Current long-range, out to 15 days and extended, beyond 30 days don't seem to be able to make their mind up!  numerical output from various models are flipping between remaining unsettled, rather cold with snow to prolonged and extremely cold and dry, for the start of 2024.  Which will it

  The snaps above were taken rather quickly around 8am last Thursday from a roof-top car park, to the south of Birmingham. Prior to this there was near full cloud cover, then the cloud layers broke to reveal an array of mother of pearl clouds with a mix of pastel shades