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John Hall · January 25th 06, 09:24 PM posted to uk.sci.weather

In article . com,
writes:
While the extra warmth of the North Sea might mean that rain rather
than snow would be the more frequent scenario today, given a REALLY
cold blast, those higher SSTs would result in deeper and more
impressive convection than in the past - and heavier snow
perhaps.......

Or am I talking rubbish?

Sounds plausible.

Another factor is that, unlike the Atlantic, the North Sea can cool down
fairly quickly during a cold spell, I believe. So it might only need a
week or so of a cold Easterly to knock a degree off the SST.
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