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Peter Hayes writes:
Keith (Southend) wrote:

Peter Hayes wrote:


How much does the Gulf Stream contribute to warming the UK compared to
our traditional warm and moist south westerlies?


Surely the two go hand in hand.

Would we lose these warm and moist south westerlies if the Gulf Stream
stopped?

No, but they would be less warm and perhaps less prevalent.
--
John Hall "He crams with cans of poisoned meat
The subjects of the King,
And when they die by thousands G.K.Chesterton:
Why, he laughs like anything." from "Song Against Grocers"