Interesting to see the predictions for snow accumulation from the GFS next week in central Europe. A trough brings wintry conditions and the threat of some heavier snow over parts of Germany and Switzerland. It's still a long way off, but with that low drifting east through the continent next week, it's

There's some conflict between models over how cool weather develops this weekend and into next week. Take a look at the day 10 (240hr) forecast from the midnight runs of the models this morning. Furst up, the Canadian GEM (below), shows an area of low pressure atop the UK bringing cool weather, rain,

There's been a fundamental shift in the atmospheric pattern over the last month. Look at this animation below (click the link). It shows the daily 500mb height anomalies, and you can see how we started off in January dominated by the blue, lower heights indicating the zonal flow which affected the