My guess, and it is only a guess, is that December will be a very mild
month, perhaps with a quiet spell mid-month with a frosty night or two. It
seems highly unlikely, after all these warm months since May that , out of
the blue, December will be cold.. I am going to keep the long term warm
records for the month handy.

I should be very interested to hear whether anyone in the Group can be more
optimistic for a decent cold spell in December and will be quite cheerful if
I am proved to be wrong.

Peter Clarke
Ewell, Epsom 55m

Agreed Peter - looking at the satellite imagery today the jet coming
from the SW was so powerful that it made the depression at the head look
like a weapon of mass destruction!

Zonality and a high to the south look like persisting for some time -
but I am still wondering about the cold SST's in the North Sea -
summat's up, but I'm not sure what.

James
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James Brown