"Keith (Southend)" wrote in message
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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.

Yes, the Rossby waves that were actually mentioned in the article.
I am aware that there is some kind of correlation between Eastern
Seaboard weather and our own in winter, though I'm not sure if it's
particularly strong.

The gross misunderstanding is that somehow it's the *same* bit of
snow that is doing it.

Col
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