And you can't base any of your arguments on what the Express/Sun/BBC/etc say with regards to the length and severity of any weather event (if the Express had their way, the storm of the century would be coming along every couple of weeks...).
The actual forecasts have been surprisingly...
You can't ignore the next 3 days which are a cold snap to prove a point!
Saturday: Max of 6 (average for this time of year), which with a wind of 30mph gusts will feel like -2. Fairly cold.
Sunday: Max of 1 (unseasonably cold), which with gusts of 40mph will feel like -8 (as the MAXIMUM...
Met Office: Shoreham-by-Sea: forecast weather
Still looks rather cold/wintery to me. 0C and 40mph gusts will feel like -10C. Unpleasant.
These charts are for Monday evening.
This one shows cold.
This one shows precipitation (of either snow or rain).
All that's lacking is a layer of cold...
Metcheck are wank.
Having said that, it looks good for cold and possible for snow in the South at the moment - current forecast gives it as (very cold) rain though.