWO snowy/stormy periods on our part).
Our posting from 29 December and below (8 DAYS AGO) covering the past working week snow events and something bigger for the weekend/snowstorm, including parts of southern England.
https://www.facebook.com/100063588901621/posts/1124976309631989/?app=fbl
Additionally, below are some of the heaviest snow images from yesterday, courtesy of X, and the link provided below also contains further images of the snowstorm and snow-filled roads across some large parts of the country during early Sunday morning.
https://www.facebook.com/100063588901621/posts/1130163385779948/?app=fbl
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A Multitude of Widespread Snow Events from Saturday for the UK & Ireland + When, Where & How…
The risk of any wintry weather or snow will continue throughout this afternoon and evening in some coastal fringes of eastern England and Scotland, in addition to some possible wintry weather across at least higher ground in some parts of the far north and west of Ireland.
This will then pave the way for the first of a multitude of widespread and major snow events for several days throughout much of Saturday, but particularly more so from around midday for many parts of the UK and Ireland.
Initially the snow and wintry weather will start to form during Saturday morning/afternoon across parts of southwest England and Southern Ireland.
The snow will then expand to many other southern parts of the country, including in and around the capital, before spreading further afield and intensifying across parts of central England, Yorkshire, and many parts of Ireland, before intensifying even further during Saturday evening and into much of Sunday across large parts of northern and northeast England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
To summarise and conclude for the weekend snow event, many parts of the far south (UK and Ireland) are likely to see snow or moderate settling snow in places from around early Saturday for an hour or two and then later on Monday.
Other southern regions will also experience some slightly more intensified moderate to heavy settling snow showers in comparison to parts of the very far south as this winter storm begins to take shape on Saturday and clashes with the cold conditions as it moves northwards/northeastwards.
Additionally, many parts of central England and Yorkshire and many other parts of Ireland are also likely to see snow or moderate to heavy and settling snow in places from Saturday afternoon, particularly down the central spine of the country and in parts of Staffordshire and Yorkshire for any heavier snow.
Additionally, some extra caution must be advised for the next region summaries, as some large parts of northern and northeast England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland are at risk of some potentially severe conditions from some very heavy and settling snow throughout Saturday evening and into much of Sunday, and major disruption or a potential red weather warning could even be issued in some of these parts, particularly across parts of northwest England and Wales.
From next Monday and through much of next week, we will also see the snow risk remaining in place for many, and it will also significantly heighten and return across parts of southern England once again as further expected weather features sweep southwards during early next week, and a potentially later-in-the-week stormy period looks to keep the snow prospects, or at least transient snow prospects, quite good during next week, particularly during the Monday to Wednesday/Thursday period and in and around next weekend and how they will coincide with the colder conditions for more further widespread snow events.
A breakdown of these colder and wintry conditions is more likely to happen towards the end of the next week, but only after one final transient snowy and stormy episode will we see some sort of respite from these overall conditions.
Our much earlier forecast updates on this stated:
"Further multiple and significant low-pressure areas will then continue to barrage in across our shores and bring further very windy weather throughout this upcoming WEEKEND under a much colder airflow, and this will initially bring further snow and heavy snow to parts of SOUTHERN England and SOUTHERN Ireland on multiple occasions prior to the north on this occasion."
"However, parts of the north of the UK and Ireland will also face further significant snow later this WEEKEND and continuing into NEXT WEEK as these significant areas of low pressure and stormy conditions continue to arrive but under much more favourable, optimum, and much colder conditions for multiple and widespread snow events across large parts of the UK and Ireland over a quite SUSTAINED time period."
https://www.facebook.com/100063588901621/posts/1124976309631989/?app=fbl
"However, by SUNDAY many parts of the country (UK and Ireland) are now likely to be at the risk of seeing snow and heavy snow, and snow warnings will be in place across large parts of the country (north and south) as a MAJOR spell of cold and snow arrives across our shores and persists with variation for SEVERAL days."
https://www.facebook.com/100063588901621/posts/1126402869489333/?app=fbl
James Madden: Exacta Weather
When and where to expect snow over the coming days, and a big snow event is still set to strike this weekend!
