On Dec 14, 10:22*am, Alan wrote:
On Dec 14, 10:04*am, Chris Smith wrote:

Looks to me like today's models mostly call for cold rain after the
weekend, leastwise south of the Pennines.

Still cold enough to be ambushed by icy roads on clearer mornings, but
generally looks like damp, raw weather.

Lovely.

On the upside - could well be another cracking ski season in Scotland
. Shame I don't ski.

Yes sadly looking more and more like a damp squib for the South East,
even by Sunday:

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn1322.png

So if this forecast is correct, it's just one run of the GFS at over
120 hours so still some doubt, then the surface dew point temperatures
are at +2C over Southern England, with an indicated freezing level of
500m so that precipitation is likely to be nothing but cold rain, even
Haytor may see a mix of rain/sleet! Let's hope either my
interpretation [very possibly] or the forecast is incorrect.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rmgfs1298.gif
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rmgfs1293.gif