I think the statement has been taken to literally. There does seem to
be some correlation between the weather in the East Coast of the
States and Europe, but not directly. I think we are having one of
those years when troughs and ridges seem to move in a constant cycle,
so a plunge in the east coast seems to repeat itself over Europe a
few weeks later. Doesn't always follow, but this year seems to be
running along with this pattern. Be interesting to see when the next
East Coast plunge occurs to see if a similar plunge occurs 2 weeks
later.

Keith (Southend)

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On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 19:19:07 -0000, "Col"
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"Richard Dixon" wrote in message
The east coast of the US has recently had signaficant amounts of snow and
Ferguson says this subsequently affects Britain: "We normally tend to get
the tail end of it about 14 days later, once it has worked its way across
the pond, and that's what is happening this time."

I love the way some people think that snow somehow manages
to cross the Atlantic as a discreet entity!

Most people in this country are utterly clueless about the weather.

Col