The latest 30 day forecast seems absolutely hopeless without even a
chance of anything even slightly pleasant, never mind interestingly
cold, for the south of England for the next month. Is it now time to
write off the first half of winter 2012/13 as a hideous, damp,
Atlantic-dominated gloomfest? Is there any hope whatsoever of anything
even passably pleasant (read: dry, don't care about the temperature)
before late January?

Seems January will be the 10th consecutive unsettled month according
to that forecast. It seems possible now that April 2012-March 2013
will be possibly the wettest 12-month on record, unless Feb and March
are extremely dry.

It's the shortest day on Friday but with that forecast I suspect it'll
be February before we notice the afternoons getting even slightly
lighter.

Nick