In article ,
Peter Hayes writes:
John Hall wrote:

In article ,
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.

So in practice the cooling caused by the loss of the Gulf Stream will be
reduced by warm Atlantic air

Well that Atlantic air won't be quite as warm as it would have been with
the Gulf Stream in place.

and heat from southern Europe and north
Africa.

Not necessarily. There could be more easterlies and north-easterlies,
which in winter would be cold.
--
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"