Anyone interested in the westerliness, southerliness, and
anticyclonic indices I wrote about in earlier months can see
all the April stuff in graphical form at:

http://www.climate-uk.com/indices04.htm

The very cyclonic nature of April (and therefore its wettness)
in the last 20 years stands out ... but I was surprised to see
that it is not unprecedented.

Philip Eden
(No, there's nothing else on the site yet ...)