I'm unsure as to why others have changed their outlook or warning statuses for this week.
Additionally, when does their forecast ever match mine, and then 90% of the time it flips at the last minute... I totally ignore their projections the best I can, tbf, and they have also ALL started updating just after me of late.
As far as I can see from my own projections and those of the GFS, some large parts of the UK and Ireland will still be getting snow from Wednesday to Friday of this week and in parts as far south as southern and eastern England.
Some changes for the weekend and the low-pressure areas, which I don't totally buy yet, but the alternative scenario will still bring snow across the board as that expected cold on our part digs in further and as expected/covered in many other updates.
I hope this extra update helps and sort of explains, but at the same time conclusively proves I pay little or no attention to elsewhere, news, or TV forecasts (something I am very proud of).
Our overnight projections and those of others, such as the GFS, still show further heavy snow falling across the far north of Scotland and potentially in some parts of Northern Ireland during the early part of New Year's Day/tomorrow.
Additionally, they also show that a decent snow event is likely to form across parts of northern and northeast England during the evening of the 1st and potentially in some parts of Wales and to the west of Ireland as any rain turns to snow in these parts.
Some further but less intensive snow is also likely to develop in this same period in some central regions and across parts of Yorkshire, and some currently questionable snow is still possible in some southern areas depending on how far south the precipitation turns wintry in this period.
The snow showers will then become less frequent or less widespread throughout Friday as it begins to turn colder from the north, but some snow showers are still likely to occur across parts of Scotland and eastern England and potentially in parts to the north and east of Ireland.
However, by Sunday many parts of the country (UK and Ireland) are now likely to be at the risk of seeing snow and heavy snow, and snow warnings will be in place across large parts of the country (north and south) as a major spell of cold and snow arrives across our shores and persists with variation for several days.
A close-running low-pressure feature also needs monitoring for further snow opportunities across southern areas for this same period.
Additionally, this will also pave the way for something even more memorable and potent in terms of cold and snow for later in January, and to match our unchanged several-month-ahead winter report for the exact same dates.
James Madden: Exacta Weather
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When, where, and how widespread snow will fall over the next 7-10 days as a sustained and expected cold, wintry, and stormy period with multiple widespread snow events begins...
(both in the north and south of the UK and Ireland)...
I hope everyone has had a good festive period that was dominated by a spell of rather benign, mild, drizzly, and foggy weather for many.
However, the calm before the storm, or storms and widespread snowstorms, would be more apt, as the upcoming week will now see an upsurge from this quieter weather activity as more expected stormy and windy weather returns (some of these storms could be named) and coincides with some much colder weather to deliver multiple and widespread snow events across some large parts of the country.
Initially, the first of these heavy and settling snow showers will begin during the early hours of Monday morning across parts of the far north of Scotland and even to lower levels in these parts whilst persisting throughout much of Tuesday, with elsewhere remaining more cloudy, showery, and windy.
However, the 'first' significant low-pressure area for the upcoming week will begin to arrive and have implications upon our weather with very windy conditions from around the early hours of Wednesday and into Thursday, when it will be cold enough for some significant and heavy snow showers to develop across higher and lower ground across large swathes of the northern half of the country (both the UK and Ireland).
Additionally, as the colder air starts to dig in during late Wednesday and into Thursday, the widespread snow risk will then transfer into more central and southern parts of the country, and any earlier rain in these parts will also turn to snow later in parts of southeast and eastern England.
Further multiple and significant low-pressure areas will then continue to barrage in across our shores and bring further very windy weather throughout this upcoming weekend under a much colder airflow, and this will initially bring further snow and heavy snow to parts of southern England and southern Ireland on multiple occasions prior to the north on this occasion.
