I'll go along with that.

That does of course bring up the question if the North Atlantic Drift
slows, there might be some interesting thermal
contrasts over the North Atlantic.

Dorian.


Tudor Hughes wrote:

On Nov 24, 11:43 pm, Dorian Speakman "dorian
wrote:

I don't subsribe to the "lobby". I use my own observations and read on
the subject.

I don't think there has been an increase in storm activity since 1987,
but I do know that is evidence
that precipitation has been getting more intense in recent decades.



There was a definite increase in storminess in the Atlantic and
the UK during 1986-1993 and many people falsely ascribed this to Global
Warming but since then everything has quietened down a bit.
Historically, the stormiest periods in the UK have been
associated with colder epochs, which makes sense since the zone of
greatest temperature moves south. One could therefore make quite a
good case for Global Warming causing less storminess in this region and
in summer there is some evidence that it already has.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.