I heard Philip mention his 'gut feeling' about the rest of the
winter...

"The weakness of the westerlies looks like it is going to continue.
Although the weather has mildened up a little bit over the last week
or so I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see further periods of
really cold and snowy weather during the rest of the winter. There are
signs, though, that February might not be quite as cold as January is
likely to be. That's my gut feeling."

In which case we could be in for another really cold snap toward the
end of the month - to even out the current mildness...

He also put the historic December into context...saying that 1890 was
actually marginally colder in central England (CET series). He also
mentioned another series for Edinburgh which goes back two and a half
centuries - last month was coldest.

Other points of interest included that it was a very sunny month -
away from the south-east England which caught a lot of cloud coming in
off the southern North Sea. There was two and a half times the normal
amount of sunshine around the Ayrshire coast....

In article
,
Scott W writes:
I heard Philip mention his 'gut feeling' about the rest of the
winter...

"The weakness of the westerlies looks like it is going to continue.
Although the weather has mildened up a little bit over the last week
or so I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see further periods of
really cold and snowy weather during the rest of the winter. There are
signs, though, that February might not be quite as cold as January is
likely to be. That's my gut feeling."

In which case we could be in for another really cold snap toward the
end of the month - to even out the current mildness...

It will be interesting to see his "not the long range forecast" for
January, as his track record with these has been pretty impressive (in
general much better than the Met Office's 6-15 and 16-30 day forecasts
have managed). But when I looked at his site earlier today it wasn't yet
there.

snip other interesting stuff
--
John Hall
"I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly,
will hardly mind anything else."
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84)

On 05/01/2011 21:20, Scott W wrote:
I heard Philip mention his 'gut feeling' about the rest of the
winter...
snip
Other points of interest included that it was a very sunny month -
away from the south-east England

.... and east Dorset (not in SE England)!

Martin.

--
Martin Rowley
Location: West Moors, East Dorset (UK): 17m (56ft) amsl
Lat: 50.82N Long: 01.88W
NGR: SU 082 023
W: booty.org.uk
E:

On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:15:25 +0000, Martin Rowley wrote:

On 05/01/2011 21:20, Scott W wrote:
I heard Philip mention his 'gut feeling' about the rest of the
winter...
snip
Other points of interest included that it was a very sunny month -
away from the south-east England

... and east Dorset (not in SE England)!

Martin.

Very dull in St Albans, although I don't measure hours of sunshine; the
Epping statistics provided by George Booth are usually very close to my
values.

I should be able to get a better idea now I have PV panels installed as
monthly generation statistics will be closely correlated to sunshine hours.

Alan Gardiner
Chiswell Green, St Albans
101m ASL
06/01/2011 12:29:20
https://sites.google.com/site/alangardinersinfo/

On Jan 6, 12:33*pm, Alan Gardiner wrote:
On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:15:25 +0000, Martin Rowley wrote:
On 05/01/2011 21:20, Scott W wrote:
I heard Philip mention his 'gut feeling' about the rest of the
winter...
snip
Other points of interest included that it *was a very sunny month -
away from the south-east England

... and east Dorset (not in SE England)!

Martin.

Very dull in St Albans, although I don't measure hours of sunshine; the
Epping statistics provided by George Booth are usually very close to my
values.

I should be able to get a better idea now I have PV panels installed as
monthly generation statistics will be closely correlated to sunshine hours.

Alan Gardiner
Chiswell Green, St Albans
101m ASL
06/01/2011 12:29:20https://sites.google.com/site/alangardinersinfo/

Ho!

3.95 KW array? Mine kicked in December 18th. £46 generated so far!!

Mike McMillan

Tropical IOW

In article ,
Nick Gardner writes:
John

It's there now

http://www.climate-uk.com/page4.html

Ta.
--
John Hall
"I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly,
will hardly mind anything else."
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84)

On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 12:03:03 -0800 (PST), Mike McMillan wrote:

On Jan 6, 12:33*pm, Alan Gardiner wrote:
On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:15:25 +0000, Martin Rowley wrote:
On 05/01/2011 21:20, Scott W wrote:
I heard Philip mention his 'gut feeling' about the rest of the
winter...
snip
Other points of interest included that it *was a very sunny month -
away from the south-east England

... and east Dorset (not in SE England)!

Martin.

Very dull in St Albans, although I don't measure hours of sunshine; the
Epping statistics provided by George Booth are usually very close to my
values.

I should be able to get a better idea now I have PV panels installed as
monthly generation statistics will be closely correlated to sunshine hours.

Alan Gardiner
Chiswell Green, St Albans
101m ASL
06/01/2011 12:29:20https://sites.google.com/site/alangardinersinfo/

Ho!

3.95 KW array? Mine kicked in December 18th. £46 generated so far!!

Mike McMillan

Tropical IOW

Mike

You are bound to do better in the IOW than I will here. My array is 3.7 kW
which has been in since the 9th of November since when it has very dull in
the area. Even so it seems to be meeting the estimated output.


Alan Gardiner
Chiswell Green, St Albans
101m ASL
06/01/2011 23:46:04
https://sites.google.com/site/alangardinersinfo/

In article ,
John Hall writes:
In article ,
Nick Gardner writes:
John

It's there now

http://www.climate-uk.com/page4.html

Ta.

On reflection, it's interesting that what he's saying there, apparently
actually written on the 29th though not put on his website till the 6th,
doesn't seem to agree with what he was reported as saying on Radio 5
Live. So I imagine that there must have been developments in the interim
(the forecast of a SSW?) which have changed his mind.
--
John Hall
"I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly,
will hardly mind anything else."
Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84)