On Mon, 4 Jan 2010 10:02:13 -0800 (PST), Scott W
wrote:

On 4 Jan, 17:50, RK wrote:
On Jan 4, 5:39*pm, Dawlish wrote:
*The severe weather, in terms

of heavy snow that was implied on some of those pre-New Year 24 hour
charts wasn't "delivered" and that's how to upset a coldie, for sure!

True, but that was really a question of temperature rather than
synoptic situation. The spell you refer to was very marginal indeed,
and plenty of precipitation fell, unfortunately (depending on your
views) it was of the cold wet kind rather than the fluffy white kind.
I think I got at least 25mm of rain over two days then. The current
set-up looks rather colder.

Indeed. Everything is in place. Now just give us some precipitation...

I don't think it will be a matter of precipitation down here on the C.
south coast, I think t temperature will be more of an issue. We rarely
get lying snow from any kind of airstream with onshore winds (though
it did happen once last winter, and I suppose we could get rain/sleet
turning to snow).

--
Dave
Fareham