On Jan 27, 12:12*pm, Nick wrote:
The Met Office seem to be indicating the upcoming northerly will be
rather unimpressive in the south, with temperatures barely below
average on Thursday and Friday, with only Saturday showing clearly
below-average temperatures - Sunday is perhaps a degree below. Are
they over-estimating these temperatures or is this spell going to be
rather unimpressive down here?

Nick

Could be. We'll have to wait and see really. No snow warnings out for
anywhere except for the hills of NE Scotland on Sunday and the west
coast feature on Thurs/ Fri looks like it will probably be cold rain
for almost all.

It's been an unimpressive easterly this week too Nick! The "giraffe
weather" (such an excellent name Will, makes me smile every time I see
it!) came and went without most noticing (min last night of -4.3 at
Katesbridge in N. Ireland.) and we have pretty average temperatures
across much of the UK today, apart from Southern England where it's
stayed duller and murkier. I've said that I feel northerlies ain't
what they used to be and Arctic Sea ice in the source regions is low,
leaving much more open ocean for northerlies to cross, as has been
well pointed out. It remains to be seen how cold this one ends up.
Snow over the Scottish mountains, a few showers round the coasts and
little else? Maybe Monday will see something more interesting for the
NE, but I wouldn't hold out too much hope.