Though the new week starts misty and foggy for those of you in the south of the UK, there is a change coming as we head into a new month and the start of meteorological winter. Here are 5 "Things to Know" for the week ahead. 1 - An area

1 - Mist and fog patches will continue to be a problem, especially in southwest areas on Saturday. By the time we get to Sunday they should be fewer and further between. 2 - Rural frost first thing on Saturday too over northern parts of the UK in particular. Again, on

Following on from Saturday's musing (looking at the forecast for winter 2020-2021 from the CFS) I thought I would bring you the latest winter forecast from the ECMWF. The model that the forecast is generated by is the SEAS5 model which became operational about 3 years ago. The forecast parameters