"Tony Powell" wrote in message
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I don't know about you lot, but in these situations I like to look at facts
and figures elsewhere in europe in the hope of grasping an idea of what the
u.k. might experience in the coming few days/weeks. So to cut a long story
short, I've been having a look at current temperatures in Europe using all
the various metrological offices websites which generally give on the hour
observations and I've noted above, any ideas what Berlin's record minimum
is? Or for that matter what places on the continent have hit new lows?


Yes, just a couple of weeks ago when the Jan '87 cold spell
was mentioned it was pointed out that the temps over in
Europe weren't particuarly low and even with the perfect
synoptic setup, such a severe cold spell couldn't happen.
A list of impressively low temps in continental Europe for
the time of that cold spell was given, I guess they were
probably similar to what we are seing in places like Germany now.

Col
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