However, parts of the north of the UK and Ireland will also face further significant snow later this weekend and continuing into next week as these significant areas of low pressure and stormy conditions continue to arrive but under much more favourable, optimum, and much colder conditions for multiple and widespread snow events across large parts of the UK and Ireland over a quite sustained time period.
Additionally, to increase confidence, I can state that these imminent snow events are of much higher confidence than anything we experienced in late November and the winter to date, and I can stick my neck on the line with this one and say that MANY parts of the country (UK and Ireland) WILL see some notable and heavy snow from Wednesday morning and evening and for up to several days after.
The following double-posted update from mid-December also stated the following in reference to this "snowy" and "stormy" period for these exact dates:
"However, another potentially snowy and stormy period could still follow on from this, and for in and around the final days of December and to start 2025."
https://www.facebook.com/100063588901621/posts/1116124123850541/?app=fbl
An additional Christmas website and Facebook update also promised widespread snow events as a parting gift for Christmas for these exact dates by stating:
"Our several-month-ahead subscribers winter report and recent forecast indications for the 'final days of December and early 2025' are still highly set for a widespread snowy period on our current forecast indicators (around early next week starting 30 Dec)."
"I'll be back before long to bring home that late December snow event, which should then also be on the radars of all the others."
https://www.facebook.com/100063588901621/posts/1120559536740333/?app=fbl
These also match our much longer-range forecast projections and those of our unchanged winter 2024/25 subscribers report for these exact dates in late December and early 2025.
https://exactaweather.com/autumn-and-winter-2024%2F25
Enjoy, everyone, but also take care!
James Madden: Exacta Weather
Hi everyone,
Before I wish you all an early Merry Christmas for this year, I would like to leave you all with a parting gift, so to speak, and with it being that special time of year and to lift any dampened spirits for those who were hoping for snow on Christmas Day and/or for those who haven't seen any snow so far this autumn and winter, and last but not least, for all our loyal year-round followers.
Here it is...
Our several-month-ahead subscribers winter report and recent forecast indications for the 'final days of December and early 2025' are still highly set for a widespread snowy period on our current forecast indicators (around early next week starting 30 Dec, possibly slightly earlier), and this is also something that some of the main third-party computer models are already becoming repeatedly aware of in recognition of a similar widespread snowy scenario for these exact same dates.
Additionally, the following detailed and recent update in the link below also covered this mild Christmas, the late December and early January snowy scenario, and what to expect for certain dates in January 2025 in a little finer detail.
https://www.facebook.com/100063588901621/posts/1119877460141874/?app=fbl
At this point I really need to spend some important time with my daughter and family over the next several days, guys, in addition to the important foundation work and lengthy forecast analysis for the upcoming spring 2025 forecast and some important website additions for early 2025.
You also don't really need me to tell you that it will be largely settled and mild for the upcoming Christmas period (the worst conditions for the next several days will come in the form of fog and/or drizzle).
Obviously I'm gutted at the white Christmas prospects being diminished once again and restricted to the highest of ground in Scotland, and if at ALL (the official terms are for one definitive flake of snow to fall and are NOT actually guaranteed for within the 24 hours of Christmas Day across our shores for this year as it stands).
However, at the same time, I am also personally very grateful for several days of respite in the weather from this point at an important time of the year and the more constant short- to moderate-range analysis that is usually required on my part, and I'll be back before long to bring home that late December snow event, which should then also be on the radars of all the others.
Merry early Christmas, everyone.
Regards,
James Madden: Exacta Weather
Widespread snow images from the weekend across Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Northern England, and in parts as far south as Yorkshire and Staffordshire during earlier Sunday:
https://www.facebook.com/100063588901621/posts/1119609063502047/?app=fbl
https://www.facebook.com/100063588901621/posts/1119678176828469/?app=fbl
https://www.facebook.com/100063588901621/posts/1119851390144481/?app=fbl
