More disruption this week as snow returns

After spending 3 days in a bitterly cold Berlin I flew back last night to a much 'greener' UK with most of the snow melting in the above zero temperatures of the last week with just some dirty slushy mounds still holding on for grim melt.

But its about to get colder again, much colder.

Its fairly certain that we are locked into a blocking pattern of weather that is keeping the door shut on the Atlantic and the UK cold as Arctic air is pulled from the north, but there will be incursions of milder, wetter weather  from the west but they will be short lived, however when Atlantic lows do move in a battleground develops where the milder air meets the cold air already here.

The fun starts on Thursday when a band of rain heading south but behind it, driving this front forward, is extremely bitter Arctic air, so what initially starts as rain will turn to snow and  many places will get disruptive accumulations.  Into the weekend and early next week an Atlantic low will run into colder air over the southern half of the UK and this kind of mild meets cold scenario can deliver epic snow for the lucky (or unlucky depending on your viewpoint) and this type of meteorological frolicking looks sets to continue as we head towards Christmas day.

So travel Chaos in the run-up to Christmas is a distinct possibility for many parts of the country, I wouldn't trust ordering presents online! but are we in for a white Christmas? well we have our best chance for years but as I have mentioned in previous blogs my view is that mild air will wreck that particular dream.

Winter victims

it had survived 11 winters, but not this one

After removing my pond netting today this is what I discovered.

this poor bird got under the netting for a drink from
running water and drowned getting out...
Bird Brain